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Our Five Favorite Natural Soaps

By Jennifer Ryan Jones Published August 6, 2021

Natural Soaps, Dr. Squatch's soap, charcoal soap, pine soap — Image used with permission by copyright holder

If you want to feel good about coming clean try using natural soaps. These bars get rid of the daily dirt and grime using the most nourishing ingredients for your skin. Skip the bars loaded with harsh chemicals, artificial fragrances and dyes. Synthetic soaps can leave your skin feeling tight, dry and cracked. Instead, lather up with hydrating essential oils, natural extracts, botanicals, shea butter and aloe vera. Suds up the au natural way.

Origins Clear Improvement Purifying Charcoal Body Soap

Origins Clear Improvement Purifying Charcoal Body Soap — Image used with permission by copyright holder

Unwind and wash off the stress of the day with this purifying body soap. Bamboo charcoal draws out impurities and debris to deeply cleanse away dirt and grime. And you’ll smell minty fresh, thanks to added clove and wintergreen.

Dr. Squatch Soap Company – Pine Tar Soap

Dr. Squatch Soap Company Pine Tar Soap — Image used with permission by copyright holder

Channel your inner woodsman with this all-star bar soap that leaves you smelling manly with the scent of real pine extract. You’ll smell as fresh as the great outdoors while gritty oatmeal and soothing shea butter buff and soothe your hide.

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Lightfoot’s Pine Soap

Lightfoot’s Pine Soap — Image used with permission by copyright holder

Enhance your shower experience with this bar that smells like a hike through a New England pine grove. It has a light, fresh scent that will leave you feeling clean and refreshed. Milled at Kenyon’s Grist Mill in Rhode Island, it promises to last and not disappear in your soap dish. It’s all natural, moisturizing and will have your skin feeling soft.

Sam’s Natural Soap For Men

Sam’s Natural Soap For Men — Image used with permission by copyright holder

Give your skin some love with this cold process soap formulated just for guys. It’s hand-poured and cured for six weeks and chock full of nourishing oils. Jojoba and Macadamia along with moisturizing shea butter make for a hydrating lather. It’s gently scented and won’t overpower you.

A Wild Soap Bar Timber & Coal Blackland Soap

Timber & Coal Blackland Soap — Image used with permission by copyright holder

Master soap maker, Jory Hanus was inspired by the fertile land that stretches from Texas to Canada known as the Blackland Prairie when he crafted this hand-stamped soap. The chunky, 5 oz. bar has activated charcoal that draws impurities and a lather that leaves an earthy scent.

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