St Lucian black soap is natural and ash-based. The formulation of this soap includes coconut oil, olive oil, plantain, honey, shea butter, coco ash, plantain ash, water, bee wax, sodium hydroxide, fragrance, colour, sea salt and natural palm oil.Please note, there are ingredient variations; in other popular black soaps with the most common ingredients being native tree barks, ashes, oils and peels, most commonly from plantain, cocoa pods, coconuts and shea trees.