[Explanation] Why Handmade? Why Cold Process?

There are probably a lot of people wondering

"Why handmade soap?"

Handmande soap because

• Health and environmental concerns

• Commercial soap and shower gel contains harmful/toxic and irritating ingredients as well as being a hazardous industrial waste

• Harmful ingredients in commercial soap and shower gel

• Petrochemicals – based cleaning agent, unsafe for humans in long term, carcinogenic

• Paraben – chemical preservatives, carcinogenic

• Perfume/fragrance – allergies and hormonal issues, aggravates skin problems

• Coloring – artificial dyes, skin irritant

There are many more but these are the most common in commercials soap and shower gel products

• Natural vs artificial

• NATURAL

• Handmade soap

• Plant-based ingredients

• Earthy in colour

• Subtle scent (of essential oil)

• Maximum shelf life is 24 months

• ARTIFICIAL

• Detergent

• Artificial chemicals

• Bright/neon colours

• Strong fragrances

• 3-5 years shelf life

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Why cold process?

• Cold process is 1 out of 4 methods of making soap

• Other 3 – hot process, rebatching, melt and pour

• Cold process

• low temp

• unique recipe

• short working time

• retains natural glycerin

• long curing time

• Hot process

• unique recipe

• short curing time

• long working time

• high temperature (benefits/essential oil may be cooked away)

• glycerin may be extracted

• not as smooth as cold process soaps

• Rebatching

• fix of

failed cold process soap

• for dedicated additives

• not as smooth as cold process soap

• high temperature

• Melt and Pour

• simple and fast

• transparent/white/colourful

• standard recipe

• may not be 100% natural

• may not have glycerin

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