The morning alarm clock we need. This big chunk of a Bar Soap has become my favorite way to wake up.
As soon as the Soap hits the hot water, I get hit with a sharp, cool energizing tingle that fills the entire bathroom and travels down the hallways. It’s got a fistful of Organic Peppermint that energizes, French Blue Clay that draws out impurities, and Big Sur Sea Salt which exfoliates and mineralizes. This process removes dead cells, allowing skin to become more receptive to all actives and moisture.
We chose Poppy Seeds as the exfoliant because their roundness smoothes out the skin evenly and gently — with no sharp edges, meaning no micro-tears.
Our Sea Salt is sustainably sourced from the waters of Big Sur. Our friend Carlo Overhulser harvests evaporating seawater, which contains a complex mixture of minerals, trace elements, and organic matter that are unique to each ocean and region. His process of evaporation concentrates these components in a painstaking process, resulting in a distinctive texture.
Packed full of Garden ingredients, this recipe is hyper-simple, but the process is not – everything is truly made by hand and sourced from a fully traceable collection of growers. One important example is our Babassu Oil, which we sourced as an alternative to dreadful Palm Oil. It is harvested on the perimeter of the rainforest in Brazil by local communities, rather than industrialized. The seeds are gathered by a collective of Indigenous women who use the funds to directly support their families and community.
Rise & shine.
Poppy Seeds
Unlike most other sharp exfoliators, the round poppy seeds in this bar soap ensure no microtears in the skin. Creating a very thorough, yet gentle exfoliation.
Peppermint
The sharp, cool aroma of Peppermint gives this soap a rush that both energizes and refreshens. The scent’s racing kick also invigorates the senses and the mind.
French Blue Clay
This clay removes impurities, tightens and purifies pores, and improves circulation by improving blood flow. Creating healthy, glowing, bright skin.
Big Sur Sea Salt
When this pristine Sea Salt comes into contact with your skin, it turns on its electrical receptors. This helps balance your body’s pH, soothes acne, eczema, and psoriasis, and softens your skin.
INGREDIENTS:
Organic Babassu Seed Oil, Organic Olive Fruit Oil, Big Sur Sea Salt, French Blue Clay, Organic Black Poppyseeds, Organic Peppermint Essential Oil, Sodium Hydroxide*
*Used for saponification, none remains in final product
IMPACT:
We source our Sea Salt from Big Sur Salt, and here at Flamingo Estate we use his crystals in our skin-soothing muscle soak, body scrub, and exfoliating bar soap (and sometimes in our pasta water). This pristine salt is harvested off the magical coast of Big Sur and is artfully dried to produce a mineral content identical to sea water.
