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Alata Samina Black Soap Detox Bar

54 Thrones

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What it is: A detoxifying bar soap handmade in northern Ghana using natural, skin-healing ingredients.

What it does: This black soap or 'Alata Samina,' as it's called in the Ghanaian Twi language, is made with 100 percent natural ingredients such as plantain skins, coconut oil, cocoa pods and shea butter, which are sun-dried, roasted, mixed and then cured. Used throughout West Africa for centuries to maintain skin's youth and luster, black soap deeply cleanses and helps remove harmful bacteria and toxins from skin and hair.

  • 4.3 oz.
  • Natural Beauty & Wellness products are free of sulfates, phthalates, parabens, petrochemicals, mineral oil, silicone and talc; also free of synthetic fragrance
  • Vegan
  • ingredients are USDA Certified Organic, and are traceable/origins are publicly available
  • Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC) certified, ensuring forest management that preserves biological diversity and benefits the lives of local people and workers
  • Black Owned and Founded
  • Item #6091849
  • Core Product ID 333335UTZW

Ingredients

Plantain Skin Ash, Cocoa Pod Ash, Palm Fronds, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Palm Kernel Oil, Shea Butter Pods, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Purified Water (Aqua).
Ingredients are subject to change at the manufacturer's discretion. For the most complete and up-to-date list of ingredients, refer to the product packaging

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54 Thrones

54 countries, 54 Thrones. Black-founded skin care brand 54 Thrones sources African-grown, pure and organic plant botanicals—roots, herbs, oils and butters—from cooperatives and artisans across the continent. Think shea butter from Ghana and Uganda, argan oil from Morocco, and jasmine and neroli from Egypt, among many others. The brand's natural, sustainably made products, from skin-healing soaps to ultra-hydrating beauty butters and luxury oils, soothe and nurture skin according to generations of culturally rich African beauty rituals.