For most of our lives, we thought that soap and beer had nothing in common, just like a desk and a raven. But then Eva Zubiarrain came along and convinced us otherwise. The chemist found a way to combine barley juice and cleaning products in an unconventional way and changed the way we wash our hair forever.
Before Eva turned our lives and showering experience 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. To teach her students about hydrolysis, she introduced them to soap making. She expected that the students would better understand the scientific concept through a practical example. What she didn't expect, however, was the great enthusiasm she would develop for soap making herself. 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 not rest until a single soap chip can fill your entire bath with foam and soap bubbles.
In order to be able to offer her customers a product that is as skin- and hair-friendly and nourishing as possible, Eva only uses cold saponification. This process guarantees outstanding quality and creates soaps that are also suitable for people with sensitive skin. Bulabuledda does not use palm oil or animal fat out of conviction. The soaps made from plant-based raw materials are also not tested on animals and can be used without concern. Soft, biodegradable surfactants are used for the shampoo soaps, which are 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 products in this way. All packaging is made from compostable kraft paper. Although Bulabuledda's selection includes a whole range of different products, we have naturally chosen the solid shampoo made with the finest Corsican beer for our range.
