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  • A cream soap bar flecked with tulsi leaf on a woven screwpine mat, lit by one hard shaft of sun, with fresh tulsi sprigs and dried leaf scattered around
  • Close-up of the cream soap bar face against ochre mud plaster, chopped tulsi leaf pieces embedded in the set soap
  • Women handling yellow beeswax sheets at a work table in the Nilgiris
  • Collectors working a hive up in the forest canopy
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Forest Post

Honeysuckle with Tulsi

Honeysuckle with Tulsi

₹290.00(₹2.42 per gram)
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Beeswax baseCoconut oilSulphate-freeParaben-freeTulsi leavesTea-tree oilPalm-oil-free
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Simple saponified coconut-oil + beeswax bar, essential-oil scented, free from sulphates/parabens/palm oil.

Reviewed by PurePicked

A handmade soap bar on a base of coconut oil and forest beeswax, scented with honeysuckle and tea tree oil and flecked with real tulsi leaves. The beeswax comes from the same wild forest hives that supply Forest Post's honey, so it is a by-product of the harvest rather than a bought-in base.

Made in small batches by women in Karikkadav Village, Kerala. There is no palm oil, no sulphates, no parabens and no phthalates in it, and the scent comes from essential oils rather than a fragrance blend.

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Why We Like It

  • The base is saponified coconut oil with forest beeswax — no palm oil, and no synthetic detergent.
  • The beeswax comes from the same wild hives that supply Forest Post's honey, so it is a by-product of the harvest rather than a bought-in base.
  • Real tulsi leaves are worked into the bar; they are what you can see flecked through it.
  • The scent is essential oil rather than a fragrance blend.
  • Handmade in small batches by a women's collective in Karikkadav Village, Kerala.
Ingredients

Coconut oil

Saponified base

The oil that actually becomes the soap. It lathers hard and fast, which is why coconut-oil bars clean so well.

Forest beeswax

Conditioner

From the same wild hives as Forest Post's honey. It hardens the bar and leaves a light breathable film instead of stripping the skin.

Honeysuckle oil

Essential oil

Carries the floral top note. Scent only, in place of a synthetic fragrance blend.

Tea tree oil

Essential oil

The sharp, clean note underneath the floral. Traditionally used in soap, and the most likely thing here to bother sensitive skin.

Tulsi leaves

Whole leaf

Real holy basil worked into the bar. It is what you can see flecked through it.

Forest Post Honeysuckle with Tulsi Soap versus other soap bars
What to comparePurepickedOther soap bars
BaseSaponified coconut oil with forest beeswaxOften a synthetic detergent (syndet) base
Palm oilNonePalm oil very common
SurfactantsNone — a true saponified soapSLS or SLES common
FragranceEssential oils onlySynthetic fragrance and phthalates common
PreservativesNoneParabens common
ProducerWomen's collective, Karikkadav Village, KeralaContract manufacturer

Is It For You?

Good for

Most skin types

Palm-oil / SLS / paraben avoiders

Those who like a sharp tea-tree note

Avoid if

Anyone sensitive to tea tree or other essential oils

Facial use on broken or very dry skin

Vegans — the bar contains forest beeswax

How to use
01

Lather in the hands and work over the body in the shower

02

Use it on the face too, if your skin takes tea tree well

03

Keep one by the kitchen sink — the coconut-oil base cuts cooking grease

04

Cut the bar in half for a travel tin; it holds up wet far better than a soft glycerin bar

05

Rub it over a damp flannel for a slower, gentler wash than straight onto skin

What to look for in Natural Soap?
01

Prefer true saponified soap over synthetic-detergent (syndet) bars.

02

Check it's palm-oil-free (or certified sustainable palm).

03

Look for essential oils, not 'fragrance/parfum'.

04

Avoid SLS/SLES, parabens and phthalates.

05

Natural exfoliants (grains, petals) over plastic microbeads.