Our Ingredients
All of our products feature high-quality ingredients that are intentionally curated to provide the best possible experience when enjoying our collection of bath, body, and home goods. If you have any questions about our ingredients or particular products, feel free to reach us at ahoy@oldwhalingcompany.com.
All products are mineral oil free, paraben free, and phthalate free. We handcraft our products to be gentle and nourishing for all skin types.
Bar Soap Ingredients
All of our handcrafted bar soaps contain the following base ingredients:
- Olive Oil (olea europaea)
- Coconut Oil (cocos mucifera)
- Soybean Oil (glycine soja)
- Distilled Water
- Lye (sodium hydroxide)
- Fragrance (except Knot Scented)
Additional Bar Soap Ingredients
- Bamboo & Teak: Fine Grain Pumice Powder
- Bergamot & Grapefruit: Activated Charcoal
- Coastal Calm: Indigo Powder
- Coconut Milk: Luffa Powder
- Knot Scented: Goat's Milk
- Floral Coast: Purple Brazilian Clay
- French Lavender: Matte Lavender Powder
- Magnolia: Electric Bubble Gum (cosmetic colorant)
- Mariner's Moon: Bentonite Clay
- Oatmeal Milk & Honey: Oats, Goat’s Milk, Edisto Gold Honey
- Oceanswept: Cobalt Blue Oxide, Activated Charcoal, Indigo Powder
- Sea La Vie: Hydrated Chromium Oxide
- Seaberry & Rose Clay: Rose Kaolin Clay
- Seaside Citrine: N/A
- Seaweed & Sea Salt: Kelp Powder, Kelp Granules
- Spearmint & Eucalyptus: Spirulina Powder, Activated Charcoal, Woodland Green Oxide
Interested in learning about how we make soap?
Bath Bomb Ingredients
All of our sea-inspired Bath Bombs are handmade using the following base ingredients:
- Baking Soda (Sodium Bicarbonate)
- Citric Acid
- Soybean Oil
- Olive Oil
- Fragrance (except Knot Scented)
- Epsom Salt
- Polysorbate 80
- Distilled Water
Additional Bath Bomb Ingredients
- Bergamot & Grapefruit: Orange Bath Bomb Powder, Fired up Fushia
- Coastal Calm: Blue Bath Bomb Powder
- Coconut Milk: N/A
- Cotton Candy: Electric Bubble Gum (Cosmetic Color), Blue Bath Bomb Powder
- Floral Coast: Cosmetic Color (Blue 1 Lake, Red 27)
- French Lavender: Orchid Mica
- Magnolia: Electric Bubble Gum (Cosmetic Color)
- Mariner's Moon: Matte Black Oxide
- Oatmeal Milk & Honey: Oats
- Oceanswept: Blue Bath Bomb Powder, Matte Black Oxide
- Sea La Vie: Blue Bath Bomb Powder
- Seaberry & Rose Clay: Red Bath Bomb Powder, Rose Kaolin Clay
- Seaside Citrine: Yellow Bath Bomb Powder
- Seaweed & Sea Salt: Sea Clay (French Green Clay)
- Spearmint & Eucalyptus: Spearmint Leaves
Body Butter Ingredients
All of our Body Butters are color free and made with the following ingredients:
- Water
- Cetearyl Alcohol - made of vegetable derived fatty acids, thickener, emulsifier
- Isopropyl Myristate- naturally occurring fatty acid and emollient, skin conditioning
- Stearic Acid - kosher grade, vegetable source, thickener and emulsion stabilizer (binds oil with water)
- Fragrance (except Knot Scented)
- Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride - a moisturizer made from fraction of palm and coconut oils and stabilizer, great for sensitive skin
- Ceteareth-20 - an emulsifier
- Glyceryl Stearate - an emulsifier
- Shea Butter (Butyrospermum Parkii)
- Dimethicone - a silicone-based polymer
- Organic Sunflower Oil (Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil)
- DMDM Hydantoin - antimicrobial
- Organic Aloe Vera (Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice)
- Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate - a preservative and antifungal that prevents product from spoiling and growing bacteria
Candle Ingredients
Our hand-poured candles are made from our premium soy and olive wax blend with our sea-inspired fragrances.
- Soywax
- Fragrance
- Olive Wax
Shower Steamer Ingredients
All of our Shower Steamers contain the following ingredients:
- Sodium Bicarbonate (Baking Soda)
- Citric Acid
- Fragrance
- Epsom Salt
- Distilled Water