After Shave & Beard Balm: Lemon Lime
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Shaving Soap: Lemon Lime
Shaving Soap: Lemon Lime
Our natural citrus 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.
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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 also acts as a humectant that draws water molecules to the skin to help retain and preserve the moisture in your skin.
A refreshing essential oil blend helps balance natural skin 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.
- 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 Soapnuts
Soapnuts, Sapindus mukorrosi, also known as Aritha or Reetha, are a member of the genus Sapindus which contains numerous species of small trees native to warm temperate to tropical regions. The genus name is derived from the Latin words "sapo," meaning "soap", and "indicus," meaning "of India." Members of this genus are commonly known as soapberry or soapnut trees because the fruit has been used for centuries to make soap. Soap nuts are not actually nuts they are berries. Local farmers harvest the berries and remove the shells which are then dried in the sun and then resemble nuts. The dried hulls of the soapberry nut contain a high level of saponins, natural surfactants that act as natural foaming and cleansing agents. A surfactant is a substance that reduces the surface tension of liquids so that the liquid spreads out, this allows for easy flow throughout water and the release of dirt, oils, and grime. Soap is a natural surfactant but detergents are synthetic surfactants. This 100% natural product requires no chemical processing. The inner seed, which contains no saponins, can be planted to create new trees for an easily sustainable forest. Soapnuts are not only sustainable, but they are also biodegradable, chemical-free, and gentle. Soap nuts are a fruit closely related to the Goji berry. Since they are not true nuts, they can be used safely by people with nut allergies. A popular ingredient in Ayurvedic shampoos and cleansers, soapnuts provide many additional benefits for skin and hair including anti-inflammatory...
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Soapnuts, Sapindus mukorrosi, also known as Aritha or Reetha, are a member of the genus Sapindus which contains numerous species of small trees native to warm temperate to tropical regions. The genus name is derived from the Latin words "sapo," meaning "soap", and "indicus," meaning "of India." Members of this genus are commonly known as soapberry or soapnut trees because the fruit has been used for centuries to make soap. Soap nuts are not actually nuts they are berries. Local farmers harvest the berries and remove the shells which are then dried in the sun and then resemble nuts. The dried hulls of the soapberry nut contain a high level of saponins, natural surfactants that act as natural foaming and cleansing agents. A surfactant is a substance that reduces the surface tension of liquids so that the liquid spreads out, this allows for easy flow throughout water and the release of dirt, oils, and grime. Soap is a natural surfactant but detergents are synthetic surfactants. This 100% natural product requires no chemical processing. The inner seed, which contains no saponins, can be planted to create new trees for an easily sustainable forest. Soapnuts are not only sustainable, but they are also biodegradable, chemical-free, and gentle. Soap nuts are a fruit closely related to the Goji berry. Since they are not true nuts, they can be used safely by people with nut allergies. A popular ingredient in Ayurvedic shampoos and cleansers, soapnuts provide many additional benefits for skin and hair including anti-inflammatory...
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Bentonite Clay
Bentonite Clay is derived from naturally occurring volcanic ash sediments here in the US. When mixed with water, it becomes very slippery, almost gel-like. Good for all skin types, it is commonly used in shaving soaps to make the razor slippery to avoid cuts to the skin. It also makes an invigorating body or face mask.
Bentonite has astringent properties that help shrink enlarged pores due to the accumulation of oil and dirt in the skin. It provides gentle exfoliation which helps naturally cleanse and unclog pores. Bentonite is useful for treating problem skin, acne, and poison ivy.
When used in natural deodorants, nutrient-rich bentonite clay helps absorb sweat naturally. Clay gives soap a smooth silky lather. In hair care, bentonite clay draws out impurities, restores hair’s natural balance, and helps remove product buildup on the hair and scalp.
Buyer Beware: Clays also have many industrial uses. Cheaper industrial-grade clays are not necessarily pure. Knowing your clay, and how its sourced, processed, and handled is very important. The clays we use are monitored by our USDA organic certification agency!
For more information please read our blog, "Cosmetic Clays in Skin Care."
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Bentonite Clay is derived from naturally occurring volcanic ash sediments here in the US. When mixed with water, it becomes very slippery, almost gel-like. Good for all skin types, it is commonly used in shaving soaps to make the razor slippery to avoid cuts to the skin. It also makes an invigorating body or face mask.
Bentonite has astringent properties that help shrink enlarged pores due to the accumulation of oil and dirt in the skin. It provides gentle exfoliation which helps naturally cleanse and unclog pores. Bentonite is useful for treating problem skin, acne, and poison ivy.
When used in natural deodorants, nutrient-rich bentonite clay helps absorb sweat naturally. Clay gives soap a smooth silky lather. In hair care, bentonite clay draws out impurities, restores hair’s natural balance, and helps remove product buildup on the hair and scalp.
Buyer Beware: Clays also have many industrial uses. Cheaper industrial-grade clays are not necessarily pure. Knowing your clay, and how its sourced, processed, and handled is very important. The clays we use are monitored by our USDA organic certification agency!
For more information please read our blog, "Cosmetic Clays in Skin Care."
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Organic Avocado Oil
Avocado Oil, Persea gratissima, expeller pressed from the pulp of the avocado fruit, is loaded with micronutrients. Unrefined avocado oil is a thick, green, moisturizing oil, rich in rich in omega-3 fatty acids, vitamins A, B, C D, and E, as well as minerals such as iron, magnesium, copper, and potassium. Unrefined avocado oil has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and emollient properties. Because of its anti-inflammatory properties, avocado oil may help ease symptoms of irritated skin conditions like eczema, seborrheic dermatitis, or psoriasis. It may even be helpful for those with acne-prone skin. The antioxidants found in avocados, like vitamin E and omega-3 fatty acids, also help ease dry skin and irritated skin conditions. Avocado oil, a wonderfully hydrating oil, acts as a humectant that draws water molecules to the skin to help retain and preserve the moisture in your skin. It is a very penetrating oil due to its high oleic acid content. The outermost layer of the skin easily absorbs the phytosterols and other valuable nutrients in the oil help prevent loss of moisture and keep the skin hydrated. In hair care, avocado oil provides essential nutrients to the scalp and hair shafts. It restores luster, hydrates dry and damaged ends, helps moisturize dry scalp, helps seal hair cuticle cells, and may help prevent hair breakage and improve a dry, flaking scalp. We use USDA Certified Organic avocado oil cold pressed extracted from the fruit flesh of the Avocado. This unrefined oil has not been bleached or deodorized and retains its natural color, characteristic aroma,...
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Avocado Oil, Persea gratissima, expeller pressed from the pulp of the avocado fruit, is loaded with micronutrients. Unrefined avocado oil is a thick, green, moisturizing oil, rich in rich in omega-3 fatty acids, vitamins A, B, C D, and E, as well as minerals such as iron, magnesium, copper, and potassium. Unrefined avocado oil has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and emollient properties. Because of its anti-inflammatory properties, avocado oil may help ease symptoms of irritated skin conditions like eczema, seborrheic dermatitis, or psoriasis. It may even be helpful for those with acne-prone skin. The antioxidants found in avocados, like vitamin E and omega-3 fatty acids, also help ease dry skin and irritated skin conditions. Avocado oil, a wonderfully hydrating oil, acts as a humectant that draws water molecules to the skin to help retain and preserve the moisture in your skin. It is a very penetrating oil due to its high oleic acid content. The outermost layer of the skin easily absorbs the phytosterols and other valuable nutrients in the oil help prevent loss of moisture and keep the skin hydrated. In hair care, avocado oil provides essential nutrients to the scalp and hair shafts. It restores luster, hydrates dry and damaged ends, helps moisturize dry scalp, helps seal hair cuticle cells, and may help prevent hair breakage and improve a dry, flaking scalp. We use USDA Certified Organic avocado oil cold pressed extracted from the fruit flesh of the Avocado. This unrefined oil has not been bleached or deodorized and retains its natural color, characteristic aroma,...
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All Ingredients
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*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
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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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Are Chagrin Valley Ingredients & Products USDA Certified Organic?
Chagrin Valley Soap & Salve is a USDA Certified Organic Company
The most important consideration in any business is its customers. Today's world of misleading claims, false advertising, and simple deception, often leaves consumers trying to discover the truth about personal products and their ingredients.
- We want our customers to know that we are committed to transparency in everything we do.
- We want our customers to know that when we say "organic," we mean it.
- We believe that in becoming a USDA Certified Organic company, our customers do not have to wonder if we really use certified organic ingredients or if our organic products are truly organic.
- So we choose to be a certified organic company and abide by the strict standards required for organic certification.
Some of my favorite products are made with ingredients that just do not exist as certified organic. Why? At this time there are no standards created for ingredients specifically used in the personal care product industry. Organic certification of personal care products is based on the organic food standards set by the National Organic Program of the USDA.
But since we are a certified organic company, we are required to submit documentation that even our "non-organic ingredients" were produced without the use of toxic pesticides, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), sewage sludge, or irradiation.
Why Did We Become a Certified Organic Company?
What Do All of the Organic Labels Mean?
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Are Your Products and Ingredients Cruelty Free?
All of Chagrin Valley's natural soap, shampoo bars, and personal care products are certified cruelty-free by Leaping Bunny.
Chagrin Valley Soap & Salve has been Leaping Bunny Certified since 2013.
The Leaping Bunny Program was developed in 1996, by The Coalition for Consumer Information on Cosmetics (CCIC), to identify and support companies that are doing their part to help eliminate the unnecessary use and mistreatment of animals to test cosmetic products and ingredients. The CCIC is made up of eight animal protection groups including the Humane Society of the U.S., as well as groups from Canada and Europe.
At Chagrin Valley we do not test our finished products on animals (other than human volunteers). But what about the raw materials, the ingredients we use?
Many products display labels claiming that their finished product is ‘not tested on animals’ but this does not guarantee that the product ingredients are actually free from animal testing.
The CCIC Standard is a pledge that a company makes to remove animal testing from all stages of product development. Our pledge to buy ingredients that are cruelty-free is integrated into the purchase agreement for all of our suppliers.
Personal care products displaying the “real” Leaping Bunny logo are certified ‘cruelty-free' using the internationally recognized Humane Cosmetics Standards. These rigorous standards require that no animal testing is performed or authorized for finished products or any of the ingredients in any stage of product development by the company, its laboratories or its suppliers after a fixed cut-off date. All Leaping Bunny companies are subject to independent audits and pledge commitments that are renewed on an annual basis.
This annual renewal is a key requirement that sets the Leaping Bunny Program apart from other cruelty-free certification programs. Companies that manufacture products, as well as their ingredient suppliers, must annually recommit to upholding their promise to not conduct animal testing on any finished products, ingredients, or formulations.
Why is this annual commitment renewal important? "Because product formulations change, suppliers come and go, and manufacturers develop innovative lines to meet consumer needs. But we know that compassionate consumers need to be confident that no animal testing is involved in the products they use."
At Chagrin Valley Soap & Salve . . .
- we do NOT test our products on animals
- we do NOT use ingredients tested on animals
- we do NOT sell into markets that require animal testing
The Leaping Bunny Program provides
the best assurance to consumers
that they are making compassionate shopping choices
by purchasing Cruelty-Free skin care!
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Do Your Natural Soap And Shampoo Bars Have An Expiration Date?
The Short Answer
Yes And No!
Although handmade natural soaps usually get better with age, we recommend using our soaps within 12 months of purchase. Our scented soaps should be used within 3 months after removing them from the box.
Although the soaps will not be "spoiled" after that time, you may notice some changes as natural soap ages.
- some natural colors may fade over time
- the scents from pure natural essential oil scents will fade over time
The changes in color and scent happen even more quickly in our sample size bars.
These small natural soap bars have a much greater surface area to volume ratio which allows essential oils to evaporate from the surface more quickly. However, the scent may still be there when you lather up.
I have found some ancient bars hiding in my closet that years old. The scents were gone, but the lather was incredible!
The Long Answer
For a more detailed discussion please read our blog, "The Shelf Life, Color & Scent of an All Natural Soap."
How You Can Help Prolong Shelf-Life
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Natural soaps need to breathe. Exposure to air promotes hardening of your soap and contributes to longer-lasting quality. Soap should be left unwrapped in their boxes or wrapped with breathable materials. Tight wrappers cause humid conditions by preventing evaporation of moisture.
- Our soaps are packaged in breathable, recyclable, sustainable packaging! Keep your natural handmade soaps in a dry, cool place away from sunlight, excessive heat and humidity.
- Our scented soaps, like Lavender Rosemary, can be placed in a muslin bag, old clean sock, or wrapped in a piece of cloth and put in your linen closet or dresser drawer to give a delightful fragrance to your linens and clothes while waiting to be used.
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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.
What Are Essential Oils (Much more detail)
How Essential Oils Are Extracted
Why We Use Only Real Plant Essential Oils?
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:
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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.
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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