Bar Soap Ingredients

All OWC handcrafted bar soaps contain the following base ingredients:

  • Olive Oil (olea europaea)
  • Water
  • Coconut Oil (cocos mucifera)
  • Soybean Oil (glycine soja)
  • Lye (sodium hydroxide)

Additional Bar Soap Ingredients:

Coastal Calm: Indigo powder
Seaberry: Rose Kaolin Clay
Seaweed & Sea Salt: Kelp Powder, Kelp Granules

    Bath Bomb Ingredients

    Sea-inspired Bath Bombs, handmade using the following base ingredients:

    • Baking Soda
    • Citric Acid
    • Soybean Oil
    • Olive Oil
    • Epsom Salt
    • Distilled Water

    Additional Bath Bomb Ingredients:

    Bergamot & Grapefruit: Polysorbate 80, Cosmetic Colour (Red 40 Lake, Yellow 6 Lake)
    Coastal Calm: Polysorbate 80, Cosmetic Colour (Blue 1 Lake)
    Cotton Candy: Polysorbate 80, Cosmetic Colour (Blue 1 Lake, bis(glycidoxyphenyl) propane / bisaminomethylnorbornane copolymer, aluminum hydroxide, red 28, red 22)
    Magnolia: Polysorbate 80, Cosmetic Colour (Bis(Glycidoxyphenyl)propane/Bisamino-methylnorbane copolymer, Aluminum Hydroxide, Red 28, Red 22)
    Oatmeal Milk & Honey: Oats
    Oceanswept: Polysorbate 80, Cosmetic Colour (Blue 1 Lake, Iron oxides)
    Sea La Vie: Polysorbate 80, Cosmetic Colour (Blue 1 Lake, Yellow 5 Lake)
    Seaberry: Polysorbate 80, Cosmetic Colour (Red 40 Lake), Rose Kaolin Clay

    Body Butter Ingredients

    All OWC Body Butters are hand-made with the following base ingredients:

    • Water
    • Cetearyl Alcohol - made of fatty acids, thickener, emulsifier
    • Isopropyl Myristate- naturally occurring fatty acid and emollient, skin conditioning
    • Stearic Acid - kosher grade, vegetable source, thickener and emulsion stabilizer (binds oil with water)
    • Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride - a moisturizer made from fraction of palm and coconut oils and stabilizer, great for sensitive skin
    • Ceteareth-20
    • Glyceryl Stearate - an emulsifier
    • Shea Butter (Butyrospermum Parkii)
    • Dimethicone - a silicone-based polymer
    • DMDM Hydantoin - antimicrobial
    • Organic Sunflower Oil (Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil)
    • Organic Aloe Vera (Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice)
    • Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate - a preservative and antifungal that prevents product from spoiling and growing bacteria

    Old Whaling Company body butters do not contain any mineral oil, parabens, sulfates, phthalates, or colour.

    Candle Ingredients

    Hand-poured candles - all made from a combination of soy and olive wax with sea inspired fragrances.