Honey & Grapefruit
Mike's Natural Soaps
Mike's Natural Soaps was started by Mike Rytel in Portland, Oregon. In 2009, while still in graduate school pursuing a degree in classical philology Mike started dabbling with making soap for himself as a hobby. After sharing his soaps with family and friends, a business emerged and quickly grew until he opened his online store in 2011 and decided to pursue soapmaking fulltime. Today, Mike's Natural Soaps is reknowned for using high quality, natural ingredients, and offers a full line of tallow-based shave soaps, bath soaps, and shampoo bars.
Scent Description
Like almost everything about Mike's Natural Soaps, the fragrance of Honey & Grapefruit is simple, straightforward, and clean. The scent is created by blending Grapefruit essential oil with natural honey and the effect is a juicy, sweet, and gentlemanly bouquet which evokes images of a fresh grapefruit, cut in half, and lightly sprinkled with sugar on the breakfast table. The lather it creates is the perfect accompaniment to a morning shave, and as the scent strength is on the lower side so it feels light and refreshing, while leaving plenty of room to be paired with almost any citrusy or sweet splash.
Scent Strength
6
Longevity
5
Scent Family
Fresh
Subtype
Fruity
Suitability
Work, Home, Daytime
Inspiration
Unique
Country of Origin
USA
Menthol
Non-menthol
Companion Products
None
Base Description
The base of Mike's Natural Soaps shave soap is tallow-based and famous for its natural and wholesome ingredients which include a panoply of skin foods including Shea Butter, Kokum Butter, Avocado Oil, Kaolin Clay, Vitamin E, and Glycerin. Mike also adds Lanolin, a natural humectant derived from sheep wool which conditions the skins and creates a luxurious post-shave feel. The lather is characterized by ShaveSplash as creamy, due to the rich tallow content, and has ample cushion and good slickness. Whereas some soaps produce a denser or more stable lather due to additives which Mike foregoes, Mike's emphasis on natural ingredients results in a lather which is light, non-greasy, and protective, which as the name of his company implies feels natural and healthy. A high quality product which feels unique in the marketplace.
Lather Properties
Cushion
6
Density
7
Slickness
7
Stability
Lather Type
7
Creamy
Base Type
Base Name
Tallow
Mike's
Skin Food
Kaolin Clay, Avocado Oil, Kokum Butter, Shea Butter, Lanolin, Glycerin, Vitamin E, Coconut Oil
Top Notes
Grapefruit
Heart Notes
Honey
Base Notes
IIngredients
Distilled water saponified tallow (beef) and stearic acid; vegetable glycerin; saponified kokum butter, avocado oil, and shea butter; lanolin, fragrance and/or essential oil(s); saponified coconut oil; kaolin clay, vitamin E.