SOAP

We all use soap every day. Washing hands, in the shower, after reading the newspaper or doing chores around the house, working in the garden, you name it. In this day and age, we certainly wash our hands extra at many moments of the day.

A real soap is a combination of fine oils or fats with lye. The ingredient lye ensures that the saponification gets going.

With the advent of liquid soap in pump bottles, the hard bar of soap seems to have been replaced in many places. But nothing could be further from the truth! Because the familiar bar of soap is back. Sometimes the argument is used that a bar of soap is not hygienic.   However, this argument is not correct, because you soap your hands clean and then put the bar of soap back. Actually, there are many more advantages to a bar of soap. Because did you know that a bar of soap is much more sustainable than liquid soap! With liquid soap, you quickly use 7x more product than is actually necessary. In addition, a bar of soap does not need plastic packaging.

Many soap products contain SLS (sodium laureth sulfate). It is in most liquid hand soaps but also in shampoos, bubble bath or dishwashing detergent. SLS cleans well but mainly ensures that the soap foams well and many people always find that very pleasant. You are namely quick to think that a soap cleans better if it foams well, but nothing could be further from the truth. What people also do not know is that SLS is a powerful degreaser and therefore also has an effect on your protective layer on the hands. One of the reasons why so many people have suffered from dehydrated, eczema complaints and skinned hands in the past period. In addition to the use of disinfectant alcohol**, which have a disruptive effect on the skin. If possible, avoid this ingredient. Natural foaming agents may foam slightly less, but are just as effective and are therefore better for the skin.  If you use these mild-foaming products regularly, you will automatically notice that over time the products will also foam richer