For the longest time in our lives, we thought that soap and beer, like a desk and a raven, had nothing in common. Then Eva Zubiarrain came along and convinced us of the opposite. The chemist found a way to combine barley juice and cleansers in an unconventional way and changed the way we wash our hair forever.
Before Eva turned our lives and shower experiences upside down with her invention, she taught chemistry at a school. In 2018, she started a science club with her third graders and the group's first project revolved around the exciting process of saponification. In order to introduce her students to hydrolysis, she introduced them to soap making. She expected that students would better understand the scientific concept through a practical example. What she didn't expect, however, was the great enthusiasm that she would develop for soap making. She fell head over heels in love with the manufacturing process and the products she created with her own two hands. A year later, Eva had experimented enough to stop just giving her soaps away. With her sophisticated recipes, she filled the shelves of her first soap shop, Bulabuledda, which she opened in 2019. Because Eva is not only a soap maker but also a chemist, she researches and works every day to make her creations better and will probably only rest when a single soap shaving can fill your entire bathroom with foam and soap bubbles.
In order to be able to offer her customers a product that is as skin- and hair-friendly and caring as possible, Eva only saponifies cold. This process ensures outstanding quality and creates soaps that are also suitable for people with more sensitive skin. Bulabuledda is convinced that neither palm oil nor animal fat is used. The soaps made from plant-based raw materials are also not tested on animals and can be used without any concerns. The shampoo soaps use soft, biodegradable surfactant that is good for hair and the environment. The material is combined with coconut oil, Ayurvedic powders from controlled organic production, select oils and the crystal-clear, pure water of Corsica to create exquisite soaps. But Eva goes one step further: not only does she produce her soaps and cosmetics in an environmentally friendly way, she also packages the finished items in this way. All packaging is made from compostable kraft paper. Although Bulabuledda's selection includes a whole range of different products, we have of course chosen the solid shampoo for our range, which is made with the finest Corsican beer.
