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African Black Soap

African Black Soap

Regular price $12.00 CAD
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Black Soap is a traditional beauty product from Ghana with rejuvenating properties. It is know for curing acne and healing dry and cracked skin. Black soap is a deep pore cleansing soap crafted from natural ingredients using a process developed centuries ago.

These African black soap made from water, oils and potash handmade in Ghana by Nongtab Nangtaab women's cooperative. They make potash from cocoa pods husks and banana leaves and add coconut oil, palm kernel oil and shea butter.

Available in large bars (approximately 130-150 grams), and medium chunks (approximately 85g).

Ingredients: Potassium (cocoa bean husks, plantain leaves and coconut oil), water, palm kernel oil, shea butter.

Handmade in Ghana by Kongo Nagbok Nongtaab Shea Butter Production

ABOUT THE BRAND

Mamaa Trade supports entrepreneurial women in Africa and Asia by marketing their sustainable products, empowering them with independent incomes and better opportunities. Inspired by the Napti word for "fair" and the Ghanaian Adinkra symbol for freedom, Mamaa Trade believes in fair trade and direct partnerships. The brand offers Canadian customers unique, high-quality products while promoting positive change and improved livelihoods for women producers.



Made in Canada, Toronto, ON



Women Owned

CANADIAN BRANDS

  • Made in Canada

INGREDIENTS

Potassium (cocoa bean husks, plantain leaves and coconut oil), water, palm kernel oil, shea butter

PACKAGING

This product comes with a paper tag that is recyclable through paper or single-stream recycling.

ALTERNATIVE FOR

This product is a gentler and sustainable alternative to skincare products composed of non-natural ingredients and packaged in plastic containers.

END OF LIFE

This product should be used until finishedย but is otherwise 100% compostable.

FAST SHIPPING & DELIVERY

We're pleased to offer the following options for delivery.ย 
  • LOCAL DELIVERY -ย $8 GTA FLAT DELIVERY FEE
Please enter a cell phone number so our delivery service can send you TEXT notifications on your order. If you have specific instructions for the delivery write them on the "Order notes" (if you want it hidden behind a certain plant, or under a chair, etc.) For local deliveries always remember to input your cell phone number at check out to ensure you receive text message updates and track your package.

Delivery schedule: Our local delivery drivers collect orders every Monday and Thursday and will have them to your door within twenty four (24) hours of the time they picked them up.

*NOTE for CONDO and APARTMENT buildings, please leave a phone number where we can reach you when we are on our way. We will call you and leave the package outside your building, our team is not able to buildings. Please enter buzzer number when applicable and any indication that package can be left with concierge or at lobby.

Local Delivery Extended Areaย 
Toronto, Vaughan, Woodbridge, Ajax, Concord, Thornhill, Richmond Hill, Markham, Brampton, Milton, Etobicoke, Mississauga, Oakville, Burlington, Scarborough.
  • CANADA WIDE AND INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING**
We provide a range of courier services, and the costs will be calculated during the checkout process.
**NOTE: ICS does not deliver to commercial addresses. If your address is a commercial building, please choose another option and specify it in the notes so we are aware.ย 
  • Free shipping on orders over $175, before taxes. Canada wide. Shipped by Canada Post Expedited Parcel.

HOW WE PACK IT

We repurpose all packaging materials we receive for order shipments, including any cardboard boxes, paper, tissue, and corn-based packing peanuts. We use recyclable paper tape with water activated adhesive. Sometimes, plastic wrapping falls on our hands from certain vendors. We keep it for situations where a bit of bubble wrap will help better protect your product.ย 

We encourage you to repurpose it and keep it going around :)

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Agnes

I have been using liquid black soap for a long time now and decided to give the bar a try since there is no plastic waiste and I will be buying the bar from now on. I use it for my hair, face and body.