Ingredients We Use

What differentiates Sopothecary from many product lines are the essential oils we use in all our products, not only for their luscious scent but also for their beneficial properties. Essential oils have been demonstrated to correct or improve many conditions of the skin (and spirit).

We love olive and coconut oil. We also use jojoba, castor, sweet almond, argan, apricot kernel, avocado, grapeseed, pumpkin seed, rosehip, evening primrose, sustainable palm, and camilla.

All our soap contains shea and cocoa butter, which is our standard formula at this time. We also use mango, kokum, capuacu, or illipe butter in some of our products and/or soy wax. 

For the water phase of a product we use distilled water. We have also used aloe vera, wine, beer, rum, fruit/vegetable juices, or sea water in soap and floral/herbal hydrosols in skincare.  

We have used lard, tallow, and schmaltz to make soap. We also use beeswax, royal jelly, oat or almond meal, honey, cocoa powder, tussah silk, activated charcoal, various clays, sugar, salt, herbs, spices, mineral oxides, poppy seeds, alcohol, and/or witch hazel in some products. 

We use a mixture of gluconolactone / sodium benzoate to preserve some of our products and phenoxyethanol / caprylyl glycol to preserve others. Bar soap is self-preserved with NaOH.