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Quality personal care products made with local, organic ingredients
Let’s get one thing straight before we dive into Chagrin Valley’s admirable practices: their #1 goal is to offer top-quality natural skin care for you. How do they do it? By sourcing local, organic ingredients that are minimally processed and free from any synthetics, dyes, or chemicals. They don’t stop at the products either. Chagrin uses 99% plastic-free, recyclable packaging. Most of that packaging is also made with recycled paper or steel. Because it isn’t enough to just keep you clean, Chagrin Valley is dedicated to keeping our earth clean, too.
Chagrin Valley sources ingredients from local farmers, small businesses, and companies known for their environmental stewardship. Every product is guaranteed USDA organic, non-GMO, and fair trade certified.
Learn MoreCo-founders Ida and Sam search for ingredients locally first. They call this idea “Local Symbiosis,” where brands in northern Ohio can work together to reduce waste and rely on each other to create quality goods. Chagrin Valley products incorporate locally-grown grains, beer, coffee, and goats milk.
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Chagrin Valley goes above and beyond to support communities at the local and national level. They sponsor a number of charities that provide necessities to underserved populations. They also donate 1% of profits to The Western Reserve Land Conservancy's Urban Reforestry Project, which helps make inner-city neighborhoods greener.
Learn MoreAll packaging is over 99% plastic-free. Chagrin Valley opts for cardboard made from recycled paper or recycled tin-plated steel. Even better: you can recycle all empty Chagrin Valley products in your curbside bin.
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About the Brand
Chagrin Valley Soap & Salve
Chagrin Valley Soap & Salve is a small family-owned and operated company that began as a hobby born out of a concern about the synthetic ingredients in skincare products and the adverse effects of these ingredients on our skin, our children and our environment. As a result, they're dedicated to crafting high quality, healthy and effective skin and hair care products made with awesome ingredients.
Shop BrandHow to use
For dry scalp: Use your fingertips gently massage a small amount of hair balm into your scalp. Leave on for at least 15 minutes and then wash and style as usual. For dry hair: Place a small amount of balm in the palm of your hand, rub palms together and apply to hair starting at the roots and working to the ends. For an intensive hair treatment: Wrap oiled hair in a warm towel for 30 minutes or longer. Wash and style as usual. For leave in conditioner: Place a small amount of balm in the palm of your hand, rub palms together and scrunch into hair ends only or smooth over the length of your hair and comb thoroughly to evenly distribute the balm.
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United StatesNot a fan of using as a leave-in
This product is waxy and thick, and leaves a unpleasant residue on your hair if you use it as a leave in. I think it might be better suited as a treatment used prior to shampooing, as mentioned on the label but I have yet to try that. If you're looking for a zero-waste leave in product, I do not suggest this.
United StatesHair Balm Love
This product saved my hair. Long story... I had cancer and radiation. I dyed my hair on a whim to help me feel alive again, but my hair suffered. Nothing was working to bring back the softness. Soap and Salve saved my hair. It smells great. It works great. I love it.