Turmeric is a plant native to South Asia and a close relative of ginger. It has been part of Ayurvedic tradition for centuries, valued as much for how it is used on the skin as in the kitchen. Our turmeric soap brings that tradition into an everyday bar, blended with patchouli for a fragrance that feels natural and stays with you through the day.
Our turmeric soap is made from natural ingredients, most of them sourced locally in Kerala, India. These include:
Combined, these create a soap with a warm, earthy scent that is gentle enough for daily use on the face and body.
Every bar is made by hand at our own factory in Kerala, a state recognised women's enterprise with more than 80% women in the workforce. Farmers and suppliers are paid immediately and at fair prices, and production waste is used as fuel or cattle feed rather than sent to landfill. Each bar is wrapped in a shell moulded from the fallen leaves of the areca palm, collected rather than cut. The soap is registered with the Vegan Society.
Before your first use, do a patch test: apply a little to your inner arm or wrist, cover with a plaster for 24 hours, and check for any irritation before using it more widely.
Once you are ready, lather the soap in water and massage it gently onto damp skin, then rinse with warm water and pat dry rather than rubbing. Follow with a moisturiser afterwards. Many people use it once a day as part of a simple morning or evening routine, though it suits twice daily use too if your skin agrees with it.
It sits well alongside the rest of your skincare, moisturisers, toners and serums included, and needs no special method or extra time beyond an ordinary wash.
It is easy to end up with a skincare shelf full of products that do not quite work together. Turmeric soap is a case for the opposite approach: one bar, used consistently, rather than several products layered on top of each other. Many people find that a routine settles best when it is left alone for a few weeks rather than changed constantly, so it is worth giving any new soap a fair run before deciding how it suits you.
That approach sits comfortably with Ayurvedic tradition more generally, which favours steady, familiar ingredients used regularly over new products tried only occasionally.
The soap is suited to all skin types thanks to its short, straightforward ingredient list, and can be used on the face as well as the body. It fits into a morning routine, an evening one, or both, and works well whether you are pairing it with a full skincare routine or keeping things simple with just a moisturiser afterwards.
Take a look at the rest of our handmade soaps range if you would like to try another scent alongside or instead of turmeric.
In Ayurvedic tradition turmeric has long been valued as an everyday skincare ingredient rather than an occasional treat, used for its warmth and its scent as much as anything else. That is the spirit behind this soap: a simple, considered bar meant to become a steady part of a daily routine rather than something reached for only now and then.
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