Shaving Soap: Rugged Spice

Our natural spicy shaving soap combines nourishing plant oils, butters, coconut milk, and bentonite clay to create a rich, creamy lather with good slip and plenty of moisture. This soap is designed to provide a smooth, comfortable shaving experience, with ingredients traditionally used to support skin health and reduce irritation.

Price:

3 oz Bar

$6.75

Product Overview

When you think the classic wet shave, there's nothing more traditional than using a mug and brush and lathering up with a quality shaving soap to soften facial hair and prepare skin for a clean, close shave.

Our shaving soaps are loaded with natural glycerin and formulated with nourishing plant oils, soothing aloe, Ayurvedic soapnuts, and enriched with moisturizing coconut milk, shea butter, and cocoa butter. This blend is designed to provide a rich, foamy lather and support skin health during the wet-shave experience. Traditionally used to reduce irritation and improve razor glide, our ingredients aim to create a comfortable shaving experience.

The bentonite clay enhances the luxurious lather with slip to allow your razor to glide across the skin for a clean, close, smooth shave. The moisturizing plant oils leave skin feeling hydrated and soft.

Coconut milk, rich in fat, does more than just moisturize. Its soothing properties may help soothe sensitive skin and comfort the dryness associated with irritated skin, leaving it feeling soft and supple. In soap, it creates a silky, rich, and creamy lather.

Moisturizing unrefined shea and cocoa butters help hydrate and nourish skin, leaving it feeling soft and smooth. These luxurious ingredients provide long-lasting moisture enhancing the overall appearance of the skin.

Moisturizing avocado oil acts as a humectant that draws water molecules to the skin to help retain and preserve the moisture in your skin.

The warm and refreshing spiced essential oil blend helps balance natural oils.

A great bar for facial hair, underarms, bikini area, legs, or anywhere else on your body.

Crafted without synthetic fragrance, dyes or alcohol, the Lemon Lime Shave Soap is a round bar which is 2 3/8 inch diameter--great for shaving mugs

How To Use

Whether you are shaving your face, underarms, or legs, you will experience the most comfortable close shave if the hair is thoroughly softened with water, and hot water works best.

Directions for a traditional mug and brush wet-shave:

Begin with cleansed skin to help remove dirt and grime from the hair so that it can absorb water and soften. Natural Organic Shaving Soap

Shave during or after a hot shower or rinse your face with hot water to stimulate the skin, open the pores, and soften the hair
Give your shaving brush a good soaking with hot water
Shake the brush a bit--you want it wet, not waterlogged
Take the brush and swirl it over the surface of the soap to generate a rich lather--it will be bubbly at first but as you swirl the lather will become thicker
Apply brush to your face in quick, circular movements to produce a rich lather and exfoliate the skin
Apply the rich lather with the brush until it covers all the areas you want to shave
To generate a fuller lather, simply add more hot water to the brush
With a clean, sharp razor, take short, light strokes, shaving with the grain of your beard
Hold loose skin taut to help prevent cuts
Rinse the razor often
For a very close shave, you can re-lather and shave very gently across the grain
Rinse with cold water
Apply an After-Shave Balm or a Beard Oil or even a Facial Oil to moisturize your skin

Don't have a mug or brush? Once your skin is cleansed, rinsed, and hair is softened, massage the shaving soap onto the area to be shaved to create a rich, foamy lather. Shave as usual.

While everyone has their own special shaving routine, we do recommend shaving in the shower.

Effective, Feel Good Ingredients

The goal is simple: to Harness the Power & Simplicity of Nature® to cleanse, soothe, heal, and protect your skin and hair!

Our unique formulas rely on moisturizing oils and butters, healing botanicals, and pure essential oils. We choose every ingredient with one end-result in mind….the BEST possible natural skin care for YOU!

Featured Ingredients

Organic Coconut Milk

Organic Clove Bud Essential Oil

Bentonite Clay

All Ingredients:

Organic Coconut Oil*

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Organic Canola Oil

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Organic Palm Oil (Sustainable)

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Organic Castor Bean Oil

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Distilled Water

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Sodium Hydroxide^

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Organic Avocado Oil

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Organic Cocoa Butter*

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Organic Virgin Shea Butter*

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Organic Coconut Milk

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Bentonite Clay

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Organic Clove Bud Essential Oil

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Organic Lemon Essential Oil

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Organic Eucalyptus Essential Oil

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Organic Cassia Essential Oil

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Organic Rosemary Essential Oil

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Organic Cornstarch

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Organic Soapnuts

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Organic Rosemary Oil Extract (ROE)

*Ingredient is Fair Trade Certified

^Used in the saponification process to turn oil into soap and glycerin. None remains in the finished product.

Made with certified organic Coconut Milk, Cocoa Butter, & Avocado Oil
Certified Organic By OEFFA
A USDA Accredited Organic Certifying Agent

Frequently Asked Questions

Why Choose Chagrin Valley Natural Soaps

Aren't all handmade natural soaps the same? . . .

The answer is NO!

Saying a soap is "handmade" says nothing about quality of the ingredients or the knowledge and skill of the soapmaker!

Chagrin Valley is not just another soap and skincare company. We are committed to healthy skin, healthy people and a healthy planet.

We are a USDA Certified Organic Company specializing in luxurious, organic, handmade natural soaps and shampoo bars rich in natural glycerin for healthier skin and hair.

It's all about the ingredients! Inspired by our love of nature, we use organic herbs, seeds, flowers, vegetables, fragrant spices, fruits, pure essential oils and purifying clays for their exceptional skincare benefits and to provide natural color, aromatherapy, texture, or gentle exfoliation. Nothing artificial, nothing synthetic, no GMO’s, just natural wholesome ingredients.

Chagrin Valley's Natural Soap & Shampoo Bars Are...

all natural
made with USDA Certified Organic ingredients
handcrafted in small batches using the old-fashioned Cold Process Method
made with sustainable and fair trade ingredients
certified cruelty-free
free of detergents
free of synthetic fragrances
free of synthetic colors
free of artificial preservatives
free of artificial foam boosters
free of alcohol and petroleum products
free of synthetic additives
free of GMOs
biodegradable
mild and nourishing
rich in natural glycerin
magnificent long-lasting lather
cured for 8 to 10 weeks

Our soap making process uses only natural and organic ingredients. Why add artificial ingredients to a handmade product?

"Are All Handmade Soaps The Same?"

"12 Reasons to Use Natural Soap"

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Is Your Palm Oil From Plantations That Protect Our Rainforests?

We often receive emails from concerned customers that have read about the devastating effects that palm plantations can have on tropical forests.

At Chagrin Valley Soap we treasure our planet and its inhabitants. We know that although we play a very small part, we must always make choices that are ecologically and socially responsible.

As the global demand for palm oil continues to increase we want to be part of the global initiative that changes how that palm oil is grown.

Our Palm Oil is grown and manufactured according to standards for sustainable practices set forth by Palm Done Right.

Certified Sustainable

Certified sustainable by RSPO (The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) and Palm Done Right

Our USDA organic palm oil variety carries RSPO Certification, otherwise known as Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, guaranteeing the sustainability and traceability of the palm oil production throughout the supply chain.

It has RSPO-IP (Identity Preserved) certification which is one of four certification levels offered by the RSPO and carries the highest and strongest level of sustainable guarantee with traceability of each lot of palm oil back to the field of origin. With Identify Preserved sustainable palm oil, the entire batch of palm oil is from a single identifiable certified source and kept separate from all non-certified batches.

Palm Done Right presents the first fully integrated, 100 percent organic supply chain in the palm oil industry. Palm Done Right requires a fair labor certification, organic certification, Non-GMO Project Verification, and has the highest level of certification — Identity Preserved — offered by the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).

As the global demand for palm oil continues to increase, we believe that if both manufacturers and consumers demand Certified Sustainable palm oil, producers will grow Certified Sustainable palm oil. That is the only way to really protect our rainforests.

If there is no demand for sustainable palm oil, growers will continue their cheaper unsustainable practices, because no one is paying them for a sustainable product. (If you build it, they will come!)

Please read our blog, "Will A Palm Oil Boycott Really Help?"

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What are essential oils?

What Are Pure Essential Oils?

Have you ever enjoyed the scent of a fragrant flower or herb? The fragrance comes from potent, aromatic compounds called essential oils found in the flowers, stems, seeds, bark, roots, fruits, and other parts of plants. It often requires several pounds of a plant to produce a single bottle of essential oil.

Essential oils not only give plants their unique scents but also help lure plant pollinators and protect plants from insects and other predators.

The chemical composition of essential oils may provide valuable psychological and physical aromatherapeutic benefits for some people.

It is important to note that to be a true essential oil, the oil must be isolated from the plant material by physical means only. Essential oils are NEVER extracted using solvents.

Although synthetic fragrances or "nature identical" oils are available at a much lower cost, only natural plant essential oils will provide any aromatherapeutic benefits.

View related natural skin care blogs

What Are Essential Oils (Much more detail)

How Essential Oils Are Extracted

Why We Use Only Real Plant Essential Oils?

What is Aromatherapy?

If you are pregnant or under a doctor's care for any medical condition, please consult your healthcare provider before using essential oils.

Pregnancy & Children: We do not provide information on the safety of essential oils during Pregnancy or for use in Children because the available information is very ambiguous and often contradictory. If you’re interested in using essential oils during pregnancy or with young children please do your own research and consult your doctor, midwife, or health care professional before use.

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Why Does the Smell of Natural Soap and Shampoo Bars Made with Essential Oils Change?

My natural soap bar doesn't smell the same as the last one

We sometimes receive emails that go like this:

I just reordered [some soap]. It is my favorite bar but it does not smell the same. Did you change the recipe?
This name of this bar is "lavender . . . " but I smell more of the other essential oils than lavender. Why do you call it lavender?

The good news is that when you purchase natural soap from an organic skincare company, it is scented with only pure essential oils.

The bad news is that when you purchase natural soap from an organic skincare company, it is scented with only pure essential oil.

The scent of an essential in any totally natural product can and will change over time and from batch to batch.

Essential Oils are a Natural Ingredient

Essential oils come from nature. The quality and scent of essential oils are affected by yearly weather conditions and varies from crop to crop and region to region.

This makes it very difficult to produce finished products in which the scents are always exactly the same.

Most commercial soaps (and skincare products), even some of the "natural" ones that contain some essential oils, are made with at least some synthetic fragrances oils, nature identical oil, or natural fragrance oil. Using any synthetic fragrance ensures a more consistent scent.

Essential oils are temperamental to work under any circumstance. But while a natural essential oil scent blend may change a bit in a cream or oil, these blends are especially unpredictable when making cold processed natural soap.

After all my years of soap making in never ceases to amaze me just how much the actual soap making process changes the scent of an essential oil blend.

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Natural Soap and Essential Oils

Why We Use Only Real Plant Essential Oils?

Natural Fragrance Oil? . . . Really?

Why Are Synthetic Fragrance Oils So Popular?

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