L’Occitane Sells Special Soap This March

March 8 marks International Women’s Day. For $8, shoppers can commemorate this day with L’Occitane’s fund-raising, fair trade soap. The Women’s Day Soaps are produced in Burkina Faso as part of a development partnership with a local factory. The factory has been run entirely by women and supports their economic emancipation, said the company.

The bar is 52% shea butter and is adorned with an engraved motif which translates to “education,” said the company. 100% of the proceeds will help to build literacy centers for women. Every soap sold pays for three bricks to help build the center.