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Aromatherapy
August 7, 2025BY Juli
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Aromatherapy – Why Our Reed Diffusers and Incense Are the Cleanest Way to Scent Your Home

Scent Your Space, Naturally

Aromatherapy at home is a simple and effective way to promote relaxation, improve mood, boost energy, or even relieve certain physical symptoms—all using essential oils. Here’s a practical guide to help you get started.

Fragrance has the power to transform a room—and your mood. But most conventional home scents come with synthetic perfumes, dyes, and chemicals you wouldn’t want in your air. That’s why at Earthly-Essentials, we make reed diffusers and incense sticks using only all-natural oils, essential oils, and organic materials—no artificial colorants, no toxins, no compromises.

Two Ways to Enjoy Our Natural Fragrance Blends

Whether you love the constant presence of a diffuser or the intentional calm of burning incense, we’ve designed both experiences with care. You’ll find the same pure scents in both formats, so you can choose how you want to feel—and how you want your space to smell.

1. Reed Diffusers

Passive, long-lasting fragrance (up to 3 months)

Organic reeds wick essential oils into the air

Ideal for bathrooms, bedrooms, and entryways

2. Incense Sticks

Mindful ritual for intentional moments

Slow-burning and hand-rolled with plant-based binders

Perfect for meditation, winding down, or starting the day with clarityBoth are made using the same clean fragrance blends—crafted with care, never with synthetic perfumes.

Our Signature Natural Scents

Lavender Fields – Calming and floral—ideal for stress relief, relaxation, and sleep rituals.
Bergamot & Wood – Bright citrus balanced with grounding wood—great for clarity, balance, and focus.
Sandalwood & Orange – Warm, spicy, and fresh—comforting yet energizing. Perfect for morning routines or cozy evenings.

Each blend is formulated using pure essential oils and nature-derived ingredients. We never add synthetic fillers, preservatives, or dyes.

Eco-Friendly & Conscious by Design

At Earthly-Essentials, sustainability matters. That’s why every element of our products is chosen with the earth in mind:

  • Plant-based oils
  • Biodegradable reeds & incense bases
  • Minimal, recyclable packaging
  • No artificial colorants or synthetic fragrance
  • We believe clean air should stay clean—even when scented

Shop Natural Fragrance Your Way

Ready to scent your home naturally? Try one or mix and match:

  • Lavender Fields – calming
  • Bergamot & Wood – balancing
  • Sandalwood & Orange – comforting

Final Thought: Your Home, Your Sanctuary

Whether you prefer the slow burn of incense or the subtle presence of a diffuser, Earthly-Essentials offers a cleaner way to enjoy fragrance—without compromising your health or the planet.

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NATURAL HANDMADE SOAPNATURAL SKIN CARE
May 16, 2023BY Juli
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Activated charcoal in handmade soap is a powerful ingredient

What is ‘activated charcoal’?

Activated charcoal is a very fine dark black powder that’s produced by processing carbon-rich items such as bamboo, coal, or coconut shells at high temperatures.

That high heat treatment changes its structure and creates an expansive sponge-like surface area, which is what makes it have such tremendous absorbing capabilities.

Activated charcoal is commonly used in skin care products. It’s especially nice for oily or acne-prone skin, though all skin types can use it.

What is so special about our charcoal soap bar and how will it help my skin?

Activated Charcoal is one of the most versatile ingredients you can put into skincare products. It’s most often used to address breakouts, dull skin, and premature signs of aging, though it can even be recommended for Eczema and Psoriasis. Activated Charcoal’s versatility and effectiveness have earned it a strong reputation in the skincare industry as a powerful ingredient.

When it comes to breakouts, Activated Charcoal can draw unwanted gunk from your skin, whether that be oil, dirt, product buildup, pollutants, or bacteria. By extracting these impurities out of your pores, it’s able to not only clear up and prevent breakouts, but also minimize pore size and visibility with use over time.

The coarse texture of activated charcoal soap exfoliates the skin and helps get rid of dead skin. When dead skin is left on the surface of your skin, your skin may appear dull or flakey and is more prone to clogged pores and breakouts. Having a layer of dead skin on the surface can also make it more difficult for your skincare products to penetrate the deeper levels of your skin, which in turn makes those products less effective. Activated Charcoal’s exfoliating properties helps resolve these issues, helping to clear your complexion over time.

Benefits of using activated charcoal in handmade soap.

Activated Charcoal is one of the hardest working ingredients in this lovely bar. Here is a list of the benefits of activated charcoal.

  • Helps absorb excess oil.
  • Helps prevent breakouts.
  • Tightens pores.
  • Makes skin firmer.
  • Exfoliates skin.
  • Brightens complexion.
  • Exfoliates dry, dead skin.
  • Deep cleans.
  • Calms inflammation and redness.

Is this charcoal bar suitable for my face, and how often should I use it?

We recommend using our charcoal soap bar two to three times per week, in alternation with our oatmeal face bar.

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NATURAL HANDMADE SOAPNATURAL SKIN CARE
May 12, 2023BY Juli
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This soap with Neroli and Shea Butter is amazing!

Neroli, or Bitter Orange Blossom, is one of our signature soaps and extremely popular.

Our Neroli bar, is part of the satin collection and contains organic essential oils, butters, and natural clays, inspired by nature.

What is Neroli?

Neroli is an exotic essential oil derived from the blossoms of the orange tree and is used often in skin products to moisturize and soothe mature skin. Both Neroli and Sweet Orange oils are believed to relieve tension, stress, and anxiety.

The fragrance of this exotic, uplifting soap is very floral, sweet, and citrusy.

The Bitter Orange is an evergreen tree and is grown extensively in parts of Europe and Africa. The branches have long, sharp spines and produce dark green leaves, highly fragrant small white blossoms, and small acidic fruits.

Neroli is well known for its luscious floral scent and its effectiveness in alleviating depression.

Bitter Orange is an evergreen tree and is grown extensively in parts of Europe and Africa. The branches have long, sharp spines and produce dark green leaves, highly fragrant small white blossoms, and small acidic fruits.

Botanical family: Rutaceae

History & Fun Facts

Neroli was named after the 17th centuary Italian Princess of Nerola, Anna Maria de la Tremoille, who often wore the oil on her gloves.

Neroli benefits

  • Aside from its fragrant qualities, Neroli oil has antioxidant and anti-fungal properties. As a result, there are lots of benefits to using it, including these:
  • Eases menopause symptoms – a study of post-menopausal women found that, when inhaled, neroli helped with several menopause-related feelings, including low libido and high stress levels.
  • Helps with PMS – research has found that neroli oil can be effective at helping ease several Premenstrual Syndrome symptoms, such as poor mood and bloating.
  • Alleviates stress – when inhaled, neroli oil is said to help reduce stress and anxiety due to its ability to encourage the brain to release serotonin and reduce cortisol levels. What’s more, these calming abilities are said to help people sleep better too.
  • Soothes inflammation – due to its natural anti-inflammatory properties, neroli can reportedly works positively on reducing inflammation and irritation.

What is Neroli Essential Oil used for?

With all its benefits, using Bitter Orange Essential Oil in your skincare regimen can be greatly gratifying, whatever your skin type. Here are just a few of its rewards you can reap.

  • Hydrate: Neroli Essential Oil is a hydration powerhouse, with an incredible ability to soften, replenish and lock in moisture. Applied topically, this Bitter Orange Oil will provide your skin with a protective barrier to ensure that your complexion remains radiant and dewy all day long.
  • Revive: Bitter Orange Essential Oil’s powerful skin-reviving properties can help accelerate your complexion to the picture of radiant health, leaving you with skin that glows. Not only will Bitter Orange oil re-energize your skin, it will also target the epidermis for the appearance of skin rejuvenation.
  • Rejuvenate your skin: When applied on the skin, Neroli Essential Oil intensely moisturises the skin and boosts the epidermis’ natural processes.
  • Combat breakouts: Neroli Essential Oil comprises powerful antibacterial properties, which makes it a prime ingredient to target breakouts and balance the production of sebum. Rich in antioxidants, it combats free radicals, which can soothe breakout-induced inflammation and redness combats free radicals, which can soothe breakout-induced inflammation and redness.

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HANDMADENATURAL HANDMADE SOAPNATURAL SKIN CARE
April 21, 2023BY Juli
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Is selling handmade soap and shampoo bars profitable?

Yes, a soap business, when done right, can be very profitable.

Making soap isn’t new. Some sources trace the origination of homemade soap all the way back to 2800 B.C., when ancient Babylonians handily mastered soap making from fats boiled down with ashes.

The demand for this hygienic necessity will always be high, and there’s a growing interest in natural and homemade varieties of soap.

According to Google Trends, global searches online for “soap” have grown steadily since 2018.

In addition to the obvious interest for soap made with natural ingredients, the focus on zero-waste and environmentally friendly products increased over the years.

Where do I start?

Making soap is a fun hobby that can turn into a full-time business. Homemade soaps, especially those that use organic ingredients or beautiful designs, are a hit with many customers since they are an inexpensive luxury and a popular gift-giving idea.

When I started making soap, there were only a few soapmaking businesses, and we had a great support network. Things changed completely when the covid pandemic started. Lots of people lost their jobs and soap makers popped up everywhere. Some are still going, but most of them closed down. Why did that happen?

They failed because their business model was not strategically planned enough. They did not take the time to be silent and listen to their true calling. For most, it was just a temporary solution, or means to an end.
Making soap is one thing, but selling it is hard work and requires many hours of hard work and commitment. It involves getting your branding right, find your niche, find your target audience, stay ahead of the rapidly increasing new soap businesses, marketing, social media, setting up and manage your company among many others!

To run a successful soap business, you will have to:

  • Understand the industry.
  • Conduct market research and feasibility.
  • Decide which niche to concentrate on.
  • Know your major competitors.
  • Get insurance.
  • Get the necessary professional certification.
  • Protect your intellectual property with trademark, copyrights, and patents.
  • Get the necessary legal documents you need to operate.
  • Write a business plan.
  • Prepare a detailed cost analysis.
  • Raise the needed startup capital.
  • Write a marketing plan packed with ideas & strategies.
  • Brainstorm possible ways to retain clients & customers.
  • Develop strategies to boost brand awareness and create a corporate identity.
  • Create a suppliers/distribution network.

Tips to start, and run a successful soap business.

Always use high quality ingredients and to keep costs down buy them in bulk.
Try and develop your own brand which should state something about you.
Packaging and labelling are very important.
Pricing can make or break your business.
Always have samples available, smelling is by far the best way to attract interest.

Marketing:

To be successful at selling soap, you need to understand your market, and how to reach it. Spread the word about your soaps whenever and however you can, but target your primary market in particular.

Common advertising possibilities include:

  • Word-of-mouth
  • Social media
  • Advertisements online and in traditional media
  • Business cards
  • Sales displays
  • Markets

If you are interested in starting your soap business, we have many options and different packages available.  

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SKINCARE FOR BABIES
April 21, 2022BY Juli
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Natural products for newborns skin is the best…

How to care for the skin of your newborn baby

Your newborn is home now, and you’re settling into a daily routine. 

Babies skin are so delicate and so are their immune systems. While there are several normal newborn skin rashes, chemicals and fragrances in baby skincare products can cause skin irritation, dryness, and rashes.  However, there’s much you can do to protect your baby from these skin problems.

A newborn baby is born with wrinkly skin and a protective covering called vernix that naturally peels off during the first week. There’s no need to rush it, rub it, or treat it with lotions or creams. Vernix caseosa is a greasy, cheese-like coating that covers babies’ skin during their time in the womb. It’s made up of shed skin cells and sebaceous secretions. That might sound a little yucky, but the vernix serves an important function: It protects your baby’s fragile skin from getting pickled by amniotic fluid in utero by forming a barrier between your baby’s skin and the surrounding amniotic fluid.

Its primary role is to protect and hydrate, kind of like a heavy-duty moisturizer.

 

This soap is inspired by the founder’s background in neonatology, and from years’ of working with babies and parents

 

How long should you let the vernix stay on your baby’s skin?

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends leaving the vernix on your baby for at least six hours, and preferably 24 hours.

According to the International Childbirth Education Association, there is no set time by when you must bath your baby. So do what makes you feel comfortable, and if you’re not sure or feel like you need some guidance, ask your baby’s nurse before discharge.

When should I bath my baby for the first time?

Resist the urge to bath your baby frequently. Too-frequent bathing (more than three times per week) for the first couple of weeks remove the natural oils that protect baby’s skin and may leave baby’s skin vulnerable and dry. It may also aggravate eczema.

Never use scented baby soaps in the early months.  At SoapArt, we designed a natural handmade soap bar for babies. It is pure and gentle with no additives, no colorants, no preservatives and organic wherever possible.

This soap contains olive oil, sweet almond oil, organic coconut oil, castor oil, raw organic shea butter, cocoa butter, avocado oil, almond milk, and oatmeal in different proportions.

Our baby soap is inspired by the founder’s background in neonatology, and from years’ of working with babies and parents.

A truly gentle soap with 100% natural ingredients.  This soap is especially designed for newborn babies, is gently formulated, and ideal for use from birth.

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NATURAL SKIN CARE
April 7, 2022BY Juli
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Pure and Natural Botanical Scents from Real Essential Oils

What is an Essential Oil?

Essential oils are key elements in soap making. It can be used to add fragrance naturally and to add their healing properties to your soap. Each essential has its own benefits for body and mind.

The term essential oil is short for quintessential oil. Quintessence is thought to be the fifth element. We are already familiar with the other four: earth, air, fire, and water. All matter is comprised of these elements.  Quintessence, also referred to as ‘spirit’ is the life essence of the plant in its extracted form.

Essential oils are highly concentrated plant essences and in soap making, just a couple of grams can be added to soap batter to create a specific fragrance.

How do we extract essential oils from plants?

Essential oils can be extracted from plants through distillation, which requires heating and cooling selectively to separate the oil from the other plant components. The leaves, roots, flowers, and bark of various plants are commonly distilled to create the residual oil.

In some cases, vast amounts of plant matter are required for the creation of just a tiny amount of oil; in the distillation of rose oil, for example, a ton of petals is required to create a pound of oil.

Fragrance oils are often confused with essential oils. They are not the same. Fragrance oils are artificially created rather than derived from a plant. They can add scent to soaps but without providing the same therapeutic properties associated with essential oils, although they may also be derived from natural sources.

Why do we use essential oils in our soaps?

As well as adding scent to natural soap, essential oils are used in soap making for their reputed health benefits – especially for the skin. Different oils are associated with different benefits.

Some oils have antibacterial or antimicrobial properties, while others are reported to help relieve pain and inflammation. Some soothe the senses, other are mood-lifting.

Essential oils are natural products and fragrance oil is synthetic. However, this doesn’t mean that natural handmade soaps should be avoided if they contain fragrance oil. If the oil is natural and constitutes less than one per cent of the soap’s ingredients, it should not be detrimental. We use for example, pure essential oils in most of our soaps and some soaps have a combination for essential oil and 100% natural fragrance oil.

Combining essential oils and fragrances oils

At SoapArt, we understand the importance of balancing scents. We have single-scented soaps as well as combined fragrances. In some cases, we use both essential aromatherapy oils and fragrance oils to create the perfect balance.

Both essential and fragrance oils are categorized into top notes, middle notes, and base notes, depending on how long-lasting each scent is. Blends often include one from each category for a well-rounded fragrance.

Top note essential oils include sweet orange, lime, and citronella. These fragrances are strong but disappear quickly.

Middle note essential oils include rose, jasmine and neroli. These fragrances are not as strong, but they are longer lasting, forming the main element of any fragrance blend.

Base note essential oils include ylang-ylang, sandalwood, and vanilla. These are heavy and rich, lasting the longest.

At SoapArt, we use the cold process soapmaking method, which means the fragrance or essential oils are added last; this helps the soap retain its scent. We also cure our soaps for at least six weeks, which intensifies the fragrance and produces a better-quality bar.

Essential oil benefits

Using our natural handmade soap, means that you are using essential oils on your skin every day.  Our soaps include lavender, sandalwood, jasmine, chamomile, bergamot and rose essential oil in different combinations and proportions.

Here’s a list of 10 popular essential oils and the health claims associated with them:

Peppermint: used to boost energy and aid digestion

Lavender: used to relieve stress

Sandalwood: used to calm nerves and help with focus

Bergamot: used to reduce stress and improve skin conditions like eczema

Rose: used to improve mood and reduce anxiety

Chamomile: used to improve mood and relaxation

Ylang-Ylang: used to treat headaches, nausea, and skin conditions

Tea Tree: used to fight infections and boost immunity

Jasmine: used to help with depression, childbirth, and libido

Lemon: used to aid digestion, mood, headaches, and more

Credits: SoapClub, Healthline, NowFoods

 

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SHAMPOO BARS
March 18, 2022BY Juli
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Ditch the bottle with these amazing solid shampoo bars

Solid Shampoo Bars

Solid shampoo bars became very popular lately, but they are not a new thing at all. They have been around for a while.

Solid shampoo became quite trendy in the natural hair care movement. So, what is so good about solid shampoo bars, also known as ‘hair soap’?

1. Minimal packaging

We are all trying to reduce our use of single-use plastic. The packaging of our solid shampoo bars are made of recycled paper and aluminium tins which are re-usable. A perfect travel companion.

2. A little goes a long way

Our shampoo bars last much longer than shampoo in a bottle. A small amount of product has all the lather, cleansing, and nourishing properties that bottle shampoo provide. With our shampoo bars, a little goes a long way.

3. Waterless

Solid shampoo bars contains the same type of ingredients as bottle shampoo, but without the water. This means they contain all the good stuff like surfactants, emollients and essential oils.

4. Are shampoo bars the same as soap?

Don’t make the mistake that because a shampoo bar looks like soap, they are the same as soap. Soap are made from oils, butters and lye, in a process called saponification. This process results in a product that is great for cleaning the body but has too high pH for hair. Our solid shampoo bars have a low pH and also contain surfactants, gently breaking up the trapped dirt and oils from your hair and scalp so they can be rinsed away with water.

 

 

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PARTY FAVORS & GUEST GIFTS
March 14, 2022BY Juli
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Small Gifts, Big Smiles – Perfect Party Favours for Any Occasion

Memorable Party Favours for Every Guest, Every Event

Make each celebration unique with our personolized party gifts. It is the perfect way to thank your guest for coming to your party. We do gifts for weddings, birthdays, office parties, baby showes, bridesmaids and more.

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HANDMADENATURAL SKIN CARE
November 17, 2021BY Juli
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Benefits of using Bergamot Essential Oil in Handmade Soap

Common Name: Bergamot
Botanical Name: Citrus Bergamia
INCI Name: Citrus Bergamia (bergamot) oil
Common Extraction Method: Cold pressed from the fruit peel.
Plant Origin: Italy, Asia and the Mediterranean.
Physical Description: Light greenish yellow to a brownish green color with a thin consistency.
Aromatic Description: Fresh, sweet-citrus with spicy, floral notes.

Properties & Benefits

According to research, bergamot has anti-depressant, anti-septic, anti-spasmodic, deodorizing and astringent properties. Is reported to help alleviate anxiety, depression, stress, fatigue and relieve skin irritations like eczema, psoriasis, acne, insect bites, wounds, ulcers and herpes. Is considered uplifting, rejuvenating, and balancing.

What is Bergamot Oil?

Bergamot oil is extracted from the rind of the bergamot fruit. The powerful sweet aroma of bergamot oil makes it a popular component in perfumes, and it is often used as the “top note”. It is derived from cold compression, as opposed to the steam distillation through which many other essential oils are derived.

Health Benefits of Bergamot Essential Oil

1. Helps Relieve Depression

Bergamot essential oil helps you relieve signs of depression.

A study published in 2011 stated that bergamot oil contains ingredients like alpha-pinene and limonene. The amazing compounds are therapeutic and stimulating in nature. They help to generate a feeling of calmness and make you more relaxed.

An article published in the Phytotherapy Research journal in 2017 revealed that the hormonal impact of this essential oil is part of the reason that it is so powerful in these neurological and mental conditions.

2. Relaxant & Sedative

The flavonoids present in bergamot oil are very good relaxants. They soothe the nerves and reduce nervous tension, anxiety, and stress, all of which can help treat ailments associated with stress such as high blood pressure, insomnia, and depression. They can also stimulate the activity of certain hormones in the body like dopamine and serotonin, which induce feelings of relaxation and sedation.

3. Skin Care

Studies suggest that bergamot essential oil also aids in keeping the skin youthful. This property of bergamot oil is the reason behind its extensive use in cosmetics such as beauty soaps, creams, and lotions. The cicatrizant in bergamot helps heal scars and other marks on the skin. It also makes the distribution of pigments and melanin uniform, resulting in the fading away of marks and an even, attractive skin tone. This essential oil is commonly used to eliminate the unsightly effects of acne, which can leave noticeable scars on the affected areas for many years.

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HANDMADENATURAL SKIN CARE
November 17, 2021BY Juli
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Natural handmade soap and the environment

Handmade soap is better for you and for the environment

Traditional ways of soap-making are gaining momentum and people increasingly favor natural ingredients and all things handmade.

Is homemade soap better for your skin compared to manufactured, mass produced soap?  Us soap artisans would certainly argue in favor of handcrafted soaps and their natural ingredients, especially glycerin. If you are looking for a bar of soap that nourishes the skin without excessive chemicals, you cannot beat handmade soap.

Let us take a deeper look at the soap-making process, the ingredients used, and the differences between a bar of handcrafted soap vs. manufactured soap.

The pH of your skin

The pH scale runs from 1 to 14, with 7 being neutral. Numbers below 7 are considered acidic, while higher numbers are alkaline.

The pH of a healthy adult skin is between 5.4 – 6.0 which although slightly acidic, is necessary to combat harmful microbes. Our soaps are naturally alkaline with a pH of around 9-10 which gently cleanse, leaving your skin feeling clean and healthy, without changing the natural pH.

Glycerin

One great byproduct of handcrafted soap is glycerin. Glycerin is a natural substance created, and left intact, when making soap using the cold process method. It is an emollient and acts as a moisturizing agent that creates a natural protective barrier on the skin.

Manufactured soaps remove the glycerin to make other products, such as hand lotions, and they replace glycerin with synthetic materials that unfortunately fall short of the natural moisturizing properties of glycerin. While many store-bought soaps are good, the added chemicals tend to leave skin dry, and will influence your skins’ natural pH.

Benefits of using our products

The glycerin in our soap is a wonderful benefit and it remains intact during the soap-making process.

The best part of natural soap is the ingredients, and a handcrafted bar of soap is only as “natural” as the ingredients you use to make your soap. Soap is the result of a basic chemical reaction between fats, oils, and lye. This chemical reaction is called saponification and once fully cured, there is no lye present in the soap.  That is why the curing process of 4-6 weeks is so important.

By carefully choosing a combination of quality oils, plant-based butters, organic essential oils, dried herbs, botanicals, and natural clays, we create the recipes of our soaps. We make our soaps in small batches so that we can better control the process and to be sure the soaps pass the signature test.

What about the environment?

Our products contain no synthetic chemicals, so you do not have to worry about harming the environment. They are made of natural ingredients and will naturally decompose and will not disturb natural organic cycles.

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