Olive Oil, Lard, Coconut Oil, Water, Sodium Hydroxide (Lye), Milk, Fragrance, Castor Oil, Shea butter, Cocoa butter, Silk, Kaolin, Powdered Goat's Milk, Skin safe mica colorants, Biodegradable glitter.
Is lye (sodium hydroxide) used to make handmade soaps?
The answer is -- of course.
No lye -- No soap!
These natural ingredients have been used in organic soap making for hundreds of years. However, as our society became more industrialized handmade soaps were replaced with machine milled bars and harsh chemicals. The cheap price tags of commercial soaps will lure you in.
All REAL soap is made with lye (sodium hydroxide mixed with liquid). Any skin or hair cleansing product made without sodium hydroxide is not soap, it is detergent. The chemical reaction of making soap is called saponification. This is when the lye and oil molecules have combined and chemically changed into soap and glycerin. There is no lye present in the finished bars of soap after saponification.
ALLERGY WARNING: All our soaps are perfectly safe for sensitive skin. However, if you have specific sensitivities and/or allergies please read the ingredient list carefully before purchasing.
Products may have come into contact with nut products, wheat, or soy. Most of our soaps also contain Coconut Oil, Shea Butter, Sunflower Oil, and/or Avocado Butter. If you or a gift recipient has allergic reactions to any of our soaps, discontinue immediately.
