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LOMOND SOAP
Palm Oil Free Soap ~ Handmade in Scotland
About Lomond Soap...
Lomond Soap is a small handmade soap business based in Argyll, Scotland not far from Loch Lomond, started by me, Corrie Smith & helped by my partner John.
I started making soap in early 2007 after years of using supermarket soap which really didn't agree with my skin. I have psoriasis and found my regular soap left my skin dry & itchy so I read up on how to make my own and what different oils add to the final bar.
Soap won't cure any skin conditions but the natural ingredients and lack of unneccesary chemicals combined with the glycerine produced during the soap making process leaves your skin feeling moisturised. My soap is made with shea butter, olive, coconut & castor oils which makes a hard bar with a luxurious creamy lather with lots of bubbles.
A few months later I found I had bars of soap everywhere, more than I could use in a lifetime so I started giving them away to friends & family, I made up gift baskets for Christmas presents, they were well received and people asked for more, of course I had to oblige!
I have a real passion for handmade soap and natural skin care products, my other passion is helping the Oranguan Protection Foundation UK, a charity I discovered after researching about palm oil production.
I make a donation of 10p for every bar of soap I sell, 5p for those sold to trade.
I love what I do & hope that you will too.
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About Palm Oil...
Lomond Soap is made without the use of palm oil.
But what's the big deal with Palm?
Palm oil is one of the main oils normally found in both handmade & shop bought soap. It adds hardness and helps produce a mild, white soap. The palm trees produce a high yield of oil from the fruits and unlike other oil crops a palm tree will produce fruit each season without the need to plant a new crop.
Indonesia & Malaysia produce 80% of the world's palm oil, vast areas of rain forest are being cleared and burnt to plant palm, destroying the habitat of Orangutans and other species. All this is being done with the consent of the Malaysian government.
Palm oil or Elaesis guineensis, is being harvested for use in foods, it is already in 1 in 10 supermarket products, such as biscuits, bread, chocolate, soap & lipstick. Palm oil is very often labelled as "vegetable oil", making it hard to find in products. Soon it will be in our petrol tanks too, as bio-diesel, a renewable, green alternative to fossil fuels!
Orangutans now face serious threat of extinction. Since 1900 their numbers have fallen by 91%. Demand for palm oil continues to soar and by 2050 is expected to be triple that of 2000.
Please read the labels of the products you buy and choose products which are palm oil free, look out for palm oil, Elaesis guineensis or Sodium palmate & buy from producers using sustainable palm or "green" palm (but do check their sources).
Lomon...
"Lomon" is the male Orangutan that Lomond Soap sponsors, he is cared for by the Orangutan Protection Foundation UK in the Nyaru Menteng Project in Borneo.
Lomon spent years chained up in a wooden box, and when rescued weighed only 1/3 of what he should have. Through the love and attention his new caretakers at the Nyaru Menteng Project, Lomon has regained his weight & health.
Great news...but the story does not end there!
Having progressed through jungle school where he learned to be an independent Orangutan again, climbing trees & making sleeping nests, the next challenge is to find a safe place to release Lomon and others to the wild.
Working with Restorasi Habitat Orangutan Indonesia (RHOI) to source areas of protected rainforest into which rehabilitated orangutans can be released, but also to ensure that the ecosystem in each of these areas is balanced and conserved in such a way as to sustain a population of orangutans on a permanent basis. The cost to release each Orangutan is around £7,500.
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