The resin series of soaps are very unique to Botanica and unlike any you find.  They include an all natural resin made in a time honored tradition  by fourth generation amber making family in India.  They are made from a base of Styrax tree resin which have essential oils infused into them.  They are then pressed and crystallized.  They produce a soap that has a slightly sweeter scent while making a much harder bar.

All of my soaps use an organic coconut oil that comes from Fiji where it is sustainably produced.   Taken from their company information:

On the slopes of an old inactive volcano on a beautiful island in Fiji with tropical plants everywhere and a great view of the sea, use of renewable fuel and green operations have long been the rule.  Coconut husks and shells and old coconut trees fuel the boiler that produces the steam..that runs the steam engine...that drives the generator.. that provides power for the coconut oil press, machinery and lights for the factory and workers homes.  Large quantities of diesel fuel would have had to be burnt otherwise to substitute this process.

In 1961, the owner of this coconut plantation had a steam engine made to drawings and design of an engine first built in 1895.  This steam engine drives the electric generator to produce power to run the oil press and other machinery and to provide light to the house and workers houses.  This is energy production and recycling at its very best.The fuel used is sustainable, some of the old coconut trees and all the coconut husks and shells from the coconuts that are opened for copra (copra is the dried meat or kernel of the coconut dried in warm air, then crushed in  the press for its oil).  This was done to reduce the consumption of diesel fuel.