All-Natural, Organic Soaps Handcrafted with Care by San Diego Homeless Youth

Sandy Bottom is an exotic blend of Moroccan red clay, Tahitian tiare flower, shea butter, and calendula. Infused with a bouquet of invigorating essential oils and a moisturizing concoction of avocado, rice bran, and meadowfoam seed oils, this soap will gently tone, rebalance, and exfoliate your skin – all for a good cause.

A Sensory Experience

• 8 West’s premium, handcrafted soaps provide deep hydration with long-lasting moisturizing and anti-aging elements
• Our cold process completely preserves the luxurious natural and essential oils, intensifying the fragrance of our carefully-selected natural extracts
• The end result is amazingly silky soap that draws impurities from the skin, softens even the roughest patches, and gently cleanses the face and body

Our soaps are handcrafted using the traditional small-batch, cold-press process that has been passed down through generations to create the highest quality soap for ultimate hydration. Our process doesn’t involve high temperatures in order to cure the bars. It’s a technique known to be one of the best ways to preserve a soap’s natural, premium ingredients, resulting in an extremely soft finish and the ability to allow more artistic effects in each bar’s unique aesthetics.

In 2015, we launched 8 West as a job training program paired with the Urban Street Angels’ supportive housing program. Based on our evidence-based practice, featuring a harm reduction model with trauma-informed care, 8 West provides transitional employment opportunities in our social enterprise startup. Above all else, 8 West provides the critical solutions our community needs to help end youth homelessness with a #HandUp.