What's so special about organic soap?
And I guess more importantly, for us anyway, is why buy Wingsets' organic soap?
1.
Our soap
is artisan crafted and handcut by us in small freshly made batches. Wikipedia describes an artisan as follows: "An artisan or artizan (from Italian: artigiano) or craftsman (craftsperson) is a skilled manual worker who is engaged in or occupied by the practice of a craft, who may through experience and talent reach the expressive levels of an art in their work and what they create.
2 We use 100% certified organic vegetable oils, cold-pressed and unrefined, thus saving all of the benefits, vitamins and minerals that are normally processed out of conventional oils.
3 We use 100% certified organic shea butter well known in the cosmetic industry for its extremely high levels of hydrating and protecting properties for the skin.
4. We use NO artificial dyes or chemical additives.
5. We use 100% certified organic or wildcrafted (NOT sprayed) botanicals with additional antioxidant and inherent beneficial properties.
6.
“Soap” that we can choose to purchase such as
Dove is a mix of chemicals and not real soap, which is why they cannot legally
call it soap – it is a “bar” or some other such marketing name. Only real soap
is a natural process that results in additional glycerin which is very
moisturizing for the skin. Even according to the FDA, it is a "toxic mix of synthetic, non-biodegradable ingredients."
7. We use pure plant based essential oils or
phthalate-free fragrances.
8. Certified organic vegetable oils are not sprayed with
herbicides, pesticides and fungicides; conventional ones are.
9. We use no palm oil, which is not a sustainable crop and is resulting in the destruction of vast areas of the rain forest.
10. These pesticides, herbicides and fungicides do leach into our ecosystem and it MATTERS for the short and long term.
11. Our earth should not be allowed to be a dumping ground and what we leave behind for our grandchildren MATTERS.
12. What we put on our skin MATTERS for the short and long term for the health of our skin and bodies.
13. Our soap gently but thoroughly cleans partly due to the Nebraska yucca we infuse into our organic olive oil. It moisturizes and hydrates our skin – you will be able to tell a difference.
14. We package our soaps in biodegradable shrinkwrap so you can smell them but not worry about who smelled them before you did.
14. Yes, we raised the bar on our bar soap! Yes, you can find other, less expensive, well made, even prettier soap. But is it made with any extra fat – much less the 30% shea butter we add to each and every bar of our soap? Is it made with certified or even organically grown vegetable oils? Probably not – and the number of satisfied customers tells us it MATTERS to them too.
15. And, I think our soap is pretty too....
Thanks for listening!
Ann
This was great! I purchased some wood molds some time ago and there were not inciursttons on how to prepare them before pouring your soap mixture. Now I can use them my molds. Thanks.
You certainly have some valid points and we grow our garden and flower beds organically and it IS cheaper. But it is also far more labor intensive, so if you count the cost of labor it is more expensive. Organic farmers often hand pick insects and worms off of their plants. And as far as organic food – we have to remember these farmers are NOT SUBSIDIZED as are corporate farms growing corn, wheat, and soybeans. I do know that the organic oils we purchase for our soaps and creams cost sometimes three times as much and non-organic. And then we also purchase extra virgin, unrefined, cold-pressed oils instead of cosmetic grade – so the cost of those goes up drastically too. To answer why the organic oils cost so much more – I’m not really sure. We persist in using them even as the costs go up because we KNOW the non-organic ones have pesticides and chemicals in them. Maybe the normal economics of the law of supply and demand? Good question.
When raising caotenvinnol food, one uses pecticieds as compared to natural pesticides with organic (organic less expensive). Chemical fertilizers compared to organic fertilizers (organic natural and less expenisive ie manures etc)How can this justify the higher cost of organic food as compared to commercially grown (less expensive) and having to purchase chemicals etc. Doing artifical pollination as oposed to natural pollination. The list goes on and onl. This boggles my mind. I know from my own garden by not having to spend money on poisons and artificial fertilizers it costs me less to grow vegatables than if I used chemicals and other artificial means.Then why are we being charged more for a vegatable or a piece of meat that has no chemicals that are costly to produce, distribute, and apply as compared to natural herbicides, fertilizers, etc. that are plentiful and less expensive to use?