Coastal Scents

African Black Soap

Product Detail

Coastal Scents black soap is the original thing! It is imported from Ghana where it is hand pressed and processed by women in a small village in Ghana. It contains no scents, preservatives OR chemicals.

For centuries, Ghanaians have used Black Soap to help relieve acne, oily skin, clear blemishes, and various other skin issues. It is known to help with skin irritations and conditions such as Eczema and Psoriasis as well. African Black soap has also been used to achieve beautiful skin. Africans have also used this natural soap for bathing and washing their hair. It's excellent for removing make-up too! Black Soap is known to leave your skin soft and clear.

Suggested Uses

Traditionally, African Black Soap has been known to treat rashes, acne, eczema, dandruff, body odor, and much more. The African Black Soap helps keep the skin clean and helps against premature facial lines. It is great for showering, bathing, washing of the hair, face, and the feet. Black Soap is recommended for the young and the old. Black Soap is known to leave the skin smooth and soft; as a facial soap it is known for clearing acne. African black soap has been used in Africa for the treatment of rashes, ring worm, eczema, and also as a natural hair shampoo to avoid itchy and dry scalps. We do not recommend direct use of African Black Soap on the skin, due to it being in its raw material state. Therefore, we suggest lathering it in a wash cloth or sponge before use on the skin.

Storage

African black soap should not be exposed to excess water and stored in a cool dry place. African black soap is soft and has a very high content of natural glycerin. Because of its natural glycerin rich content it absorbs moisture from the air and becomes softer if not stored in a cool dry place or in a sealed polythene bags.

Production Process

SUN DRYING
The skin of the cocoa pod is sun dried to a specific texture and then roasted in a clay like oven. During drying, the heat is kept at a constant temperature in order to maintain a particular smell, color and texture of the dried cocoa pod.

ROASTING OF COCOA POD
The cocoa pods are then roasted. The roasting process determines the color of the African Black Soap. The longer the roasting process, the darker the Black Soap.

MIXING OF COCOA POD WITH PALM KERNEL OIL
After the roasting process, the cocoa pod is mixed with pure, unrefined, natural Palm Kernel Oil. This process leads to the formation of the soap. No scents, preservatives, chemicals, color enhancers, dye, charcoal, or fragrances are added during mixing.

PACKAGING
The African Black Soap is then poured into molding blocks and then heat-sealed.

Our unique and quality controlled production process makes our traditional African Black Soap produce a very thick and soft lather which leaves your skin moisturized and soft. Our African Black Soap has a natural earthy smell.

Fair Trade

Following the guidelines of Fair Trade, the manufacturer of our African Black Soap pays much higher prices for this product by providing the women in the Northern Region of Ghative societies with interest free loans, credit facilities, training in packaging, labeling, and quality control services, therefore a higher price for their quality processed African Black Soap is justified.

When you buy our Fair Trade African Black Soap, you are enabling the Tamale and Wa women that process our product, to live with dignity and invest in their families, communities, and the environment.

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