Backwoods Soap

Description

The wafting scent of the cool breeze blowing through the pine trees, the soft green of sunlight filtered through the branches…the distinctive smell of sweaty hiking boots, trail grime left on your ankles and hands: a day in the backwoods. This all-natural soap puts you in touch with all the best parts of a day hiking in the great outdoors, while combating the worst parts. It’ll make you want to commune with nature!

This exceptional bar of Seattle Sundries soap comes packaged in a reusable and recyclable travel tin. After each use, the wet bar is best stored with the tin placed lid side down. All Seattle Sundries soaps are made to fit perfectly in the palm of your hand. The round shape is smooth and naturally comfortable, unlike a square or rectangular bar.

Each bar is 3” wide and just over 1” deep, weighing 4.25 ounces or more. As with all handcrafted artisan soaps, there may be some variation in color and slight irregularities in shape. This is a result of being cut and trimmed by human hands rather than by a machine. If you find that your soap “sweats” when left out, don’t be alarmed. It’s simply the natural glycerin in the soap attracting moisture from the air.

U.S. orders are sent 2-3 day Priority Mail with Email confirmation. International orders are shipped 1st Class Mail and can take 1-2 weeks, depending on the destination.

Please visit my company website (http://www.seattlesundries.com) and my blog (http://skruben.blogspot.com/) where you can find more information about products, ingredients, custom, and wholesale orders.

Olive Oil:
High in Vitamin E and known to be the very best Oil to use in soap for sensitive skins. It is a fantastic skin softener and moisturizer.

Coconut Oil:
Coconut oil gives soaps a fluffy lather. It will make a very hard bar of soap with abundant lather, even in very hard water or sea water.

RSPO Certified Palm Oil:
Palm oil makes a hard bar that cleans well and is also mild.

Castor Oil:
This refined oil from the castor bean is used in all kinds of cosmetics and make up products as well as soaps. Sometimes called Palm Christi, Castor oil is added to soap, shaving soap and shampoo bars for its emollient properties and the dense lather it provides.

French Green Clay:
Was used in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome to treat a variety of skin problems and digestive disorders. French green clay is regarded as a useful treatment for stimulating the skin and removing impurities from the epidermis (outermost layer of skin cells). The clay works by adsorbing impurities from the skin cells and by stimulating the flow of blood to the epidermis.

Bergemot Essential Oil:
The bergamot tree is native to Asia and bears small round citrus fruits similar to oranges. Bergamot has been used since the eighteen century in perfumery. It was named after the city of Bergamo in the northern Italian district of Lombardy and is used to flavor Earl Grey tea. The scent of bergamot is citrus spice with a high floral note and is effective in treating acne, anxiety, cold sores, eczema, psoriasis, skin infections and itching. As an aromatherapy scent it is used for depression, stress and insomnia.

Siberian Pine Essential Oil:
Has a fresh, woody, earthy, balsamic scent and is used for diseases of the skin and scalp and particularly at healing spas where it is inhaled for respiratory ailments.

Added on Sep 08, 2009