• Forest Post Cinnamon Orange with Coffee beeswax soap bar
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Forest Post

Cinnamon Orange with Coffee

Cinnamon Orange with Coffee

₹310.00(₹2.30 per gram)
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Built on beeswax from the same wild forest hives that supply the brand's honey (brand model)Handmade in small batches by Adivasi women's collectivesNo synthetic colour or perfume claimed
  • Beeswax from wild forest hives — a by-product of honey harvesting
  • Handmade by Adivasi women's collectives across eight villages in the Chalakudy, Periyar and Karuvannur river basins, central Kerala (Western Ghats)
  • Clean-label first-principles assessment (not FSSAI)
Clean

Coffee grounds do the exfoliating; body use, not for facial skin.

Reviewed by PurePicked

An exfoliating soap combining cinnamon and orange with coffee grounds, made by Adivasi women's collectives in central Kerala. The coffee is doing the mechanical work here — spent or fresh grounds give a coarse physical scrub, and using coffee for this is a sensible circular move given that the same collectives grow and process coffee under forest canopy nearby. Cinnamon and orange supply a warm, sharp scent that suits a scrub bar. At 135g these exfoliating bars are heavier than the plain beeswax soaps, reflecting the added solids. Assessed on clean-label first principles rather than FSSAI, since cosmetics sit outside its remit in India. One thing to know before you buy: coffee-ground scrubs are genuinely abrasive and not suited to facial use on sensitive or broken skin, whichever brand makes them.

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₹310.00

Why We Like It

  • Beeswax is a genuine by-product of the collectives' own honey harvest, not a bought-in base.
  • Handmade in small batches with income staying in the community.
  • The undisclosed saponification base is the one thing keeping this from a clean verdict.
This vs commercial soap
What to comparePurepickedRegular soap bar
Base disclosureNot yet published — we're chasing itUsually full INCI listed
FragranceNatural essences claimedCommonly synthetic
ProducerAdivasi women's collectiveContract manufacturer

Is It For You?

Good for

Those avoiding synthetic fragrance and colour in soap

Supporting Adivasi women's collectives

Avoid if

Anyone with a known sensitivity to a listed essential oil

Anyone needing a full INCI ingredient list before purchase

Exfoliating variants: sensitive or broken skin

How to use
01

Use as a regular body soap

02

Keep on a draining dish between uses — handmade bars soften if left in water

03

Exfoliating bars: body use, avoid the face

What to look for in Natural Soap?
01

Beeswax alone cannot make soap — if a maker names only beeswax, ask what the base oils and alkali are.

02

Beeswax in soap gives a harder, longer-lasting bar and leaves a light breathable film rather than stripping skin.

03

Exfoliating bars with coffee grounds are genuinely abrasive; not for facial or broken skin.

04

Cosmetics in India sit under BIS and the Cosmetic Rules, not FSSAI — do not expect food-style labelling.