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, sulfate free, and phthalate free.

Bar Soap Ingredients

All of our handcrafted bar soaps contain the following base ingredients:

• Olive Oil (olea europaea)
• Water
• Coconut Oil (cocos mucifera)
• Soybean Oil (glycine soja)
• 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 extract
• French Lavender: cosmetic color (ultramarines)
• Magnolia: cosmetic color
• Mariner's Moon: bentonite clay
• Oatmeal Milk & Honey: oats, goat’s milk extract, honey
• Oceanswept: activated charcoal, cosmetic color (ultramarines), indigo powder
• Sea La Vie: cosmetic color (hydrated chromium oxide)
• Seaberry & Rose Clay: rose kaolin clay
• Seaweed & Sea Salt: kelp powder, kelp granules
• Spearmint & Eucalyptus: spirulina, activated charcoal, cosmetic color (chromium 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
• Citric Acid
• Soybean Oil
• Olive Oil
• Epsom Salt
• Distilled Water
• Fragrance (Except Knot Scented)

Additional Bath Bomb Ingredients

• Bergamot & Grapefruit: polysorbate 80, cosmetic color (red 40 lake, yellow 6 lake)
• Coastal Calm: polysorbate 80, cosmetic color (blue 1 lake)
• Coconut Milk: color & additive free
• Cotton Candy: polysorbate 80, cosmetic color (blue 1 lake, bis(glycidoxyphenyl) propane / bisaminomethylnorbornane copolymer, aluminum hydroxide, red 28, red 22)
• French Lavender: polysorbate 80, cosmetic color (mica titanium dioxide, tin dioxide, ultramarine blue, manganese violet)
• Magnolia: polysorbate 80, cosmetic color (bis(glycidoxyphenyl)propane/bisamino-methylnorbane copolymer, aluminum hydroxide, red 28, red 22)
• Mariner's Moon: polysorbate 80, cosmetic color (iron oxide)
• Oatmeal Milk & Honey: oats
• Oceanswept: polysorbate 80, cosmetic color (blue 1 lake, iron oxides)
• Sea La Vie: polysorbate 80, cosmetic color (blue 1 lake, yellow 5 lake)
• Seaberry & Rose Clay: polysorbate 80, cosmetic color (red 40 lake), rose kaolin clay
• Seaweed & Sea Salt: polysorbate 80, sea clay
• Spearmint & Eucalyptus: dried spearmint leaves (menta virdis (spearmint) leaf)

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)
• Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride - a moisturizer made from fraction of palm and coconut oils and stabilizer, great for sensitive skin
• Ceteareth-20
• Glyceryl Stearate - an emulsifier
• Shea Butter (Butyrospermum Parkii)
• Dimethicone - a silicone-based polymer
• DMDM Hydantoin - antimicrobial
• Organic Sunflower Oil (Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil)
• Organic Aloe Vera (Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice)
• Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate - a preservative and antifungal that prevents product from spoiling and growing bacteria
• Fragrance (except Knot Scented)

Candle Ingredients

Our hand-poured candles are made from our premium soy and olive wax blend with our sea-inspired fragrances.

Shower Steamer Ingredients

All of our *NEW* Shower Steamers contain the following ingredients:

• Sodium Bicarbonate
• Citric Acid
• Fragrance
• Epsom Salt
• Distilled Water