If you've never used hand made, cold processed soap then you may ask what's so special? If you have, you already know what all the fuss is about! One of the main advantages is cold process soaps have glycerin. Glycerin in soap making is a naturally occurring by-product of the saponification process that adds humectant properties. It's also found in many high end cosmetic products. Did you know that commercially produced bars often contain negligible amounts, if any, glycerin? Many commercially produced bars do contain synthetic detergents. You're not a pile of dirty dishes - skip the detergent and use the good soap! ;-)
Another advantage to handmade, cold process soaps are the natural ingredients you can pronounce! You'll find ingredients on our labels that you probably have in your pantry such as Olive Oil, Coconut Oil, Sunflower Oil & Vegetable Lard. Other natural ingredients used include Bentonite Clay, Rose Clay, Activated Charcoal & Spinach Powder to name a few. You'll also find high end oils and butters such as Hemp, Shea, Palm & Jojoba, Sweet Almond & Castor.
What are some of your favorite qualities of cold processed soaps and why should someone who's never tried it give it a suds?🤣🧼🚿
How are traditional soaps and synthetic detergents different?
Did you know the FDA provides a definition for the word "Soap"? Did you also know that because the use of this word is not "regulated" in the skin care and cosmetics industries that many commercially produced cleaning bars you use in the shower are NOT IN FACT SOAP? They would be more aptly named "detergent"!
Homestead Soaps by Laura only makes REAL, Cold Process Soap!
"Ordinary soap is made by combining fats or oils and an alkali, such as lye. The fats and oils, which may be from animal, vegetable, or mineral sources, are degraded into free fatty acids, which then combine with the alkali to form crude soap. The lye reacts with the oils, turning what starts out as liquid into blocks of soap. When made properly, no lye remains in the finished product. In the past, people commonly made their own soap using animal fats and lye that had been extracted from wood ashes.
Today there are very few true soaps on the market. Most body cleansers, both liquid and solid, are actually synthetic detergent products. Detergent cleansers are popular because they make suds easily in water and don't form gummy deposits. Some of these detergent products are actually marketed as "soap" but are not true soap according to the regulatory definition of the word."
https://www.fda.gov/cosmetics/cosmetic-products/frequently-asked-questions-soap