Babik Soap

Parsegh

My great-grandfather Parsegh made soap in Aleppo in the 1930s. Aleppo has made soap from olive oil for a very long time, and he was one of the men who made it.

I make soap now, by hand, a small batch at a time. Babik is the Armenian word for grandpa. The soap carries his trade and his city, so it carries his name too.

The Babik Soap label: Est. Aleppo 1930s, Babik Soap, after Parsegh, soap maker

What is in it

Extra virgin olive oil: The base, the way Aleppo soap starts. Gentle and slow to wear down.
Coconut oil: For a lather you can feel.
Castor oil: Keeps the lather creamy.
Wild clay: The grey swirl. It gives the bar its slip and its colour.
Spring water: What the lye is mixed into.
Peppermint and lavender: Essential oils, nothing synthetic. Cool, then calm.
Lye: Lye is what turns oil into soap. It is used up in the making, so none is left in the finished bar.

Cold process, cut by hand, and left to cure before it ships. No fragrance oils, no colourants, no preservatives.

Buy

BABIK SOAP

$12

One bar, about 4.5 oz

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