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MAISON BERTHE GUILHEM
* Organic Goats Milk
* Organic Olive Oil
* Organic Coconut Oil
* Handmade
* Pure Essential Oil Fragrance
* min 72% Plant Oils
*99.96% Natural Origin Ingredients
* 79.62% Certified Organic Ingredients
* Palm Free
* Free from Nasties, Colour and Preservatives
* Suitable for almost all skin types.
Made in Ariège in the Pyrenees
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Sodium olivate**, sodium cocoate**, aqua, glycerin**, perfume, sodium chloride, caprae lac*, punica granatum seed oil*, illite, montmorillonite, tetrasodium glutamate diacetate, kaolin, geraniol.
69.30% of the total comes from Organic Farming.
99.97% of the total is of natural origin.
Cosmos Organic certified by Cosmecert according to the Cosmos standard.
* Ingredients from Organic Farming
** Made from organic ingredients
Wet skin, lather and enjoy!
Maison Berthe Guilhem is an artisan family savonnerie that hand make all their soaps.
Berthe Guilhem made her first goat's milk soaps in 1956 alongside ointments and the famous gardener's balm. Initially she made all the products for herself, her children, friends and neighbours.
Today Marc & Jean-Luc, Berthe Guilhem's grandsons, and their families, continue using her original methodology and recipes that adhere to strict and uncompromising respect for their formulations and for the environment.
Their believe "you can work in a human-sized laboratory, maintain an artisanal identity while manufacturing effective, efficient and state-of-the-art organic cosmetic products."
Marc Guilhem, grandson of Berthe Guilhem, is also a former student of the European Center for Applied Naturopathy
Creamy and durable, our soaps are made by hand
Maison Berthe Guilhem use a cold saponification method; The combination of organic vegetable oils and organic goat's milk in an unaltered state gives them exceptional results. Always cold, the formulation is kneaded before being vigorously pressed and molded. The soaps are hand cut and stamped after several weeks of drying. Their lifespan is extended due to their low percentage of humidity (8 to 10%).
100% natural ingredients
They make all their own infusions, decoctions, macerations and mother tinctures ensuring they make the best use of their natural properties.
What is cold saponification?
Cold saponification is the result of a mixture of soda in water, then later in oil. This manufacturing method is called Cold Saponification because it does not use the heat like traditional Savon de Marseille: The heat is naturally induced by the addition of soda to the water and then to the Oil that raises the temperature of the mixture until it blends. Once this process has occurred the ‘soap’ is left to dry for several weeks before Organic Goats Milk and other ingredients for example Avocado Oil, Shea Butter or Essential Oils are added.
Certified organic natural artisanal know-how
The Berthe Guilhem laboratory is certified to the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products (A.N.S.M.). The majority of products are labeled COSMEBIO and certified organic QUALITÉ FRANCE and COSMECERT. At each stage of their manufacture, they are subject to dermatological tests and quality controls proving their safety. These tests, carried out by an independent laboratory, are done on healthy volunteers.
Berthe Guilhem: highly organic products
Maison Berthe Guilhem ensures the quality of its products and their composition. They all contain between 55% and 100% organic ingredients, which is very important compared to the 20% needed to obtain an organic certification!
Maison Berthe Guilhem’s are experts in Organic Alpine Goat’s Milk soap. A family business with Swiss accredited naturopathy training and a desire to source the very best for purpose organic ingredients that are turned into wonderful soap bars by hand.
All their soap bars are made 'cold' and contain minimal ingredients. The core of all the soaps are Organic Olive Oil, Organic Coconut Oil and Organic Alpine Goats Milk. These and any other ingredients are treated minimally to maintain their properties which in turn ensures that each bar of soap is as beneficial as possible to the user.
With 99% Natural Ingredients and a minimum of 70% from Organic farming these are really high quality soaps.
Pomegranate Oil
The emollient plant oil coming from the seeds of Pomegranate. The red fruit has lots of seeds (100-200 per fruit), but 7 kg of them are needed for 1 kg of oil. Among the many similar plant oils, Pomegranate oil is a really unique one, as its main fatty acid (60%) is a rare one called punic acid, a so-called conjugated fatty acid with three double bonds. It also contains the common linoleic (2-10%) and oleic acids (3-12%), but only in small amounts.
Punic acid is thought to be a biologically active compound, a powerful anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant agent. The oil itself is also claimed to have strong antioxidant properties as well as having excellent nourishing and moisturizing abilities. On top of that, we also found a research that examined Pomegranate as a cosmeceutical source and it concluded that the seed oil can nicely promote the regeneration of the epidermis (the top layer of the skin).
If you have any questions please call us T.01423 803080 or email bonjour@frenchsoaps.co.uk
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