All Adama soaps are made on a small scale and by hand. Because this is done by Yacintah herself in Ghent, you can be assured that the production takes place under ethical working conditions.
Of course, the ingredients also come from somewhere, but Yacintah chooses her suppliers carefully. She chooses ingredients with organic and Fairtrade labels and she sometimes buys them directly from the farmer or producer. As a result, we can say that the soap is produced entirely ethically!
Ingredients
All of Adama’s products are cruelty free and therefore not tested on animals. They are also vegan and consist of 100% natural ingredients. In addition, you can find the #lookforthezero logo on Adama’s soaps, this means that it is completely microplastic free! We at COSH! can really appreciate that, because honestly, who wants to wash themselves with microplastics?! The soap is also palm oil free, which is good for the forests!
The founder tries to buy all possible ingredients directly from the farmer or producer and selects organic, fair trade and as local as possible ingredients to make the soap from. In this way, Yacintah keeps the chain short and maintains a connection with the land and the farmers. She believes it is important to know where her products come from. The soaps are all-natural and no unnecessary ingredients are added during the manufacturing process.
Yacintah works according to the cold process which allows the oils and hydrolates to retain their quality, in this way natural glycerin is also created. Then, with the help of sodium, a chemical process takes place. When this is all done, the soap can be removed from the mold and cut. After that, the soaps must mature for about a month. An artisanal process!
But what exactly is in the soap? At Adama you don’t have to deal with incomprehensibly long lists of ingredients. At a glance you can see that the soap consists of natural and well-known ingredients. Think almond oil, olive oil, sunflower oil, coconut oil, shea butter, cocoa butter.… Each oil has different qualities and is suitable for different individuals or (broad) skin types.…
The annatto seed in Adama soap is ground into powder in an authentic dye mill near Amsterdam, this seed gives a warm color to the soaps. The alkanet, or ox tongue comes from that same mill and gives the soaps a purple color.
The lavender comes from the Flemish Meetjesland and is therefore super local! Here lavender is organically grown and distilled. The olive oil, which you will find in all soaps, is purchased directly from a Sicilian farm, this farm is small and produces organically.
The shea butter has a very special story, it comes from a non-profit organization in Ghent that strives for a direct and fair cooperation with women in Burkina Faso and Ghana, so that these women are socially and economically stronger.
Because Adama Soap is purely natural, its use poses no danger to nature. We love it! The making process does not cause any waste either, except for the baking paper. The water bottles, which held oil and water to use for soap, founder Yacintah gives away to people who can use them.
We can think of Adama Soap as a ‘slow care’ brand. All soaps are made in a traditional way and each one is unique. Because the soaps are real soap cubes, they generally last longer than a bottle of soap or shampoo from the chemist. This also makes Adama Soap sustainable in use.
The soaps have a natural look and feel, which matches the natural ingredients they contain. Some are single-colored and others are two-colored or have a kind of marble effect, all a nice soap to look at in the bathroom. The packaging is minimal.
So, would you like a natural soap for yourself or to give as a gift? Then Adama is definitely worth a look. Find out where you can buy the soap on the COSH! Map!
