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Why Buy Handmade Soap?
Did you know...
... the commercial soap bars that line most grocery stores’ shelves are actually synthetic detergents? While that's great for your dishes, it's not very good for your skin. Handmade Soap is soap in its true, pure form. It gently cleanses away excess oils and bacteria, but doesn't strip your skin of its natural oils.
What is Saponification?
Saponification is the chemical reaction created by combining oils or fats with an alkali and water. At SunFortune Soapworks, we use the Cold Process method. Aside from the heat used to melt the solid fats to their liquid state, the heat produced by combining the precisely weighed oils or fats, alkali and water is sufficient to initiate the chemical reaction. Saponification is complete after the soap mixture has been poured into molds, cut into bars, and allowed to cure for several weeks.
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What is Handcrafted Soap made of?
At SunFortune Soapworks, we use all vegetable oils in our soaps. Olive, Rice Bran, Coconut, Canola, Soybean, Palm and Palm Kernel oils are just a few of oils we use. Each oil is carefully chosen for its lathering and moisturizing properties in soap. Essential and fragrance oils contribute scent; natural and cosmetic-grade pigments impart color; and botanicals & spices add texture.
Why is Glycerin Important?
Glycerin is a humectant. One molecule of glycerin is created for every three molecules of soap. Commercial soap makers remove the glycerin from their soap and then sell it to the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. With Handmade Soap, however, all of the naturally occurring glycerin remains intact. Handcrafted Soap is naturally softer. You may be able to “dent” the soap with your finger. You will also notice that when handcrafted soap is fresh it will draw moisture from the air into small beads that will make the soap bar’s surface wet. Both of these traits indicate that the soap has a high glycerin content. |
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