The advances in green chemistry has made organic soaps to have a global acceptance. The soap is has wide appeal due to its exceptional properties.
What is the difference between laundary soap, toilet soap, and organic soap?
Bluntly
speaking all soaps made with caustic soda (sodium hydroxide) are laundary soaps. Those made with potash (potassium hydroxide) are toilet soaps. Potash soaps with
plant and animal extract are organic soaps. Laundary soaps are made using alkali
with hydrometer gauge of 1275 while toilets and organic soaps are made with
hyrometer gauge of 1250. It is possible and advisable to blend caustic soda and
potash to make toilet and organic soaps. Toilet soaps only cleanses you but
organic soaps cleanse, treat, and nourish your skin. Many have ability to
reverse aging and keep you young.
To make organic bathing bar soaps get the
following:
1. Oils: I blend palm kernel oil, palm oil, coconut oil, carrot oil,
and sheabutter. Don't use only palm kernel oil only. It makes the soap too hard.
A blend of palm oil makes the soap soft and supple. I bleach the palm oil on low
heat. Sheabutter and coconut oil are antimicrobial. Carrot oil lightens your
skin. I make carrot oil by cold process - infusing it into high quality olive
oil.
2. Alkali: I blend caustic soda and potash. Hundred percent potash soaps
are very soft. I use it for liquid body wash. For organic bar soaps I combine
caustic soda and potash. I make my potash from plantain peel. You can also use
cocoapod or empty palm fruit bunch. Dry the material you want to use. Set fire
on it to burn it to ash. Boil water and soak the ash over night. Strain the
water off and gauge with hydrometer (if you have). I have achieved 1150 gauge
with plantain peel.
3. Organic bioactives: I blend original honey, tumeric
powder, and orange peel powder. You can add activated charcoal for exfoliating
effect and body odour control. Other herbal extracts can be incorporated for healing and restoration ability.
Follow the standard procedure for formulation of
soap based on your training and experience. Use semi-hot process. You can add
Colour, I don't. You can add silicate, I don't.
To get the magic from bathing
bar soaps, your ingredients must be as natural as possible. I use palm oil which
is rich in vitamin E. Palm kernel oil and coconut oil have lauric acid, an
antimicrobial subtance. Sheabutter is blessed with stearic acid. Other
ingredients are tumeric powder and original honey. I extract oils from banana
and carrot by infusion - using olive as carrier oil. Colours used are natural.
Black palm kernel oil, little unbleached palm oil, and tumeric powder give my
soap its unique colour. I blend caustic soda with natural potassium hydroxide
obtained from plantain peel, cocoapod and empty palm fruit bunch. Perfume added
is natural. This combination gives a unique organic bar soap that maintains
natural skin complexion, fights bacterial attack, and nourishes.
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