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Real soap - the best ingredients


Real soap - the best ingredients

Pure and natural soap

What are the best ingredients for soap?

Here are some of the common ingredients which quality soap makers use.

Castor Oil is extracted from the fruit of the Castorbean plant. It is valuable as a superfat that won't quickly become rancid - so the soap has a long shelf life.

Cocoa butter has a smooth texture and sweet scent and is one of the most stable of fats. It contains natural antioxidants so it is ideal for use in cosmetics and soaps.

Coconut oil creates lots of glycerin and makes big, soft, bubbly lather, so it has a luxurious feel.

Olive oil makes a creamier lather and contains antioxidants. The effect upon the skin is conditioning.

Palm Oil from the fruit of the palm tree also creates a hard bar. Palm oil is often in the news because ancient tropical forests are being cleared to make way for more palm plantations. Orangutans on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra are under severe threat because of the increasing popularity of this oil. The clearing of tropical forests is also one of the leading causes of climate change.

Using palm oil is therefore not recommended if you are concerned about the environment, except from sustainable sources.

Shea butter has soothing, moisturizing and protecting qualities. Quite a lot of the natural fats it contains are unsaponifiable and it is full of vitamins so it has a rich, nutritive effect upon skin. It contains cinnamic acid which has a protective role against UV rays, so it is useful as help against too much exposure to the sun - no substitute for a good bit of shade, though!

So help yourself to pure and natural soap by finding products made with organic and fair-trade products, containing some of the above mentioned ingredients!