Three pack: Rooibos collection

In the Ash & Mill rooibos collection each bar is made using rooibos from the Western Cape.. The three-pack gives you a variety in exfoliating, with some of the bars featuring rooibos powder. Rooibos is also paired with activated charcoal and turmeric in this collection. The scents of the soaps in this collection are highly varied and anything but boring, featuring pairings of fresh scented black pepper with lime or cedarwood and patchouli, and floral rose geranium with lavender. 

Cedarwood, black pepper and patchouli with green French clay and rooibos – brown colour with rooibos exfoliating powder.

Black pepper and lime with activated charcoal and rooibos – black with brown exfoliating rooibos speckles.

Rose geranium and lavender with turmeric and rooibos – rich red/brown colour. Not exfoliating.

OUR COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE

Our luxurious cold-processed soaps have been formulated using a carefully selected blend of plant oils to balance the foaming, cleansing and conditioning properties of the soap. Each oil used in our soaps has a characteristic fatty acid profile. Understanding of the properties that each fatty acid imparts to soap, has allowed us to artfully formulate a blend of oils to optimise the properties of our soap, resulting in the creation of a hard, long-lasting natural soap bar that produces a rich, bubbly lather, that cleans without drying one’s skin.

NATURALLY FRAGRANCED

Ash & Mill cold-processed soaps are naturally fragranced and are scented with essential oils. No artificial fragrances are used.

COLD-PROCESSED – RICH IN GLYCERINE

Our soaps are also rich in glycerine, a natural humectant, which contributes to the moisturizing properties of our soaps.  By keeping the temperature low during the saponification process, the glycerin that is liberated as the fatty acid ester bonds of our triglyceride oils are cleaved is not lost, and remains in the soap bar. By contrast, when soap is made via  a hot-process, this moisturizing molecule separates out from the fatty acid salts (soap) and is not retained. 

FREE OF ARTIFICIAL DYES AND PIGMENTS

The beautiful colours and appearance of our soaps are achieved using natural ingredients like clays, ground fynbos particles and activated charcoal. We have endeavored to avoid the use of synthetic dyes and pigments. 

HANDMADE LOCALLY

Ash & Mill artisanal cold-processed soaps are handmade with pride by Brian and Nathan in Cape Town South Africa

INGREDIENTS:

Cedarwood, black pepper and patchouli with rooibos

Certified sustainable Elaeis guineensis (palm) oil, Cocos nucifera (coconut) oil, water, sodium hydroxide (consumed in reaction), Olea europaea (olive) oil, Vitellaria paradoxa (shea) butter, Ricinus communis (castor seed) oil, Cedrus atlantica (cedarwood atlas) wood oil, Piper nigrum (black pepper) fruit oil, Pogostemon cablin (patchouli) leaf oil, activated charcoal, green French clay and tocopheryl acetate (vitamin E).

 

Black pepper and lime with activated charcoal and rooibos

Certified sustainable Elaeis guineensis (palm) oil, Cocos nucifera (coconut) oil, water, sodium hydroxide (consumed in reaction), Olea europaea (olive) oil, Vitellaria paradoxa (shea) butter, Ricinus communis (castor seed) oil, Piper nigrum (black pepper) fruit oil, Citrus aurantifolia (lime) peel oil, activated charcoal, Aspalathus linearis (rooibos) powder and tocopheryl acetate (vitamin E).

Rose geranium and lavender with turmeric and rooibos

Certified sustainable Elaeis guineensis (palm) oil, Cocos nucifera (coconut) oil, water, sodium hydroxide (consumed in reaction), Olea europaea (olive) oil, Vitellaria paradoxa (shea) butter, Ricinus communis (castor seed) oil, Pelargonium graveolens (rose geranium) leaf oil, Lavandula angustifolia (lavender) oil, Curcuma longa (turmeric) rhizome powder, Aspalathus linearis (rooibos) powder and tocopheryl acetate (vitamin E).