Dirt Bag Soaps
Dirt Bag soaps handcrafts many different varieties of 100% natural soap, ranging from rough exfoliants to mild moisturizers, for all ages and skin types. Dirt Bag Soaps, LLC is founded by Dan Bollinger, a master soap maker in Brooklyn, USA, who combines his love of cooking with the art of soap making. His philosophy is that not only are natural foods healthy to eat, but that they're great for your skin, too. Therefore, Dirt Bag Soaps are made from ingredients such as: avocado, strawberries, carrot, tomato, wheat germ, green tea, cornmeal, slippery elm, milk, shea butter, Mediterranean red and green clay, and brown sugar. Other soaps use harmful or harsh oils, which leave a filmy or slimy feeling after use. Dirt Bag Soaps use olive, coconut, and palm oils along with essential oils, such as peppermint, lavendar, lemon, orange and grapefruit, leaving skin smooth, soft and fragrant with no greasy feeling.

Until this past year, Dirt Bag Soaps had been sold exclusively at craft fairs in New York City and out of the company's studio on Brooklyn. Due to the overwhelming positive response and increased demand, the company increased its production and now makes soap available to specialty stores in the New York Metropolitan area and beyond.

Visit Dirt Bag Soaps now at DontBeADirtbag.com

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Melissa Says: Dirt Bag Soaps sent us 1)Milk/Brown Suga'/Lavender for mildly exfoliating and moisturizing the face; 2)Bee Pollen/Peppermint for face/body/soul; 3)Rasp.Straw.Cran.Berry.Patchouli for exfoliating hands; and 4)Shea Butter/Grapefruit for moisturizing the body/face.

All of these soaps were incredibly mild, with subtle scents that were anything but "fragrance-y" and that lingered pleasantly on the skin afterward. While they mostly leave the skin soft and clean, there is no lotion-like feeling afterward. If you prefer natural products when possible, and like light and earthy/non-perfumed scents, you may enjoy Dirt Bag Soaps' product line.

Milk/Brown Suga'/Lavendar: Soft and very lightly scented, leaving the face with a clean fresh feeling that did not feel tight and stripped of oils afterward.
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Bee Pollen/Peppermint: Also quite fresh and clean-feeling..though if you have very dry skin this may not moisturize quite enough and you'll want to apply something afterward or use something else to begin with. This soap is meant to help supress acne as well, so if you have trouble skin, this may be for you. The peppermint scent is very uplifting.
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Rasp.Straw.Cran.Berry.Patchouli: This would be a great soap to have in the bathroom that visitors use, because of the incredible mild patchouli scent that gently remains on the skin, as well as the fact that all those seeds makes it(forgive me for saying this, for it is cheesy) kind of a pretty soap. Though it is meant for exfoliating and getting dirt and grease off hands, this could become your favorite everyday handsoap.
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Shea Butter/Grapefruit: This skin-softening soap is quite mild and with an almost imperceptable clean scent. If it had been a little bit more moisturizing I would have been happier with it, seeing as it touts the moisturizing benefits of shea.
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Remember to visit Dirt Bag Soaps to order now at DontBeADirtbag.com Go here to find out about each of their varieties and what they are for. Go here to find retail locations near you. (Sorry, no international shipping yet!)