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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Kaolin, Pink, Green and Bentonite: Cosmetic Clays Compared
Cosmetic clays differ mainly in how much oil and water they absorb. Here is how the common ones compare, which is gentlest, and which suits which skin.
3 min readingredients, clay
Manjistha (Indian Madder) in Soap: Colour, Tradition and Evidence
Manjistha is Rubia cordifolia, the Indian madder root that dyes a soap rose to red-brown. Where it comes from, what it does in a bar, and what is only tradition.
3 min readingredients, manjistha
Tangedu (Tanner's Cassia): The Flower Behind a Telangana Soap
Tangedu is Senna auriculata, the state flower of Telangana and a fixture of Bathukamma. What the plant is, where its name comes from, and what we can honestly claim.
3 min readingredients, tangedu