Stephensons Liquid Organic Castile Base

Description

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Description: A natural liquid soap base that simply requires the addition of fragrance and color.

• Stephenson Liquid Organic Soap features:
• A true liquid soap.
• Contains no surfactants.
• Vegetable origin.
• Has a natural clear pale amber color.
• Requires only the addition of fragrance and color.

There are many skin cleansing preparations available and many are sold as 'Soap'. This may be misleading as true soap is the product derived from natural oil and fats. Some 'Soaps' are in fact synthetic detergents and may be derived from crude petroleum. Even detergents derived from 'natural' fatty alcohols are far from 'natural'. So called 'natural' fatty alcohols certainly use natural fatty oils or fats as starting materials but they are then heavily processed to convert them to alcohols. The alcohols are then further reacted chemically with things like ethylene oxide and sulphuric acid. The end products are far from natural and they certainly aren't soap!

Synthetic detergents have been around for about 80 years and have been used in personal care products for much less that that, about 50 years. Soaps have a slightly longer track record in personal care having been used for at least 2000 years. In this time there has been little or no evidence of adverse skin reaction to soap. Contrast this with the 50 year track record of synthetic detergents; adverse reactions such as eczema are well documented and not exactly uncommon.

So how is soap made? Fatty oils are heated with a neutralizing alkali such as sodium hydroxide for solid soap or potassium hydroxide for liquid soap. A reaction takes place in which the alkali is neutralized by the oil to produce soap and glycerine is split off from the oil. In our organic liquid castille soap the glycerine is left in the soap where it is available to act as a moisturizing humectant. and that’s it; no further processing, no high energy chemical reactions, no toxic ethylene oxide, no corrosive sulphuric acid.

Some essential oils do not mix perfectly with a natural soap base. These may include lemon, lemongrass, clove, eucalyptus, and possibly others. Test carefully when using these oils. Orange oils and other essential oils may leave the mixture and float on top if too much is used. Warm and stir to get them back in. Wait 24 hours to check for separation. Skim excess from top if needed. Any oil-based or water-based herbal ingredient can potentially be used.

• Gently stir the base while adding the other additives.
• Always test a small sample BEFORE moving on to larger amounts.
• Base and additives should be at about the same temperature.
• Always stir up from the bottom, and be sure the base is homogenous before adding other ingredients. Keep an eye out for layering within the liquid.
• Let mixture sit for at least 48 hours to check for separation.
• Liquid Organic Soap: Some essential oils do not mix perfectly with a natural soap base. These may include lemon, lemongrass, eucalyptus, and possibly others. Test carefully when using these oils. Any oil-based or water-based herbal ingredient can potentially be used.

• Purified Water
• Potassium Oleate
• Potassium Cocoate
• Glycerin
• Sodium Chloride
• Citric Acid

The Potassium Oleate comes from the saponification of organic sunflower oil, the Potassium Cocoate comes from saponification of Organic Coconut oil and the Glycerine from the saponification of both the organic sunflower oil and Organic Coconut oil. Click Here for Organic Liquid INCI Information Shelf Life: Minimum 1 year from date of purchase.