One With Nature Dead Sea Mineral Soap, Dead Sea Salt, 7-Ounces (Pack of 6)

Warning! Warning! Danger, Will Robinson! The palm oil used in this soap is highly destructive to the environment. Palm oil is grown on plantations cleared from rain forest, causing violations of indigenous people's rights, loss of plant and animal habitat which endangers species, soil erosion, global warming, and so on. Our close and adorable relatives the orangutans are being eradicated. Along with other rare species. Palm plantations are a major cause for loss of rain forest. Indonesia and Malaysia (where this oil comes from) have been found to use forced child labor in remote areas. The third world farm workers are exploited by the large refiners who pay them very little. One with Nature should switch to certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO) and palm kernel oil (CSPKO) even if it means raising the price a little bit.(One with Nature gets their palm oil from the Malaysian Government's "Malaysian Palm Oil Board", "The custodian of the Malaysian palm oil industry" which "forms the economic backbone of Malaysia ". It claims to "balance" sustainability with economic needs. It appears to mean that this is just the same as all unsustainable palm oil because it is not certified as sustainable by any NGO but has the cover of the Malaysian government to soothe consumers like us. The Malaysian palm oil producers have to wage their own public relations campaign to protect their business. I'm sure they also don't want to totally wreck their land which means they have to work towards sustainability. But IMO this doesn't mean that palm oil used by One With Nature is environmentally friendly, it's just the regular cheap harmful oil. Bye-bye orangutans.)Still I am not dropping the review stars because child labor and killing orangutans doesn't decrease the quality of the soap itself even though it's obviously a great reason not to buy it. I list some other good and safe bar soaps below that do use environmentally friendly oils. As much as this is my favorite soap after doing this research my conscience as atrophied as it is will make it hard to buy more.One with Nature does work with EcoPeace Middle East to promote cooperation among Jews and Arabs in protecting the environment and the Dead Sea in particular.Positives for this soap:* No harmful chemicals. Saponified vegetable oils like Castile soap with other natural ingredients. No harmful foaming agents. Only a few bar soaps are totally harmful chemical free, even of ones claiming to be natural.* There are some small bits of something like pumice in the soap that are pleasant and scrubbing but not harsh. It also has bath salts and mud built into the soap from the Dead Sea which I can't detect but may contribute to how well the soap works.* It sudses up well, rinses well, lasts a long time, and is pleasant to use. The large bar is easy to grip.All the one with nature soaps are great. The rose one has a great rose scent. The shea butter has lotion in it.It lasts longer and is more pleasant to use than the several "castile bar" soaps.South of France French Triple Milled Soap (made in the USA)  South Of France Natural Bar Soap, Shea Butter, 6 Ounce  or  South of France Variety Gift Pack Sampler; 6 Assorted 6 Ounce Bars  uses "Mass Balance" sustainable palm oil. The shea butter version is a very luxurious, silky soap that lasts a long time. $6 a 6oz bar is a good price. Mass balance not as good as certified sustainable but it does support sustainable cultivation. (You pay for sustainable palm oil but it can end up in a product that is not labeled sustainable instead of in what you bought. This saves a lot of tracking costs.)The really made in France French triple milled natural soaps I looked at on Amazon had artificial preservatives in them and palm oil they did not claim was sustainable. I am sure they are great soaps with great scents.Kirk's castile bar soap  Kirk's Natural Castile Soap Original - 4 oz Each / Pack of 3  is much cheaper but a bar also doesn't last very long so it's a wash (haha). It makes a lot more suds though. Extra suds may not actually help clean but they are fun. Not drying. No palm oil only coconut oil. Coconut oil also has environmental impact but not nowhere near as much as palm oil.Dr. Bronners Castile bar soap  Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps Pure-Castile Soap, All-One Hemp Lavender, 5-Ounce Bars (Pack of 6)  is more expensive but is also organic and free-trade. Free trade means the farmers get a fair share of the profits. The palm oil and coconut oil used in Dr. Bronner's is sustainably harvested. It doesn't kill a single orangutan, pygmy elephant or sun bear because it comes from Ecuador not Malaysia or Indonesia. Dr. Bronner's wins the health, humanitarian and environmental impact awards.Ingredients for the Dead Sea Sea Mud bar from the One With Nature website:Ingredients: Sodium Palmate (Saponified Palm Oil), Sodium Palm Kernelate (Saponified Palm Kernel Oil), Water (Aqua), Dead Sea Mud (Silt), Sodium Chloride (Salt), Cinnamomum Cassia (Cinnamon) Bark, Glycerin (Vegetable Glycerin), Maris Sal (Dead Sea Salt), Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Argania Spinosa (Argan Oil), Citric Acid, Tocopherol (Vitamin E).Pricing: You can pay all kinds of prices for this bar. When I ordered this last time from One With Nature I paid $22.48 for A SINGLE BAR which I promptly returned. If you get all six like you are supposed to though this is a decent price, $4.07 per 7oz bar. The list price is $4.99. It's often more than that locally.

I LOVE THIS SOAP MOISTURIZES MY SKIN AND SMELLS GREAT !!

I bought a 5 pack and the soap is good and rinses well, but I can't in good conscious continue to buy a product with each bar individually wrapped in unrecyclable plastic. It's long past time manufacturers consider packaging. Paper or recyclable cardboard or no wrapper would be just fine.

I've purchased the 6-pack of 7-oz bars several times because this is my favorite bar soap. The lemon sage and lavender scents are great. There are absolutely no artificial offnotes at all in these soaps, they are nice hefty size (7 oz bars) and last a long time. The lemon sage smells mostly lemony and the lavender definitely smells like lavender essential oil. I store the unused bars in the linen closet, unwrapped, to gently add their fragrance to the closet.I love scented soap but not over-powering ones that use manmade fragrances. In the past, I've thrown away many "natural" lavender soaps ordered online that smelled nothing like natural lavender. This brand is the real deal.

Seems many reviews say this One With Nature bar soap leaves their skin soft and moisturized.. I can't say I agree with that.. This soap does lather up nicely and rinses off clean which is what I like, but I did notice my skin seemed to be drier and itchier than it normally is when I use Nubian Heritage bar soaps.. Big bar lasts a long time but I think this soap might be better suited for use in the summer rather than in the winter when you are exposed to heat and much dryer air.. I definitely need to use a moisturizer after using this soap.. Other than that this is not a bad bar soap. Lathers up very well and rinses clean but leaves my skin dryer than I'd like..

After trying lots of soaps, this one is the winner. It lasts a good long time, is fragrance-free, which I need, and moisturizing but not too much (not greasy). I will probably use this soap exclusively unless they stop making it. Highly recommend it, especially for people who are fragrance sensitive. very nice!

I have had adult acne combined with eczema and dry skin for the last 20 years. I have used every product and medication (except Accutane) to help my condition. Many prodcuts made the acne worse and yet others irritated my face to the point of misery. I decided to research the best reviews of products and I came across this soap over 1 year ago. I have used nothing else since. For me, this product was a miracle.I have only had 2 cysts in a year and they resolved within 2 days without the normal course of pain and suffering. My small comedones have improved tremendously and my eczema is so much better on my body as well.I gave a bar to my sister and she said it dried her face too much but she uses it with a washcloth and scrubs her face too vigorously anyway. I warned her that the washcloth combination with the mild exfoliating grains within the soap may cause irritation but she just doesn't listen! I find that using this soap with just warm water and gentle massage with the hands works great to remove makeup and clean my face.I tried using another brand and my face broke out quickly and I went right back to this soap. I love this soap. I wish I had found it 20 years ago. I also loved the Almond Shea butter but I only use those for the body and not the face. I keep planning to try the other scents but every time I go to order, I just get the 6 pack of the Dead Sea Bar Soap.Try this soap, it has great reviews, lasts forever in the shower and works wonderfully!

I often buy these at WF for $5 each. Thought I would try and save money. They smelled like old cooking oil left in my cabinet too long. . Bought one at WF to compare and totally different. WF bard smelled like mud soap, no old oil smell.

I dont know how much salt they use but i do like how big the bars are amd the presentation its really professional. I would give it a 5 star but i havent tried enought different soaps that are the same from different brands to really know thats why i gave it a 4

The only reason I rate it 3 stars is because of how this seller is asking for more than DOUBLE of the price for the same great soap I can buy at a health store. I've ordered these soaps from this seller before and it used to be a good deal. Not anymore. Sadly, I will have to look elsewhere.

Smells good.

I love the smell of lilac, so I ordered this soap even though it was expensive. I was disappointed because there is little or no smell to it.

The soap might be good, just got it so i have not tried it yet. But miss leading the customers advertising it as a pack of 36, when in fact you only receive 1 soap bar is not good. Last time i buy anything from One With Nature.