Innovative Bar Soap Ideas to Drive New Product Developments
Twincraft Skincare has a rich heritage in manufacturing unique bar soap concepts for some of the world's best natural and premium personal care brands.
We've hit many innovation milestones over the course of the last few decades, pushing the boundaries of our soap base expertise and manufacturing equipment. The resulting products are bar soaps that continue to surprise and delight our business partners and their customers, ensuring that bar soap will always have a place in bathrooms around the world.
Every soap base that we work with is carefully vetted and optimized to make a product that is moisturizing, sustainable, deeply cleansing, and flexible. The bar soap concepts below are starting points and inspiration for our brand partners, as they demonstrate the full capability and versatility that our library of soap bases and approved natural ingredients provide when paired with unique extrusion techniques and die shapes.
All of our soap bases are available with RSPO sustainability claims. Please contact our Sales team to learn more about this certification, and how it's unique from other available soap base certifications.
Zinc oxide is a topical treatment that is used to help heal rashes, severely chapped skin, and other skin irritations. Tolnaftate is an anti-fungal agent that is used to treat fungal conditions such as athlete’s foot and ringworm.
This bar also contains charcoal powder, coconut oil, apple cider vinegar, and licorice root to help combat skin irritation.
This product is natural, and 100% free from:
- Parabens
- PEGs
- Sulfates
- Silicones
Soap-Free Base
This gentle bar soap explores the many ways the CBD ingredient trend can be featured in a rinse-off product. Natural colorants give this bar its earthy green hue.
Cannabis sativa seed oil is derived from hemp seeds, and helps to improve the skin’s barrier, as well as hydrate and calm the skin.
This product is certified sustainable, natural, cruelty free, vegan, and 100% free from:
- Parabens
- PEGs
- Sulfates
- Silicones
Opaque MB
This product is natural and 100% free from:
- Parabens
- PEGs
- Sulfates
- Silicones
- Palm Oil
Oat extract provides a soothing effect while gently nourishing delicate skin. Shea butter and coconut butter are intense natural moisturizers, and lavender oil and chamomile extract help make bath time calming and relaxing.
The active ingredients and fragrances in this bar can be removed or replaced, depending on the story that each brand would like to tell.
This product is natural & 100% free from:
- Parabens
- PEGs
- Sulfates
- Silicones
Certifications:
- RSPO Certified: This product contains certified sustainable palm oil.
- Whole Foods Market Premium Body Care
- Whole Foods Market Whole Body
A high amount of shea butter provides incredible hydration for the user, and aloe helps calm and moisturize the skin.
This product is natural and 100% free from:
- Parabens
- PEGs
- Sulfates
- Silicones
- Lanolin is an excellent emollient found in the shorn wool of sheep that locks moisture in to the skin
- Watermelon extract is a rich source of antioxidants
- Rose water has anti-inflammatory properties and helps reduce skin irritation
- Raspberry & ginseng fragrance
This product is at least 95% naturally derived, soap-free, and free from:
- Parabens
- PEGs
- Sulfates
- Silicones
To use, massage bar between hands to generate lather. Can be used to cleanse hands, face, and body. Rinse well.
This bar features Sophorolipid, a glycolipid produced from fermentation that has prevented the overgrowth of c. albicans in clinical trials, as well as a biosurfactant that is produced by bacteria, yeast, and fungi.
This formula also features noni extract, which has microbes that interact with each other using a system called quorum sensing. Biochemicals known as quormones are excreted and dispersed to the surrounding area, communicating with nearby microbes. Noni helps preserve the diversity of the skin's microflora by shutting down interspecies communication signals, promoting a balanced system.
Apple cider vinegar, a fermented product, contains bacteria that can support a healthy microbiome, much like yogurt does for the gut.
This product is cruelty free and 100% free from:
- Parabens
- PEGs
- Sulfates
- Silicones
Soap-Free Base
Featured Ingredients:
- 50 mg full spectrum CBD
- Bentonite clay helps to cleanse the skin
- French green clay has antibiotic and detoxifying properties
- Aloe vera is a natural humectant that provides moisture to the skin
- Jojoba oil hydrates & helps to protect the skin
- Eucalyptus oil for fragrance
This product is 97% natural and 100% free from:
- Parabens
- PEGs
- Sulfates
- Silicones
To use, apply stick to wet skin and massage in strong strokes to deposit mask onto skin. Leave mask on for 3 – 5 minutes and rinse well.
Turmeric powder helps to improve skin radiance and evens out skin tone, and boasts significant antioxidant activity. This bar also features hyaluronic acid, a humectant that helps the skin to retain moisture.
This bar has a light bamboo water-mint fragrance.
This product is natural, and 100% free from:
- Parabens
- PEGs
- Sulfates
- Silicones
Trans MB
This die shape features 4 distinct segments of soap that can easily be broken apart by hand for ease of transport and one-time usage.
This product is especially useful for gym goers and frequent flyers who want to bring their sustainable soap option with them wherever they go.
There are formula limitations to which soaps can be manufactured using this die shape.
Please consult the Twincraft Sales Team to learn more.
This die can be used with a variety of different bar soap formulas to achieve desired product claims such as RSPO certified.
Willow bar extract and witch hazel assist in helping to leave skin smooth, clean, and clear. Small jojoba beads add a visual aesthetic to the bar, while also providing a mild physical exfoliation.
This product contains 2.0% salicylic acid, which qualifies it as an over-the-counter (OTC) drug that requires specific testing, labeling, and regulation by the FDA.
This product is cruelty free, natural, and 1oo% free from:
- Parabens
- PEGs
- Sulfates
- Silicones
Opaque MB
- Bamboo charcoal powder helps to absorb odor and clean the skin
- DeoPlex® is an odor neutralizer derived from fermentation
- Jojoba oil moisturizes the skin
- Baking Soda is a natural odor absorber
- TEGODEO® is a highly effective deodorant material
This product is at least 95% natural, vegan, and free from:
- Parabens
- PEGs
- Sulfates
- Silicones
It is also made with sustainable palm oil.
To use, apply bar to wet skin and work into a lather. Focus on the underarm area. Rinse well.
This sustainable soap base features cannabis sativa seed oil for hydration, hemp fiber for exfoliation, and a hemp seed and jojoba fragrance, all while hanging from a hemp fiber rope.
A nourishing extract blend of lemongrass, Echinacea, rosemary, juniper, yellow dock root, sage, and thyme provide this bar soap with additional botanical ingredients.
This product is cruelty free, natural, and 100% free from:
- Parabens
- PEGs
- Sulfates
- Silicones
Opaque SG
Kelp is the most nutrient-rich type of seaweed, and offers hydration and anti-inflammatory benefits. It has also been shown to help reduce fine lines and other signs of aging.
Brown algae extract and algae oil offer additional skincare benefits, helping to condition, hydrate, and heal the skin.
This bar concept is highly customizable, and exfoliants, color, fragrance, and additives can all be replaced to tell a unique story.
This product is 100% free from:
- Parabens
- PEGs
- Sulfates
- Silicones
This bar features a combination of physical exfoliation with two different sizes of bamboo powder and a chemical exfoliant, gluconolactone, which is a gentle PHA.
This bar can be used to reduce the appearance of common skin conditions such as keratosis pilaris and is gentle enough for use on skin with rosacea or eczema.
It also features olive oil and almond oil for additional moisture and skin conditioning benefits, and contains a bergamot tea & chamomile fragrance.
This product is natural and 100% free from:
- Parabens
- PEGs
- Sulfates
- Silicones
Opaque MB
The Shampoo Bar is ideal for those with sensitive skin and scalp conditions, as it won’t irritate or sensitize at-risk skin.
This base produces high foam in all types of water, hard and soft.
It conditions the hair with shea butter, and moisturizes the scalp and hair shaft with aloe and jojoba oil. Panthenol improves hair elasticity, moisture retention, and flexibility, and cedarwood oil helps to balance dry and oily skin and hair.
It is exceptionally good at removing build up and excessive residue from hair products, preventing irritation and dryness.
Packaging Requirements: This bar requires a thin plastic vapor barrier to eliminate "sweating" and preserve its quality on store shelves. This packaging uses 1% of the plastic that a standard 16 oz shampoo bottle does, which provides sustainable brands with the opportunity to discuss this dramatic plastic waste reduction.
This product is 100% free from:
- Parabens
- PEGs
- Sulfates
Baking soda removes odor, and arrowroot powder removes grease and absorbs excess liquid. Natural luffa provides gentle physical agitation for the stain, and lemon oil helps to remove the unwanted material.
This product is palm-free and made from coconut soap base, which produces high amounts of foam.
To use, add water to the stained area and rub stain stick directly on to stain. Agitate the stain under water, and then launder according to fabric care instructions.
This product is natural, and 100% free from:
- Parabens
- PEGs
- Sulfates
- Silicones
Coconut PF
Our Yellow Quartz Luxe Bar features a plant-based glitter made from agar, which is derived from seaweed and used in food. Traditional glitter is plastic-based and can bioacummulate, and this material is a sustainable option for cosmetic and personal care use.
This product is natural and 100% free from:
- Parabens
- PEGs
- Sulfates
- Silicones
Certifications:
- RSPO Certified: This product contains certified sustainable palm oil.