Herein lies a list of some of the ingredients used in crafting the wonderful soaps made here in Green Haven...

Oils:

Castor oil

Castor oil is said to attract and hold moisture to the skin. Added to handcrafted soap, it helps to boost the lather, and makes the bar harder.

Coconut oil

Coconut oil makes soap lather beautifully, and helps make the bars hard. It even lathers in hard water, and sea water.

Olive oil

Olive oil is an excellent soap making oil. It is said to moisturize and soften skin.

Palm oil*

Palm oil makes a hard bar of soap and is said to clean well, and be mild. Palm oil is used in many expensive luxury soaps.

* Green Haven Soaps gets its palm oil from a supplier who is a member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil.

Soybean oil

Soybean oil helps make hard bars of soap and produces a mild, stable lather. When mixed with other oils, it makes a wonderful hard bar of soap.

Additives:

Cruelty-free wildcrafted silk

This is also called "peace silk" or "vegetarian silk". The process allows the silk worms to live out their full natural life cycle. They are not harmed in any way, as the silk is not gathered until after the moths emerge.  The lovely feeling of silk comes through in the lather.

Essential oils

Aromatherapy in your soap dish. Oils such as lavender, clary sage, peppermint, lime, patchouli, and rosemary, among others, are combined to delight your senses and soothe your spirit.

Honey

Honey is a humectant, which means it will attract and retain moisture to the skin. Plus, who can resist the sweet smell of pure honey?

Natural Colorants

Clays and spices fill jars in the wise woman's cottage, while bunches of herbs and botanicals hang from the rafters. She combines these natural ingredients to please the eye and to give a distinctive color to each soap.