Ida's Soap Box

If your hair does not seem to be adjusting to the shampoo bars, it may be due to your water. The characteristics of your water can determine how well (or poorly) your shampoo and conditioning routine works.

Watch Ida & Sam from Chagrin Valley Soap & Salve in this short news story done by Cleveland's Channel 19 News.

Palm oil has been used in soap making for thousands of years. Despite its great attributes in soap and other products, palm oil has become a highly debated topic. The effect of the growing number of palm oil plantations on the rights of indigenous peoples and the destruction of wildlife and biodiversity must be addressed, but a palm oil boycott may not be the answer.

We have received emails from customers telling us that they have tried other skin care products containing sea buckthorn oil and they did not help with their skin conditions. Most sea buckthorn products do not work because they actually contain very little pure sea buckthorn oil. We use organic, virgin, cold-pressed sea buckthorn oil . . . not less potent juice or extracts!