Lye? What? There is lye in my soap? I can't lie, there is lye in every batch of my soap. But in the saponifiication process, the lye is all used up and what remains in that great smelling bar you have in your hands or shopping cart is SOAP! Below are some of the ingredients in the soap!
At this time, all of our products are vegan friendly, they contain no animal fats (tallow). Also, our products are not tested on animals, you know how hard it is to give a cat a bath!
Sodium Hydroxide aka Lye - chemically changes the molecules of the oils and butters (fats) into soap through a process called saponification.
Apricot Kernel Oil - Apricot kernel oil is often used for superfatting. It is also a good moisturizer and helps condition the skin.
Avocado Oil - Avocado oil is a great moisturizer and is often used for superfatting soaps. Avocado oil contains vitamins A, D, and E, which makes it healing as well as moisturizing. Avocado soap is great for babies.
Beeswax - Beeswax has the sweet smell of honey. Beeswax makes a harder bar of soap and is also used in creams, lotions, lip balms and candle making. It contains a high percentage of unsaponifiables. At best, half of these substances participate in the normal soap making reaction.
Castor Oil- Castor oil is often used to superfat. It attracts and holds moisture in the skin. It will help produce a bubbly bar of soap.
Cocoa Butter - Cocoa butter is used to make soaps harder. When used in soap as a superfatting oil it acts to lay down a protective layer which holds the moisture to the skin, so it is an excellent skin softener. It has a natural chocolate scent but can also be found in an unscented form.
Coconut Oil - Coconut oil makes soaps lather beautifully but can be drying when it makes up a large portion of your soap's fats. It will make a very hard, white bar of soap with abundant lather. It even lathers in very hard water. A bar of soap made exclusively with coconut oil will even lather in sea water!
Honey - Honey is also a humectant, so it helps retain moisture on the skin in much the same way as glycerin.
Jojoba - Jojoba helps to promote a stable lather and is good at conditioning skin. It is an excellent emollient for skin conditions like psoriasis, because it has a chemical composition very close to the skin's own sebum. It is suitable for all skin types, beneficial for spotty and acne conditions, and good for sensitive and oily skin. It also helps to unclog the pores and remove any embedded grime, restores and conditions hair.
Olive Oil - Olive Oil prevents the loss of your skin's natural moisture, softens skin and attracts external moisture to your skin. It helps keeps your skin soft, supple and younger looking.
Palm Oil, also known as Vegetable Tallow - Palm oil makes a hard bar that cleans well and is also mild. It is a good substitute for tallow in all-vegetable soaps.
Safflower Oil - Safflower oil is an unsaturated oil and should be used in combination with palm, coconut, or a similar oil. It is valuable for its moisturizing properties.
Shea Butter - Shea butter is a wonderful superfatting agent and contains a large percentage of ingredients that do not react with the lye thus remaining in the soap to nourish your skin.
Soybean Oil - It produces a mild, stable lather. Use it in combination with other exotic or moisturizing oils. It is a good filler and makes a very hard white bar when used alone and when mixed with other oils it makes a wonderful hard bar of soap.
If you have any questions about our ingredients, feel free to contact us sudsupsoap@charter.net