Base Oils & Butters – Chagrin Valley Soap & Salve

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Every thoughtful skincare formula begins with its foundation. Base oils and butters are the backbone of natural skincare, providing nourishment, protection, and balance for the skin. These plant oils—pressed from seeds, nuts, and fruits—work in harmony with the skin, helping to soften, soothe, and support healthy function.

Each oil and butter brings something different to the table. Some are rich and deeply conditioning, ideal for dry or stressed skin. Others are lighter and more easily absorbed, making them well-suited for oily or acne-prone skin. We choose our oils deliberately, based on what we want a product to do and how we want it to feel on the skin. We don’t select oils casually or based on trends. Each oil and butter is chosen for its specific fatty acid profile, skin affinity, and the role it plays in the overall balance of a formula.

In the world of skin and hair care, not all oils and butters are created equal. Many are lower-quality commercial-grade oils that are mass-produced and heavily refined, a process that strips away naturally occurring nutrients and compromises their ability to truly support the skin.

We use minimally processed plant oils and butters, selected for freshness, nutrient density, and integrity. Whenever possible, they are certified organic, sustainable, cruelty-free, and fairly traded.

These oils can be used on their own as simple, effective moisturizers, or serve as the base for herbal infusions and essential oil blends—carrying the benefits of plants directly to the skin. Because base oils and butters often make up the largest portion of a product, their quality, freshness, and integrity matter profoundly.

Our descriptions of base oils and butters are for external use only.

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Almond Oil

Organic Sweet Almond Oil

Sweet Almond Oil is a lightweight, easily absorbed oil that helps soften and smooth the skin while contributing to a balanced, conditioned feel. Rich in naturally occurring fatty acids, it adds slip and glide to formulations without heaviness, leaving skin feeling supple, comfortable, and never greasy.

Aloe Vera Butter

Organic Aloe Vera Butter

Aloe Vera Butter is a plant-based butter that combines aloe with coconut oil to create a rich, creamy ingredient that helps hydrate and soften the skin. In soap, it contributes to a smooth, conditioning lather that leaves skin feeling moisturized and refreshed.

Argan Oil

Organic Argan Oil

Argan Oil is a lightweight, fast-absorbing oil that helps soften and smooth the skin while contributing to a moisturized, balanced, and comfortable feel. Rich in naturally occurring fatty acids and vitamin E, it adds a silky touch to facial and beard oils, leaving skin and hair feeling conditioned.

Avocado Oil

Organic Avocado Oil

Avocado Oil is a rich, plant-based oil that helps moisturize and soften the skin while supporting a smooth, hydrated feel. Naturally high in fatty acids and vitamins, it adds conditioning properties to soaps, balms, and hair care products, leaving skin and hair feeling nourished and well hydrated.

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Babassu Oil

Organic Babassu Oil

Babassu Oil helps moisturize and soften the skin while contributing to a smooth, hydrated feel. Naturally rich in fatty acids, it melts on contact with the skin and is often used in soaps, skincare, and hair care to add conditioning properties and a light, silky finish.

Baobab Oil

Organic Baobab Oil

Baobab Oil is a rich, moisturizing oil that helps soften the skin and support a hydrated feel. Naturally high in fatty acids and vitamins, it is often used in facial and beard oils to condition both skin and hair, improving texture and manageability.

Beeswax

Organic Beeswax

Beeswax helps keep moisture where it belongs—on your skin—leaving it soft and smooth. It forms a light, breathable layer that helps reduce moisture loss and enhances the feel of plant oils and butters.

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Candelilla Wax

Candelilla Wax

Candelilla wax creates a light, breathable barrier that helps skin hold onto moisture while softening dry, rough areas. It provides a smooth glide, adds a silky finish, and protects the skin without feeling heavy or greasy.

Castor Bean Oil

Organic Castor Bean Oil

Castor oil is a rich, glossy plant oil that draws moisture to the skin and helps hold it there. Its thick, cushiony texture adds smooth glide to lip balms and face oils, creates a creamy, stable lather in soap, and helps condition and soften hair in shampoo bars.

Organic Cocoa Butter

Organic Cocoa Butter*

Cocoa butter is a rich, creamy butter that melts at body temperature to soften and soothe dry skin. Packed with fatty acids and antioxidants, it locks in moisture and adds shine and smoothness to dry or damaged hair while reducing frizz and breakage. *Fair Trade Certified

Organic Coconut Oil

Organic Coconut Oil*

Coconut oil, cold-pressed from the fruit of the coconut palm, is rich in nourishing fatty acids and vitamin E. It softens, protects, and hydrates skin, adds a rich lather to soap, and deeply conditions hair—leaving it smooth, shiny, and naturally healthy. *Fair Trade Certified

Organic Virgin Coconut Oil

Organic Virgin Coconut Oil*

Virgin coconut oil, cold-pressed from freshly cut coconuts, retains its natural tropical aroma and full nutrient profile. Rich in fatty acids, vitamin E, and antioxidants, it softens dry skin, supports a healthy moisture balance, and deeply conditions hair—adding smoothness, shine, and protection from breakage and frizz. *Fair Trade Certified

Organic Coconut Oil Fractionated

Organic Coconut Oil Fractionated

Organic Fractionated Coconut Oil, a highly refined oil made from regular or virgin coconut oil, is a colorless oil that readily absorbs into the skin. Unlike coconut oil, fractionated coconut oil is liquid at room temperature.

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Organic Evening Primrose Oil

Organic Evening Primrose Oil

Evening primrose oil is a soothing oil that is often used to help ease irritated skin conditions. It is excellent for dry, aging, or chapped skin and helps promote soft, strong, healthy-looking hair.

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Organic Flaxseed Oil

Organic Flaxseed Oil

Flaxseed oil, rich in omega-3 fatty acids, helps calm, soften, and smooth dry or irritated skin and soothe and moisturize dry, sensitive skin. In hair care, it moisturizes the scalp, adds shine, reduces breakage, and improves curl elasticity for stronger, more manageable hair.

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Organic Grapeseed Oil

Organic Grapeseed Oil

Grapeseed oil, a silky, lightweight oil oil is non-comedogenic and absorbs quickly, leaving skin soft and smooth without greasiness. Rich in vitamin E, linoleic acid, and antioxidants, it helps calm, moisturize, and balance blemish-prone skin while moisturizing and smoothing hair, leaving it soft, shiny, and beautifully manageable.

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Natural Organic Illiipe Butter

Illipe Butter

Illipe Butter, pressed from the nuts of the Bornean Illipe tree, is rich in fatty acids and vitamins A and E that deeply moisturize and soften dry, sensitive skin. It melts on contact, restores elasticity, and helps condition hair—reducing frizz, smoothing split ends, and adding natural shine.

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Organic Jojoba Oil

Organic Jojoba Oil

Golden Jojoba Oil, a liquid wax pressed from the jojoba seed, closely resembles our skin’s natural sebum. Lightweight and non-greasy, it helps balance oil production, soothe irritation, and lock in moisture. In hair care, it nourishes the scalp, adds shine, and helps reduce dryness, flaking, and breakage.

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Kokum Butter

Kokum Butter

Kokum Butter is a non-comedogenic, lightweight butter that absorbs quickly without leaving a greasy film. A good choice for acne-prone and oily skin types, it softens rough, dry skin patches and nourishes the scalp and hair for smooth, healthy, naturally radiant results.

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Organic Mango Butter

Organic Mango Butter

Mango butter is a creamy, lightweight moisturizer rich in antioxidants and essential fatty acids. It helps restore skin’s softness, elasticity, and smoothness while soothing dryness and irritation. In hair care, it locks in moisture, reduces frizz and breakage, and leaves hair soft, shiny, and naturally healthy-looking.

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Organic Neem Oil

Organic Neem Oil

Neem oil has been used for thousands of years in Ayurvedic medicine for its cleansing and soothing properties. Rich in fatty acids, vitamin E, and antioxidants, it helps calm dry, irritated skin and acne while supporting scalp comfort, reducing dandruff, and promoting stronger, healthier-looking hair.

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Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Extra virgin olive oil is a nutrient-rich moisturizer packed with antioxidants and natural squalene. Gentle and well-tolerated by most skin types, it keeps skin soft, smooth, and hydrated. It adds shine, tames frizz, and restores vitality to dry or damaged hair for a healthy, radiant look.

Olive Butter

Olive Butter

Olive butter delivers the rich hydration of olive oil in a creamy, fast-absorbing texture that leaves skin soft and balanced. It melts easily without feeling greasy—lightweight yet deeply moisturizing, ideal for all skin types, even those that find shea butter too heavy.

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Organic Palm Oil (Sustainable)

Organic Palm Oil (Sustainable)

Palm fruit oil is a natural emollient that conditions and softens skin while helping retain moisture. Gentle and hydrating, it’s also key in natural soapmaking, where it contributes to firm, long-lasting bars with a creamy, stable lather. Certified Sustainable

Organic Virgin Palm Oil

Organic Virgin Red Palm Oil (Sustainable)

Virgin red palm fruit oil is rich in beta-carotene, lycopene, and vitamins A, C, and E—powerful antioxidants that nourish and protect skin. It helps soften, smooth, and soothe dryness while conditioning hair for shine and manageability for naturally radiant skin and healthy, vibrant hair. Certified Sustainable

Organic Pomegranate Seed Oil

Organic Pomegranate Seed Oil

Pomegranate seed oil is a luxurious facial oil rich in antioxidants, vitamin C, and omega fatty acids. It hydrates, soothes, and brightens while helping reduce redness, fine lines, and dark spots. Light yet deeply nourishing, it absorbs easily to leave skin soft, balanced, and naturally radiant.

Organic Pumpkin Seed Oil

Organic Pumpkin Seed Oil

Pumpkin seed oil is a nutrient-rich moisturizer packed with vitamins A, C, E, and zinc. It hydrates and refines the face, softens skin, and helps calm irritation. In hair and beard care, it conditions, strengthens, and adds shine while supporting healthy, resilient growth and lasting moisture.

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Organic Rosehip Oil

Organic Rosehip Oil

Rosehip oil is a lightweight, antioxidant-rich oil that deeply hydrates and nourishes the skin. Used in facial oils, beard balms, and healing salves, it helps smooth fine lines, even tone, and soothe dryness, scars, and irritation. Leaving skin soft, balanced, and visibly renewed it supports a healthy, radiant complexion.

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Olive Squalane

Olive Squalane

Olive squalane is a lightweight, fast-absorbing moisturizer that mimics the skin’s natural oils—perfect as our own squalene production declines with age. It softens fine lines, restores suppleness, and leaves skin silky and radiant. A star ingredient in our Face & Eye Mousse, it delivers smooth, velvety hydration.

Organic Sea Buckthorn Oil

Organic Sea Buckthorn Oil

Sea Buckthorn Oil is a deeply renewing, nutrient-dense oil rich in vitamins, antioxidants, and all four omega fatty acids. It helps calm irritation, brighten dull or uneven skin, and support natural healing. Lightweight and non-comedogenic, it nourishes without clogging pores—ideal for dry, sensitive, or acne-prone skin.

Organic Sesame Seed Oil

Organic Sesame Seed Oil

Sesame Seed Oil deeply hydrates and softens dry, delicate, or maturing skin. Rich in antioxidants and vitamins, it absorbs quickly to comfort irritation, smooth texture, and promote a healthier, more radiant complexion.

Organic Virgin Shea Butter

Organic Virgin Shea Butter*

Shea Butter is a rich, nutrient-dense moisturizer that deeply softens and comforts dry, irritated, or maturing skin. Naturally soothing and vitamin-rich, it helps support healing, improve moisture retention, and restore suppleness. In hair care, it nourishes, reduces frizz, and enhances shine for softer, stronger strands. *Fair Trade Certified

Organic Shea Olein

Organic Shea Olein

Shea Olein is a silky, fast-absorbing liquid form of shea butter that delivers deep moisture to dry, mature, or sensitive facial skin. Rich in oleic and linoleic acids, it soothes, softens, and helps restore a smooth, radiant, well-nourished complexion.

Soy Wax

Soy Wax

Soy Wax is a skin-softening, plant-based emollient that melts at a gentle, skin-safe temperature—perfect for lotion candles. Rich in vitamin E and antioxidants, it helps lock in moisture, soothe dry or irritated skin, and leave the skin silky, smooth, and nourished without clogging pores.

Organic Sunflower Oil

Organic Sunflower Oil

Sunflower Seed Oil is a lightweight, vitamin-rich moisturizer that absorbs effortlessly and benefits all skin types. Exceptionally high in linoleic acid, it soothes irritation, calms redness, and supports smooth, hydrated skin. It also nourishes dry or damaged hair, promoting softness, shine, and healthy-looking strands.

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Organic Tamanu Oil

Organic Tamanu Oil

Tamanu oil deeply nourishes and supports stressed or damaged skin. Known for its exceptional calming and reparative properties, it helps soothe irritation, reduce redness, and support healthy skin renewal. Absorbs easily to soften dry areas, improve the look of scars, and comfort sensitive, reactive, or problem skin.

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Organic Walnut Oil

Organic Walnut Oil

Walnut oil, an excellent hair care oil, helps condition to provide smooth and manageable hair. It is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, which help decrease shedding, strengthen the hair, and promote growth.