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Forest Bathing Organic Botanical Bars of soap that will transform your daily routine into an invigorating forest experience. Infused with locally foraged spruce tips, coastal kelp, and clays, these botanical bars will nourish your skin and senses. Welcome the wilderness into your self-care routine and let it rejuvenate your body and soul.
It’s what’s inside that counts: Saponified Olea europaea (olive) oil infused with Tofino-foraged Picea spp. (spruce tips), Cocos nucifera (organic coconut) oil, Elaeis guineensis (organic and ethically sourced palm) oil, Helianthus annuus (organic Canadian sunflower) oil, raw and unrefined Theobroma cacao (organic cocoa butter), Vancouver Island sea salt, Illite (French green clay), Kaolinite (kaolin clay), Rhassoul (Moroccan lava clay), Macrocystis pyrifera (kelp) powder, Arthrospira platensis (spirulina) powder, and our coastal Forest Bathing blend made with pure essential oils of Vetiveria zizanoides (vetiver), Santalum album (sandalwood), Pinus spp. (pine), and Abies spp. (fir). cedarwood, and balsam.
Bars have been sliced into 5-ounces bars. For soap longevity, please keep the bar out of water when not in use.
Mindfully made by hand in small batches from the small surf town of Tofino on Vancouver Island. Botanical bars are vegan, and made using ethical and 100 % natural, plant powered ingredients.
5 - 14 days depending on Canada Post.
Depending on your province and country, yes.
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