subject: Make Your Own Soaps! Why Its The Healthier Option! [print this page] For many years people all over the world use to make their own soap by adding scents from sweet smelling plants they found such as honeysuckle, rose, and honey. Then along came commercial soaps and people found that it was easier to buy soap all ready made and prepackaged. What this first generation of soap making companies did not realize was that they had taken a healthy product and replaced it with one that was less healthy. Many people today are once again starting to create their own soap and one big reason is because they now realize it's a lot healthier.
The Problem With Mass Produced Soaps
In order to clearly understand why home made soap is healthy for you than mass produced soap we need to look at some of the problems inherent in those mass produced bars of soap.
Firstly, larger companies work on producing mass amounts of products for as little cost as possible. Therefore, after a short period of trial and error mass soap producers began to realize a lot of the natural ingredients in home made soap was time consuming and relatively expensive for them to use in large quantities. They therefore after some experimenting found chemicals and synthetic ingredients that were faster and cheaper to use. Thus filling soaps with chemicals that are very harmful to your skin especially if your skin is sensitive or reacts to chemicals. Some of these chemicals have a strong smells which can often contribute to breathing difficulties in people with asthma.
Second, Many soap companies also manufacture large ranges of skin care products such as creams and lotions. In order to make money from these products they have to get people to purchase them. Since glycerin was a main product of homemade soaps and glycerin actually attracts moisture to your skin mass soap manufacturers decided to take the glycerin out of their bars of soap making their soap dry out the skin rather than hold in the moisture. Glycerin is then used in their creams and lotions thereby selling two products when one product was enough to do the job.
Why Homemade Soap is Healthier
Homemade soap is healthier than mass produced soap simply because it does not have any harmful chemicals and does have glycerin and added oils that such as coconut, olive and palm oil. So, not only does homemade soap not have any chemicals that dry out your skin, but it also has ingredients that help your skin to maintain it's natural moisture.
In addition homemade soap when fragrance is added uses natural essential oils rather than artificial fragrances and perfumes. This mean's that people who have sensitive skin actually get relief from redness, irritations and itching when they use natural soap. Also because the fragrances are more natural they often serve to relax you and leave your skin feeling soft and healthy.
Homemade soap often provides health-full benefits for your pocketbook as well. Your soap will have your skin feeling moisturised and healthier so you won't need to buy those extra lotions and creams, an in turn will save you some money.
Making homemade soap can be fun and while it does take some effort isn't having healthier chemical free skin worth it?
