Did you know?

A secret to prolonging the life of a soap is to allow your handmade soap to dry between uses, perhaps on a dish with drainage holes, or on a hand nail brush, do not let it sit in a pool of water.  Soap contains glycerin, a humectant, meaning it attracts water, so keeping it dry is key to prolonging its life.

Hard water contains high amounts of calcium, causing lime scale and soap scum.  It tends to reduce the quality and amount of lather of soap. 

When soaps are referred to as "tear-free" or "pH balanced" – they're actually describing detergents, whose pH levels have been brought down to match exactly the skin's pH acid mantle level. This is accomplished only by the use of synthetic chemicals.  Because no synthetics are used in our soap, it can be irritating to the eyes, so do avoid contact, if by some accident it gets in your eyes, rinse well with cool water.

Our baby soap is not tear free, yet, due to its olive oil content, it is an extremely mild soap.  In our opinion it is still better than the tear free versions, that contain synthetic chemicals and other additives that may effect your little munchkin's skin adversely.  Just because it doesn't cause tears, doesn't mean that it is not effecting the eyes negatively.  It is good practice to avoid the eyes whenever using any cleansing agent.

Olive oil is high in oleic acid, which is greatly conditioning and full of nourishment to the skin, effecting the amount of suds you get, so the lather will be very creamy and slippery with very few bubbles.

Yes, all soap is a product of combining oils, butters, water and lye/sodium hydroxide.  Once combined, a chemical reaction called saponification occurs, that's when fats react with sodium hydroxide, producing a completely new compound, called:  sodium fatty acid salt (soap) and glycerin (or glycerol), leaving no traces of lye.

It's best to store your beautiful soap in a cool, dry place, like a linen closet.  An added benefit: your linens will smell great!

When using your soap in a shower, a wash cloth/loofah/natural sponge will lather up quickly, producing nice suds, retaining them for longer.  Whereas the skin on your hand does not,  requiring you to lather up over and over again, in the end using more of your soap. 

Did you know that the reason why a body wash is called “body wash”, a body bar is called a "body bar", or a beauty bar is called a “beauty bar”, is because these aren't actually soap?  They are detergents.   To call a cleansing product soap it has to go through the saponification process of turning fat/oil + water + sodium/potassium hydroxide into soap.  Once the process is complete, a new compound is produced, called sodium fatty acid salt (soap) and glycerin (or glycerol).  Glycerin that's created in the soap making process helps to repair and replenish skin.  Add organic naturals to that will make the most nourishing, gentlest, and healthiest wash for your skin.Body wash or beauty bars replace it with much less expensive ingredients, making them feel like they have glycerin in it, in the end they pull moisture out from deep beneath the epidermis, ultimately drying and damaging the skin in the long term.