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Handmade Luxury Bath Soaps

How do we make our luxury soaps?

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Petals and Herbs, luxury handmade bath soaps are made by the cold process method.  We start with a solution of sodium hydroxide (lye) and water.  The solution is mixed with our base of olive oil for its rich moisturizing properties and  coconut oil for its natural lather producing qualities.
Natural Handmade Luxury Bath Soaps

Natural Handmade Luxury Bath Soaps

The oils and lye combine to form soap and this is known as saponification.  Molecules are rearranged during saponification, and the end result is a five parts soap and one part glycerin.  Glycerin has wonderful hydrating properties and prevents your skin from drying  and becoming scaly. So our bath soap is a moisturizing cleanser.
Essential oils, botanicals, herbs, spices, and additional emollients are added.  Some soaps have natural  colorants as well.  We minimize on color and mostly use natural coloring such as flower petals, cocoa, coffee, cochineal and extracts of fruits  and herbs.
The essential oils we use, contain natural anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-parasitic, antiseptic, and antiviral properties.
We do not use any synthesized chemicals like alcohol and sulphates or preservatives.
We do not use SLS in our bath soaps. SLS, a not so skin friendly chemical is used in commercially manufactured soaps and detergents to produce lather .  The gentle creamy lather you get from Petals & Herbs Natural Bath Soap is from the coconut oil we use in our soaps.
Our soaps are set to cure for 6 weeks. Then they are trimmed and packed.
Treat your skin with our  handmade, moisturizing and delicious smelling soap with real flower petals. Olive Oil is full of antioxidants and vitamins A , D and E which  helps keep your skin youthful and refreshed!