Cold-processed, hand-crafted soaps by Ayala Moriel. Soaps are made mostly from organically grown oils (including home-grown extra virgin olive oil, virgin coconut oil), infused with wild and organic botanicals, fruits and veggies, and scented with natural essences only. Colours are naturally occurring from the botanicals within the soaps and the occasional colourful clays. Wrapped with recycled, bio-degradable vegetable wax-paper. All the soaps are designed, carefully handcrafted by Ayala Moriel in her studio in Clil.
We have a few different soaps available: Signature soaps perfumed with Ayala Moriel's fragrances (Film Noir, Vetiver Racinettes, ArbitRary, Bon Zai and Beach Lily).
"Sabon Bar" - our Wild Soap Bar collection of soaps infused with wild botanicals and resins, wild honey and local organic goat's milk, i.e.: Milk & Honey, Mastic Soap, Wild Amber Soap, Sage & Myrrh, Absinthe & Lavender, Za'atar (traditional pure olive oil soap made with Seawater), Lavender & Olibanum, etc.
And Luxury Facial soaps that are mild and assist with a number of skin conditions: Carrot Soap (Unscented), Carrot & Chamomile, Cucumber (Unscented), Cucumber & Hemp (intense green scent!), Black Soap (with Charcoal & Black Seed, especially for acne), Papaya & Mango Soap (both scented & unscented).
Lastly, we have a wonderful selection of Shampoo Bars, some of them from the signature collection (Film Noir, Beach Lily which are rich and creamy, with coconut milk, cacao and shea butter and therefore highly conditioning for dry and normal hair), Nettles & Rosemary (to encourage growth and healthy scalp), Dead Sea Mud (for oily hair and dandruff).
$12.00
Halva soap bar is inspired by the famously fluffy, crumbly and melt-in-your mouth Middle Eastern sweet based on tahini (sesame paste) and spun sugar, and fluffed up with saponaria root. Here it is delicately scented with coffee and vanilla notes.
This extremely nourishing soap bar is made from extra virgin and organic olive oil from my family's grove in Clil, extra virgin coconut oil, shea butter, cold pressed castor bean oil and for the water phase I used my very own homemade sesame milk sweetened with local wild honey from my village. It is superfatted - which means it has wonderful moisturizing qualities due to high content of unsaponified oils within the formula. This time with sesame oil and paste.
Ingredients: Saponified vegetable oils (coconut, olive, shea, sesame, castor), sesame milk, tahini (sesame paste), honey, proprietary essential oil blend.
$12.00
Hulnejan tea is a decoction of spicy roots and barks prepared by the Druze in Northern Israel over the winter months. It has strong warming and anti-bacterial qualities, exactly what one needs to stay healthy during the chilly months of the Galilee and the Golan. This limited edition soap bar is made from olive-oil and water infusions of Hulnejan tea. It creates a beautiful peeling soap bar that promotes circulation and rejuvenation of the skin. Like all of our soaps, it is also superfatted - which means it has wonderful moisturizing qualities due to high content of unsaponified oils within the formula. It is the same rich-lathering formula we've always had for our soaps, now handcrafted in our new studio in Clil by yours truly!
We're using olive oil that was cold-pressed from olive which were organically grown in a Druze village near Mt. Meron; Oganic virgin coconut oil (both are food grade), palm oil and castor oil for that extra emollient quality. The result is a hard, long-lasting bar with rich lather that is very moisturizing - a real treat for your skin, hair; and with a wonderfully spicy fragrance that brings to mind wintry teas by the fire place.
Ingredients: Saponified vegetable oils (coconut, olive, palm, castor), water infused with dried galangal, ginger and cinnamon, powdered dried cinnamon bark, powdered dried ginger root, natural fragrance (essential oils and absolutes of galangal, ginger, cinnamon, cardamom)
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This traditional soap bar is made from two oils only, both indigenous to the Levant: Olive fruit oil and Laurel berry oil. This is fashioned after the famous soap from Aleppo and without any added fragrance. The unique scent, both herbaceous and tar-like,comes from the Ghar (laurel fruit) oil itself.
We're using olive oil that was cold-pressed from olive which were organically grown in Clil, and Laurel berry oil from Turkey. The result is a perfectly balanced soap that is both mildly cleansing, healing and nourishing for the skin and bebeficial for problematic skin conditions such as eczema and psoriasis.
Ingredients: Saponified cold pressed virgin organic olive oil, saponified bay laurel (Ghar) fruit oil.
$15.66
This fantastic soap bar is made from olive-oil and water infusions of lavender from my garden in all of the soap's phases, creating a beautiful bar of soap, with a clean yet rich scent, underlined with an infusion of frankincense resin.
Like all of our soap, it is superfatted - which means it has wonderful moisturizing qualities due to high content of unsaponified oils within the formula. It is the same rich-lathering formula we've always had for our soaps, now handcrafted in our new studio in Clil by yours truly!
We're using olive oil that was cold-pressed from olive which were organically grown in a Druze village near Mt. Meron infused with lavender and lavandin leaves and flowers from my garden in Clil, frankincense resin in jojoba oil for superfat and fragrance; Oganic virgin coconut oil (both are food grade quality), palm oil and castor oil for that extra emollient quality. The finely ground and infused frankincense resin provide both healing and nourishment for the skin, as well a bit of "peeling" effect for renewed and rejuvenated skin, further softened by the honey.
The result is a hard, long-lasting bar with rich lather that is very moisturizing - a real treat for your skin, hair and even for shaving; dyed with natural plants and clays and the occasional golf mica (in the picture we have indigo dyed soap with gold mica lines; but that is not the only colour on hand).
Ingredients: Saponified vegetable oils (coconut, olive, palm, castor), water, frankincense (Boswellia carterii) resin*, honey, lavender and lavandin essential oilS
*Wildcrafted
$12.00
Mango Kombucha unscented soap bar with mango butter, fresh organic mango and home-brewed green tea kombucha. A special new formula that is palm-oil free and is highly conditioning, for gentle and dry skin. Extremely nourishing and hydrating.
This is a limited edition, so grab them while they're in stock.
Ingredients: Saponified vegetable oils (coconut oil, olive oil, rice bran oil, mango seed butter, cocoa butter, macadamia nut oil, water, coconut milk (Cocos nucifera), Green tea Kombucha (Water, sugar, camelia sinensis, kombucha culture), pureed fresh organic mango.
$12.00
This fantastic soap bar is made from olive-oil and water infusions of mastic (Pistacia lentiscus) in all of the soap's phases - both the leaves and the gum, creating a beautiful bar of soap, with a crisp, green, fresh and wonderfully woody aroma. Mastic also has anti-oxidant, antibacterial and antifungal properties; and is also good for inflamed and cracked skin as well as eczema.
Like all of our soap, it is superfatted - which means it has wonderful moisturizing qualities due to high content of unsaponified oils within the formula. It is the same rich-lathering formula we've always had for our soaps, now handcrafted in our new studio in Clil by yours truly!
We're using olive oil that was cold-pressed from olive which were organically grown in a Druze village near Mt. Meron infused with mastic (Pistachia lentiscus) leaves and resin; Oganic virgin coconut oil (both are food grade quality), palm oil and castor oil for that extra emollient quality.
The result is a hard, long-lasting bar with rich lather that is very moisturizing - a real treat for your skin, hair and even for shaving; and with a vibrant mastic fragrance.
Ingredients: Saponified vegetable oils (coconut, olive, palm, castor), water, mastic (Pistacia lentiscus) leaves and resin
$12.00
This fantastic soap bar is made from organic olive, local wild honey and nourishing organic goat's milk from my village. It is superfatted with - which means it has wonderful moisturizing qualities due to high content of unsaponified oils within the formula. This time with apricot kernel oil and almond butter! It also has a delicious almond fragrance, a lot like marzipan.
We're using olive oil that was cold-pressed from olive which were organically grown and harvested by my family in Clil, Organic virgin coconut oil (both are food grade quality), palm oil, almond and apricot kernel oil for their skin conditioning properties. Finely ground oatmeal is both soothing to the skin and provides a gentle exfoliation effect for renewed and rejuvenated skin, further softened by the honey and organic goat's milk.
The result is a hard, long-lasting bar with rich lather that is very moisturizing and soothing to the skin - a real treat with mild exfoliation from oatmeal. And with a delicious almond, marzipan-like aroma.
Ingredients: Saponified vegetable oils (coconut, olive, palm, almond, apricot kernel), water, almond butter, oatmeal, honey, bitter almond essential oil.
$8.00
This limited edition soap bar is made with organic mulberry fruit and leaf infusion, as well as ahimsa silk (cruelty free silk), which feeds exclusively on this tree.
The result beautiful silky smooth bar of soap, superfatted with poppyseed oil for extra emollient skin nourishment - which means it has wonderful moisturizing qualities due to high content of unsaponified oils within the formula. And gentle peeling from the mulberry's seed.
We're using olive oil that was cold-pressed from olive which were organically grown in a Druze village near Mt. Meron; Oganic virgin coconut oil (both are food grade), rice bran oil and castor oil for that extra emollient and skin conditioning and softening quality and ahimsa silk for a smooth bar of scent-free soap.
A real treat for sensitive skin, as it is unscented and very mild and nourishing soap.
Ingredients: Saponified vegetable oils (coconut, palm, olive, rice bran, poppy seed,), water, pureed organic mulberries, mulberry leaf tea, ahimsa silk, purple micah powder.
$12.00
This limited edition shampoo soap bar is made from olive-oil and water infusions of nettle, rosemary and sage, highly beneficial for hair and scalp. Red Moroccan clay is added for cleansing impurities and buildup and excess oils from the scalp.
We're using olive oil that was cold-pressed from olive which were organically grown in Clil; Oganic virgin coconut oil (both are food grade), palm oil and castor oil for that extra emollient quality. The result is a hard, long-lasting bar with rich lather that is very moisturizing - a real treat for your skin, hair and even for shaving; and with a refreshing, minty scent.
Ingredients: Saponified vegetable oils (coconut, olive, palm, castor, avocado, shea butter), water, nettle, sage and rosemary extract, peppermint, rosemary & euclyptus proprietary essential oil blend
$8.00
This limited edition soap bar is made with organic pumpkin and pumpkin oil.
The result beautiful bar of soap, superfatted - which means it has wonderful moisturizing qualities due to high content of unsaponified oils within the formula.
We're using olive oil that was cold-pressed from olive which were organically grown in a Druze village near Mt. Meron; Oganic virgin coconut oil (both are food grade), rice bran oil and castor oil for that extra emollient and skin conditioning and softening quality and ahimsa silk for a smooth bar of scent-free soap.
A real treat for sensitive skin, as it is unscented and very mild and nourishing soap.
Ingredients: Saponified vegetable oils (virgina organic coconut oil, RSPO palm oil, pumpkin seed, rice bran oil, cold pressed castor oil, cocoa butter), water, pureed organic pumpkin, cocoa powder.
$16.00
This fantastically rosy soap bar is mild and nourishing floral soap bar is made from organic olive, almond oils, local wild honey and nourishing organic goat's milk from my village. It is super-fatted - which means it has wonderful moisturizing qualities due to high content of unsaponified oils within the formula. This time with apricot kernel oil and almond butter!
We're using olive oil that was cold-pressed from olive which were organically grown and harvested by my family in Clil, Organic virgin coconut oil (both are food grade quality), palm oil, almond and apricot kernel oil for their skin conditioning properties. Finely ground oatmeal is both soothing to the skin and provides a gentle exfoliation effect for renewed and rejuvenated skin, further softened by the honey and organic goat's milk. Rose clay and Moroccan red clay are added for their pink hue as well as cleansing and detoxifying properties, and titanium dioxide for a touch of sunscreen properties.
The result is a hard, long-lasting bar with rich lather that is very moisturizing and soothing to the skin - a real treat with mild exfoliation from oatmeal. And with a pampering rose-jasmine perfume that would make your bathing experience heavenly.
Ingredients: Saponified vegetable oils (coconut, olive, palm, almond, apricot kernel), water, almond butter, oatmeal, honey, proprietary floral perfume (essential oils, absolute, floral waxes and concrete blend), rose clay, rhassoul clay, titanium dioxide.
$15.99
This fantastic soap bar is made from olive-oil and water infusions of wild sage (Salvia fruticosa) in all of the soap's phases, creating a beautiful bar of soap, with surprisingly warm and delicious scent, almost like honey cake.
Like all of our soap, it is superfatted - which means it has wonderful moisturizing qualities due to high content of unsaponified oils within the formula. It is the same rich-lathering formula we've always had for our soaps, now handcrafted in our new studio in Clil by yours truly!
We're using olive oil that was cold-pressed from olive which were organically grown in a Druze village near Mt. Meron infused with summer wild-harvest of Three-Lobed Sage (Salvia fruiticosa) leaves and resin; Oganic virgin coconut oil (both are food grade quality), palm oil and castor oil for that extra emollient quality. The finely ground and infused myrrh and frankincense resins provide both healing and nourishment for the skin, as well a bit of "peeling" effect for renewed and rejuvenated skin, further softened by the honey.
The result is a hard, long-lasting bar with rich lather that is very moisturizing - a real treat for your skin, hair and even for shaving; and with a surprisingly warm, sweet aroma of sage tea, honey and resins.
Ingredients: Saponified vegetable oils (coconut, olive, palm, castor), water, wild sage (Salvia fruiticosa)*, myrrh (Commiphora myrrha) resin*, frankincense (Boswellia carterii) resin*, honey, garden sage (Salvia officinalis L.) essential oil
*Wildcrafted