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I like to use this page to describe the various ingredients you will find in my soaps. I do this to share with
you what your soap is made with, as well as to share with you the knowledge of the difference between handcrafted soaps
and commercial soaps. In doing so, I hope to allay any fears about purchasing soap from experienced crafters.
What Is Soap??
Soap is the product of a chemical process called saponification, which occurs when acids in the form of animal
or vegetable fats are combined with an alkali (a solution of sodium hydroxide and water called lye) and produce a mixture
of soap and glycerin.
Some of the brand name soaps that you buy today are actually not soap at all. You will not locate on
their packaging any where that the word soap appears. Instead they label their products beauty bars or deodorant bars. They
are synthetic detergents. These beauty bars also contain chemical components.
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What you can expect to find in handcrafted soaps and other bath
products...
- Sea Salt: an excellent salt base for fragrant bath salts. The salts
neutralize your skin so the fragrant oils cling and make your skin smell beautiful for hours. Salt is also healing and soothing
on your skin.
- Cornstarch: used in the solid, fizzing bath fizz as a filler and binder.
- Citric Acid: a preservative obtained by the fermentation of citrus
fruit sugars. It is used with baking soda to create fizzy bath fizz. Citric acid is highly astringent and is a great toner
for the skin.
- Epsom Salts: are mild alkaline salts that disperse easily in
water. They are excellent in bath salt blends for soothing skin inflammations and muscle aches.
- Glycerin: a compound of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, a product of
the saponification process. It is a clear, colorless, oily, stickly liquid. Widely used in the cosmetic industry
as an emollient and humectant, can be added back into soap during the handmilling process. In bubble bath formulas, glycerin
gives the bubbles elasticity and lasting power.
- Vitamin E: an excellent healing oil and an exceptional anti-oxidant
in bath oils where botanicals have been added.
- Baking Soda: a mild alkaline salt used in bath salt formulas offering
soothing and softening qualities. It is also a good salt base for absorbing fragrances.
- Essential Oils: highly concentrated, volatile, aromatic essences of
plants.
- Turkey Red Oil: Turkey Red oil is produced by castor oil reacting
with sulfuric acid. It is a surfactant and makes a wonderful base for a bath oil as it is fully dispersible in water. I read that It was originally named "Turkey
Red" because it was the color of "red" turkeys.
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Diclaimer: Information on this
website is not to be used as a diagnosis for any medical conditions of any type. All information is solely for educational
purposes only.
My products are not FDA approved. If you have any health problems, please consult your Physician
or Health practitioner.
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