This has been a favorite soap and it was high time to make another batch and tinker with the ingredients a bit. This is a skin loving, nutrient rich, all natural harvest soap. These bars contain real avocado - pureed by me from fresh avocados! Avocados by themselves, don't add a bit of fragrance, so I've scented this soap with a combination of essential oils - lime and patchouli.

Now, there are usually two sides of the fence regarding patchouli. Either you love it, or hate it. Most people I know fall into the later category. So why am I making a soap with patchouli in it? Well I've found that if used in small quantities, it actually adds an intangible type scent to the soap. So it smells like a woodsy, earthy lime. Pretty much what I imagined for my Tijuana Iguana.

Being all natural, the soap is colored with natural mineral pigments for the deep green portion only. The rest is left in its natural state with just a tint of green from the avocado puree.

Besides the usual oils that I put in my soaps, this one contains both castor oil and avocado oil as superfatting agents. The definition of superfatting is basically 'adding in more oil than is required to have a complete reaction with the lye in a batch of cold process soap. The small amount of extra oil left over in the soap adds extra moisturizing qualities to the soap.

Rich in fatty acids and is very soothing and lubricating to the skin. It acts as a humectant and conditioner by attracting and retaining moisture to the skin. Also promotes lather and contributes lots of bubbles to soap.

Castor Oil – (ricinus communis) Rich in fatty acids and is very soothing and lubricating to the skin. It acts as a humectant and conditioner by attracting and retaining moisture to the skin. Also promotes lather and contributes lots of bubbles to soap.

Avocado Oil - (persea gratissima) Rich in vitamins A, D, E, B1, B2, beta carotene, as well as amino acids and protein, pantothenic acid and fatty acids. Known for its healing and regenerative properties. Wonderfully moisturizing and excellent for anyone with extremely sensitive skin. Nourishes and restores dry, dehydrated, and mature skin and especially helpful to skin conditions like eczema and psoriasis.