Notes from Detroit.
A short list of posts about what is on the shelf, the scents and ingredients, and how to use them.
- June 9, 2026
Bar soap or body wash: how each one cleans.
Same job, two tools. How a bar cleans, how a wash cleans, and which one earns the shelf.
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What sulfate free means on a body wash label.
Two names, SLS and SLES. Sulfate free means both are absent. Here is what stands in for them.
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What turmeric does in a bar of soap.
Pigment, scent, a slow gold lather. What the root actually does in a bar, without the hype.
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Turmeric soap and kojic acid soap: what is in each bar.
Two bars, two labels. One is a root, one is a compound from a ferment. Read them side by side.
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What is actually in goat milk: a label reader's guide.
Fats, proteins, milk sugars. The carton already knew. The label tells the rest.
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How to read a label.
What the front earns. What the back carries. What an absence means.
Read the post → - May 19, 2026
The two-pack.
A soap lasts about three weeks. A pair lasts longer, with a spare for the sink.
Read the post → - May 18, 2026
A morning with turmeric.
Lemon first. Then the warm floor under it. The lotion in actual use.
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Why lemon peel.
The peel, not the juice. The second note across the whole line.
Read the post → - May 17, 2026
Why this line exists.
Ten scents. Wash, lotion, soap. Named ingredients. Founded in Detroit, 2018.
Read the post → - May 17, 2026
Why Detroit.
Detroit is the lens. It is the eye for what is durable and what is dressed up to look durable.
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Why no em dashes.
A small discipline. A real one.
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