Cabernet Sauvignon Soap

Intention: Body soap

Why add Cabernet Sauvignon wine to soap? Red wine has skin-boosting antioxidants like flavonoids and tannins, plus lots of polyphenol resveratrol.  Antioxidants scavenge free radicals from the body cells and prevent or reduce damage caused by oxidation. Therefore they are reputed to have anti-aging properties.

Plus, it's fun to bathe with a little wine, right?!

Ingredients:  Olive Oil, Coconut Oil, Cabernet Sauvignon, Distilled Water, Tallow, Sodium Hydroxide, Sunflower Oil

Why We Chose These Ingredients: 

• Olive Oil - anti-oxidants, oleic acids and polyphenols (antioxidant), moisturizing & creamy lather
  
• Coconut Oil - cleansing, high in vitamin C, high in lauric acid and antimicrobial
• Cabernet Sauvignon -  high in antioxidants (flavonoid, tannins, resveratrol), anti-aging, skin radiance, may assist with skin elasticity
• Sodium Hydroxide (Lye) - a caustic/alkaline reagent that, when mixed with fats and water,  will react (saponify) to create soap. Once cooked and/or cured, a properly made bar of soap will have no lye left in it when finished: it has been converted into soap.
• Water - hydrating, also part of the soap making process
  
• Tallow -  raditional fat used in soap making that is rendered from healthy pasture-raised cows from rural WNY; high oleic, palmitic and stearic acids; is very similar to our skin sebum/fat
• Sunflower Oil - rich in fatty acids and vitamin E, conditioning