What is so great about handmade soap?
If you’ve never used handmade soap before, you’re in for a treat. Handcrafted cold process soap, like the kind that we make, retains the glycerin that is naturally produced in the process. This is a natural humectant, which draws water to your skin, helping to keep it soft and supple. Commercially manufactured “soaps” (which are often actually detergent bars) tend to be drying because this useful and high-quality glycerin is removed in the manufacturing process. It is then sold as a by-product to companies that incorporate it into their lotions and skin creams. Also, chemicals added to commercial body bars to increase lathering and shelf-life can result in dry, itchy skin. Handmade soapmakers, instead, take the time to formulate soap that naturally lathers beautifully.
