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African Black Soap Bar Soap

Bar Soaps	Bar Soaps
Solid cleansers.	Solid cleansers.
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Ingredient highlights

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African Black Soap Bar Soap

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Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free	Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free

Full ingredient list

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African Black Soap Bar Soap

No. of common ingredients = 0
Sodium palmate, sodium palm kernelate, aqua (water), parfum (fragrance), butyrospermum parkii (shea butter) oil, tocopherol, palm acid, glycerin, palm kernel acid, sodium chloride, sodium hydroxide, tetrasodium edta, tetrasodium etidronate, bht, ci 77288 (chromium oxide greens), ci 77491 (iron oxides), ci 77492 (iron oxides), silica, benzyl salicylate, hydroxycitronellal, alpha-isomethyl ionone, eugenol, geraniol, linalool 7	Sodium palmate, sodium cocoate, sodium palm kernelate, water (african black soap base), glycerin, fragrance (essential oil blend), butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, sodium chloride, avena sativa (oat) kernel meal, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, plantago major leaf extract, tocopheryl acetate, rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract, tetrasodium etidronate, charcoal, pentasodium pentetate, iron oxides

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 24

Total Number of ingredients = 17

Sodium palmate, sodium palm kernelate, aqua (water), parfum (fragrance), butyrospermum parkii (shea butter) oil, tocopherol, palm acid, glycerin, palm kernel acid, sodium chloride, sodium hydroxide, tetrasodium edta, tetrasodium etidronate, bht, ci 77288 (chromium oxide greens), ci 77491 (iron oxides), ci 77492 (iron oxides), silica, benzyl salicylate, hydroxycitronellal, alpha-isomethyl ionone, eugenol, geraniol, linalool

Sodium palmate, sodium cocoate, sodium palm kernelate, water (african black soap base), glycerin, fragrance (essential oil blend), butyrospermum parkii (shea) butter, sodium chloride, avena sativa (oat) kernel meal, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, plantago major leaf extract, tocopheryl acetate, rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract, tetrasodium etidronate, charcoal, pentasodium pentetate, iron oxides

Notable ingredients

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African Black Soap Bar Soap

Antioxidant: Bht, Tocopherol

Solvent: Aqua (water), Glycerin

Abrasive: Silica

Soothing: Rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract

Antioxidant: Rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract, Tocopheryl acetate

Solvent: Water (african black soap base), Glycerin

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Ingredients with their functions

Oval Soap

African Black Soap Bar Soap

Sodium palmate

Function: Viscosity controlling, Surfactant/Cleansing

We don’t have a detailed description of this ingredient yet.

Sodium palm kernelate

Function: Viscosity controlling, Surfactant/Cleansing

We don’t have a detailed description of this ingredient yet.

Aqua (water)

Also-called: Aqua, Aqua/Water, Water/Aqua/Eau, Aqua/Water/Eau | Function: Skin conditioning, Solvent

Water serves as a fundamental component in skincare products, often listed as the first ingredient, which means it's the most abundant. It acts as a solvent, helping to dissolve other ingredients and facilitate the application and absorption of products.