I had a request from a spa to make some organic soaps for them.
Now we do make a 100% natural soap. Made with the finest oils and botanicals that can be found.
So I made a quick order from my suppliers for everything I needed to make my first batch of 100% Organic Soap. There was one problem! Finding an organic sodium hydroxide, better known as Lye, seems that Lye can not be organic, even if organic wood ash was used in making it. Now I did do some reseach about labeling soap organic.Being a soap making, I am always looking at other soap maker's products.I was amazed at how many "Organic" soaps that are being sold.The FDA does not oversee the labeling of soap.If a soap does not make a claim such as "moisterizing, healing, or "contains vitamins" then it is not consider a cosmetic.Now there are some organic police, that have come up with recommendations on what soap can be called "Organic", such as if the soap has at lease 70% organic ingredients, it can be label as organic.Plain and simple, there is no such thing as 100% organic soap, since soap is made by a process known as saponification. When oils are hydrolyzed by the addition of an alkali, yielding soap, glycerin, water and other by products. Glycerin is not organic, lye is not organic. So Eros Soaps will not be labeling our soaps as Organic, since it contains glycerin, a by product of saponification of oils and an alkali.Sure we could call it organic like a lot of handmade soapers do, but we don't jump on bandwagons to try and make a buck. We take pride in our soaps! I am glad that I was asked to make 100% organic soap, other wise we might have been like "those other soapmakers" It's nice to be green and all, but not going to try and pull the wool over anyone's eyes. We do make an "All natural" soap. Guess I will have to use all those organic oils in a salad!
We are not your granny's soap!
Every time I get ready to soap, I think of the first time I was introduced to soap making.
My great grandmother Eula Caldwell had moved in with us. She was one of those old time Pentelcostal ladies, that never cut her hair, only wore dresses, and never owned any makeup.
She would always sit in her rocking chair. Rocking away while listening to some preacher on the radio and reading the bible.
One day she decided to make some soap.
I remember gathering wood for a fire, so she could make some lye.
You hear people longing about the old days, how much more simple life was. Well It is a lot simpler going to the hardware and buying lye, then it is to make it! I think the whole process of making lye took about a week. Well for an 9 year old boy it seemed forever.
One thing I do remember was my mother telling me not to use any of the soap because it was lye strong and would eat me up.
I would always sneak out and wash my hands with it. I really don't remember the effects it had being "lye strong" I just remember It was soap my great grandmother and I made!
Over the last 40 years since my first soap making experience, soap making has come along ways. Now we use exotic ingredients that benefits and helps protect your skin.
It is hard for me to believe that people still buy soap at the store.
Next time you buy a bar of soap look at the label. Do you see shea butter, sweet almond, grape seed or olive oil in the ingredients? Do your body a favor and try a bar of handmade soap.
I think granny Eula would want you to!
Making this all natural soap took me just over an hour to make. I made just about 6 pounds.
Which got me about 25 bars of soap, weighing between 4.5 - 5.5 ounces each.
Why do I do it? Well it is a great way for me to relax, most important I like the way it make my skin feel. Yes we men like to take a relaxing bath/shower too!
Our Oatmeal Honey Cinnamon all natural soap feeds your skin! It is moisturizing without all the hard to pronounced chemicals that you get from soaps you pick up at the local store. In just 3 days of using our soaps you will noticed a difference your skin feels. Throw out those chemical filled soaps and lotions!
Those who suffer from skin conditions such as eczema and psoriasis, as well as people that have sensitive skin and are hypoallergenic often find immediate relief by switching to handmade soap
So you want to know what makes our natural soaps so good for your skin?
Oatmeal moisturizes and nourishes the skin, making it soft. (Try it for 3 days and see!)
Honey has the ability to attract water and aids in the process of tissue regeneration.
Cinnamon has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties that can help reduce joint pain, muscle pain, and other discomforts due to arthritis.
Now does our Oatmeal Honey Cinnamon soap reduce join pain and muscle pain?
Just take a nice relaxing bath and caress your body with our soap, it may not reduce those pains, but it sure will make you forget about them!
Our Oatmeal Honey Cinnamon soap is made from
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