What is an Oil? What is an Essential Oil??? We hope this helps you to understand a bit more about the oils and essential oils and different herbs and oils used in our soaps.

Almond: Sweet almond oil is good for all skin types, helpful with eczema, it can help relieve itching, irritation and smooth dry skin. This oil is very lubricating and helps protect the surface of the skin.

Avocado Oil: Nourishes and restores dry, dehydrated, and mature skin. This oil is a rich, heavy oil that is wonderful for skin with problems of eczema and psoriasis. It is also high in vitamins A & E.

Jojoba Oil: This oil is very similar in its composition to human sebum or the skins natural oils. This oil helps to soften and moisturize dry skin. This oil can also help with inflamed skin conditions.

Olive Oil: This oil soothes, heals, and lubricates the skin. This oil is a great moisturizer.

Wheat Germ Oil: This oil is high in vitamin E. It helps nourish dry or cracked skin. All skin types can benefit from wheat germ oil, particularly mature skin.

Cocoa butter: This comes from the same bean as chocolate and cocoa! Cocoa butter makes a wonderful skin softener!

Shea Butter: This comes from the African Karite butter. This butter will moisturize and nourish the skin.

Tea Tree: This is a first aid kit in a bottle, it's uses are many.

Lavender: This oil also has an array of ailments that it is useful for. Its soothes the skin, great for psoriasis, eczema, and other types of dermatitis, and acne. It also very calming.

Lemon: This oil is cooling, refreshing, and uplifting.

Orange: It helps restore and balance dry or oily skin. Is also a helpful oil for people with skin problems. This essentail oils brings on happy feelings. In fact I use this oil on the back of my 7 year old's neck when she can’t stop crying.

Peppermint: This oil is wonderfully cooling, this is a wake me up oil! It eases muscle spasms and increases alertness.

Rosemary: This oil can enchance mental clarity, it also helps stimulate cell renewal, and can improve dry or mature skin.

* For more information about Essential oils, there are many many books to read up on this wonderful topic. Please go to the links page to find many sites dedicated to this wonderful art.