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Organic Soap

As we've reported over and over again, the term "organic" on a personal care product means very little, even with the USDA's recent ruling allowing products containing 95 percent organic ingredients to bear their "USDA Organic" seal (See "Certified Organic Personal Care" sidebar at www.thegreenguide.com/doc.mhtml?i=112&s=shea). So it's nice to find products where the label actually means something, as with Paul's Organic Soap, made almost entirely with USDA certified organic ingredients.

Paul's Organic Soap is pure to the very core, containing only palm, coconut, olive and palm kernel oils, cocoa butter, oatmeal, aloe vera--all certified organic--and rosemary extract (the only non-organic ingredient, used as a preservative). What it doesn't contain are about 1,000 other harsh ingredients that have proven to be a bane of sensitive-skin sufferers and to the rest of us wanting to avoid unnecessary chemicals.

Paul Rebhan, founder of the company, has built a year-old operation on his purely simple soap--singular, because he only makes one kind. That may not provide for much variety but, given that it takes a month to make every bar, you can bet you're getting a quality product. After all, if you're going to do one thing, do it well.

Paul's soap sells for $10.60/bar, $49.50/6 bars or you can sign up for their auto-refill option, which costs $24.95 for three bars every three months (www.paulsorganic.com).

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