Please note: The weight of each bar is approximately 4 ounces, but due to being handmade no two bars are precisely the same shape or weight.
Great Mother's Soaps contain:
NO Animal or Synthetic Properties
NO Ethyl or Methyl Alcohol
NO Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Tea Lauryl Sulfate, Sodium Laurel Ether Sulfate (Synthetic substances used as detergents and foam-builders. They cause eye irritations, skin rashes, hair loss, scalp scurf similar to dandruff and allergic reactions.)
NO Petroleum Derivatives
NO Dyes or Artificial Coloring
NO Essential or Aromatic Oils
NO Sodium Chloride
NOT Animal Tested
Just lots of natural wild-crafted or organic herbs infused in pure spring water, Vegetable Glycerin, Coconut Oil, Cocoa Butter, Olive Oil!
Compare the all natural soap base ingredients listed below with explanations to your current product.
Vegetable Glycerin Soap Base Ingredients: Bleached Deodorized Coconut Oil, Sodium Cocoate, Sodium Myristate or Sodium Palmitate, Sodium Laurate, Sodium Stearate, Vegetable Glycerine, Propylene Glycol, Sucrose, Triethanolamine, Titanium Dioxide, Aqua (water).
Coconut Oil: An excellent emollient naturally converted into soap through a saponification reaction with salt. Beware of products that bill themselves as "natural" and use a synthetically processed derivative, sodium lauryl sulfate, claiming it comes from coconut oil.
Sodium Cocoate: Coconut oil derivative.
Sodium Myristate: A foaming agent derived from vegetable fatty acids.
Sodium Palmitate: The sodium salt of palmitic acid, a saturated fatty acid occuring in palm oil and other fats. Used as surfactant (foaming agent) and a detergent.
Sodium Laurate: The salt of lauric acid which is a C11 fatty acid extracted from coconut oil.
Sodium Stearate: Vegetable based fatty acid.
Glycerine: Vegetable based humectant/emollient. A humectant (can be natural or synthetic, ours is natural ) used to prevent drying of the skin. Natural oils have been used longer and are far superior and safer.
Propylene Glycol: Ideally this is a vegetable glycerin mixed with grain alcohol, both of which are natural and used in Great Mother's soap base. It can be, and more often is, a synthetic petrochemical mix used as a humectant and has been known to cause allergic and toxic reactions.
Sucrose: A simple white sugar derived from cane, beet or maple sugar. It has emollient, mild emulsifying and humectant properties.
Triethanolamine: Used to adjust the pH and combined with fatty acids to convert acid to salt (stearate) which then becomes the base for a cleanser.
Titanium Dioxide: This is a white mineral pigment used to offset yellow colors from soap making oils.
These soaps are so mild, they are the only choice for everyone's delicate skin.
