CORPUS is made for people who don’t want to sacrifice quality for the sake of going natural. Natural body care formulations have been around for a while, but most haven’t kept up with the recent advances in natural chemistry. This meant people who valued “natural” had to settle for products that did not work, and scents they did not love.
CORPUS has refined and redesigned what a natural formula can be. The result is body care that goes above and beyond what you may have come to expect from “natural.”Our proprietary vegan, plant-based formulations are designed to be both purposeful, and elicit happiness.
Every aspect of the product – from its formula to its packaging to manufacturing – is highly considered; using renewable hydroelectric and solar energy. We did this out of a sense of responsibility and dedication to being able to trace every step in the production process. Being “made in California” means we are closer to the process and can be involved in away that wouldn’t be possible without local vendors. CORPUS is committed to transparency at every level and only partners with manufacturers who share the same values. Working with manufacturers in their local community has the added environmental benefit of a reduced carbon footprint because the product travels less.
CORPUS Naturals was founded in 2018 by J.P. Mastey, a skincare expert with over 15 years experience. Long interested in natural products, Mastey nevertheless struggled to find products that performed to high standards. After many years of experimentation, he was able to create an effective, natural formula with no compromises. “Natural deodorant was one of those products I felt passionate about, and I got close several times, but close was not good enough” says Mastey. Newfound techniques, persistence, and inspiration all came together and CORPUS was created.
What is Natural?
Advances in natural and plant-based chemistry have made it possible to create highly effective personal care products without the use of potentially harmful chemicals. CORPUS product formulations are vegan, and cruelty-free, including parabens, aluminum, talc, baking soda, petroleum based propylene glycol and synthetic fragrance. All of the ingredients are either plant or mineral derived.
You may be asking what does Natural really mean? It’s a great question but met with varying definitions causing great skepticism, and abuse. Unfortunately the FDA does not regulate the term “natural”, and this leaves consumers questioning how a company defines the term.
At CORPUS we see it like this; if a product is derived from a natural source and has been minimally processed, we call it completely-naturally-derived. Now just about anything that goes into a product has gone through some form of processing to be extracted from its natural source, thus the use of the term “derived”. We have gone to great lengths to make sure that each and every ingredient used in our formulations passes the CORPUS standard of what we define as natural.
Now keep in mind that just because an ingredient might sound like a synthetic chemical, ie. Sorbitan Oleate Decylglucoside Crosspolymer, but it’s actually a PEG-free, nonionic fragrance stabilizer made from 100% bio-based raw materials. Doing your own quick Internet search of ingredients goes a long way in product education.
THE CORPUS STANDARD
We love beautiful, effective, and clean product.
We love our planet, our communities, and strive to leave things a little better than we found them.
We know we don’t have to live in a world where the products we love are detrimental to the environment.
Learn how Corpus creates a balance between Product and Planet:
MANUFACTURING STANDARDS
We’re committed to using energy from renewable sources. Solar power is used to create our formula and fill. Our container and box are manufactured using Hydro-Electric energy.
We take several steps that add up to positive environmental impact. For example, we use rail shipment versus trucking whenever possible, and no freighters or cargo planes are required to get the product to the States.
PACKAGING STANDARDS
We’ll never sacrifice quality and performance. We want you to have the cleanest, most enjoyable experience using our products while being 100% transparent on what they contain and where they’re sourced.
We chose aluminum for our Natural Body Wash bottles as a shower-safe, recyclable alternative to plastic. At the outset of this initiative we have immediately saved 1.8 tons of plastic from the ocean, landfill or incinerator; that’s roughly the weight of 20 baby elephants and we are just getting started with this new packaging program.
Currently, we are using a plastic applicator for our Natural Deodorant. It is made from a combination of new and recycled plastic (both post-industrial and post-consumer). The outer packaging is made using sustainable forestry and recycled pulp.
Our philosophy is to evolve towards green solutions whenever possible, and as sustainable alternatives become available we plan to adopt them.
SUPPLY CHAIN STANDARDS
We are a small, privately-owned, California-based business with ties across the United States.
Every aspect of the product; from formula, to packaging, to manufacturing happens in the States. We did this on purpose. We want full visibility and the capability to trace every step when creating Corpus products.
We partner with other small, family-run businesses, also based in the States. These relationships afford us full transparency in the manufacturing process and a likeminded approach to lessen environmental impact. We know there are still great manufacturers in this country, and our choice to work with them is measured beyond concern over the bottom line.
DETAILS MATTER
Frank Lloyd Wright said, “form and function are one.”
The best designs elevate ordinary objects into extraordinary experiences. The satisfying precision, the weight, the perfect balance… often it’s the small details and nuances that remind you of a well-made product.
Deodorant is something you use every day. It's a necessity that you probably haven’t given much thought to until recently. Natural is important, but so is the experience of using a product. We don’t think they are mutually exclusive.
We strongly believe that luxury comes from the thoughtful selection of products that are both purposeful and elicit happiness — that each person has an evolving, intimate definition of luxury, that cannot be culturally prescribed or achieved.
WHEN WE SAY THE DETAILS MATTER, WE MEAN IT.
We didn’t do “natural” because it’s a hot topic. We did it because we knew we could do it better.
OUR DESIGN
To create something exceptional, it has to be the sum of all parts. It’s not enough to make a product that simply works. The product must feel good; the weight, the proportions, and the texture all must come together. That green color and minimalist design is not simply a branding choice but a well thought-out decision that expresses our point of view. Our goal was and is to be pleasing to all senses.
Every detail was equally considered for its purpose. The custom green box had to be made just for us (you won't find that paper stock in a swatch book) to get that perfect tone of green. It also had to be as “green” as possible so we used a family run factory that uses 100% hydroelectric power, sustainably forested pulp, and recycled content.
MADE IN THE USA
CORPUS is made in the USA primarily because, in our search for the highest quality manufacturers, we found them here. Being “made in the USA” means we are closer to the process. It means we can be involved in a way that wouldn’t be possible with overseas vendors. We love to support our local communities and that support has the added environmental benefit of the product traveling less.
Often, these decisions to source locally and sustainably add expense. These decisions obviously do not benefit the bottom line. We do this because we can and because we should.