History of Soap
An excavation of ancient Babylon revealed evidence that Babylonians were making soap around 2800 B.C. Babylonians were the first one to master the art of soap making. They made soap from fats boiled with ashes. Soap was used in cleaning wool and cotton used in textile manufacture and was used medicinally for at least 5000 years.
The Ebers papyrus (Egypt, 1550 BC) reveals that the ancient Egyptians mixed animal and vegetable oils with alkaline salts to produce a soap-like substance.
According the Pliny the Elder, the Phoenicians used goat's tallow and wood ashes to create soap in 600BC. Early Romans made soaps in the first century A.D. from urine and soap was widely known in the Roman Empire
The Celts made their soap from animal fat and plant ashes and they named the product saipo, from which the word soap is derived.
How is handmade natural soap better for you and the Earth?
1. It made without chemicals and synthetics
Most commercial soaps aren’t true soap at all. Often manufactured with synthetic ingredients, they’re similar to detergents. These may include parabens, petrochemicals, phthalates, triclosan, and phosphorus, which irritate and dry the skin. Scientists even link some of these ingredients to hormone disruption and cancer.
Botanical PaperWorks soap has natural shea butter, clays, mineral colorants, and oils.
2. It’s not harmful to waterways
The natural ingredients in most handmade soaps are biodegradable. Meanwhile, the synthetic ingredients in commercial soaps, such as phosphorus, drain into rivers and lakes and harm fish and other living things.
3. It moisturizes your hands better and longer with glycerin
A type of fat naturally found in plants, glycerin organically hydrates and keeps the skin soothed. Many commercial soap companies remove the glycerin from their products to increase their shelf life. If the soap label says body wash or body bar, it may be a detergent.
4. It’s palm oil-free or only contains sustainably-harvested palm oil
Many commercial soap companies use palm oil harvested from deforested areas.
5. It’s often vegan and not tested on animals
Many handmade soaps contain no animal fats, milk, or honey products, so they are vegan-friendly. The small businesses that make them usually don’t test on animals, so they are most likely cruelty-free.
6. It comes from small businesses
Purchasing handmade soap from local businesses means supporting community members. Commercial soap companies often make their products in factories with machines, not people.
7. Its packaging is often sustainable
You’ll usually see handmade soap packaged without plastics, whereas many commercial soaps are in single-use plastic bottles or heavily printed, glossy boxes.
How to Make Homemade Soap
Making soap at home is a practical and satisfying skill to learn. Whether you'd like a natural alternative to store-bought soap, or you're a crafty person looking for a new creative venture, making soap is fun and not too difficult.
To learn how to make soap, first, choose from one of four methods. Two of the most popular methods are the "melt and pour" and cold process. The others are more advanced methods. Each method has pros, cons, and variations.
Melt and pour: This easy process involves melting pre-made blocks of soap and adding your own fragrance.
Cold process: The cold process is the most common method of making soap from scratch using oils and lye.
Hot process: A variation of the cold process method, the hot process requires cooking the soap in a slow cooker or oven.
Rebatching: This method grinds up and re-blends batches of poorly made homemade soap.
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