This handcrafted natural soap was made to cleanse the physical and energetic bodies. Use to cleanse away dirt, worries, bad juju or blocks and manifest success into your life promoting ambition, prosperity, abundance, and victorious outcomes. Made with bay leaves laurus nobilis from Maura’s garden and essential oils of bay laurel, bay rum, frankincense and lime. The scent combination is earthy with a little spice and has a masculine appeal. This soap has a nice lather and exfoliating texture contributed by the bay leaves, use it all over your body and in your hair too.
Bay leaves are a wonderful cooking spice, robustly aromatic and rich in vitamins, minerals and anti-oxidants making it beneficial in skin care as well. It acts as a natural astringent and helps to relieve stressed skin which can bring on wrinkles and acne. Bay leaf oil is anti-bacterial and anti-septic helping to control acne and it's a tonic for hair. It is known to effectively combat dandruff and hair loss and reduce itching. It also naturally repeals insects and lice. It is used in healing for cuts, bruises and insect bites.
The bay leaf is a symbol of wisdom. In folklore and magick it is used to induce physic powers, bring prophetic dreams, protection, healing, purification and promote strength. Apollo, God of the sun, youth, beauty, archery, music, dance, truth, healing and prophecy wore a bay-laurel wreath in ancient Greek mythology. Further in Roman history bay laurel was woven into wreaths and worn as a crown of success symbolizing victory and honor.
We specialize in making all natural products, gentle on the environment and on you. All herbs used are either homegrown, wildcrafted or certified organic. Let your soap dry out between uses on a good soap dish uplifted from puddles and it will last a long time. These will have cured about a moon cycle before they are ready.
