Foreue – Natural Skin Care (Handmade & Vegan)

Created by a chemical reaction between water, oils, and lye, handmade natural soap is the oldest cleanser around. While the process of making soaps from raw material is called soap making, the scientific term of actually mixing all the ingredients is called sponification, which requires mixing the oils and fats with alkali to produce a potassium or sodium salt. There are many vegan facts regarding handmade natural soaps as mentioned below.

• All handmade natural soap bars contain lye, a vital ingredient for soap making. Ensure you wear gloves, goggles, and an apron when making soaps, as they may cause burns.
• Different oils are used to make different kind of soaps, each adding different qualities to the natural soap.
• One of the most important of vegan facts remains, that all natural and vegan soaps contain no animal by-products, no preservatives, no petrochemicals, no parabens, and no phthalates.
• Most soap are made from vegetable based oils like coconut, olive, palm, with a blend of healing herbs, which do not contain any harmful chemicals that are found in conventional soaps.
• Vegan handmade natural soaps and personal products like the ones at foreue.com make use of handpicked vegan ingredients like flowers, seeds, herbs, spices, nuts, vegetable base oil, essential oils, clay, and oatmeal. The soaps are made in the old-fashioned manner, making use of the cold pressed method, and taking 5 weeks to finish a single batch.
• Amongst other vegan facts, regarding soap making is that there are 3 methods of making soap- hot process, which involves mixing the ingredients while the mixture is hot; cold process, where the temperature is slightly raised just to ensure that the soap mixture is liquid; and the melt and pour method.
• The base oil or the carrier oil is essential in the natural soap making process.

After having learned so many vegan facts, you may become eager to make your own soaps because making vegan soaps can be a fun activity for anyone!

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