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10/5/2023 SHINE Soaps for HOPE event

Pictures of our soaps and soap packaging for HOPE international event for meaningful usage of them

Suggested use:

Ingredients:

Recycled vegetable kitchen oil, coconut oil, distilled water, food reade lye, kaolin clay, titanium dioxide, sodium lactate

Soap Story

Soap History

Today, There are many different types of soap available, ranging from traditional bar soap to liquid soap, foaming soap, and specialty soaps from specific skin types and conditions.

The history of soap goes back thousands of years, with evidence of soap-making dating back to ancient civilizations such as Babylon, Egypt, and Rome.

The earliest form of soap was likely a mixture of water, animal fat, and ash, which was used for cleaning and medicinal purposes.

Soap remains an essential part of personal hygiene and is used daily by millions of people around the world.

Making Soap

Making soap from used oil involves two stages: purification and saponification. The process is as follows:

You can use a soap calculator to calculate the perfect amount of lye for the types and amounts of oils you’re using. Different types of oils require different amounts of lye.

You can use the 70% rule to calculate the amount of oil to use for your soap recipe. This leaves room for the water, sodium hydroxide, and other additional ingredients.

Soap Chemistry

Saponification of a Fat molecule.

The bonds that connect the long chains of the fat molecule to the backbone are broken by the reaction of sodium hydroxide (and heat), yielding glycerol and three fatty-acid molecules (soap).

The acid part of the fatty acid is the side with the oxygen (O) atoms. This end mixes well with water. 

The fatty part is the long chain of carbons, shown here as the crooked lines. This end mixes well with fats and oils. 

In the second step, the fatty acids are converted into relatively pure fatty-acid salts by the addition of sodium chloride.