Here's the hard truth about soaps and marketing schemes

Almost every single product on the market, whether it says "sensitive skin" or "moisturizing" is made with a saponified vegetable oil based cleanser - AKA "soap"

  1. When you saponify a vegetable oil, the pH goes through the roof.
  2. When the pH is through the roof it damages your skin's natural moisture barrier. This leads to dryness, irritation and accelerates the appearance of aging.
  3. Why would they? Because saponified vegetable oils are extremely cheap, abundant, more profitable, and can be made at home.

Discover The Difference Of pH-Balanced HARP Cleansers.

HARP's Zero saponified vegetable oil formula means its pH balanced to protect and retain your skin's natural moisture barrier. Professionally manufactured and grounded in science

  • Exceptionally gentle cleansing - soap free
  • Moisturizing with Shea Butter
  • Just a touch of Borage and Meadowfoam oils for skin-tone evening
  • Non-comedogenic so it doesn't leave a film or clog pores

TREAT YOUR BODY LIKE YOU TREAT YOUR FACE

Harp's pH-balanced syndet cleansers are 100% soap-free and lye-free, making them exceptionally gentle and less-drying than traditional soap. Shea-butter is added for moisture as well as small amounts of borage and meadowfoam oil for skin health and even-toning benefits. pH range of 5.0 to 6.0.

Science-Driven Benefits

Vegan

HARP’s Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate and Steric acid formula is Vegan.

Cruelty Free

International ‘Leaping Bunny’ certified.no PFAS, no parabens, sulfates, or preservatives.

RSPO certified

RSPO certified sustainably sourced supply chain.

ISO certified

Meets ISO 16128:2017-2 natural and organic standards.

No SVHC substances

No VOC’s, no substances classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic, or toxic for
reproduction.

Made in America

Proudly offering Made in America products—crafted with care, quality, and a commitment.

Fragrance Free

Exceptionally gentle. pH-balanced, moisturizing with Shea-Butter and 100% soap-free. No fragrance or fragrance masking agents.

Exfoliating
Fragrance Free

pH-balanced, ground bamboo exfoliating-the perfect consistency. 100% soap-free plus Shea-butter

Anti-Aging with Retinol Serum

Anti-aging serum cleanser with retinol, niacinamide, vitamin E, hyaluronic acid, and shea butter.

Fresh Sport

pH-balanced, moisturizing with Shea-Butter and 100% soap-free. Great for sensitive or dry skin.

Do it right, or don't do it at all.

Here's the truth that every soap company hopes you never come to understand; Saponified oils (soaps) are in the pH range of 10 or higher. Your skin's pH range is 6 or below. So no matter what you add to a "soap" for moisture, you are still fighting with a very high pH Alkaline product that is stripping away at your skin's acid mantle.

HARP is not a soap, it is considered a cleanser. Similar to what you would find in a high quality liquid face wash.

Treat your body like you treat your face.

About Us

We Use The Highest Quality Ingredients

  • Glycerin
  • Fragrance
  • Borago Officinalis (Borage) Oil
  • Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil
  • Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate
  • Steric Acid
  • Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter
  • Macadamia Integrifolia (Macadamia) Seed Oil

Mansure & Prettyman's Harp

Our daily cleansing bar is a pH-balanced, soap-free, exceptionally gentle plus moisturizing syndet bar for the whole body. Harp soap is formulated with the highest quality cleansers on the market. We avoid using saponified oils and fats for our base cleanser such as Palm, Coconut, Olive oil, or goats milk - these products raise the pH level and therefore cause dryness.

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