Bergamot Brush Soap, Full Bar
Made with extra virgin olive and coconut oils, our Bergamot Brush Soap cleans and conditions your best brushes. The coconut oil gives our soap its cleansing power, and the olive oil conditions and protects fibers. These bars lather easily, so you can get the color out quicker and get back to work.
We use bergamot essential oil to give this soap its signature scent. You may know bergamot from its starring role in Earl Grey tea. It's a small, Mediterranean citrus fruit, with a bright, clean smell that makes everything a little nicer. You might even look forward to washing your brushes.
How It's Made
Bergamot Brush Soap is a cold-process bar, made in our workshop in St. Louis. We do this the old-fashioned way, using lye to turn room-temperature oils into soap. This happens through a chemical process called saponification. The lye solution breaks the chemical bonds in the oils, producing the fatty acid salts that we call soap.
Because lye is caustic, this process is the most dangerous thing we do at Federal Color. It's also really fun, because the chemical reaction happens quickly and you can watch the raw ingredients transform into soap batter over the course of a few minutes. Then, we pour it into molds.
Finally, we cure the soap for a few weeks on a high shelf in the warehouse. This step reduces the soap's moisture content, makes it more gentle, and makes it easier to generate lather. We test a mini bar with our own brushes (and hands) before it's ready to ship out.
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Bergamot Brush Soap, Full Bar
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How quickly will my order ship?
Our St. Louis warehouse team is pretty speedy! We generally ship orders within one business day of receiving them. You'll receive a tracking number by email as soon as your order's packed and out the door.
How long will it take to arrive?
We offer shipping estimates for each order at checkout. Please note that these are only our system's best guess — there are many factors that may affect shipping time.
Generally speaking, our parcels take about 2-3 business days to travel to most U.S. addresses once they are shipped.
In a hurry? We offer expedited shipping options, including overnight shipping, at checkout.
IMPORTANT NOTE: We never guarantee delivery dates because carrier delays are not within our control. We do not issue refunds due to delays in transit.
Do you accept returns?
Yes — we accept returns of unopened, undamaged items within 30 days of receipt.
If your return is because we made a mistake, we'll pay for the return shipping label. If you're returning an item because you changed your mind, return shipping is at your expense.
Read our full return policy here.
Is there a physical store?
Yes, there is! We'd love to see you at our St. Louis retail store. We're in the Grove neighborhood, near lots of fun places to eat, drink, and shop.
Do you offer wholesale or bulk discounts?
We do! Educational and institutional customers can email [email protected] to place a discounted bulk order. Send us a screenshot of your Blick or Amazon cart and we'll do our best to match it. You can always finish checking out with the big guys if we don't have a great bid for you.
If you're buying for a retail store, we'd love to meet you! Please head over to our wholesale division, Federal Color. You'll find our wholesale catalog and application there.