WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BAR & LIQUID SOAPS?
Both our bar and liquid soaps are pure-castile, as they are all vegetable oil based. The new bar soap wrapper prominently states that it, too, is pure-castile, like our liquid. The difference between the liquid and bar is that the liquid soap uses potas-sium hydroxide to saponify the vegetable oils, versus the sodium hydroxide used to make the hard bar soap. WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A “FIXED” & “ESSENTIAL” OIL? The oils used for saponification are “fixed,” while oils used for fragrance are “essential.” They are quite different in structure and function. Fixed oils are bland non-volatile triglycerides, with relatively faint odor and taste, like cooking oils. Essential oils by comparison are super aromatic, composed of highly volatile compounds of certain plants. Shop For Dr. Bronner Soaps WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A “SOAP” & “DETERGENT/SURFICANT”? A soap is a very simple, low impact cleaning agent that improves water’s ability to clean particulate and oily soils. It is made in
