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A bar of SheaMoisture African Black Soap with shea butter is shown next to oatmeal and green leaves. The soap packaging reads For troubled skin and displays the brands website.

SheaMoisture African Black Soap Bar Soap with Shea Butter

8 oz

Why we love it

  • Free from 3,000+ banned ingredients and meets our EU-informed standards.
  • Naturally moisturizes and hydrates skin with certified organic Shea Butter.
  • Soothes and calms irritated skin while providing cleansing and moisturizing benefits.
  • Cruelty-free bar soap cleanser made with ethically traded ingredients.
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African Black Soap Bar Soap with Shea Butter $6.99

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With SheaMoisture African Black Soap Bar Soap, your skin is in the clear. African black soap is a traditional skin cleanser prized for its natural clarifying properties. Specially formulated with organic shea butter, oats, aloe, palm ash, tamarind extract, tar, and plantain peel, this amazing bar of soap helps soothe skin and clear blemishes. It will leave your skin feeling soft and refreshed while helping to relieve symptoms of eczema and psoriasis.

How long does it take Shea Moisture African black soap to work?

You can see the African black soap before and after results usually up to four weeks (or one month) after you start using it. Some people will start seeing results sooner from this SheaMoisture African Black Soap Bar Soap with Shea Butter and some it may take the full four weeks.

Does African black soap work for everyone?

SheaMoisture African Black Soap Bar Soap with Shea Butter works on every skin type. With natural antibacterial properties, black African soap benefits are numerous. First, it can help balance your skin's natural oil production without stripping necessary oils. The lightly abrasive texture of the soap has exfoliation-like qualities that can give skin a healthy glow, while shea butter moisturizes to leave skin soft.

Grove member, Nicole S. says, “I like this soap a lot. It doesn’t dry out your skin and I’ve noticed it had helped clear up acne. I would definitely recommend.” (Nicole recommends this SheaMoisture African Black Soap Bar for acne.)

Sundial Brands, makers of SheaMoisture beauty products, is a pioneer of fair trade through community commerce at home and abroad. This cruelty-free company has been testing products on its own family for four generations — never on animals.

Shop Grove's entire collection of natural soap and body wash that will leave your skin feeling soft and smelling wonderfully clean. Or if you prefer a little face time, check out some of our favorite facial cleansers. You may also want to browse over our list of the 15 best natural bar soaps for healthy skin and hair.

Sodium Palmate, Sodium Cocoate (Or) Sodium Palm Kernelate (And) Water (African Black Soap Base), Glycerin, Fragrance (Essential Oil Blend), Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Sodium Chloride, Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Meal, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Plantago Major Leaf Extract, Tocopheryl Acetate, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Tetrasodium Etidronate, Charcoal, Pentasodium Pentetate, Iron Oxides.

Lather in hands or on a washcloth and wash entire body.

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