Seasonal Soap // Spiced Apple Cider Hand+Body Bar

For some, it's not really fall until there's a Pumpkin Spice Latte in hand. For others, spiced apple cider is where it's at.

If you, like me (hi, I'm Krystina, the face behind this place 😄), are in the latter group, this soap bar is for you. Step aside, PSL, it's cider time.

Please note that all of our soaps are made by hand and therefore may differ slightly from those pictured.

Spiced Apple Cider Soap Bar Quick Details:

• All-natural and biodegradable ingredients
• Safe for sensitive skin and septic systems
• Handmade locally and woman-owned
• Package-free and plastic-free
• Vegan, cruelty-free, and palm oil free

🍂 Celebrate the changing of the seasons with our seasonal soaps subscription box! You'll get our new scents delivered straight to your door every three months, just in time for the new season.

Size

Each bar is approximately 4 ounces and measures about 3" x 2.5" x 1".

Ingredients

Babassu Oil, Shea Butter, Olive Oil, Argan Oil, Distilled Water, Sodium Hydroxide, Annatto Seed, Madder Root, Cocoa Powder, Alkanet Clay, Kaolin Clay, Colloidal Oatmeal, Glycerin, Strawberry Seeds, Essential Oil blend for scent 

Packaging + End of Life

These soap bars will either be completely unpackaged or wrapped in reused kraft paper, which can be home composted if there is soap residue left on the wrapping. If the wrapping is completely clean, it can be recycled with curbside paper recycling.

Origin

Handmade right here in Tacoma, Washington. Get to know the face behind this product: Soap & Clay.

Ethical Guarantees

Give-Back Program
Made in the USA
Palm Oil Free
Vegan
Washington Local
Woman-owned

🌎 You care about the planet. So do we.

Look. I get it. It’s HARD to be an EcoWarrior. Someone who cares about the planet and wants the most sustainable products available - from the ingredients to the packaging to the way that product gets to your hands.

It seems like everywhere we turn, someone, somewhere, is greenwashing us.

But our superpower at A Drop in the Ocean is sorting through the BS, calling it out, and making sure our products are the absolute most sustainable and truly zero waste products we can find.

So on top of all the things we mentioned above about what makes our zero waste spiced apple cider soap bar so sustainable, here’s a few other things you should know:

• We’re actually practicing what we preach behind the scenes. In 2022, we saved all of our trash for four months, and wrote a whole blog post on it. The tl;dr version is this: in four months, we only produced two pounds of trash. Everything from the packaging our products come in down to the Sharpie we use to write “Fragile” on your box is zero waste to its core.
• We’re an online-only zero waste store - which is highly intentional. It may seem counter-intuitive, but online shopping is actually more sustainable than in-person. I’m a data nerd at heart and I love diving into the research, and there are countless studies that have shown that online shopping is the most sustainable way to get your everyday essentials. Don’t believe me? Check out our whole blog post on the sustainability of online shopping.
• We ship ugly boxes. Your order from A Drop in the Ocean is not going to arrive in a pretty, branded box. It’s gonna show up in a reused tea box, or a donated Amazon box, or maybe even an inside-out Girl Scout Cookies box. All of our shipping materials are always 100% plastic-free and reused as much as possible, with curbside-recyclable paper tape and a post-consumer recycled paper shipping label. It won’t be pretty, but it will be zero waste.

Got more questions about our zero waste products or our practices behind the scenes? Just send us an email! I’m always happy to chat all things eco.