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When the DRUIDE brand started, established in a small farm in the North of the Appalachian mountains, it kept a few goats. Thanks to them, the first skin care products with goat’s milk in North America were created. With the virtues of this gift from nature, many very sensitive skins now regain their balance and moisture.

A synergy of ingredients with balancing, moisturising, nourishing and softening properties.
Goat milk
Almond
Chamomile
Avocado

DRUIDE alternative
Rich in protein that repair the skin.
Pleasantly regenerates and protects before and after sun exposure.
Ideal for sensitive and dry skins that usually react badly to common skin care products.
Guaranteed without any other active derivative than pure milk or whey.

User comments:
Ideal for everyday use.
Sensuous fragrance, texture and softness.
The sweet almond and goat milk fragrances create an awesome result.

Characteristics:
No ingredients derived from chemical synthesis (colouring agent, preservative, fragrance, etc).
Priority is given to ingredients derived from certified “organic” plants or plants whose wild harvest doesn’t disturb the ecosystem, or deteriorate the environment.
Surfactants (detergents or cleansing bases) exclusively obtained from the following natural raw materials: plant oils and fats, plant waxes, plant lecithin, plant sugars, plant proteins.
Biodegradability of all ingredients according to the strictest international standards is essential.
Exclusively natural processes guarantee the preservation and stability of the preparations for more than 3 years, without using any synthetic agent.
Exclusive use of ingredients guaranteed GMO-free (Genetically Modified Organisms).
Priority is given to ingredients proceeding from fair trade projects.
Simple and non-polluting manufacturing processes. They must allow to make the most degradable possible materials.
No use of dangerous or disputed practices, such as deterpenation, ethoxylation, bleaching, irradiation, sulfonation, or genetic manipulation (GMO).
No testing on animals (neither raw materials, nor finished products).
No animals ingredients. Only milk, honey and waxes are allowed.
Packaging is reduced to the minimum. No labels that prevent the recycling.
The organic ingredients and finished ecological products are stored without any contact with non-controlled products.
The natural preservatives used by DRUIDE are vitamin E, synergies of essential oils, and the natural defense mechanisms developed by certain plants.

Result:
The softness of goat milk and almond oil nourishes and helps balance sensitive and dry skins.

Certified by Ecocert

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Sodasan soaps are made in the traditional way, with an organic oil base; they are scented with organic essential oils (if available) and plant extracts.
They are coloured with plant dyes and mineral pigments. They are “superfatted”, containing 1 to 2% organic non-saponified shea butter, to re-grease the skin.
The essential oils, dyes and shea are added cold, after saponification.

Fragrance: Lavender. Pack of 3 100g soaps.
Soft, fresh, soothing. Essential oil obtained by steam distillation of lavendin (hybrid of true lavender and spike lavender).

Brand : Sodasan

Ingredients: soap paste made from organic palm and coconut* oils, organic shea butter*, essential oils (1-2%), food colourings.

INCI ingredients: Sodium palmate*, sodium cocoate*, sodium chloride, glycerin*, aqua, butyrospermum parkii*, parfum (essential oils)
*from organic farming 98%, certified by ECOCONTROL.

Characteristics:
No synthetic colouring agent.
No synthetic preservative.
No EDTA (a complexant, advantageously replaced by shea)
Sodasan uses organic vegetable oils (coconut, palm), certified by Ecocert.
Ecological manufacturing: no non-recyclable waste is left.
Fair trade: the saponified oils are palm and coconut oils from tropical countries.
Child labour is excluded.

Use:
Can be used daily, insisting on rough areas.

Certified by ECOCONTROL

How is soap made? Making soap is easy and magical! In just a few steps, the (plant or animal) oil changes into foaming soap. This technique has been used by humans for thousands of years.
Oil+alkaline solution+heat= soap+glycerin. All oils are made of glycerin and fatty acids. The fatty acid reacts with an alkaline detergent (sodium hydroxide) to form a fatty acid salt.
The result is commonly called “soap”.
Chemical definition of this reaction: soap is the product resulting from the alkaline hydrolysis of a fatty acid. By-product: glycerin.

Let us now explain the transformation of soap, to allow you to compare Sodasan soaps’ saponification with the making of common soap:

Raw materials

Common soapmaking uses many types of fats: from plant or animal origin. Even used cooking fats can be saponified (which requires large amounts of dyes and synthetic fragrances to obtain an acceptable result).

Common soapmaking: in great 10.000 to 40.000 L cauldrons, oils are mixed with lye and heated between 120 and 130°C. The pressure can go up several bars to accelerate saponification. Glycerin (10 times the price of soap) is extracted and sold seperately. It requires to be washed several times.

Common soapmaking: synthetic colouring agents, fragrances, preservatives, EDTA complexant (that slows down drying, very difficultly biodegradable), optical brighteners (allergenic, polluting), PEGs… all can be added, as all are authorised. Therefore common soapmaking can embellish a product made from the cheapest raw materials.

Sodasan uses only organic vegetable oils (coconut, palm), certified by Ecocert.

Transformation

Sodasan uses the same process, in a small cauldron gently heated to 70°C and without pressure. The cooking is slow, with a progressive rise in heat.
Sodasan practices traditional saponification, ‘cauldron by cauldron’. Glycerin (around 3%), a natural moisturiser, remains in the soap to improve it.
Sodasan soap is made with 82% oils.

Additives

Sodasan adds very few ‘additives’ to the basic soap: essential oils and plant extracts (all organic, if available) for the fragrance, organic shea butter to regrease the skin, and plant or mineral pigments to colour the soap. All these ingredients are added after the cooking, with cold kneading, to prevent their deterioration by heat. This process is usually only for luxury soaps.

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