Handmade Soap Contains Glycerin. Glycerin is a natural skin emollient (skin softener) that attracts water from the surrounding air. Because of this, glycerin is highly prized in soaps, lotions and creams for maintaining moisture in the skin. Animal fats and vegetable oils contain 7-13% of glycerin as a part of their natural chemical makeup. During the soap making process, the fats/oils and lye blend together to form soap while the natural glycerin maintains its integrity as glycerin and basically settles in between the soap molecules. Most big name soaps have had all of the glycerin removed and placed into additional products such as lotions and creams. That way instead of buying one product that will clean AND moisturize, (such as handmade soap) a consumer now has to buy two products to serve the same purpose, resulting in an increase in profit for the company.
Fewer Harsh Chemicals. Big name soap is also blended with filler ingredients and chemicals such as Sodium Isethionate (a foam enhancer) and Dipropylene Glycol (a chemical solvent). Handmade soaps use natural oils and ingredients and our process preserves the integrity of the oils/fats/butters. Coconut oil goes in, saponified (made into soap) coconut oil comes out. Shea butter goes in, saponified shea butter comes out. Because of this, the oils/fats/butters maintain their vitamins, minerals and skin-loving qualities in the final soap product. Enhancements such as essential oils, clays, and other botanical additives contribute to the beneficial properties of this handmade soap and are gentler than commercial additives.
Save Water. Bar soap uses significantly less water to produce than liquid soap, and also has less packaging than a bottle of body wash or hand soap. Studies have also shown the on average people unnecessarily use more liquid soap to wash hands than bar soap. Try some handmade Soap Today!