The Opulent Update
What goes into real soap, what to leave on the shelf, and notes from the workshop.
Essential Oil Blends in Our Soap: What Is in Every Scent
The essential oil blends in our soap, scent by scent: bright citrus for summer, calming lavender for evenings, cool mint, tea tree, lemongrass and Naked.
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Natural Laundry Soap vs Detergent: Inside Our Citrus Laundry Soap
Laundry soap vs detergent in plain words, and what goes into our natural citrus laundry soap made with orange, grapefruit and lemongrass oils.
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Unscented Body Butter: Why We Make a Naked Body Butter
Our Naked body butter is an unscented body butter of shea, cocoa butter and oats with no scent added. Here is why plain can be the best pick.
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Lemongrass Hand Soap: What Goes Into Our Natural Lemongrass Liquid Soap
Our lemongrass hand soap is real liquid soap made from olive and coconut oils, scented only with lemongrass essential oil. Here is what is inside.
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What sodium lauryl sulfate does to your skin
The foaming agent in most body washes and shampoos is the same one skin researchers use on purpose to irritate skin. Here is what that means, and what real soap does instead.

