Do you use sodium hydroxide in your soap?

Yes. it is impossible to make soap without using lye (sodium hydroxide mixed with liquid). However, there is no lye in a finished bar of soap as it is all used up during the process of saponification.

Why isn't sodium hydroxide listed in the ingredients?

As all of the sodium hydroxide is used up during the saponification process, there is none left in the finished product, so it is not listed it in the ingredients.

What do you mean by 'natural' when you describe your products?

Natural can mean so many things when it's used to describe skin care and is often overused in the industry. To us, natural skin care is characterised by a high level of natural ingredients, meaning raw produce from plants or straight from the earth that have not been overly processed. Examples of these ingredients are cold pressed oils, nut butters, steam distilled essential oils and natural clays.

Who is Elsie Moss?

I named the business after my wonderful, late, maternal grandma, Elsie Moss. She didn't have it easy as she lost her husband in a work accident, leaving her with 13 children to care for, one of the youngest being my mother at just one year old.

Are your products vegan and cruelty-free?

Absolutely. Everything we make is 100% vegan and cruelty-free. We never buy ingredients that are tested on animals and only work with trusted suppliers who share our values. We also only purchase plant based products for our bricks & mortar store.

Do you use palm oil?

No. We never have and never will use palm oil.

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Send us an email and we will get back to you as soon as possible. Please email us at lisa@elsiemossbotanical.com