BIRD PROJECT SOAP - LOVEBIRD
$30.00

Pure Love

There is a special romance to the bayous of Louisiana, where each inch seems to teem with life. But even such an ancient sanctuary can be threatened—as in 2010, when an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico sent toxins and pollutants out into the area waterways.

This unique, artisanal soap represents that regions ongoing healing process. It's crafted by Emily Manger Davis, a third-generation soap maker in New Orleans. A glycerin soap with a light cypress scent and ingredients such as fair trade olive oil and aloe, it derives its unusual color from activated charcoal, a natural purifying agent. But as that oil slick darkness is slowly washed away with use, within is revealed a white ceramic bird. Artist Tippy Tippens crafts each bird from real Louisiana clay, and accents it with a heart—a sweet symbol of love's ability to endure. Handmade in New Orleans.

Matter3LC donates 50% of profits to environmental cleanup and care for affected animals of the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Disaster. [Gulf Restoration Network & IBRRC]

• Item ID: 23077
• Materials: ceramic, fragrance, aloe vera, olive oil, cane sugar, charcoal, water
• Soap: 4.25" L x 2" W x 2.75" H; Ceramic: 2.5" L x 1" W x 1.5" H
• To prolong the life of the handmade soap, please keep in a soap dish and allow to dry between uses. Store in a cool and dry place until ready for use.
  No animal bi-products
• Each black, bird shaped soap contains a white, ceramic bird, handmade from Louisiana Clay, which remains as a keepsake once the outer soap has washed away. The soap comes in an attractive, recycled cardboard box with information regarding the cause.
  
  

Tippy Tippens

Tippy Tippens is the Founder and Director of Matter L3C and the BirdProject. She is a social entrepreneur, designer, and artist who is passionate about helping to build sustainable growth, making the objects that we live with us work for us instead of against us and ultimately wishing to contribute to greater happiness. See all creations.