Activated Charcoal in Soap: What It Does and What It Does Not
Charcoal soap is sold as a detox. The real story is smaller and more useful: what activated charcoal does in a rinse-off bar, and which claims to ignore.
4 min readingredients, charcoal
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buying soap
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How to Make a Bar of Soap Last Longer
Most bars do not wear out, they dissolve. Six habits that slow that down, from the soap dish to the cure, and why a handmade bar rewards them more than most.
3 min readusing soap, buying soap
Why Handmade Soap Costs More Than a Supermarket Bar
A handmade bar can cost several times a supermarket one. Where that money goes: the oils, the weeks on a curing rack, the glycerine, and the work done by hand.
4 min readbuying soap, cold process
Why Real Soap Is Alkaline, and What pH-Balanced Bars Really Are
True soap always tests alkaline, usually between pH 8 and 11. Here is why that follows from the chemistry, and what a bar sold as pH 5.5 actually contains.
4 min readchemistry, ph
How to Read a Soap Label Without Being Sold To
Saponified oils, INCI names, syndet bars and the word natural. A practical guide to telling real cold process soap from a decorated commercial base.
4 min readlabels, buying soap