SOAP INGREDIENTS: ADDITIVES
- Almond Meal – absorbs excess oil and unclogs pores
- Aloe Vera Gel – sooths sensitive skin
- Apricot Kernels, ground – eco option to plastic beads
- Bran – mild exfoliator
- Buttermilk – suited for hard oils, fresh liquid or powdered can be used
- Calendula – dried marigold petals
- Carrot – high in vitamin A, peel and grate fresh carrots
- Cherry stone, ground
- Cinnamon, Ground – mild exfoliator, antiseptic
- Cocoa Butter – softens and smooths skin
- Coconut shell – fine exfoliating powder
- Coffee – fresh, unbrewed coffee grounds absorbs skin odours
- Honey – suited for hard soaps, softens and smooths skin
- Jojoba beads – gentle exfoliator, multiple colours available
- Kombucha – fermented black tea
- Lavender – dried or fresh flowers, finely ground
- Loofah – dried, strong exfoliator
- Lemon – juice, fresh or dried zest, antibacterial, high in vitamin C
- Milk, cow/goat – fresh or powdered, natural cleanser, suited for hard oils
- Oats, rolled – grind into small pieces, soothes sensitive skin
- Olive stone – finely ground exfoliator
- Poppy Seeds
- Pumice – finely ground volcanic rock, white to black colours, strong exfoliator
- Pumpkin seeds – finely ground exfoliator
- Rose petals – dried
- Salt – finely ground
- Sand – clean, strong exfoliator
- Strawberries – fresh, contain skin tightening acids, high in vitamin C
- Walnut shell – finely ground exfoliator
- Witch hazel – cleanses and tightens skin
- Yoghurt powder – soothes and rejuvenates the skin
