A truth-telling guide to cheap bars, broken skin barriers, and the real cost of “natural” soap.
You’ve probably seen handmade soap bars priced from $4 to $12 at boutiques, farmers markets, and online shops. They’re often wrapped in kraft paper, labeled “cold process,” “superfatted,” or “natural,” and scented like peach vanilla dreams.
But let’s be honest—just because something looks cute and smells strong doesn’t mean it’s doing your skin any favors.
You’re not just paying with your wallet. You’re paying with your skin.
What many of these bars don’t reveal is that they’re still made with lye. They still rely on raw coconut oil and palm oil. They often include animal fats like tallow, synthetic fragrances hidden under vague labels, and coloring agents like titanium dioxide and mica. These ingredients may help create a firm bar, bold color, or strong lather—but your skin barrier pays the price.
Your skin ends up dry, tight, itchy, inflamed, or breaking out over time. And then you’re left reaching for serums and creams just to recover from a simple wash.
And then there’s the hype about “superfatting.”
Soap Makers love to market superfatted bars as moisturizing. In reality, superfatting means they leave raw, unreacted oils in the bar. While it sounds nourishing, it’s not. These leftover oils can oxidize, go rancid, clog pores, trap bacteria, and destabilize the formula. If they’re using raw coconut oil, palm oil, or tallow in that superfat—it’s not moisturizing your skin. It’s likely aggravating it.
If a bar needs to be superfatted to feel gentle, it was never gentle to begin with.
At Royalicious, we don’t superfat. We super-formulate.
Regal Sapone™ is not a cold process bar. It’s not poured. It’s pressed from whole, saponin-rich herbs that naturally cleanse without disrupting your skin. It’s made with coconut-derived SCI and Plantapon® for a creamy, low-foam cleanse that supports the skin barrier. We include marshmallow root, colloidal oats, coconut milk, cocoa butter, jojoba oil, and natural, probiotic-safe preservation systems like Leucidal SF Max and Amticide Coconut. Most importantly, it’s pH-balanced at 5.5—just like your skin.
There is no lye in our formula. No tallow. No palm oil. No hormone disrupting synthetic fragrance. No titanium dioxide. No fillers.
This isn’t just soap. It’s sacred care, formulated for women who are done letting “natural” hurt them.
Regal Sapone™ costs more because it’s not made like theirs. And it’s not meant to be.
This bar isn’t designed for foam performance. It’s designed for skin peace. It doesn’t try to impress you with swirls, glitter, or overpowering scent. It exists to bring your skin back into balance, to simplify your routine, and to restore what damage-based skincare has taken from you.
This isn’t just a bar of soap. It’s an investment in the health of your skin and your body. It’s a decision to stop settling for what’s traditional and start choosing what’s transformational.
You’ve tried handmade. You’ve tried cheap. You’ve tried what looks natural but feels harsh.
Now it’s time to try something created with reverence, not reaction.
This is Regal Sapone™.
A Royalicious Original.
Pressed with purpose. Powered by plants. Protected by truth.
And yes—it’s worth every drop.