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At Shaka, we only use ingredients that serve a purpose. Every bar we make is packed with natural scents, plant-based oils, earthy clays, and gently exfoliating extras, all chosen for how they feel, smell, and support your skin. Tap through the categories to explore each ingredient and learn about its natural healing properties.

Amyris Essential Oil
Scent

Amyris Essential Oil

Derived from the wood of the Amyris tree, this warm, woody oil is often used as a natural alternative to sandalwood. Its scent is grounding and subtly sweet, with calming, skin-conditioning properties.

Natural Benefits

• Helps soothe dry or irritated skin
• Naturally calming and stress-reducing
• Gently antimicrobial

Bentonite Clay
Exfoliant

Bentonite Clay

Formed from volcanic ash, bentonite clay is mineral-rich and incredibly gentle. It’s best known for its ability to draw out impurities and support a healthy skin barrier.

Natural Benefits

• Very mild, suitable for sensitive skin
• Helps absorb excess oil and toxins
• Gently clarifies and smooths the skin
• Adds a silky feel to lather

Benzoin Essential Oil
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Benzoin Essential Oil

Sourced from the resin of the Styrax tree, benzoin has a rich, vanilla-like aroma and a long history in traditional skincare. It’s comforting, warming, and wonderfully protective for sensitive skin.

Natural Benefits

• Supports dry and cracked skin
• Helps create a protective barrier on the skin
• Known for its preservative properties in natural formulations

Bergamot Essential Oil
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Bergamot Essential Oil

Pressed from the rind of the bergamot orange, this fresh, citrusy oil is a natural mood-lifter with a soft, slightly floral edge. It’s cleansing, balancing, and full of bright energy.

Natural Benefits

• Helps balance oily or blemish-prone skin
• Uplifts mood and reduces tension
• Gently purifying and toning

Calendula Petals
Exfoliant

Calendula Petals

Delicate golden petals from the calendula flower, known for their calming and skin-loving qualities. These add gentle texture and a touch of floral luxury.

Natural Benefits

• Mild and soothing exfoliation
• Known to support skin healing
• Naturally anti-inflammatory
• Adds visual warmth to every bar

Castor Oil
Soap Base

Castor Oil

Pressed from castor beans, this thick, glossy oil is a cold-process essential. It helps create a rich, creamy lather and locks in moisture without feeling greasy.

Natural Benefits

• Boosts natural lather and bubbles
• Deeply hydrating and conditioning
• Helps soothe dry, irritated skin
• Supports long-lasting bars with a silky finish

Cedarwood Essential Oil
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Cedarwood Essential Oil

Extracted from the bark of the cedar tree, this warm, woody oil has an earthy grounding aroma. It’s been used for centuries to soothe skin and calm the mind.

Natural Benefits

• Helps reduce skin irritation and inflammation
• Naturally antifungal and antibacterial
• Grounding and calming
• Supports healthy skin tone

Coconut Oil
Soap Base

Coconut Oil

Extracted from the white flesh of coconuts, this hard oil brings cleansing power and a fluffy, luxurious lather. It’s a natural multitasker with serious skin-softening skills.

Natural Benefits

• Gently cleanses without stripping
• Adds a rich, bubbly lather
• Naturally antibacterial and antifungal
• Leaves skin feeling soft and fresh

Coffee Grounds
Exfoliant

Coffee Grounds

Recycled and repurposed from real coffee beans, these grounds are rich in antioxidants and ideal for a deep scrub. A great wake-up call for your skin.

Natural Benefits

• Provides strong exfoliation
• Helps improve circulation
• Naturally deodorising
• Adds a bold scent and rustic texture

Frankincense Essential Oil
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Frankincense Essential Oil

Distilled from the resin of the Boswellia tree, frankincense is revered for its soothing scent and skin-regenerating properties. It’s deeply calming and beautifully complex.

Natural Benefits

• Supports healthy, glowing skin
• Encourages skin cell renewal
• Calms the mind and promotes focus
• Ideal for mature or dry skin

Geranium Essential Oil
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Geranium Essential Oil

Steam-distilled from the leaves of the geranium plant, this oil has a bright, floral scent that helps restore balance, both emotionally and for the skin.

Natural Benefits

• Helps balance sebum levels
• Promotes clearer, healthier-looking skin
• Naturally uplifting and harmonising
• Great for combination or hormonal skin

Grapefruit Essential Oil
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Grapefruit Essential Oil

Zesty and energising, grapefruit oil is extracted from the peel of the fruit and brings a clean, uplifting note to every bar. It’s both refreshing and toning for the skin.

Natural Benefits

• Helps tone and tighten the skin
• Uplifts and energises the mood
• Has natural cleansing properties

Indigo Powder
Colourant

Indigo Powder

A deep blue powder made from the leaves of the indigofera plant. It adds beautiful natural colour without synthetic dyes.

Natural Benefits

• Adds a rich blue or slate tone to soap
• Naturally derived and plant-based
• Mild skin-soothing properties

Jasmine Essential Oil
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Jasmine Essential Oil

A luxurious floral oil with a rich, sweet aroma. Jasmine is known for its calming properties and for adding a romantic touch to natural skincare.

Natural Benefits

• Helps soothe dry or sensitive skin
• Promotes relaxation and calmness
• Supports skin elasticity

Lavender Essential Oil
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Lavender Essential Oil

Lavender essential oil is distilled from the flowering tops of the lavender plant, known for its calming scent and gentle properties. It’s a long-time favourite in natural skincare for both its aroma and its ability to soothe the skin and the senses.

Natural Benefits

• Calms and balances the skin
• Helps reduce redness and irritation
• Naturally antibacterial and cleansing
• Promotes relaxation through scent
• Supports rest and unwinding at the end of the day

Lemon Essential Oil
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Lemon Essential Oil

Cold-pressed from lemon peel, this oil has a crisp, refreshing scent that’s energising and clean. It’s a natural cleanser and great for boosting your morning routine.

Natural Benefits

• Naturally antibacterial and cleansing
• Helps brighten dull skin
• Boosts mood and mental clarity
• Adds a fresh, sharp citrus scent

Lime Essential Oil
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Lime Essential Oil

With its tart, zingy aroma, lime essential oil adds a juicy burst to every bar. It’s invigorating, cleansing, and ideal for refreshing tired skin and minds.

Natural Benefits

• Refreshes and tones the skin
• Has uplifting, energising effects
• Naturally astringent and cleansing
• Brightens both skin and scent

Madder Root Powder
Colourant

Madder Root Powder

Sourced from the root of the madder plant, this powder creates natural reddish-pink hues. A traditional plant dye that’s completely chemical-free.

Natural Benefits

• Adds beautiful warm tones to soap
• 100% plant-based and natural
• Contains mild antioxidant properties
• Historically used in natural textile dyeing

Olive Oil Pomace
Soap Base

Olive Oil Pomace

A staple in traditional soapmaking, pomace is the rich, unrefined oil pressed from the whole olive. It produces a firm, long-lasting bar with a creamy, low-lather feel that’s perfect for sensitive skin.

Natural Benefits

• Deeply moisturising and gentle
• Ideal for dry or sensitive skin
• Creates a hard, long-lasting bar
• Packed with skin-loving antioxidants

Patchouli Essential Oil
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Patchouli Essential Oil

Earthy, musky and grounding, patchouli oil is distilled from the leaves of the patchouli plant. It’s a popular base note in natural perfumes and has calming, skin-supporting benefits.

Natural Benefits

• Helps support dry or irritated skin
• Calms the mind and senses
• Antifungal and anti-inflammatory
• Adds a deep, earthy aroma

Peppermint
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Peppermint

Fresh, cooling and invigorating, peppermint oil is distilled from the leaves of the peppermint plant. Known for its crisp, minty aroma, it’s widely used in natural skincare for its refreshing, clarifying and revitalising properties.

Natural Benefits
  • Helps refresh and awaken the skin
  • Naturally cooling and invigorating
  • Supports a clean, clarifying cleanse
  • Adds a crisp, fresh minty aroma
Pink Kaolin Clay
Exfoliant Colourant

Pink Kaolin Clay

A soft, rosy clay made by blending white and red kaolin. It offers the mildest exfoliation with a natural blush tint and skin-calming properties.

Natural Benefits

• Ultra gentle, great for dry or sensitive skin
• Adds a natural pink hue
• Helps soothe and tone the skin
• Lightly detoxifying without drying

Poppy Seeds
Exfoliant

Poppy Seeds

Tiny but mighty, poppy seeds add a natural scrubby texture that’s perfect for buffing away dead skin and leaving you feel cleaner than ever before.

Natural Benefits

• Provides medium exfoliation
• Helps smooth rough patches
• Naturally sourced and biodegradable
• Adds texture and visual contrast to bars

Rose Petals
Exfoliant

Rose Petals

Dried rose petals bring elegance and gentle exfoliation. Perfect for adding romance to a bar, they also offer skin-soothing properties.

Natural Benefits

• Mild exfoliation with a floral feel
• Soothes and softens the skin
• Contains natural antioxidants
• Looks beautiful in every blend

Rosemary Essential Oil
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Rosemary Essential Oil

Fresh, herbal and sharp, rosemary oil is packed with antioxidants and has a long history in natural wellness. It’s a clarifying, invigorating ingredient with real skin benefits.

Natural Benefits

• Supports circulation and skin tone
• Antibacterial and antifungal
• Good for oily or blemish-prone skin
• Stimulates the senses and focus

Sandalwood Essential Oil
Scent

Sandalwood Essential Oil

Known for its warm, woody richness, sandalwood oil is a premium essential oil with grounding, hydrating properties. It brings depth to both scent and skincare.

Natural Benefits

• Calms and hydrates dry or irritated skin
• Promotes a sense of calm and clarity
• Adds a smooth, lingering scent
• Often used in mindfulness and meditation

Shea Butter
Soap Base

Shea Butter

This velvety butter is extracted from the nuts of the African shea tree. It’s rich in vitamins and essential fatty acids that nourish and protect the skin with every wash.

Natural Benefits

• Intensely moisturising and softening
• Supports skin elasticity and regeneration
• Ideal for dry, mature, or sensitive skin
• Gives a creamy, luxurious texture to bars

Sodium Lactate
Soap Base

Sodium Lactate

A natural liquid salt derived from the fermentation of sugars, sodium lactate helps create harder, longer-lasting bars. It also acts as a humectant, drawing moisture into the skin.

Natural Benefits

• Helps bars cure harder and last longer
• Draws moisture into the skin for added hydration
• 100% natural and skin-safe

Spearmint Essential Oil
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Spearmint Essential Oil

Lighter and sweeter than peppermint, spearmint oil has a fresh, cooling quality that adds a clean kick to soap. It’s loved for its gentle invigoration.

Natural Benefits

• Naturally refreshing and cooling
• Antibacterial and antifungal
• Helps awaken the senses
• Adds a crisp, sweet mint scent

Spirulina Powder
Colourant

Spirulina Powder

Made from blue-green algae, spirulina offers a striking green tint and a boost of skin-loving nutrients. Packed with plant power.

Natural Benefits

• Adds vibrant green hues
• Rich in antioxidants and minerals
• May help support skin clarity
• Fully natural and vegan

Sweet Orange Essential Oil
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Sweet Orange Essential Oil

Pressed from the peel of ripe oranges, this oil offers a soft, cheerful citrus scent. It’s a classic in natural soap for its uplifting vibe and gentle touch.

Natural Benefits

• Boosts mood and calmness
• Supports healthy-looking skin
• Mildly cleansing and toning
• Adds a juicy, sunny scent

Turmeric Powder
Exfoliant Colourant

Turmeric Powder

A golden-yellow spice with powerful antioxidant benefits. Turmeric gently brightens and tones while giving your bar a sunny glow.

Natural Benefits

• Very mild exfoliation
• Supports brighter, more even skin tone
• Naturally anti-inflammatory
• Adds a warm golden colour

Vanilla Essential Oil
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Vanilla Essential Oil

Vanilla adds warmth, sweetness, and a sense of comfort. Though not a traditional essential oil, its rich aroma pairs beautifully with florals and woods.

Natural Benefits

• Calming and comforting scent
• Adds depth and warmth to blends
• Helps reduce stress and tension
• A customer favourite for cosy vibes

White Kaolin Clay
Exfoliant

White Kaolin Clay

One of the gentlest clays available, white kaolin is perfect for sensitive skin types. It cleanses without stripping and adds a creamy, velvety lather.

Natural Benefits

• Extremely mild exfoliation
• Supports soft, balanced skin
• Helps remove dirt and impurities
• Adds a smooth texture to the bar

Ylang Ylang Essential Oil
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Ylang Ylang Essential Oil

An exotic, floral oil with a sweet, heady aroma. Ylang Ylang is known for its balancing properties, both for your mind and skin!

Natural Benefits

• Helps regulate oil production
• Naturally soothing and calming
• Supports skin clarity and softness
• Adds a bold, romantic scent

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