Why Use All Natural Handcrafted Soap?

Why use natural handmade soap?

The benefits of using all natural handcrafted soap are many: simpler botanical ingredients, no harmful chemicals, natural vegetable oils instead of animal fats.  All these things are important to many people today. We live in a day and age where the technological advances are many and these advances are there to make our lives easier.  However, when it comes to skin care and the ingredients you put on your skin, technology probably is not on your mind.

Why is Handcrafted Natural Soap so special?

Natural soap is made in a time-honored fashion (Cold Process).  It involves a very simple chemical reaction between oils and lye (sodium hydroxide for bars).  All soap is made with lye, but there is no lye in the finished product.  The chemical reaction converts the lye/fat mixture to glycerin.  The glycerin is a natural by-product, as such, the relationship between the soap molecule and the glycerin means you have a cleanser with abundant, luxurious lather that cleans like nothing else.  As a bonus, it does not strip your skin of its natural, protective oils. Here is a comparison of a typical commercial soap vs. a natural soap:

Commercial Soap:

    1. Typically contains detergents, fillers, petroleum, animal fat and sulfates (SLS or SLES)

    2. Can dry and damage your skin thus accelerate the aging process

    3. Chemicals used contribute to the pollution of our bodies and the planet at large

    4. Tested on animals

    5. Cost and profit are put ahead of the health of the people and our environment

Sage Nature Bath & Body® Soap:

    1. All ingredients are "TRUE" natural. On a scale from 1-10, all rated 0 or 1

    2. No detergents, phosphates, sulfates, preservatives or fragrance

    3. Moisturizes your skin while preserving natural oils; Glycerin is preserved

    4. No testing on animals; No palm oil to assist in the preservation of the Amazon forest

    5. The health of our customers and our environment are put first

Why is Glycerin Important?

Glycerin is a humectant. It attracts moisture and gives it back to your skin. In natural and handcrafted soap making processes, one molecule of glycerin is created for every three molecules of soap.  Commercial soap makers often remove the glycerin from their soap and then sell it to the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. With Sage Nature Handcrafted Soap, all of the naturally occurring glycerin remains intact along with all its skin-nourishing benefits.

Benefits of using All Natural Handcrafted Soaps:
1. It's better for your skin - Even if you don't have particularly sensitive skin, do you really want to apply harmful chemical that is in commercial soap all over your body?  You may not even realize how much healthier your skin can look and feel until you try handcrafted all-natural soap!

2. It offers aromatherapy value - Sage Nature Bath & Body® handcrafted soap never uses artificial fragrance but only high grade essential oil to create the scent, the same oils used in aromatherapy. The benefits of aromatherapy could make up a blog post all by themselves, but suffice it to say, aromatherapy can help with everything from stress relief to boosting your immune system!

3.  It can give you the perfect combination of ingredients - Making soap by hand is kind of like making a pie from scratch - you can add a little more sugar or a little more cinnamon depending on your tastes.  When we make our handcrafted soap, we can add a little more oil, or a little more shea butter to come up with the very best blend for its best result.

4.  It can nourish your skin, instead of dry it out - All of the harsh chemicals you find in the commercial made soap can suck the moisture right out of  your skin.  By using soap with all-natural ingredients, your skin can look younger and more radiant

5.  It can help slow down the aging process - The drier your skin is, the more likely it is to develop wrinkles! But thanks to special milks and oils in all natural soap, your skin can get enough nourishment to fight off those tell-tale signs of aging!

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