Description
Clean, soft-feeling hair and moisturized-feeling skin from one simple handmade bar.
- One bar for hair and body. A rich lather that rinses clean.
- Moisturized feel. Coconut milk and sal butter in the bar help hair and skin feel soft after washing.
- Nothing you don’t need. No sulfates, preservatives, parabens or added fragrance.
- No plastic bottle to throw away when it’s done.
- Travels well. One customer: “Great to throw in the carry-on when he travels for work.”
Why it fits low-toxin, bioenergetic living. The bar is built on coconut, palm kernel and sal butter, stable fats rather than a seed-oil base, with a short ingredient list and no synthetic fragrance.
Customers say: “Love this shampoo and body bar. My husband and I use this as both shampoo and body soap. I have to admit it is amazing to look in the shower and see all the bottles gone! Just this simple yet moisturizing and cleansing soap.” And: “This bar is lightly scented, long lasting, makes wonderful lather.”
Ingredients: Saponified oils and butters of coconut oil (organic), olive oil (organic), palm kernel oil (organic), sal butter (wild harvested); coconut milk (organic); distilled water.
Approximately 3.3 oz. Made by hand, in-house, by our family. For external use as a cosmetic cleanser. 60-day no hassle returns.
Weight: about 3.3 oz per bar. Each bar is handmade, so weights vary a little.
Bar shampoos clean with soap made from oils and butters. Here is research on cleansers, oils, and how hair and skin feel.
Coconut oil and hair
Rele AS, Mohile RB (2003). Effect of mineral oil, sunflower oil, and coconut oil on prevention of hair damage. J Cosmet Sci 54(2):175-92. PMID 12715094. Coconut oil reduced protein loss from hair; mineral and sunflower oil did not.
How hair products work
Gavazzoni Dias MF (2015). Hair cosmetics: an overview. Int J Trichology 7(1):2-15. PMID 25878443.
Cleansers and the skin barrier
Ananthapadmanabhan KP, Moore DJ, Subramanyan K, et al. (2004). Cleansing without compromise: the impact of cleansers on the skin barrier and the technology of mild cleansing. Dermatol Ther 17 Suppl 1:16-25. PMID 14728695.
Soap, skin pH and moisture
Gfatter R, Hackl P, Braun F (1997). Effects of soap and detergents on skin surface pH, stratum corneum hydration and fat content in infants. Dermatology 195(3):258-62. PMID 9407174. Washing raised skin pH for a while, one reason a vinegar rinse after a bar shampoo is popular.
Lipids and the skin barrier
Feingold KR, Elias PM (2014). Role of lipids in the formation and maintenance of the cutaneous permeability barrier. Biochim Biophys Acta 1841(3):280-94. PMID 24262790.
Bioenergetic & low-toxin perspective
Ray Peat favored stable saturated fats like coconut oil over unsaturated oils, including for the skin.
"More recently, a variety of studies have demonstrated that ultraviolet light induces peroxidation in unsaturated fats, but not saturated fats, and that this occurs in the skin as well as in vitro." — Ray Peat, "Coconut Oil" (https://raypeat.com/articles/articles/coconut-oil.shtml)
A related study, not one Peat cited: Rele & Mohile 2003 (above), on coconut oil and hair.
Note: These studies are about cleansers and oils in general, not this exact bar. For external cosmetic use. This information is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
Clean, soft-feeling hair and skin from one handmade bar, and no more shower bottles.
- One bar for hair and body, with a rich lather.
- Organic and wild-harvested ingredients, no sulfates, preservatives, parabens or added fragrance.
- "Cleans well and a vinegar rinse is all I add to the routine," one customer says.
- Long lasting, about 3.3 oz, and no plastic bottle.
- Made by hand, in-house, by our family for bioenergetic, low-toxin living.
- 60-day no hassle returns.
