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 Why should I use handmade soap? My commercially made soap cleans my skin just fine.
 Take a minute to look at the ingredients listed on your commercially-made "soap" you have. Most of these “soaps” are actually detergents, and not soap. They are made from synthesized chemicals, fillers, petrochemicals, synthetic dyes and artificial fragrances.
Handmade soap contains all of the naturally occurring glycerin, which helps to draw moisture to your skin. The big manufacturers remove the glycerin, and then sell it back to you in their lotion! Pretty smart of them, huh?
So what ingredients are in Your soap?
The ingredients in our soaps are all natural. Examples include: saponified oils of castor bean, coconut, olive, palm fruit, palm kernel, avocado, jojoba, and wheat germ; shea butter, mango butter and aloe butter; essential oils for fragrance; oatmeal, honey, flower petals; natural clays; these are just some of the ingredients lsited. Some soaps may contain any or all of the oils or ingredients listed above, in different combinations; read the soap description to see exactly which ingredients are in any particular soap. In any case, you can rest assured that these soaps are all natural. For a completing listing and description, please see our
ingredients page.
What does “saponified” mean?
“Saponified,” means “turned into soap.” This is done by combining the selected fats with lye. Saponification simply explained:
Water (or milks, herbal teas) + Fat (oils/butters) + Lye (sodium hydroxide) = Soap with glycerin retained.
I hear handmade soap is made with Lye. Is that right and do you use it your soap?
The fact is, all handmade soap is made with lye. Yes, ALL handmade soap. Once the process of saponification is complete, the lye and oil molecules have combined and chemically changed into soap and glycerin. There is no lye present in the finished bars of soap.
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