Hydrate your skin right in the shower with our solid shower butter lotion bar. As it melts onto warm, wet skin, rich botanical butters help seal in moisture while leaving skin soft, smooth, and delicately scented with real vanilla beans.
We are often told to apply moisturizer as soon as we step out of the shower to help lock in hydration. Our Vanilla Bean Shower Butter Bar, infused with real vanilla beans, simply brings that idea into the shower itself.
This solid body butter works like a conditioner for your skin. As the bar glides over warm, wet skin, the rich blend of natural butters gently melts, helping seal in the moisture from your shower while leaving skin feeling softer, smoother, and deeply nourished.
Crafted with a nourishing blend of unrefined plant butters and oils, this luxurious bar helps soothe dry, sensitive, or itchy skin while creating a light protective barrier that supports lasting softness.
Real vanilla beans slowly infused into the rich plant butters create a warm, creamy aroma that feels comforting and indulgent. Soft, smooth, and naturally sweet, the scent wraps your skin in the cozy fragrance of true vanilla — subtle, soothing, and quietly delicious.
Mango Butter is naturally rich in fatty acids that help support skin softness and hydration.
Illipe Butter, traditionally valued for its deeply moisturizing qualities, helps condition and protect dry skin.
Together with cocoa butter, kokum butter, avocado oil, and coconut oil, they create a concentrated blend that melts beautifully onto warm skin.
Each bar is packaged in a recyclable, compostable glassine bag made from wood pulp and placed inside a paperboard box.
Soft skin. Lasting moisture. Warm vanilla bean aroma.
After washing and rinsing, glide the bar over warm, wet skin while still in the shower or bath, allowing the warmth of your skin and the water to gently melt the nourishing butters.
You can also step out of the shower and massage the bar over warm, damp skin.
Pay special attention to extra dry areas. Rinse lightly if desired, or simply pat skin dry.
Rub a small amount of the butter onto your hands and run your lightly buttered fingers through the length of your hair.
Cut a small sliver from the bar and drop it into your bathwater. As it melts, it releases rich skin-loving butters into the water.
No time for a bath or shower? Simply rub the nourishing oils and butters directly onto dry skin areas for extra moisture.
* When using in the bath or shower, always take care as your bath or shower may become slippery.
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!
Organic Vanilla Beans*
Organic Mango Butter
Kokum Butter
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*Ingredient is Fair Trade Certified Made with certified organic Mango Butter, Cocoa Butter & Vanilla Beans |
Overall rating: 4.815534 / 5 from 103 reviews.
Customers appreciate the smooth, creamy feel of the Shower Butter Bar on their skin, which leaves it feeling soft and moisturized. The subtle vanilla bean aroma is highly praised, and the bar itself is described as delicious and easy to use.
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"The scent is great however the shower bar does not smoothly apply to my skin when it is wet and warm like the instructions say. It does go on after continually rubbing to get the lotion off the bar. It is good once I get it on my skin and drys."
— Rose O. (3/5)
"I love to keep this in a soap case just outside my shower, then I grab the case and apply to wet skin. I’ve found no mess that way and the bar lasts much longer. These lotion bars and especially this scent is incredible. Very moisturizing, very soothing. I do follow this up with additional moisturizers because it’s winter."
— Susan (5/5)
"This moisturizing bar is it! Vanilla bean against a luscious background of mango and kokum butters that really let the subtle, delicious scent of pure vanilla shine through. Although I love it as an after-shower body moisturizer, I also love using it on my hands before bed and falling asleep to the comforting smell of vanilla. Another winner from Chagrin Valley!"
— MaryEllen S. (5/5)
"This is a wonderfully smelling bar that moisturizes well and doesn’t irritate my eczema / dry skin. It’s such a nice treat to smell the vanilla. I find it’s best to store this bar in a soap case outside my actual shower and then grab it to put it on before I towel off, this eliminates it melting IN the shower causing a slippery mess."
— Susan (5/5)
"OMG!!! I absolutely love these butter bars!! Completely eliminated the need for lotion after a shower! Please never stop making these and I would absolutely love even more scents! I have purchased every one!!!"
— Jennifer M. (5/5)
"so nice"
— Jennifer C. (5/5)
"When I use this lotion bar my skin stays soft and moisturized all week! Great product!"
— Alison N. (5/5)
"Smells great. I cant get down how to best store these as i dont want to leave them in the shower"
— Susan (4/5)
"The shower butter bar is great to use in the shower if one doesn't want to have to use a second step to put on body lotion. Also, it is great for the summer months in a hot and humid climate. The smell is very subtle, which I like."
— Joyce S. (5/5)
"This bar is super easy to use and keep my skin hydrated for 24 hours. I've started to use it on my face too and think it will soon be my everything moiturizer!"
— Hema K. (5/5)
Each vanilla bean blossom will only produce one fruit or bean pod. The blossom, which opens for only one day must be hand-pollinated within a few hours after it opens, otherwise, it wilts and dies.
Since growing vanilla beans is so labor-intensive, it is the second most expensive spice after saffron.
After the seed pods are harvested the seed pods, each one is soaked in hot water, then laid out in the Sun during the day and then, while warm, are wrapped in blankets and allowed to sweat overnight.
The price of Madagascan vanilla rose by nearly 150 percent after a poor harvest in 2015.
In March 2017, Cyclone Enawo hit Madagascar. Since about 80% of the world’s vanilla fields are in Madagascar, the price of vanilla beans soared even higher.
The demand for vanilla beans has been steadily increasing, not only due to poor crops and weather but also due to consumer demand for natural foods that are free of artificial ingredients.
Consumers now want real vanilla, not imitation flavoring. Vanilla is not only used in vanilla-flavored products, it is also added to other products like chocolate to counter the bitterness of genuine cocoa.
For more detail read our blog, "Why Vanilla Beans Are So Expensive?"
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.
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.
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We often receive questions as to whether our soaps, shampoos, and other natural products are safe to use during pregnancy.
We recommend that expectant and nursing mothers check with their midwife or physician before changing a skincare routine with our organic products, or any other line of products.
Read the label on a bar of commercial soap. Read the label on your jar of moisturizer.
Now read the ingredients in a Chagrin Valley product.
We use quality natural and USDA Certified Organic ingredients. No synthetic additives, colorants, fragrances, preservatives, or chemical derivatives are used.
There is nothing in our all-natural basic soap or other products that could cause a problem in pregnancy.
Topically applying the herbs present in many of our soaps is also not a problem. Your skin will absorb much less herb from the soap than if you would sprinkle them on your food.
The issue that seems to be of most concern is the use of essential oils during pregnancy.
There is a lot of confusing, ambiguous, and inaccurate information concerning the use of essential oils in pregnancy.
The question of safety and safety testing has a lot to do with several factors.
But also, aromatherapy and massage therapy use much higher concentrations of essential oils than you find in soap or even in eating the herb. With aromatherapy, you are inhaling the high concentrations which get absorbed via the lungs and in massage therapy, the essential oils remain on your skin and are absorbed.
Our scented soaps are gently scented with essential oils, but the choice is between you and your health care professional. The most critical time is the first trimester.
Just about every one of our products, like lip balms, whipped butters, soaps, shampoos, and deodorants has a "no added scent" version.
When there is a growing baby to consider, if you are at all uncertain as to the safety of an essential-oil containing product, or any ingredient, please consult your doctor, midwife, or health care professional!
When it comes to safety during pregnancy it is understandable that many massage therapists and aromatherapists decide to err on the side of caution in recommending the avoidance of certain essential oils.
Some Herbalists and Aromatherapist believe that essential oils that are normally safe to use, are safe during pregnancy, while others will recommend avoiding all essential oils during pregnancy.
Some essential oils that are normally quite safe have hormone-like effects and some even stimulate uterine muscles, both of which would be contraindicated during pregnancy.
Please do not ask us if one of our products is safe to use during pregnancy--we will simply refer you to this page.
We do not provide a list of essential oils considered safe during pregnancy because the information available is very contradictory. One aromatherapy source will list an essential oil as problematic while another one states it is fine.
The information is also changing constantly. Please do your own research and consult your doctor, midwife, or health care professional for the most up-to-date information.
Even if you have never had sensitive skin in the past, you may notice that a product you have been using for several years now irritates your skin.
The stretching belly is often the most sensitive spot. Other potential problem areas include the hips, thighs, and bottom where the skin may become dry and flaky.
Although the exact cause is not known, raging hormones do make you more sensitive to a wide range of things, and also your skin is thinning and stretching as you, and your baby, grow.
These changes can behave in unpredictable ways. For example, if you have eczema you may suffer from major flare-ups or complete remission during pregnancy.
Keep your body well moisturized and avoid products that contain synthetic additives, colorants, fragrances, or preservatives. Any of these can exacerbate sensitive skin problems.
Before trying a new product, you can always do a patch test to test for sensitivity.
And again, we recommend that expectant and nursing mothers check with their midwife or physician before changing a skincare routine with our products, or any other line of products.
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.
We often receive questions as to whether our soaps, shampoos, and other items are safe to use on young children.
A baby’s skin, so thin and delicate, is no place for harmful synthetic chemicals.
Sadly, even some of the most trusted baby brands add nasty chemicals to their products.
Read the label on a bar of commercial baby soap or shampoo. Read the label on a bottle of commercial baby oil. Now read the ingredients in Chagrin Valley products.
We recommend starting with our Milk & Honey Baby Soap. We also recommend our two Castile soaps and Carrot & Honey Soap. They are unscented and, as with all of our products, contain no artificial ingredients!
My grandkids use our Milk & Honey bar as a baby shampoo--just keep the soap away from their eyes.
When you think your child is ready, try some new soaps.
As with all new products, it is best to do a skin patch test prior to full usage to test for any skin allergies or sensitivities. If you have any questions or concerns always check with your doctor or health care professional.
It is best to add only one new soap or product at a time and use it for a while before switching to a new soap.
Essential Oils & Children: We do not provide information on the safety of essential oils for use in Children because the available information is very ambiguous and often contradictory. If you are interested in using essential oils with young children please consult your health care professional before use.
Please do not ask us to diagnose your child's skin problems, we are not health care professionals. Our recommendations are based on what our customers have shared.
Click Here to visit our page of Organic Baby products!
Trying to choose the right natural soaps or skincare products can be a bit overwhelming especially when you have allergies and/or skin sensitivities.
Since we proudly list every ingredient in all of our products, reading the ingredient list will help to eliminate ingredients that may cause you problems.
We always recommend doing a patch test before using any new products especially if you have sensitive skin or allergies.
We receive so many emails asking for help with allergies, we created categories in our “Help Me Choose” section to provide information for those with allergies or sensitivities to nuts, coconut, shea butter and gluten.
Check out our help me choose pages!!
If you are allergic or sensitive to any of the ingredients in our products, they may cause skin irritation. Even natural ingredients may cause sensitivities.
People with severe allergies--please note: If you have severe anaphylactic-type reactions to ANY of the ingredients in ANY of our products, please do not buy our products. We have dedicated soap rooms and product rooms that are kept meticulously clean, but we cannot guarantee against possible cross-contamination of individual ingredients.
We are required to submit documentation that ALL of our ingredients, even our "non-organic ingredients," were produced without the use GMOs.
Since the U.S. National Organics Program forbids the use of genetic modification in products to be certified as organic, purchasing organic is a great way to lower your exposure to GMO’s.
Genetically Modified Organisms refers to any animal, plant or microorganism that has been changed in a lab at the gene level. It is also known as “genetic engineering."
Read more about "Non-GMO Skin Care Ingredients"
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 . . .
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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