Product information
To preserve the beneficial properties of the pure, natural ingredients, Mwani Zanzibar soaps are cold processed and undergo a nine-week maturation process, resulting in a wonderfully gentle soap.
The Mwani Zanzibar seaweed, hand-picked by the mothers at low tide, is rich in minerals, amino acids and fatty acids.
It is blended with unrefined beeswax from local mangrove forests, which is rich in natural fatty acids and vitamin A. The addition of freshly pressed coconut oil helps to soothe and moisturize the skin, while lemongrass acts as a natural antiseptic, and cinnamon and turmeric promote blood circulation and calm irritated skin.
All ingredients are freshly harvested, cut and prepared by hand on our island of Zanzibar.
Ingredients
Lemongrass:
seaweed
Anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and promotes skin cell growth.
Natives coconut oil
Protects the skin, promotes elasticity and repairs the skin's barrier function.
beeswax
Promotes skin regeneration, reduces moisture loss and fights inflammation
ethereal oil from Lemongrass
Antimicrobial
Cocos Nucifera (Virgin Coconut) Oil^+, Water/Aqua/Eau, Sodium Hydroxide (Lye), Beeswax (Unrefined)/Cera Alba/Cire d'abeille^, Cymbopogon Citratus (Lemongrass) Leaf Oil+, Eucheuma Spinosum (Macroalgae)*^+, Ulva Fasciata (Macroalgae)*^+, Sargassum Oligocystum (Macroalgae)*^+, Turbinaria Decurrens (Macroalgae)*^+, Limonene, Linalool.
*Marine Origin
Restorative ingredient
+Organic
Cinnamon & Turmeric:
seaweed
Anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and promotes skin cell growth.
Natives coconut oil
Protects the skin, promotes elasticity and repairs the skin's barrier function.
turmeric
Reduces hyperpigmentation and inflammation, antioxidant
beeswax
Promotes skin regeneration, reduces moisture loss and fights inflammation.
Cinnamon essential oil
Promotes blood circulation and healing
Cocos Nucifera (Virgin Coconut) Oil^+, Water/Aqua/Eau, Sodium Hydroxide (Lye), Curcuma Longa (Turmeric) Root+, Beeswax (Unrefined)/Cera Alba/Cire d'abeille^, Cinnamomum Zeylanicum (Cinnamon) Bark Oil+, Eucheuma Spinosum (Macroalgae)*^+, Sargassum Oligocystum (Macroalgae)*^+, Ulva Fasciata (Macroalgae), Turbinaria Decurrens (Macroalgae)*^+, Cinnamal, Limonene, Linalool.
Application for face & body:
Lather soap in your hands under running water. Apply the lather to your face and body, cleanse, and rinse with lukewarm to warm water or shower.
As a second cleaning step (double cleanse):
Apply after using the Mwani Zanzibar facial cleanser. Lather the soap in your hands, apply it over the cleanser, gently massage it in, and rinse thoroughly with lukewarm water.
For an exfoliating effect on the body:
Apply the soap bar directly to the skin. Massage in circular motions from arms and décolleté down to the feet. Rinse off with warm water.
For very sensitive skin:
Place the bar of soap in a washcloth and lather it under running water. Gently cleanse your face and body with the washcloth and rinse off.
Sustainability & Environment
3% of gross sales are donated to environmental protection in Zanzibar.
Mwani Zanzibar ingredients promote biodiversity, are often native and wild-grown, without fertilizers, pesticides and irrigation.
Seaweed is key to decarbonizing the economy and combating climate change.
The ingredients are locally sourced and have an exceptionally low carbon footprint.
Mwani Zanzibar avoids toxic chemicals and environmentally harmful farming methods such as palm oil and monocultures.
Effects on the Employees
Mwani Zanzibar is run by the people it aims to influence – our Mwani Mamas. They go beyond Fairtrade. The farmers have become artisans.
The ingredients are sourced from predominantly female suppliers.
Because the ingredients are native and wild-grown, Mwani Zanzibar works with local communities.
Effects the Packaging
The glass bottles are made from 100% used and recycled glass bottles - asfirst cosmetics companyof the world.
The outer packaging consists of 80% used and recycled packaging.
The logo is embossed into the glass, so no screen printing or plastic labels are required.
The bottles are colored with a non-toxic chalk pigment to prevent the penetration of UVA and UVB rays.
Mwani Zanzibar has worked intensively with its glass suppliers to dilute the glass bottles and thus reduce its carbon footprint.
