Bill's Bees — Lavender Soap Bar

Lavender essential oil and crushed lavender buds in a honey and beeswax soap.

Lavender is the traditional calming scent, and here it comes from real lavender essential oil rather than a synthetic perfume, with crushed lavender buds pressed into the bar. The base is Bill's handmade blend of coconut, olive, shea, cocoa and castor oils, with orange blossom honey and beeswax from the hives. Honey draws moisture to the skin and beeswax leaves a light protective layer, so it lathers creamy and rinses without tightness.

Who this is for

• An evening shower that is supposed to wind you down
• Dry skin that commercial soap leaves tight
• Anyone who wants a scented bar without synthetic fragrance
• A guest bathroom or an easy gift

Details

• Ingredients: coconut oil, olive oil, water, shea butter, sodium hydroxide, cocoa butter, lavender essential oil, beeswax, honey, castor oil, mica, lavender buds
• Keep on a draining soap dish or lift so it dries between uses

Bill's Bees is a working apiary founded in 1994 by Bill Lewis and Clyde Steese in Little Tujunga Canyon in the Angeles National Forest of Southern California. Liane Lewis makes the handmade products.