Why buy

Calendula, also known as marigold, turns its bright tangerine petals towards the sun, developing anti-inflammatory and cell-regenerative healing effects.

The oils and essential oils used in these soaps come from 100% certified organic growing or wild harvesting. Organic coconut oil is sourced from small farms in the Philippines in the Davao and Agusan regions. Coconut palms are grown in a mixture with other crops in fields of no more than 5 hectares. Organic olive oil comes from the Mediterranean region of northern Tunisia.

Biodegradability

Soap made from vegetable oils has the unique property that immediately after use it reacts chemically with limescale, which is always present in waste water, to form calcium soap. As a result, the surfactant effect of the soap is neutralised (primary decomposition). This primary degradation takes place within a few hours.

Subsequently, the calcium soap is 100% decomposed by microorganisms into carbon dioxide and water (secondary decomposition). Within a few hours, the ethanol is reintegrated into the natural cycle. In addition to the natural glycerin released from the oils during saponification, we add vegetable glycerin, which binds moisture.

Although the components of starch, sugar and fat are extracted from plant materials in the production of sugar surfactants, they remain completely intact in their natural molecular structure. For this reason, it is relatively easy for micro-organisms to rapidly degrade these surfactants.

Surfactants such as soap and sugar are classified as readily biodegradable according to OECD guidelines.

Certification

• NCS (Natural Cosmetics Standard)
• CSE (Certified Sustainable Economics)
• Vegan Society

Cover

• Bottle, canister: PE
• Dispenser with pump, cap: PE / PP
• Label: PE
• Outer carton: 100% recyclable material

Ingredients

• Olive oil soap, certified organic / biodynamic >30%
• Coconut oil soap, certified organic
• 15-30 %
• Sugar surfactant, conventional 5-15%
• Vegetable alcohol (ethanol), conventional 1-5 %
• Vegetable glycerin, certified organically grown 1-5%
• marigold essence, certified organically grown <1%
• Citrate, conventional <1 %
• Essential oils of Atlas cedar, Litsea, sweet orange, bitter orange (petitgrain), pink geranium, balsamic additives, certified organic / biodynamic cultivation / harvesting from wild plants <1%
• Gurunian balsam <1 %
• Water, boiled to 100%
• PH value: undiluted approx. 8.5-9

Ingredients (INCI)

Aqua, Potassium Olivate*, Potassium Cocoate*, Coco Glucoside, Lauryl Glucoside, Alcohol denat., Glycerin*, Citric Acid, Calendula officinalis extract*, Cedrus atlantica bark oil*, Litsea cubeba oil* (contains citral*, limonene*, linalool*), Citrus sinensis oil* (contains limonene*), Citrus aurantium amara fruit/leaf oil* (contains linalool*), Pelargonium graveolens flower oil* (contains citronellol*), Dipterocarpus turbinatus balsam extract, Laurus nobilis leaf extract*, Boswellia serrata gum*, gold, Commiphora myrrha*, Olea europaea fruit oil*, Viscum album extract*, Rosa damascena flower extract*

*certified organic growing / wild harvest