Dada Beauty Soaps – ‘off cuts’
DADA and MOTO Shop, Hurumzi 416, Stone Town, Zanzibar
Ethical shopping in Zanzibar –
article by My Destination Tanzania
Nestled in a small clearing in the middle of Zanzibar’s lush northern forest, a gaggle of women sit in a shaded porch, talking and laughing. The vibrant greenery surrounding their brightly patterned kangas frames a picture of an idyllic Saturday morning spent making arts, crafts and goods with friends.
I’m feeling a bit intimidated as I walk up – I’m interrupting the work day for the sake of learning a little more about the Dada women’s cooperative, its products and its participants. The women are shy at first, not wanting their pictures taken, but quickly warm to me and my companions. Within a few moments, we’re grating soap, rolling out pasta, and smashing cinnamon bark into dust in a giant pestle and mortar …
Dada Beauty Soaps are ornamental soaps inspired by Zanzibar door patterns. Made with palm oil and caring oils such as sunflower, sweet almond, macadamia, olive, baobab, or coconut oil, they remoisturize with a superfat factor of 5% to 8%. Ground herbs, spices, cocoa, coffee, seaweed or sea salt, and natural essential oils, featuring island scents such as clove, cinnamon, sweet basil, lemongrass, and eucalyptus give the soaps wonderful textures and leave the skin clean and gently scented.
x-mas Food&Spa hampers with DADA products at THE GREEN ROOM, Dar es Salaam. The Souk, Slipway. The Cow Shed, Haile Selassie/Chole
DADA proudly presents:
Handmade Natural Beauty Soaps carved with traditional Zanzibari patterns.
Available at the MOTO Shop Hurumzi Str. 416 Stonetown Zanzibar