INTOXICATING FRAGRANCES, PRETTY COLOURS, AND EVERYTHING ELSE 

Natural Fragrance and Phthalate-Free Fragrance Oils

As an educated shopper who actually reads the labels on skin care products, you probably already know that fragrance, parfum and aroma are bath products ingredients to be avoided if you have extra-sensitive skin, wish to reduce your toxic load, or care about keeping chemicals out of the waterways and ecosystem. We understand: if you prefer unscented bath and body care products, we have several offerings, from bath tea to natural soap to bath salts, to help you keep it clean. For those who love to stimulate their senses with fragrance, we offer two kinds of scented bath and body care products.

 

• Scented with only pure, natural essential oils and/or herbal and fruit extracts

• Scented with phthalate-free fragrance oils in place of, or in addition to, natural essential oils

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This brings us to phthalates...a group of industrial  

chemicals used in hundreds of products, that has

been linked to organ damage and reproductive

damage in animal studies. In the environment,

these chemicals can mimic estrogen and harm 

the reproductive development of males.

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Phthalates are bad, m'kay?

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Our fragrance oils are sourced only from suppliers who make

fragrances from naturally-derived ingredients with a minimal

synthetic component which helps set the fragrance. 

Using fragrance oils also allows us much greater flexibility to

make wonderful-smelling products with scents that are not available in essential oils alone. You will find 'phthalate-free fragrance' on the ingredients list of all products that contain fragrance oil, on our website and/or on the product labels themselves.

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Fun Fact: You know how if you store an unopened bottle of perfume in a cool, dark place and open it 3 years later, it will smell exactly the same as it did the day you bought it? Or, if you open it and store it in the heat, 3 years later it will smell like it's gone bad, but it will still smell very, very strong? That's phthalates. Our products do not contain phthalates, so the fragrance isn't bound strongly to the product. We recommend using your SaltZ within 3-12 months (depending on the product) to ensure freshness of fragrance.

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Natural Colours and Skin-Safe Colorants

Who says that natural bath and body care products have to all be beige? Part of our mission to make bath time fun again includes making pretty handmade soaps and colourful bath salts that kids can really get behind. We do this in three ways:  

 

• Natural micas - naturally occurring silicate minerals that glitter and reflect light

• Natural pigments - food-grade additives like vanilla, pink salt, rose clay, beetroot powder, green tea powder, olive leaf, sea clay, rosemary, coffee, red wine, black tea, and charcoal

• Skin-safe cosmetic colorants - pigments with synthetic ingredients that are specifically used to colour soaps and cosmetics

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Needless to say, we try to use natural colours in our products wherever possible and effective to do so. Our shift is always towards using the best possible natural ingredients and minimizing the synthetics. That's why fragrance and colour are the only two synthetic additives to be found in any of our products, and only then in certain products and in minimal amounts. When using cosmetic pigments such as LabColors, it is often in concert with natural colours, and always in amounts subtantially smaller than the maximum recommended for any bath and body care product. 

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