This is a fun one! How about a By the Sea Soap Shoppe "Gingerbread Soap" that looks like a little gingerbread house? And it smells like Gingerbread as well! But don't eat it! Instead, enjoy it while soaking in your bath or while washing your hands or face. As with all our soaps, this Gingerbread soap is moisturizing and cleansing with its olive, coconut and palm oils. And it's especially fun at Christmas! Use this special discount code to get 3 for $19.95!(mix or match)G132E3DH2K12 Ingredients Olive Oil, Distilled water, Palm Oil, Coconut Oil, Lye, Fragrance, Titanium Dioxide, Brown oxide powder Vegan, natural ingredients, natural coloursNo parabens or phthalates Benefits 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 Keeps 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. 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 ½ in. x 2 ½ in. x 1in. 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 shown. 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 Titanium Dioxide - I mean, that sounds like some kind of weird chemical, doesn't it? Titanium Dioxide is a type of metal oxide. Metal oxides make up most of the earth's crust and are formed with metals react with oxygen from the air or water. It's a natural substance. And it also happens to make whiter soap. Reviews
