Chagrin Valley Castile & Shea Soap, Unscented
Chagrin Valley Soap & Salve
Natural Soap: Castile & Shea (Unscented)
A gentle, unscented bar in a plastic-free recycled-paper box, from a small family maker that publishes every ingredient. It is a strong pick for sensitive skin. Vegans should skip it because it contains goat milk.
A mild unscented castile-style bar of organic olive oil, shea butter, and fresh goat milk in a recycled-paper box. Leaping Bunny certified, from a family soap maker in Ohio.
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Strengths
- Plastic-free bar in a recycled-paper box, shipped with paper tape
- Every ingredient listed, including the lye used to make it
- No added fragrance, no palm oil, and no coconut oil
- Leaping Bunny certified since 2013
Scored on our consumables method (consumables-v1, 2026-09-23). How we rank →
What's inside
Organic extra virgin olive oil, organic sunflower oil, organic virgin shea butter, organic castor bean oil, goat milk, sodium hydroxide, distilled water, organic lavender, and organic rosemary oil extract. The brand says there is no added fragrance or essential oil.
| Part | Material |
|---|---|
| Soap | Organic olive, sunflower, shea butter, and castor oils, goat milk, sodium hydroxide, water, organic lavender, organic rosemary oil extract |
| Box | Recyclable cardboard made from recycled paper, FSC certified paper per the brand |
| Shipping | Shredded paper, FSC honeycomb kraft paper, water-activated paper tape |
Free of Plastic packaging, palm oil, coconut oil, added fragrance, essential oils
- Packaging
- A simple recyclable cardboard box made from recycled paper, and Chagrin Valley says all of its paper packaging is FSC certified. Orders ship with shredded office paper, FSC-certified honeycomb kraft paper instead of bubble wrap, and water-activated paper tape.
- Microplastics
- No plastic ingredients listed. The bar is olive oil, sunflower oil, shea butter, castor oil, and goat milk made into soap.
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About Chagrin Valley Soap & Salve
Chagrin Valley began in 2001 in Ida's kitchen in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, when the middle school science teacher took up soapmaking as a hobby and her husband Howard built the first wooden mold. That first batch was eight bars of goat milk and oatmeal soap, and it grew into a family company that now makes soaps, shampoo bars, salves, and skin care in its own building in Solon, Ohio. The brand states that its products are made with organic ingredients certified by OEFFA, an organic certifier accredited by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and it is Leaping Bunny certified, which confirms no animal testing. Chagrin Valley describes its product packaging as nearly plastic-free and ships with paper tape and shredded office paper. This bar contains goat milk, so it is not vegan.
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