Olea Europaea (saponified Olive) Oil

Natural: Yes
Common Name: Olive Oil Soap
How It's Made: Our olive oil is cold-pressed and comes from spain. Cold-pressing is a superior extraction method because it doesn't degrade the olive oil like some other extraction methods. You can read more about olive oil extraction right here.
Why We Like It: Spain is known for producing some of the finest olive oil in the world. We actually use pomace olive oil because—unlike in cooking—the additional ingredients that exist in pomace olive oil are highly desirable. They survive the soap-making process pretty well and are great for your skin!
Potential Sensitivities: Olive oil sensitivities are very rare. In over a decade of business we have not encountered anyone who is sensitive to olive oil, although there are documented cases of olive oil allergies.

Cultured Goat Milk

Natural: Yes
Common Name: Pasteurized Goat Buttermilk
How It's Made: We buy our goat milk from local farms. They have great living conditions and are taken care of very well. We add top-notch cultures to the fresh milk and allow it to culture into buttermilk before using it in our soap.
Why We Like It: The goat milk we use is fresh, not powdered. Unlike powdered goat milk, fresh goat milk is loaded with vitamins (A, B6, C, D, E), milk sugars, proteins, & butterfat. Goat buttermilk contributes a thicker lather and slighty higher acidity than regular milk, making it great for combination skin. Our proprietary process also allows us to use huge quantities of goat milk compared to other goat milk soap. In fact, our soap contains over 25% goat milk by weight!
Potential Sensitivities: Goat milk sensitivities are extremely rare. Even those who are allergic or intolerant of cow's milk are generally not sensitive to goat milk.

Glycine Sojo (saponified Soybean) Oil

Natural: Yes
Common Name: Soybean Oil Soap
How It's Made: Our soybean oil is solvent extracted with a solvent called hexane. Hexane is used because it is safe, effective, and is highly evaporative, so it doesn't end up in the finished product. Our soybean oil is also partially hydrogenated, because it offers great skin conditioning properties and also makes for a harder bar of soap than non-hydrogenated oil.
Why We Like It: Soybean oil offers rich lathering ability and good cleaning ability. It also provides for a harder bar, and offers good conditioning and moisturizing properties. Lastly, soybean oil has mild fixative properties, which can help prevent volatile oils (such as essential oils) from evaporating as quickly. This helps keep our essential oil soaps smelling great longer.
Potential Sensitivities: Soybean oil sensitivities are fairly rare. Individuals who are allergic or sensitive to soybean oil usually find out very early in life, because soybean oil is used heavily in many food items.

Cocos Nucifera (saponified Coconut) Oil

Natural: Yes
Common Name: Coconut Oil Soap
How It's Made: Our coconut oil is solvent extracted with a solvent called hexane. Hexane is used because it is safe, effective, and is highly evaporative, so it doesn't end up in the finished product. Our coconut oil is not refined, bleached, or deodorized. This allows the nutrients that are present naturally in the coconut oil to be retained and available for your skin.
Why We Like It: Coconut oil is a very moisturizing oil that leaves the skin feeling smooth and moisturized. It also helps provide great lather and texture to our soap.
Potential Sensitivities: Some people are sensitive to coconut oil, though it is not common.

Butyrospermum Parkii (saponified Shea) Butter

Natural: Yes
Common Name: Shea Butter Soap
How It's Made: Shea butter is usually solvent-extracted, which can break down a lot of the valuable nutrients in shea butter. Ours is cold-pressed without solvents, so all of the naturally present nutrients are available for your skin! Our shea butter is also fair trade from Ghana, Africa.
Why We Like It: Shea butter is used for body, hand and facial products because of its unsaponifiable content. Shea butter contains ester resins recommended for damaged skin repair, cleansing and the sun's protection. Phytosterol content helps cellular stimulation and regeneration. Clinical studies have demonstrated that shea butter enhances capillary vessels blood activity.
Potential Sensitivities: Shea butter comes from the Karite nut, which is a tree nut, so some people with tree nut allergies are allergic to shea butter. However most people with tree nut allergies are not allergic to shea butter. Sensitivities are very rare.

Theobroma Cacao (saponified Cocoa) Seed Butter

Natural: Yes
Common Name: Cocoa Butter Soap
How It's Made: Cocoa butter is made from cocoa beans, and is usually pressed or heated to extract the chocolate-y butter from the cocoa beans.
Why We Like It: Cocoa butter is both mild and moisturizing. It also makes a very hard bar of soap, and is one of the most stable natural oils in existence, so it has a really long shelf life.
Potential Sensitivities: Some people are sensitive to cocoa butter, though it is not common.

Ricinus Communis (saponified Castor) Seed Oil

Natural: Yes
Common Name: Castor Oil Soap
How It's Made: Castor oil is made by cold pressing the castor bean. Please note that while there is ricin in castor beans, it is not soluble in oil and there is absolutely no ricin in castor oil.
Why We Like It: Castor oil has very good conditioning and moisturizing properties. In soap it helps product a thick and luxurious lather.
Potential Sensitivities: The castor oil molecule is very similar to the olive oil molecule, and shares its low allergy characteristics.