The Australian Natural Soap Company - Avocado & Macadamia Liquid Soap
RRP: $34.95
Finalist
Non-toxic
Formulated from excellent, non-toxic ingredients. Includes mandarin, ylang ylang and sweet orange oils.
Ethical
ANSC sources the avocado and macadamia oils they use directly from Australian farmers so they know exactly where it is coming from. ANSC are certified cruelty free and have strict policies to ensure none of their ingredients used are ever tested on animals. The brand is a female led business, manufacturing their products themselves in Melbourne, Australia. ANSC uses steam distilled, pure essential oils.
Sustainable
All ANSC’s ingredients are biodegradable, certified palm oil free and their liquid soap comes in a glass bottle that is fully recyclable with a bamboo rim. The brand encourages customers to return the plastic pump to them so they can recycle it through Terra cycling. The brand sends all their online and wholesale orders from their warehouse in plastic free packaging and have an in house Terracycling program to ensure they recycle what they can, including their nitrile gloves. ANSC liquid soaps have a much lower water content than most on the market so a little goes a long way. They will also be launching a refill product so customers don't need to keep buying the glass bottle. This will be a 2.5 litre tin that can also be recycled.
Responsible
ANSC donates 3% of all their online sales to the Orangutan Project, raising more than $34,000 for this incredible organisation since 2015. In the past year alone, this has helped rescue almost 49 displaced or illegally held orangutans as well as provide more than 200 young orangutans with care, rehabilitation and jungle school - among many other things. The brand also regularly donates their offcuts of soaps to charities in Victoria.
What our experts say...
I was really impressed with how luxurious and moisturising this soap is. I first used it as a hand wash, but quickly decided that it needed to be elevated to a body wash. Loved the glass and bamboo approach for packaging. It’s clear that ANSC have invested a lot of time, energy and resources into consciously creating this product. Not only is this a non-toxic, natural soap, but it is made ethically and without palm oil.
– Niccii Kugler
Thick, richly moisturising and with the refreshing scent of ylang ylang and citrus, this is a beautiful hand wash. My skin gets really dry in Winter and I find the beautiful oils which make up this soap protective and gentle on my skin. The bottle also looks beautiful on my bathroom side!
–Emily Fletcher
This hand wash is so smooth and isn’t sticky like some other soaps. It smells delicious and leaves your skin feeling really nourished and clean. I love that this hand soap comes in a glass bottle that I can reuse and recycle, and I feel really good about using a product created by women that gives back in the form of donations.
–Lucy E Cousins
This soap comes in a glass bottle and has a noticeable scent. I love the feel of the wash as you use it. I also love that the oils are sourced locally and the community projects are great.
–Fiona Morouco