Bath and Body Soap Bar - Tea Tree

Available packaged in paperboard or package-free. Case quantity 12. Net wt. 4 oz each. Our standard mixture of organic coconut and sunflower oils make up this bath and body bar. A touch of certified organic Tea Tree essential oil is added for a woodsy, earthy, medicinal scent. Available individually packaged in a paper box (printed with vegetable-based inks) made from up to 30% post-consumer recycled content, or package-free. Each package-free bar order comes with an ingredient card. Full Ingredient List: Vegetable Soap [Sodium Cocoate, Sodium Sunflowerate, Glycerin, Water, Organic Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Organic Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil], Organic Melaleuca Alternafolia Leaf (Tea Tree) Oil Each handmade bar is approximately 4 oz. Nerd Alert: More Detailed Information On Ingredients:  Our Tea Tree Bath & Body Bar uses Coconut and Sunflower Seed Oils as the base vegetable oils for the soap. This combination gives us a firm bar that also lathers and cleans without drying your skin. Sourced from Century Sun Oil out of Pulaski, WI, sunflower oil is a local alternative to the olive oil we've used for bath and body bars before. Sodium Cocoate: This is the chemical name of saponified (that is, 'made into soap') coconut oil. It's the chemical that grabs onto both dirt and water to do the cleaning. Sodium Sunflowerate: This is the chemical name of the saponified sunflower seed oil.  Glycerin: This substance is chemically a type of alcohol and is naturally created when the oil is converted into soap. Glycerin is known for skin-softening abilities and is an effective solvent, meaning it can dissolve substances such as stains and dirts.  Organic Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil and Organic Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil : There is always some coconut and sunflower seed oils left in the soap after conversion to sodium cocoate and sodium sunflowerate. This is because we use sodium hydroxide, or lye, in the conversion process. Leaving these excess oil in the soap not only ensures there is no remaining lye in the finished product, it also gives the soap its lather and moisturizing feel. Some soapmakers refer to this as 'superfatting' and more oil remaining results in a softer, more moisturizing bar. Water: Water is used in the soapmaking process as a substance that dissolves lye and then is a medium so the lye can reach all of the oil to react. After being useful in this process, the water is allowed to evaporate from the soap over a period of several weeks, and the resulting dried bar has very little water. There is only about 5% water remaining in the finished bars, thus making them more shelf stable than a liquid soap that would require a preservative due to the high (about 60%) water.