The Solar Plexus Chakra — Manipura, meaning "city of jewels" — is the energy center associated with personal power, confidence, will, and the capacity to take action. It governs the sense of self, the ability to set boundaries, and the fire that drives you toward what you want. This bar is built to reflect that fire.
The color is a warm, muted golden yellow — annatto seed extract and mango powder combining to produce a tone that is solar without being garish, the color of late afternoon light or the inside of a sunflower. Dried calendula petals — golden, papery, long associated with the sun across herbalism and folk traditions — are pressed into the top alongside yellow carnelian stones. Carnelian in its yellow form carries the warmth and energy of the solar plexus particularly well — it is associated with motivation, confidence, and the courage to act, making it a stone that belongs on this bar not just for its color but for what it represents.
The essential oil blend is the most energizing in the collection: grapefruit and lemon for their bright, uplifting citrus lift — noting that as with all citrus essential oils, the top notes will soften over time but the warmth of the base remains — ginger for a spiced, warming depth that resonates with the fire element of the solar plexus, black pepper for its sharp, energizing quality, and cedarwood to ground the whole blend and prevent it from flying apart. Together they produce a scent that is warm, bright, and purposeful.
The base is grass-fed tallow with olive, canola, and coconut oils, shea butter, and castor oil. All colorants are natural.
- Grass-fed tallow base with olive, canola, coconut, shea butter, and castor oil
- Muted golden yellow bar — annatto seed extract and mango powder natural colorants
- Grapefruit, lemon, ginger, black pepper, and cedarwood essential oils
- Dried calendula petals and yellow carnelian stones pressed into the top
- Citrus essential oils will soften over time — natural and expected
- Natural colorants only — no synthetic dyes
- Made in small batches by hand
- Wrapped in a plastic-free vellum band