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LA CORVETTE
✔️ Hypoallergenic ✔️ 100% Natural ✔️ Unfragranced ✔️ Cruelty Free ✔️ Sulphate, Paraben, Mineral Oil, Free
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STANDARD DELIVERY - £3.95 (tracked 48hr)
NEXT DAY DELIVERY* Free over £50 or £4.95
ORDER BY 11AM SATURDAY FOR SUNDAY DELIVERY*
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Made in Marseille
🟢 Suitable for all skin types
🔵 Made in Cauldrons
🔵 Palm Oil
🔵 Hypoallergenic
🔵 Face, Body, Hair & Laundry
La Corvette's Marseille soap shavings are made from 100% vegetable oils, in Marseille, using the traditional cooking process. These shavings are guaranteed to be free of colouring agents, perfumes and preservatives. This product allows you to wash all delicate textiles (silk, wool, lace...) extremely gently. Thanks to their hypoallergenic formulation, Marseille soap shavings are particularly recommended for cleaning babies' clothes. By dissolving the shavings in very hot water, this product is used to make its own laundry. It is a natural and effective alternative to all synthetic detergents.
The color of the soap can vary from white to dark beige depending on the production batches because of the vegetable oils used from one cauldron to another. This gives our soaps the authenticity of a product made from natural materials and does not alter the quality of the finished product.
Natural composition validated by ECOCERT
Our Marseille soap shavings are 100% natural. They are certified ECODETERGENT by Ecocert Greenlife according to the ECOCERT standard available on http://detergents.ecocert.com.
The Union of Marseille Soap Professionals
La Corvette Marseille soaps respect the artisanal manufacturing charter set by the Union des Professionnels du Savon de Marseille, of which the Savonnerie du Midi is a founding member.
The trademark guarantees :
Made with natural and sustainable palm oil.*
*RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Oil) certified oils, from sustainably managed plantations, respecting the environment and local cultures
La Corvette - Savonnerie du Midi Marseille soaps contain a minimal amount of glycerin. This glycerin is derived from the natural saponification process and is not added to the soap. This glycerin is removed during the washing stages of the Marseilles process. However, a small trace of it remains in the finished product and the regulations require us to indicate this on our ingredient lists.
Sodium Palmate*, Aqua (Water), Sodium Palm Kernelate*, Sodium Chloride, Sodium Hydroxide.
*RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Oil) certified oils, from sustainably managed plantations, respecting the environment and local cultures
For machine washing: in a 2L recovery can, dissolve 60g of shavings in 1L of very hot water. Shake. Let stand for 24 hours. Mix the resulting lye again and add 1L of cold water. Stir it all together. You can add bicarbonate of soda, essential oils to perfume it and/or white vinegar as a softener. Pour 100ml of the liquid obtained directly into your machine. Shake the resulting detergent before each use.
For hand washing: dissolve 10g of shavings in very hot water in a basin and leave the laundry
La Corvette, a small three-masted ship used in the 19th century to supply raw materials to Marseille's soap factories, is a brand created by Savonnerie du Midi in 1894.
The Savonnerie du Midi is one of the last historical soap factories in Marseille to perpetuate the recipe and know-how of traditional Marseille soap. This factory is steeped in history and is located at the bottom of the Carmes valley, in the Aygalades district in the 15th arrondissement of Marseille.
Employing around twenty people, the Savonnerie du Midi is part of the Compagnie du Midi, which the family business PRODEF bought in 2013.
Accredited with "PME+" by ECOCERT Environment, an endorsement from the FEEF (Federation of Enterprises and Entrepreneurs of France) to promote French SMEs that contribute to maintaining local employment and are committed to a Corporate Social Responsibility approach.
along with being an active member of the Union des Professionnels du Savon de Marseille (UPSM) to defend authentic Marseille soap.
This is a savonnerie that is actively looking forward in ensuring sustainable process whilst maintaining its core authenticity.
Call us old fashioned if you want. We are real humans who love our landline telephone.
If you have any questions about our products or your order, please call us T.01423 803080 or email bonjour@frenchsoaps.co.uk.
You can also read our FAQs here
DELIVERY
All orders are sent from North Yorkshire without any additional taxes or charges.
ORDERS OVER £50
FREE Priority Delivery with Royal Mail 24hr* or DHL Next Working Day.
Order by 1pm Mon - Fri for DHL.
Order by 4pm Mon- Fri or 11am Saturday for Royal Mail
Royal Mail: Saturday is a standard working day. Sunday delivery: They deliver in most areas on a Sunday for orders collected Saturday lunchtime and sent on 24hr tracked.
DHL deliver Monday - Friday, at peak seasonal times and in some areas they deliver Saturday, this is not something in our control and do not advise you to rely on this. Use Royal Mail for weekend delivery.
ORDERS UNDER £50
STANDARD DELIVERY Royal Mail, 3-5 working days: £3.95
PRIORITY DELIVERY Royal Mail tracked 24hr or DHL Next Working Day: £4.95
LOCAL DELIVERY
FREE - We delivery locally on a Thursday. Order value above £15 for free delivery. If you shipping postcode is within our catchment this will be offered to you at the checkout.
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*ISLANDS & HIGHLANDS Tracked Royal Mail 24hr or 48hr: Deliveries may take longer, this is beyond our control.
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COLLECTION
FREE from our warehouse in North Yorskhire.
Monday - Friday 8:30- 4:30pm and Saturday morning 8:30 - 11:30am.
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This is perfect in my bathroom. So moisturising to my normally dry skin.
My favourite soap, so good for my skin especially when i have a flare up of Eczema, never irritates, no nasty ingredients & this size last ages, i cut it into 3 more manageable bars.
So many uses but mainly grate it myself (cheaper that way than buying it already grated) and make into laundry detergent! But the soap also cleaned my jewellery, bathtub….i previously tried the olive coloured Marseille soap, but for me I prefer this one and will stick with it….and 100% great customer service always gets back to you so quickly with great info! Couldn’t recommend this company and products highly enough and will repurchase
I have used this for laundry, washing dishes, cleaning just about everything, removing stains.....the list goes on!! It really does clean everything and I must not forget, it's a brilliant shampoo!! In addition to that it doesn't come in a plastic bottle.I highly recommend it.Thank you.
I brought for friends and family to try , obviously they all have different skin types and they all are happy with them
Cleans anything and everything, without chemicals in the most amazing way. Friend reports UGG boots now look like new! She was contemplating getting a new pair. But no need.
These flakes are amazing, multipurpose but bought mostly for making laundry detergent that’s non toxic, absolutely love using it, so simple, works really well.
I have used soap all my life makes you feel clean
Telephone or Whats App: 01423 803080
Email: bonjour@frenchsoaps.co.uk
Social: @FrenchsoapsUK
Address: Unit 14 Ousegill Business Park, Carr Side Road, Great Ouseburn, North Yorkshire, YO26 9AE
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