The Best Chic & Sustainable Soap Bars
Traditional soap is experiencing somewhat of a renaissance.
As we become more conscious of our use of plastic. you may have noticed a rise in environmentally friendly shampoo bars, or the likes of Hermes, Byredo and Dior all venturing into soaps.
Not only is soap now packed with a host of skin soothing and reparative natural ingredients, but it is now extremely aesthetic.
Here are a few of of our favourites.
1. Melyon
The opulent soaps from Swedish skincare brand Melyon are cold saponification bars beautifully handcrafted in France's mountain region.
The process combines long natural maturation with high-quality raw materials, resulting in the highest quality. When these soaps are applied to the skin, they produce a luxurious lather that pampers your skin from head to toe every time it comes into contact with it.
We adore their Le Charbon soap, which is an activated charcoal soap that deeply cleanses and purifies the skin of toxins. Amazing if you live in a city with high pollution levels. Even better, the oils used are completely vegan and the packaging is recyclable, with no stamping, foil, or lamination films.
2. Redoux
Brookyln-based brand Redoux, has created one of the chicest soap bars with the most sophisticated scents that will indulge all of your senses. The vegan skincare line is dedicated to providing new sensory experiences through the custom scents contained in each of their products.
Have you tried their Bathhouse Spirulina Bar? If not, you're in for a real treat. Lavender, ylang ylang, palmarosa, and eucalyptus are instantly transporting. This is the perfect self-care soap for when you need to introduce some calm into your life.
3. HORACE
The soap from natural grooming brand Horace, is carefully crafted by soap artisans in the South of France. The soaps are made from a superfatting process with the main ingredient being coconut oil to moisturise and soothe dry skin.
Each soap is carefully designed to offer a different mood from relaxed, reinvigorated to energised.
The aromatic Italian Bergamot & Peppermint soap will gently cleanse your skin leaving you feeling refreshed and ready to take on the day.
4. Dessein
Dessein is upping the ante in the soap bar game by creating some of the most aesthetically pleasing soap bars on the market. The features of being vegan, cruelty-free and packaged in sustainable packaging are also just as appealing as their soaps.
Their soap bar collection is organised from Proposition 1 to Proposition 5, with each soap bar delivering a unique experience, fragrance and property.
The Proposition no 4 natural bar soap, infused with an aromatic blend of bourbon, geranium, pink clay and Siam wood, is a must-have for your shopping cart. This bar will not only transport you to a tranquil space, but it will also hydrate and brighten your skin every time you use it. A luxuriously nourishing soap that leaves skin feeling soft, looking bright and smelling sweet.
5. gallinée
Searching for a soap bar that is backed by sound, no-nonsense science? Here it is: gallinée’s Cleansing Bar. The cleansing bar is non-stripping and ultra-gentle, with a carefully formulated precise pH of 5.8 to respect your skin's natural pH levels.
It’s composed of gentle cleansing actives in the form of a solid, known as a Syndet.
This bar is one of our favourites because of its careful formulation, which caters to sensitive and eczema-prone skin. The soap contains a careful blend of prebiotics, lactic acid (gentle AHA that maintains our skin's optimal pH level,) and physiological pH to match the optimal pH of the skin and the microbiome.