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Natural Soap - Handmade Natural SoapThe many benefits of handmade Natural Soap just begin with Aromatherapy! We make 35 natural soaps for you to select from.
The Market for Handmade Natural SoapWhen you are evaluating whether or not a soap is truly natural, you do not want to see artificial or chemical colorants, hardeners, latherers or preservatives in the ingredient list. A truly natural soap will not have been made using those ingredients. More and more people are becoming aware of the negative effects of synthetic additives in commercial soap.
Would you prefer your soap ingredients to read like this:
Ingredients in our Handmade Natural SoapThe ingredients in our natural soaps will vary to some degree, depending on the type of soap made. All natural soaps are made with some kind of fat or oil, some kind of liquid, and of course sodium hydroxide or 'lye'. Most of us have heard our whole lives that oil and water don't mix. And they don't - Unless you change their chemical composition. And sodium hydroxide does exactly that. It changes the oil and water so that they can blend and become soap. Please make a mental note that although lye is one of the ingredients used to create soap, there is no lye left in our natural soaps! Lye is transformed in the soapmaking process, but is required for the soapmaking process. This is the one ‘chemical’ that is acceptable to find in the ingredient list for a natural soap. In fact, if it’s not there, chemicals and additives will have to be substituted. If that’s the case, it’s not a natural soap.
Colorants, Latherers, Hardeners and PreservativesThe ingredients a handmade soapmaker uses to create their natural soap is an important thing to know, but with skin care products it is also important to know what is NOT used. We use absolutely no artificial colorants to make our soaps. The color differences you see in our soaps, from yellow to green to black or brick, are due to the ingredients themselves. We also use no artificial latherers – our terrific recipes contain our special proportion of natural oils that allow our soaps to lather wonderfully without need of chemicals. Our proportion of oils also dictates the ‘hardness’ of our bars of natural soap. We don’t add chemical hardeners of any type. Some natural ingredients will harden a soap, while negatively affecting a soap’s ability to clean, moisturize or rinse. Like Beeswax. Beeswax is a natural ingredient, but in our opinion, coating your skin with beeswax so water repels off your slick skin is not really what you’re looking for when you’re trying to learn all you can about natural soap. We also use no chemical preservatives in our soap.
Natural Soap Botanicals and ExfoliantsAny type of ground botanical added to our soaps, whether pine needles or poppyseeds, cornmeal grits or medicinal herbs, is included within the description. If no botanical is listed in a soap description, you can assume that the soap is smooth in texture with no exfoliant added. Botanicals, whether whole or ground, are considered natural soap ingredients.
Animal Products in Natural SoapThere are many animal products that may be used in a soap, and allow that soap to be natural. We use Goat Milk in the 50 goat milk soaps we make, and lard in our Grandma's Ole Lye Soap because that's how it's been historically made. We also use a little lard in our Dog Soap because it adds shine and conditioning to the coat. These two soaps are the only soaps that use lard as an ingredient. If you don’t want to use products with animal products or by-products that is certainly your choice. But goat milk, lard and also tallow are not artificial ingredients, they are natural ones.
Natural Soap = Natural Scent? Not Always!There are two ways to scent a handmade soap - one way is completely natural and the other is not. If you truly want to select a completely natural soap, it is very important that you understand the following section and terms used.
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