Ingredients for soap making

Ingredients  that go into soap are ,oils, water and water soluble ingredients, powders and the compulsory ingredient caustic soda. Don't get scared by this term, but there is no caustic soda left in carefully made soap. All caustic soda is consumed by fats to make soap and glycerin. 

Important Ingredients that are used

Olive- This is the first ingredient handmade soapers think about. Becoz it is very good for skin. It is does not disturb skins natural functions. It also produces nice hard bar of soap. But the lather is not present in 100% olive oil soap, And it is like washing your body with non foaming thick gel. We soo much associate lather/bubbles to cleaning. But 100% olive oil soap is cleaning but without lather. So we made a Castile soap with above 90% olive oil and little castor oil to be still very gentle on skin and boost lather.

• Coconut- Next mostly used ingredient. It produces beautiful lather and cleans very well, but beyond a certain percentage is drying to the skin.
• Sesame- It is very nourishing to skin, packed with antioxidants and nutritives. As a body message oils it draws impurities to itself and takes way while washing. Even as soap it does very well. It lathers wells, condition skin very well, But only thing we have to deal with is the nutty smell.
• Castor- Creates lovely lather(bublby and creamy) and is also moisturising.
• Cocoa butter- makes a very moisturising soap, leaves a silky feel.
• Silk- Leaves skin with unexplainable silky feel. I use cruelty free silk.
• Goat Milk- Cleopatra's secret. All milks are good for skin. But milk in focus lately is goats milk.Because it is packed with many, many nutrients.Also in Goat's milk the fat globules doesn't cluster together as result it is easily absorbed into skin.  
• Aloevera- packed full of nutrients.
• Oatmeal- It is very soothing to any kind of skin irritation, It also leaves a thin protacting  film over skin.. you just have to feel it.
• Honey- It is antibacterial and humectant (Something attracts water to itself, so result of using humectants, makes skin moistened and makes it look plum).
• Eseential oils-They are very concentrated plant extracts. Often posses wonderful aroma of that plant. I use them to scent soaps but they have to be used with caution as some essential oils are skin irritants.
• Fragrance oils- Not all fragrance oils can be skin safe. Only cosmetic grade fragrances can be used.