Lavender & Ylang Ylang

Lavender is good for the scalp and ylang ylang promotes healthy hair, these essential oils make a sweet combination. Contains the hair cleansing herb soapwort, superfatted with argan oil as well as being pH adjusted for gentleness to the hair. A vinegar rinse is recommended. Palm oil free.

Swedish lemon & cedarwood

Contains free range egg whites, traditionally included in Swedish soaps for oily hair, soapwort herb, as well as lemon essential oil and cedarwood to dissolve grease and tone the scalp. Keep lather out of eyes as soapwort stings, rinse with 1 tbsp vinegar in 500 ml water in a bowl or spray bottle.

Victorian egg yolk treatment

The Victorians cleansed their hair with egg yolk, which produces a fine foam and is a natural source of lecithin, adding conditioning power to this shampoo formulation. Rosemary essential oil stimulates circulation and conditions the hair and geranium balances. Palm oil free

Cypress CocoShea

CocoShea soap contains coconut oil, which is bubbly, and shea butter to add moisturising qualities. Cypress has a refreshing herbal-pine like scent, and it comes through quite delicately in this soap. Cypress is toning for the skin and appeals to men and women. A soft scent.

Palmarosa CocoShea

CocoShea soap contains coconut oil, which is bubbly, and shea butter to add moisturising qualities. Palmarosa is known for its rose-like scent, a relative of lemongrass, it has a sweet, powdery scent with a lemongrass undertone. Good for oily skin, relaxing, deodorising properties.

Cedarwood CocoShea

CocoShea soap contains coconut oil, which is bubbly, and shea butter to add moisturising qualities. Cedarwood has a bracing woody smell popular with men and women who like base notes. Calms, stimulates lymph & may help oily & inflamed skin.

Clary Sage CocoShea

CocoShea soap contains coconut oil, which is bubbly, and shea butter to add moisturising qualities. Clary sage essential oil added to this soap has a sweeter gentler herbal scent than garden sage, and is known to be refreshing and calming. A soft scent.

Lavender CocoShea

CocoShea soap contains coconut oil, which is bubbly, and shea butter to add moisturising qualities. Lavender essential oil is the traditional cleansing herb, it is refreshing, sweet and herbal and makes a good gift because almost everyone likes lavender.

Lemongrass CocoShea

CocoShea soap contains coconut oil, which is bubbly, and shea butter to add moisturising qualities. Lemongrass essential oil has a pungent lemon scent with an earthy undertone. It is refreshing in the shower, favoured by swimmers to rinse off chlorine. A light orange tint.

Orange Cocoshea

CocoShea soap contains coconut oil, which is bubbly, and shea butter to add moisturising qualities. The orange essential oil in this soap is refreshing, astringent and a true bracing orange not the syrupy sweetness of artificial fragrance oil. May be useful for oily skin, a cheerful scent.

Teatree Cocoshea

CocoShea soap contains coconut oil, which is bubbly, and shea butter to add moisturising qualities. Tea tree essential oil has a herbal masculine scent. It has deodorising properties, and may be soothing for acne and athletes foot. Makes a good gift for people who do not enjoy sweet soaps.

Gorgeous Grasses

Enhanced with three exotic butters of shea, cocoa and kokum for a luxury feel when bathing, this soap is swirled with natural colours and scented with the Indian-grass essential oils of sweet powdery palmarosa, pungent lemongrass and a smoky base note of vetiver.

Luxury Jasmine & Shea

A soap with a high shea butter content as well as nourishing avocado oil, made especially for dry, sensitive skin. The scent is a creamy, subtle natural jasmine scent, from jasmine wax extracted during perfume making & complementary essential oils. Natural plant colours.

Luxury Vanilla

A hard, long lasting soap, with vanilla scented cocoa butter, fine cut vanilla bean and enhanced with vanilla-scented benzoin resin. This is not syrupy sweet like artificial vanilla, more of a smoky creamy base note with a hint of aniseed sweetness.

NZ Outback

This soap has a medley of "billy" tea, milk & sugar; pine, wild mint and ginger scents & local Taranaki beeswax which helps the soap last longer. A stronger smelling soap that tends to be popular with men, blended with soap chunk offcuts resulting in a good value soap.

Patchouli G & T

Enhanced with luxury butters of cocoa and shea, a light-scented patchouli soap lifted with notes of woody spicy gin (juniper essential oil) and tonic (bitter lemon). Swirled with natural colour and the fine texture of mulberry silk blended into the mix.

Taranaki Art Gallery Soap

A hard soap due to being coloured with black clay, & some silver mica sparkle, inspired by the film Free Radicals by Len Lye. This soap has a dominant bitter coffee masculine scent of birch tar - be warned! - and a cold floral background of rosemary, sea breeze, juniper and old celluloid (camphor).

Taranaki Mountain Soap

Taranaki Mountain soap has an essential oil blend that is sweet, refreshing & woody, in the style of fresh mountain air. A popular soap with men and women, with a snowy mountain peak, indigo sky, hoheria leaf and Taranaki yellow clay to colour the mountain resting on a base of local black sand.

Unscented CocoShea

CocoShea soap contains coconut oil, which is bubbly, and shea butter for moisturising. With no fragrance and colour added, this soap is popular for people with sensitive skin, and for those who wish to have a simple, pure soap, knowing that it is made from quality ingredients.

Sensitive Poroporo

Organic safflower oil macerated with purple poroporo flowers, containing a natural steroid used by Maori and early settlers for skin. Contains rice bran, palm & coconut oils. May suit psoriasis, eczema, facial cleansing, pregnant mums & their babies. Superfatted with jojoba oil. No tree nut oils.

Beeswax Organic Unscented

All the ingredients are organic, including olive oil, coconut oil, cocoa butter, castor oil, & local uncertified milk. Taranaki uncertified organic beeswax contributes to a harder, longer lasting bar. Has a slight vanilla-honey scent from the cocoa butter and beeswax. Palm oil free.

Grip 1 kg

Grip has a thicker texture designed for deep tissue work. Top quality Taranaki beeswax may help reduce pain and inflammation, coconut oil adds slip and sunflower oil contributes a smoothing texture on the skin surface. Made fresh to order.

Glide 1 kg

A softer balm suited to massaging legs and relaxation massage. Top quality Taranaki beeswax, coconut oil and sunflower oil with rosemary antioxidant. Made fresh to order.

Grip 250g

Grip has a thicker texture designed for deep tissue work. Contains sunflower oil, coconut oil, top quality beeswax, and rosemary antioxidant. Suitable for people with wheat allergies. Refrigerate if used occasionally, allow to return to room temperature before use.

Glide 250 g

A softer balm suited to massaging legs and relaxation massage. Per tablespoon, add 5-6 drops essential oil for aromatherapy massage. Contains sunflower oil, coconut oil, top quality beeswax, and rosemary antioxidant. Refrigerate if used occasionally, return to room temperature before use.

Calming

A blend designed to help calm and ease anxiety, this 10 ml roll-on contains lemon verbena-macerated almond oil with hazelnut and wheatgerm oils, and essential oils that include sweet herbal marjoram, lavender, sweet herbal clary sage and grounding patchouli.

Cold & Flu

A useful roll-on for when you feel a cold coming on, or to help ease discomfort during colds and flu. Made with lavender-macerated sweet almond oil, NZ hazelnut oil and wheatgerm oil, this 10ml roll on includes essential oils of lime, lavender, lemony litsea cubeba, and woody virginian cedarwood.

Concentration

Designed to help with study or work projects, and a useful gift at exam time. Contains lemon verbena-macerated sweet almond oil, NZ hazelnut oil & wheatgerm oil, this 10ml roll-on includes essential oils of focusing rosemary, woody elemi and refreshing petitgrain.

Headache Soothe

A useful roll-on containing essential oils known to reduce headache pain and tension. Good to keep in a drawer at work or in your bag. Contains lavender-macerated sweet almond oil, NZ hazelnut and wheatgerm oil, includes essential oils of Taranaki Pihama lavender, bright lemon & soothing palmarosa.

Lift the Spirits

Uplifting and cheering for the spirit, this 10 ml roll-on contains lavender-macerated sweet almond oil, NZ hazelnut and wheatgerm oil, and includes essential oils of spicy aniseed, balancing rosewood, sweet clary sage and grounding frankincense.

Party Recovery

Designed to ease headache and fatigue from party overindulgence. Contains lavender-macerated sweet almond oil, NZ hazelnut & wheatgerm oil, includes essential oils of reviving rosemary, enlivening peppermint, grounding cedarwood and sweet petitgrain.

Recovery & Support

Responding to a customer request, this is designed for people who are undergoing radiotherapy, chemotherapy or similar treatments. Contains low allergy jojoba oil & meadowfoam oil, & essential oils of geranium, palmarosa, lemon and carbreuva which support without affecting treatment.

Reviving

Helpful at times you need to boost your energy, containing lavender-macerated sweet almond oil, NZ hazelnut & wheatgerm oil, and essential oils that include spicy anise, sweet geranium and woody amyris.

Sleepy Time

Helpful to apply before going to sleep or on too-early morning waking to assist with temporary sleep issues. Contains lavender-macerated almond oil, NZ hazelnut oil, wheatgerm oil, and essential oils that include calming chamomile, soothing lavender, balancing rosewood and grounding frankincense.

Stress Support

A good roll-on to keep in a drawer at work, this contains lemon verbena-macerated sweet almond oil, NZ hazelnut & wheatgerm oils, and includes essential oils of Pacific Blue lavender, uplifting lemon, balancing rosewood, sweet palmarosa and refreshing geranium.

Rose & Frankincense Lotion_Bar

Contains oils & mango butter, beautiful antique-scented rose floral wax and a little beeswax. They are hard but melt with the heat of skin so you can apply a thin coating to elbows, knees or dry hands. To get a thinner layer, apply with wet hands or use straight after a bath or shower on damp skin.

Creamy Rose & Geranium Lotion Bar

Orange Lavender & Sandalwood Lotion Bar

Contains oils & mango butter, wildcrafted fair trade shea butter, Thai sandalwood essential oil and a little uncertified organic beeswax. They are hard but melt with the heat of skin so you can apply a thin coating to elbows, knees or dry hands. Sweet with a luxurious sandal base note.

Jasmine & Vanilla Lotion Bar

Contains oils & mango butter, wildcrafted fair trade shea butter, luxury jasmine floral wax, vanilla macerated oil and a little uncertified organic beeswax. Has an elegant white flower note with a hint of vanilla.

French Green Clay & Backhousia essential oil

Suitable for stressed, devitalised & dry skin, green clay is generally regarded as the gentlest of the French clays. It draws out impurities so may bring out pimples. The convention is to mix with non-metal tools and dish, as it is thought to preserve the healing, negative charge of the clay.

French Red Clay & Palmarosa essential oil

Suitable for dry, grey or sallow skin, French red clay is very gentle and regarded as having an oily texture. Remember to use an old facecloth as red clay will stain. Supportive and uplifting, with healing and soothing palmarosa essential oil. All clay packs 3 teaspoons approx, enough for 2-3 masks

French Yellow Clay & Lemon essential oil

For all skin types including inflamed and rosacea. French yellow clay is the least drawing and can be used as a maintenance formula for skin. Lemon essential oil is refreshing and clarifying.

NZ Bentonite Clay & teatree essential oil

Cleansing and absorbent, useful for acne, oily skin & inflammation, & may ease the pain of scars. Mix with oats or arrowroot for dry skin. Bentonite clay gels on contact with water, giving a thicker mask than the other clays. Bentonite is also used for drawing out splinters as it has amazing pull.

NZ Kaolin Clay & NZ lavender essential oil

Suitable for all skin types except very dry. Kaolin is the all-rounder clay, being fine and very gentle and has skin balancing properties. Enhanced with calming Pacific Blue Lavender essential oil.