I was washing my ass in the shower one day and said "what the fuck is soap anyway? Is this some bullshit they tell me I need just to sell me my whole life? Is it just sone dumb bar of goop that washes away or is it important?"
So I started learning about soap, and I discovered that it IS important and unique and amazing. I learned the history of soap and how complex and rich and awesome it is. And then I learned about the different detergents and sbit that is in new soaps. I went down the rabbit hole. Skin health. Fatty acids. Animal vs vegetable.
I usually make a cold process soap now. I started with hot process, and sometimes I still make an hp when I feel like it but cp is prettier for customers. I make several kinds
Skin health. Fatty acids. Animal vs vegetable.
Same for me, except I learned about it in regards to health and food before soap.
I use tallow and lard in my soap for that reason. I also like using castor, coconut, avacado, almond, and I just made a new formulation with hemp seed oil. It's not done curing yet so I haven't tried it. I milk my own goats every day and use it for the soap as well.
I make vegan soap except for if I have human breastplate because it's super good for the skin. I don't have any hippie Dippin reason I don't use animal oils, but I prefer the "clean" feeling of the vegetable based ones over the tallow.
I generally use a blend of cocoa butter coconut oil(the good stuff not 76 degree or fractionated), avocado, apricot kernel, castor, palm, evening primrose, argan, jojoba, flax, and essential oils and then beneficial additives like spirilina or beetroot or such.
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