WHY USE HANDMADE BAR SOAP INSTEAD?
Ingredients
Commercial liquid soaps often contain harsh chemicals like sulfates, parabens and phthalates that have been linked to numerous health issues.
Handmade bar soaps have natural ingredients you recognize, not harsh chemicals.
Environmental Impact:
Those weird chemicals are harsh on the environment, impacting rivers and oceans and ultimately wildlife and mankind.
Liquid soap is packaged in plastic bottles and is larger and heavier to ship. Plastic negatively affects the environment as does excessive transportation logistics.
Bar soap is more environmentally friendly; it’s biodegradable and minimally packaged.
Cost-Effective
A bar of soap lasts longer, providing more washes per unit compared to liquid soap. Even at $6-$9 per bar, it tends to be more affordable than liquid soap which needs to be replaced more often.
Bar soap is cheaper than liquid soap.
Hygiene
Bacteria and dirt bind to the soap and wash down the drain when you rinse. Bar soap has no more “germs” on it than your pump bottle of liquid soap.
Despite common misconceptions, bar soap is hygienic.
Other Benefits
· Bar Soaps contain more concentrated beneficial ingredients like oils, butters, clays, charcoal, herbs and botanicals since they are not watered down.
· Bar soap is travel friendly, no “only 3 oz. of liquid allowed” or spillage worries.
· Bar soaps can contain natural exfoliants.
· Bar soaps can make your room smell nice; the scent is not contained in plastic.
· Bar soaps are pretty and make nice gifts.