Olive Oil Soap

Greek Olive Beauty Soap~

Old Fashioned Soap Making

Santa Lucia Old Store

Greek Olive Oil

    *Cretan olive oil and a little coconut to make it a bit harder with extra lather"




Palin's Handcrafted Natural Soap


Greek Olive Oil Soap with Cocoa Butter
olive oil soap
$9.50 each

Cretan Greek Olive Oils

The low incidence of skin cancer among Mediterranean people (despite a strong sun) and its well-known anti-oxidant affect have brought olive oil international acclaim for skin care too. Skin and hair .

Greek olive oil soap retain moisture, resilience, suppleness and brightness. It's no wonder dermatologists everywhere recommend olive oil soaps for dry and sensitive skin.

*Olive oil is a humectant which means it attracts external moisture from the air, holds the moisture close to the skin, and forms a breathable film to prevent loss of internal moisture.

Greek Olive

*As a result, the skin is able to continue its natural functions: perspiration, sebum release, and shedding of dead skin cells.

* Three thousand years ago the Phoenicians, whose lands corresponds to present-day Lebanon and coastal parts of Israel and Syria, brought the olive to new colonies in *Mediterranean ports. Later, the Romans would trade olives as one of their more gentle means of settling local frictions. In the 6th century, *French craftsmen combined the ashes from sea plants with locally pressed olive oils to make the world's first olive oil soaps.

New factories in *Marseille, Genoa, Lisbon, and Istanbul began a tradition of soapmaking that would become world-famous. In Marseille, the number of soap factories reached more than one hundred in the twentieth century, we continue the craft. Workers gently stirred the delicate mixture in old cauldrons and filled huge pits with a deep-green paste.

*In a process spanning generations, the hardened blocks were stamped with special marks and dried in the sun and marine winds.

* Today, making a statement for simplicity, purity and tradition naturalhandcraftedsoap.com

Ingredients: Cretan Greek Olive oil, organic coconut oil, cocoa butter

*Greek Olive Oil Soap