Around here, we pride ourselves in making the highest quality bar soap we can possibly acheive.
We make this happen by first selecting only virgin organic ingredients sustainably sorced and calculating which ones and which ratios would call for the best overall feel, lather, longevity, and hardness of the bar.
Once we've made our calculations, we then begin melting down the ingredients (Organic virgin coconut oil, EVOO, Grass-fed beef tallow).
After we have melted down these oils into a liquid state, we then start to add our selection of organic essential oils for that this is our only source of fragrence (we dont like to overpower the bar with aroma) (we beleive our bars of soap are strictly meant to cleanse and moistorize your skin, not make it smell good) (if you want your soap to have a strong fragrence, you should just be using cologne or perfume at that point).
After mixing this concuction together over low heat, we then add the money maker:
Food-grade lye and distilled water.
Something very intersted happens when you mix oils with lye.
It creates soap.
Exciting right?!
This is a very crucial process however, you HAVE to make sure that there will be NO lye left over once the soap is fully cured and all of the distilled water evaporates.
(So what we like to do at Zahavier is implement what is called "super-fatting" into our recipe)
What this means is that there will be left over oils in the soap that didnt get turned into soap.
ensuring that there is virtually zero lye left over.
You would want to do thus becuase lye is a very strong base chemical and if it get into contact with your skin...its not good.
You might be wondering..."why do you use lye if it is dangerous around skin?"
Unfortunately, all bar soap is made with lye and has been made with lye since the acient Babylonians in 2800 B.C.
Bar soap cannot be made without this ingredient simply put.
And the reason why you should always prefer bar soap over liquid soap is because liquid soap doesn't go through the same soaponification process like solid soap goes through.
What this means is all liquid soap is basically just a degreaser and any chemically engineered ingredient can be stuffed into a bottle of soap without anyone batting an eye.
So rule of thumb, always opt for bar soap.
ANYWAYS...(sorry for the tangent)
After the distilled water + lye mixture is added to the oil mixture, the soaponification process starts.
The mixture slowy becomes thicker and thicker to the point of the same consistency as ketchup.
Once it gets to this point, it is pored into a mold so it can rest and cool down.
Soap, takes around a 30-45 days for it to fully cure and to let all the water evaporate from it.
After this period of curing has passed, you are finally left with the end product.
The best bar of soap known to man.
Yours truly,
Zahavier