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Castile Soap: Prime Ingredient of Our Hair and Body Washes

Castile soaps are made when natural plant derived oil like coconut, olive, castor, palm kernel etc are saponified with alkali like sodium or potassium hydroxides. Saponification is basically the chemical reaction that converts oil into soaps. Soaps obtained by saponification has been produced since time immemorial, especially in the regions around the Mediterranean due to extensive availability of olive oils, and also in India due to availability of coconut and castor oils. However, in those times due to limited knowledge in science and non-availability of proper equipment, standardization was rarely achievable and soaps mostly ended up being too alkaline and irritable for the skin. After the second world war, there was acute shortage of edible oil and using edible oil for soap making was a luxury. Rapid industrialization paved the way for development and marketing of detergents. The products which we use today in the name of soap are actually detergent substances. The advantage with detergents is that they can combat hard water and lather easily, but the big flop side is that they are extremely harsh on the skin, strip the skin of their natural oil and are totally non-biodegradable that end up destroying our water bodies. In the meantime, due to a general awareness in the world, certain sections are reducing the usage of detergents due to their detrimental effects on skin and environment. Some detergents have also been classified as potentially carcinogenic. This is the reason our primary cleansing agent is castile soaps. We produce the castile soaps in our facility itself with advanced scientific methodology.

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