Why Cold Processed Soap?

Cold processed soap is made by a chemical reaction between lye (sodium hydroxide) and oils, this is called saponification. Our artisan soaps are made with high quality essential oils, olive oil, coconut oil and the lye. There are no other added ingredients that are known for stripping your skin of all the natural oils your skin carries. No harsh chemicals and everything we put into our soap is safe to go down the drain and into your community.

Other bar "soap" has a ton of ingredients; I encourage you to look those up. A lot of those ingredients are fillers to the bar and are made from highly processed chemicals. Your skin is porous, remember that, so your body also absorbs these harsh chemicals and they get washed down the drain and out to the world.

Let’s get back to the chemical reaction that the lye (sodium hydroxide-NaOH) and the oils go through. Yes, lye is a caustic ingredient and is used in some cleaning products but it is a simple compound. When the lye is mixed with oils or fats this process is saponification and this is a natural process and when the process is complete there is no lye or oil left just cold processed soap!

Saponification is when an acid (fats or oils) and a base (lye) are combined and a chemical reaction occurs. During this reaction the fats release a glycerol molecule and this is what makes the glycerin to the cold processed soap. The glycerin is what makes the soap so wonderful for your skin. After the glycerol molecule is released then the remaining fatty acids combine with the base to become soap.