Corrynne's Natural Soaps

Mud Glorious Mud! We love the stuff. After years of searching we now have three different types of Western Australian clays to offer. All our clays are from the bentonite family, a highly absorbing type of clay milled to 300 microns, so they are gently exfoliating to skin. Each clay has a different mineral composition which is explained further when you touch on the photos.
A History of Clay:
Clay has been used by man and animals since they evolved on the planet. Clay is a unique substance due to it’s negative charge and its powerful absorbing qualities.
Animals eat clay to rid themselves of poison, deworm themselves and to supply themselves with certain minerals. The Macaw bird eats poisonous berries which when consumed would kill any other animal, however as these clever birds also eat clay, the toxins are absorbed by the clay allowing the bird to digest the nutrients in the berries. Animals bitten by something venomous innately know to roll in clay as this draws out the toxins. Most toxins, bacteria and heavy metals have a positive charge which is why clay being negatively charged is attracted to them. It is like a key in a lock. The clay locks on and doesn’t let go.
There are many famous muds in the world, the most renowned being the French arquilets clay. It is used in many beauty and cosmetic products and up to one hundred years ago the French would drink green clay (approx. 1 tsp) daily for three weeks at the start of Spring. In spring fresh food would once again be available after the long winter months on stored dry foods. This change to a fresh diet would release stored toxins into the digestive system and the clay would lock onto these, bypassing the liver via the portal vein and go out through the bowel.
Rhassoul mud was so prized it was mined and sold by weight in the markets. The women would wash, grind and sieve for days until pure fine clay was produced mostly for the purpose of face masks to beautify their complexions.

In India clay is rolled into balls and consumed daily to help deal with contaminated foods. Water was always stored in clay vessels because it helped keep the water clean.
Australian aboriginies and african goat herders would smother their skin in a mixture of mud and ghee to protect them from sunburn.
These days in many pharmaceutical products clay kaolin is used to carry other medicines into the body. We don’t advocate using our clays internally as we haven’t applied for the very expensively obtained therapeutic licenses. We sell our clays for face and body masks and for making poultices.
If you want further information about clay read a great book called ‘The Healing Power of Clay’ by Raymond Dextreit.