Sorrel No. 3 · Cleansing balm · Batch 07
Fourteen ingredients.
Weighed, then dropped.
Every shape in this tray is one thing in the jar, sized by how much of it we use. Sunflower oil does most of the work; green tea barely registers. Nothing else is in there — pick any of them up and check.
Drag an ingredient to read it.
The full ledger
What the shapes are, and what they do.
Percentages by weight, rounded to the tenth. Oils are circles, butters and clay are blocks, waxes are hexagons, extracts are capsules. The order in the tray is the order on the label.
- Sunflower seed oilLifts make-up and sunscreen31.0%
- Shea butterBody and slip; melts at skin temperature18.0%
- Oat kernel oilCalms tight, post-wash skin12.0%
- White kaolin clayTakes oil off with the cloth9.0%
- BeeswaxHolds the balm solid in the jar8.0%
- Rosehip oilCold-pressed, for dry patches6.0%
- Sea buckthorn oilGives the balm its apricot colour4.0%
- Calendula extractInfused in oil for six weeks3.0%
- Chamomile extractSoothes redness after rinsing2.5%
- Sorrel leaf extractOur namesake; mild, green, tart2.0%
- Vitamin EKeeps the oils from turning1.5%
- BisabololFrom candeia wood; anti-redness1.2%
- Lavender oilThe only scent, and a quiet one1.0%
- Green tea extractAntioxidant; a pinch per batch0.8%
How a jar is made
400
jars per batch
Poured by hand in Lisbon on Thursdays. Your lid carries the batch number and the date it set.
0
water, so no preservative
A balm with no water has nothing for bacteria to live in. That is the whole reason the list stops at fourteen.
3×
refills per glass jar
The refill arrives as a wax-paper puck. Drop it in the jar you already own; send the paper back in the same envelope.