Our By the Sea Soap Shoppe “Australian Eucalyptus" soap is one of your favourites. We love it too. We even find that if we have a bit of a cold, it clears up when we spend a bit of time labelling the soap! I was at a craft fair one time and a lady walked up and picked up the Eucalyptus soap with a bit of attitude (lol). She smelled it and almost seemed a bit startled and said, "Oh! It DOES smell like Australian Eucalyptus!" She was actually from Australia and was prepared to find that we had some kind of a fake, I guess. It was a bit funny. I have a daughter who travels a lot and she says "You always get sick when you travel. There are different germs and viruses in other places..." This is a great reason to take Australian Eucalyptus mini bars with you. It's pretty and smells wonderful, but it also has natural antibiotic, antiviral and antifungal properties. And with castor oil and cocoa butter for extra moisturizing and lather, it's the perfect combination. Perfect for a vacation, or just to feel good while you're on your to work. If you'd like to take a look at the mini size bar, find it here. Use this special discount code to get 3 bars for $19.95!(mix or match)G132E3DH2K12 Vegan, all-natural ingredientsNo parabens, sulfates, petrochemicals, artificial colours or synthetic fragrancesHandmade in Prince Edward Island Ingredients Olive Oil, Coconut 0il, Palm Oil, Sunflower Oil, Distilled Water, Lye, Castor Oil, Cocoa Butter, Eucalyptus Essential Oil, Peppermint Essential Oil, Titanium Dioxide, Green Oxide Vegan, all-natural ingredientsNo parabens, sulfates, petrochemicals, artificial colours or synthetic fragrances Benefits Eucalyptus Essential Oil Purifies, cleanses and disinfects, eliminating airborne bacteria and viruses on contact Eucalyptus is “phagocytic” – (Yes, I had to look that one up lol). This means it ingests and destroys foreign particles, bacteria and cell debris Clears fluid from respiratory passages, often used in vapour rubs and inhalers Peppermint Essential Oil: It's an "astringent", meaning it closes your skin pores and tightens your skin Clears your sinuses Relieves muscle and joint pain Energizing Castor Oil: High fatty acid content - deeply moisturizes, softens and soothes the skin Collagen - boosts elasticity in your skin, keeps you looking younger longer! Anti-inflammatory Anti-bacterial Anti-fungal And adds lots of lather! Cocoa Butter: High fatty acid content - deeply moisturizes, softens and soothes the skin Healing - heals chapped skin and relieves symptoms of skin ailments such as eczema and dermatitis. Antioxidant - meaning it fights free radicals that cause premature aging Anti-inflammatory Sunflower Oil: Antioxidant - Vitamin E helps to prevent skin damage and may prevent premature aging and sun damage. Antifungal – useful in treating athlete’s foot Coconut Oil: Easily absorbed into the outer layer of your skin (called the epidermis) Helps to protect the outside layer of your skin from infection Repairs your skin barrier Helps to regulate how much water you lose through your skin keep your skin hydrated Olive Oil: Nourishes your skin – contains lots of Vitamins A, D, E and K Vitamin E gets special notice as an “antioxidant”, helping to prevent skin damage and possibly preventing premature aging and sun damage. Palm Oil: Antioxidant - fighting free radicals that cause premature aging Nourishes your skin with carotenes, Vitamin E and other nutrients High Vitamin E content which helps with skin conditions such as eczema, acne and dermatitis. Moisturizing Size Because the bars are handmade, you can expect to see slight differences in the size and weight. After the soap is made, it needs to cure for at least one month. However, after it's cured, some of the moisture in the bar continues to evaporate out. The bar shrinks a little; enough that the label we've wrapped around the bar becomes a bit loose and the weight decreases a little. The bar gets harder, and this is actually better. There is nothing lost from the soap, and it will not dissolve as quickly when it does get wet in a shower or bath. Each bar is approximately 2 1/2 in. x 2 1/2 in. x 1 in. - or 6 cm. x 6 cm. x 2 cm. Weight is between 3.5 and 4 oz., or between 99 and 113 grams. Please note that because this soap is handmade, the appearance of the soap may not be exactly as pictured. Lye Some of you might be wondering, "Lye? Isn’t lye dangerous? Won’t it harm my skin?” First - all actual soap is made with lye. No lye, no soap. (A lot of "soap products" in the stores are actually detergent. If you look at the labels, they are not called "soap". They are called "hand wash" or "body cleanser" or some such thing.) This could become a chemistry lesson, but to make it short - soap is made from lye, fats and liquid. When the lye mixes with the fats and liquid, some kind of chemical reaction goes on, and the lye and fats change into soap and glycerin. In the process, the lye is all used up. Even though lye is used to make the soap, there is no lye left in the soap at all. This is why soap made with lye is not dangerous, and it definitely won’t hurt your skin. Let's talk about Oxides - that sounds like some kind of weird chemical, doesn't it? Oxides (or metal oxides) are natural substances which make up most of the earth's crust; they're formed when metal reacts with oxygen. Different oxides make different colours. For instance, everyone is familiar with rust - another name for rust is "iron oxide. Perhaps you've seen the green roofs on cathedrals - that's copper oxide. So the red, green, pink and yellow powders that we use are all from these natural metal oxides. Reviews
