Werfzeep - botanical gardens - myrtle papyrus

Article number: 8718657192284 View all from Werfzeep > View more: Soap & Shower Gel > Werfzeep collaborates with the Botanical Gardens Utrecht. A cross-pollination! In the Botanical Gardens, a wealth of special plants grow, and from these, Werfzeep makes special soaps. This first edition is made with myrtle and papyrus, harvested in the Botanical Gardens. We harvested, dried, and shredded the papyrus into the soap, and the myrtle was distilled into hydrolat. It is the first in a series and has become a very delicious fresh-sweet-earthy soap. You can find the process of filleting papyrus and soap making in this blog. Ingredients: saponified oils of coconut*, olive*, cocoa butter* and sunflower*; water; myrtle hydrolat×; essential oils of eucalyptus*, lemongrass*, patchouli*, turmeric*, orange* and lemon*; dried papyrus×. INCI (same as on the packaging, international nomenclature): sodium cocoate*, sodium olivate*, sodium cocoa butterate*, aqua, sodium sunflowerate*, myrthus communis water×, aroma?, cyperus papyrus×, citralo, limoneneo, geraniolo. *from certified organic origin, ?organic essential oils, ×from the Botanical Gardens, onatural component of essential oils. Product specifications - Myrtle & Papyrus Article description Article number 8718657192284 Version Myrtle & Papyrus Product type Solid soap Country of origin The Netherlands Werfzeep soaps are wonderfully mild, nourishing soaps, full of nourishing oils and naturally occurring glycerin. Plant-based, organic and lovingly handmade in Utrecht. Werfzeep is intended for sensitive skin and is therefore suitable for all of us. Due to their mild action, our soaps are suitable as hand soap, shower soap and even for the face. The shampoo bars are also suitable as hand and shower soap. Plant-based We work with the highest quality oils: plant-based, organic and food grade - even the essential oils - and therefore still full of beneficial substances. For this, we work together with growers who share the same conviction. We also pick some of the plants in our beloved Wickenburghse forest. Here we maintain our soap herb garden and harvest various ingredients that have grown here for centuries. Free from palm oil and irritating substances We never work with palm oil, animal fats or irritating substances such as perfume oil, colorants or foam enhancers. From rich raw materials, we make rich soap, which also feels perfectly at home at the washbasin! Werfzeep is biodegradable and, of course, not tested on animals. Except for the honey soap and shampoo - both with honey from a local, organic beekeeper - our entire range is vegan. Organic & handmade All soaps are made by hand, in a large pot, in our soap atelier on Westerkade in Utrecht. Per batch, we make one hundred and fifty pieces in one block, which is cut after twenty-four hours. After this, the soap ripens for several weeks in our drying cabinets. After this process, a piece of Werfzeep weighs approximately 100 grams. When the soaps are ready to be packaged, they go by bicycle to the social workshop of Wij aan de Werf. Here they are packed by a super team of soap packers, in a wharf cellar on the Oudegracht, near our soap atelier. Environmental information about Werfzeep originated in 2009 from Evelien's love for old crafts and natural products. During a trip through Canada that she and Laurens made, she ended up on an idyllic family farm where, among other things, soap was made, with a ladle and a huge pot. The wooden house smelled wonderfully fairy-tale-like, and on the very first day, Evelien helped with making soap. To her surprise, this handmade soap, which was in the shower and by the sink, was soft and nourishing for her skin. Plagued by eczema since childhood, soap had been out of the question for years, but this soap turned out to be a completely different story than anything she had encountered before, which mainly gave her tight skin. Soap made from oils is a completely different product than factory soap made from refined fatty acids, with additives such as foam enhancers, synthetic perfumes, and preservatives, from which the glycerin has also been skimmed off. This discovery was enough for Evelien to become completely captivated by soap, the artisanal craft of soap making, all possible ingredients, and their effect on the skin. She started developing her soaps in a historic wharf cellar on Utrecht's Oudegracht. Now, eight years later, she works with a growing team in the beautiful soap atelier on Westerkade.