This is a listing of our main soap base formulas. Unlike most soapmakers, we never settled on the perfect formula, and don’t believe there is such a thing. Different formulas are going to produce different types of lather. Some oils will make soap that will clean more aggressively, while others will be gentler on the skin. At 320 batches (and counting), our extensive testing confirms this. We may still add a new formula every now and then, but these are the main ones.
Please do not hesitate to try each formula. Each one is unique in some way and may especially appeal to your skin type. Note that as the seasons change throughout the year your skin may respond differently as well.
No.08 – Our original luxury bar with nice lather
Saponified oils of safflower, coconut, palm, macadamia nut, and unrefined shea butter.
No.09 – 100% coconut oil… a big cheerful lather of skin-friendly coconut oil
Saponified oil of coconut.
No.10 – A premier bar with loads of shea butter… good lather and good moisturizing
Saponified oils of olive, coconut, and unrefined shea butter.
No.11 – A mild bar, producing a medium lather… usually made with yogurt
Saponified oils of olive and coconut.
*our own blind-testing rated yogurt very high as “skin pleasing”
No.14 – Shampoo & body bar, loaded with hair-friendly castor oil
Saponified oils of olive, castor, coconut, cocoa butter, and jojoba.
No.265 – Awesome Orange formula
Saponified oils of avocado, coconut, grapeseed, palm, and orange wax. Green tea, silk peptides, ground annatto, and fragrance oils.
No.”Q” – Some combination of four of the following oils… a consistently well-balanced bar
Saponified oils of avocado, coconut, olive, palm, palm kernel, rice bran, safflower, sunflower, and/or tallow.
a note regarding our “Q” formulas…
I created our first Q formula in 2015, long before the 17th letter of the alphabet came to be associated with something else. Q was short for “Quad, Quadraphonic, Quaternary, Quartet” — Each Q formula would have exactly 4 oils, specially chosen, and this was my shorthand way to note that. Until we choose another name for this formula, this is where that came from.
— John, 31 Jan 2021
Other ingredients…
calendula petals, ground chamomile, silk amino acids, Bentonite and Rhassoul clays, African Black Soap, green tea, coconut milk, charcoal, whole milk yogurt, and more…
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