Glycerin Soap Base Ingredients

Saponified Vegetable Oil (Mostly Coconut) - Vegetable Oils that have been fully saponified in a Sodium Hydroxide Solution to create vegan soap.

Kosher Vegetable Glycerin - This glycerin is derived from plants and is a soothing humectant which draws moisture from the air to the skin. Glycerin is also an emollient, which makes the skin feel softer and smoother, reduces roughness, cracking and irritation.

Sodium Cocoate (Coconut) - Sodium salts compounded with coconut fatty oils. This is a fancy way of saying Saponified Coconut Oil.

Sodium Stearate (Stearic Acid) - A compound of 92.82% stearic acid with sodium salts. Stearic acid is a fatty acid that occurs naturally in butter acids, tallow and oils.

Propylene Glycol - Derived from coconuts. This is the most common moisture carrying ingredient other than water used in cosmetics because it moisturizes better than glycerin. Propylene Glycol is an emollient. It can penetrate the outermost layer of the skin cells and carry other beneficial products deeper into the epidermis. According to the AMA's committee on Cutaneous Health emollients do help make the skin feel softer and smoother, reduce roughness, cracking and irritation. And may possibly retard the fine wrinkles of aging. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, within the Public Health Services for Toxin Substances and Disease Registry have conducted studies and have shown that propylene glycol is a completely safe product in cosmetics.

Sorbitol (Humectant) - Occurs naturally in ripe berries, cherries, plums, pears, apples, seaweed and algae. Used in hair and skin products as a humectant, a binder and because it gives skin and hair a velvety feeling

De-ionized Water - Water purified by a de-ionization process.

Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine (Preservative) - Salt of fatty acids of coconut oil. An atom of hydrogen and an atom of oxygen introduced into the fatty acids of coconut oil to make it more soluble.

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