Why quality ingredients matters:

Most all of us are watching our budgets these days and cutting corners where we can. We are faced with many choices and compromises to make ends meet.  We want to eat healthy, so we spend our money on organic and non GMO foods as an investment in our health. Yet we often don't think of what we put on our skin and hair as an equally important investment in our health.

If you eat healthy but bathe with products made from chemical sources, you can undo the efforts of a good diet.  Skin is the bodyʻs largest organ and absorbs everything it comes in contact with.  There are many unhealthy additives in everyday skin care and bath products that most of us aren't aware of. It is crucial to read labels! Many of the bad ingredients in personal care products are directly linked to cancer and auto-immune diseases.

Coconut Clean was founded because of a quest for healthy skin care products. After a scary bout with melanoma, I became very aware of what I put on my skin.  During the research process, I was horrified to learn what is allowed in the products we use everyday.  I discovered that many of the "natural" products contained unhealthy ingredients. I realized the only way I could trust the quality of what I put on my skin was to make it myself. Having a background in aromatherapy and chemistry made this possible, so it became my lifeʻs mission to create something good for myself and everyone!
Our goal is to provide the cleanest products on the market. We take pride in the pure ingredients our products are made from… Our soap is our passion and we have Organic Soap for sale. You can find handmade, natural bar soap all over the internet, at your local farmers market or crafts fair, perhaps priced cheaper than ours… Why is ours more expensive? INGREDIENTS!  We refuse to compromise our quality. Many soap crafters make their soaps with a melt & pour soap base, which contain cheap chemical ingredients. We use the cold-process method to make ours from scratch and never cheapen the blend by using soybean oil, corn oil, palm oil, canola oil. These are grown from genetically modified seeds, are harmful to the environment and provide little or no benefits for your skin. Most soap crafters cut their bars a little smaller and don't cure them as long as we do, which produces a harsher soap. We invite you to read our ingredient labels and be proud to use products that are truly good for you and the world.

Take the Coconut Oil Cleanse… Organic Extra Virgin Coconut Oil is our founding ingredient! Organic Coconut Oil for Hair and skin care is the best thing you can use. We scent our divine soaps with essential oils and botanical extracts, not synthetic fragrance.  We strive to bring you the best possible products that last longer and are far more beneficial for your health. From our Hawaiian Sea Salt Scrubs to our petroleum-free lip smoothies, we strive for chemical free purity at affordable prices. Here are a list of ingredients you should avoid while shopping for personal care products, just to name a few! Basic rule: If your not sure what it is, there is a good chance you should avoid it...

Cleansers:
SLS- Sodium Laurly Sulfate
SLS-Sodium Laureth Sulfate
SMS-Sodium Myreth Sufate
Cocamide DEA
Cocamide MEA
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
DEA-Cetyl Phosphate
DEA Oleth-3 Phosphate
Lauramide DEA
Linoleamide MEA
Myristamide DEA
Oleamide DEA
Stearamide MEA
TEA-Lauryl Sulfate
Triethanolamine

Petrochemicals:
Petrolatum
Mineral oil
Paraffin

Preservatives:
Parabens (all)
DMDM Hydantoin
CETRIMONIUM CHLORIDE
CETYL TRIMETHYL AMMONIUM CHLORIDE

Chemical Sunscreens (I believe these contributed to my Melanoma)
Oxybenzone
Avobenzone
Octinoxate

Moisturizers
Propylene Glycol
Butylene Glycol
Polyisobutene
Red Flag: (AVOID)
Yellow #5, #6, #13
Red #3, #7, #40
Blue #2
Sodium Benzoate
*Hydrogenated oils
*Palm oil
*Soy Bean oil
*Canola Oil
*Corn Oil
*Cottonseed Oil
Lanolin

*contains GMOs

We are working to expand our ingredients category list on our website. Please reply to this blog for any questions or send us an email. Get healthy and Go Green with Coconut Clean!

Thatʻs it in a Coconutshell,

The CC Crew


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Aloha Coconutters!

We are back to blogging and we have many new things happening in 2013.  In case you haven't heard, we have a brand-new website! It officially went live on February 1st  and we are making it better everyday by adding new descriptions and photos.  The new site is easy to use and has a nicely functional shopping cart with a new PayPal gateway that keeps you on our website for flawless checkout. We've had great feedback so far.  Go to www.coconutclean.com and tell us what you think!

 While your there,  post a review and it will be entered in our giveaway. Once we receive at least 10 new reviews, we will resume the contest.  The new website has inspired several new reviews, so we are getting close! Here are the new contest guidelines:

- Write us a review (or two, or three) on a product that youʻve tried and post it on our website or send it along to coconutcleanblog@gmail.com for consideration.

- Write about one product per review.

- Include a rating (0-5 stars) as well as your email address (which, will of course remain private), your name, and where you are from.

- Please, enter as many times as you like, although only one review will be chosen for publication and giveaway on this blog.

- Once we receive 10 new reviews on our website, we will announce a deadline for the contest.   We keep past submissions on file to be reconsidered for each giveaway.

- The winner will receive the product they reviewed in the mail along with a coupon code for their future order.

We have come along way since we made first homemade soap in the kitchen. Thanks to all of you for supporting our efforts in making the cleanest products on the market! Now, our handmade soaps, pet products, Head to Toe coconut shampoo  and body cleanser and tea tree shampoo bar with clary sage are hot items.  All of our shampoos and natural soaps are sulfate-free.

 What could be better for your skin than natural bath products, organic hair care and organic soap with coconut benefits? Don't forget that your skin is your largest organ and absorbs everything transdermally.  What you put on your skin is just as important as what you eat!  Explore the health benefits of coconut and you will learn why itʻs our founding ingredient!  The benefits of coconut for dogs are as important as for humans, so checkout our pet supplies under the Canine Collection on our website.

Thatʻs it in a Coconutshell!

The CC Crew

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