Ingredients

We make our soap with natural ingredients using traditional, cold process methods, for the highest quality bar possible.

We use:

  • Only natural colorants from plants, clays, or oxides
  • Pure, sustainably sourced plant oils (organic whenever possible)
  • 100% pure essential oils 

So, how is soap made?
In simple terms: oils meet lye, and the magic of chemistry happens. This process is called saponification:

Triglycerides (fatty acids) + Sodium hydroxide → Soap + Glycerine

Once poured, the soap rests and cures for at least a month. This curing time lets excess water evaporate, creating a harder, longer-lasting bar with a gentler feel. Some recipes — like pure olive oil Castile soap — benefit from an even longer cure. A full year of patience rewards you with a rock-solid bar, stable creamy lather, and a silky, non-slippery feel on the skin.

At Dirty Dandelion, ingredients are the center of everything. We choose pure plant oils, natural colorants, skin-loving clays, and the highest quality essential oils. We add a splash of whimsy, and skip the stuff we wouldn’t want on our own skin. Every bar is a little different, because nature is like that, aaaand so are we.

Base Oils

  • Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil – gentle, moisturizing base, often infused with dandelion, chamomile, or other botanicals to give skin the extra goods
  • Organic Coconut Oil – bubbly, cleansing lather
  • Organic RSPO Palm Oil – sustainable hardness and longevity for a bar that lasts
  • Organic Shea Butter – rich and conditioning
  • Cocoa Butter – creamy hardness
  • Castor Oil – boosts and stabilizes lather
  • Organic High Oleic Sunflower Oil – light and nourishing, creates a balanced bar
  • Organic Babassu Oil – high end, silky, & cleansing bubbles 
  • Organic Mango Butter – velvety, non-greasy moisture that softens and smooths
  • Organic Cupuaçu Butter – deeply hydrating, helps skin retain water/ stay supple

Liquids and Additives

  • Goat milk – adds vitamins and creamy texture
  • Coconut milk – for vitamins and a super silky feel
  • Vegetable & fruit juices - add skin-loving properties and boost bubbles
  • Aloe vera – soothing
  • Tussah silk – luxurious slip
  • Egg yolk (from our backyard hens) – natural vitamins A, B2, B3, and zinc
  • Botanical powders & seeds– from rose hips to lemon peel for gentle exfoliation
  • Salts & clays – for texture, cleansing, and slip

100% Pure Essential Oils 

From the start, natural has been our promise: every bar scented only with essential oils from trusted sources, no synthetic fragrances.

Soap ages gracefully—growing harder, bubblier, and longer lasting—but note that some essential oils mellow as the bar matures. We embrace that natural evolution. Each scent is true to its origin, distilled or pressed into its purest form, and crafted to carry its character as long as nature allows.

No shortcuts, no fillers—just real botanicals, transformed into soap! 

Colorants

The magic of mixing plants, clays, minerals, and oxides with oils and lye is nothing short of addictive. Colors may shift with light and time, and no two batches are ever exactly alike.

Clays (stable & reliable): Kaolin, rose clay, French green, French red, Cambrian blue, Moroccan clay, rhassoul, Egyptian pink, yellow Brazilian, purple Brazilian, marine clay, illite clay.

Plant-based colorants (may shift): annatto seed, Himalayan rhubarb, alkanet, madder root, woad powder, turmeric, safflower, spirulina, chlorella, nettle leaf, chamomile, calendula, comfrey, moringa, mugwort, parsley, wheatgrass, barley grass, oatstraw, yarrow, carrot juice, pumpkin puree, tomato paste, bamboo charcoal, cocoa powder.

Minerals oxides (long-lasting): titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, ultramarines, chromium oxide green, iron oxides (red, yellow, black).

What We Leave Out

  • No synthetic dyes
  • No parabens or phthalates
  • No SLS/SLES
  • No untraceable palm oil (we use only RSPO-certified palm when we use it)