Price: per gram, 1.00 kr. The weight per bar varies between 115 and 140 grams. Size: about 7 x 8 x 2.5 cm
Ingredients of Sage Soap
- Olea Europea (Olive) fruit oil from Crete, Greece
- Sage dry leaves from Crete, Greece: infused for 6 months in Olea Europea (Olive) fruit oil, and converted into an extract.
- Sage essential oil from Crete, Greece, derived from the leaves, 20 ml
- Sodium hydroxide
- Distilled water
Properties of Sage
- Sage soothes and improves irritating skin conditions.
- Sage helps improve acne, athlete’s foot and cracked skin, and relieves symptoms of eczema and psoriasis.
- Sage contains antioxidants and vitamins A, C and K.
- Oil from the leaf is often added to face and body washes, deodorants and antifungal creams due to its astringent properties. See also here.
- The scent is warm, camphoraceous, spicy, earthy, herbaceous, soft yet flavorful and perhaps a bit lemony. Balances the fifth chakra – the throat chakra.
- Sage Essential Oil is known to stimulate and clear the mind while exhibiting a balancing, uplifting, calming and strengthening effect on the senses to ease negative moods. See also here.
Properties of Cretan-Garden Soaps
- Herbal Olive Soap
- Handmade
- Hygienically manufactured, stored, packed and shipped
- Soap breads are cut manually with the most simple device
- Because of that, each soap bar has a different weight
- Prices are therefore variable: the price is aligned with the exact weight
- The resources are from Crete, Greece, and are organic and vegan
- There is no use of colourants, parabens, and preservatives are natural
- Pleasant mild scent of essential oils and herbal oil extract
- The lather is natural and gentle, without SLS or SLES
- Nourishing and protective
- Similar to Aleppo soap, Nablus soap, Castile soap and Savon de Marseille
- Total body care: for skin and hair
- Upcycling, zero waste: you can make liquid soap from small soap residues
- Upcycling, zero waste: soaps are made from still perfect, but expiring olive oil
- The soap is biodegradable
- There is no expiry date and thus is Cretan-Garden soap 100% sustainable
- Scientific Research
Properties of Olive Oil
- Olive oil contains vitamins A, B1, B2, C, E, and K, as well as provitamin A, and the minerals Calcium (Ca), Copper (Cu), Iron (Fe), Magnesium (Mg), Manganese (Mn), Phosphorus (P). Sulphur (S) and Silicon (Si). Cold-pressed virgin olive oil soothes, relaxes, nourishes, energizes, and has a diuretic and mild laxative effect. Olive oil has a purifying effect on the liver, is a vasodilatory agent, and is recommended for patients with diabetes. The oil is suitable for all skin types and has a soothing effect on eczema and hardened skin. Source: Academy SAGHO
- used to improve overall skin health
- has antioxidant properties
- hypoglycemic, antiatherogenic, antitumor, anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory and antiviral properties
- moisturising
- fights bacteria
