Yaqinah & Co.'s African Black Soap is an excellent cleanser that is composed of numerous soothing and beneficial ingredients that are abundantly found in nature
Black Soap has long been used to heal problem skin. Its good for thinning fine lines, evening out dark spots, psoriasis, eczema, razor bumps and eliminating blemishes. It is also used to lightly exfoliate and give you healthier looking skin. The soap can also be used on your body or hair or for oily skin, dry skin, skin rashes, scalp irritations, body odors and is good for sensitive skin.
Black soap is made from the ash of locally harvested plants and barks such a plantain, cocoa pods, palm tree leaves. First the leaves and bark are sun-dried and then roasted in a kettle or pot at an even, constant temperature, which is important to ensure color, texture and smell. Then water and various oils - palm oil, coconut oil, palm kernel oil are added to the mixture and stirred for at least a day. After that, the "soap" is left to set for two weeks to cure.
  Ingredients: Coconut oil, palm oil, palm kernel oil, shea butter, cocoa butter, shea tree bark ash, cocoa pods ash, plantain ash, water