Glycerin has long been known as a beneficial effect on the skin. That is why its presence can be seen on the label of cream, soap and even detergent.
Such a popular hobby now as home soap making involves the use of glycerin as a base. Therefore, homemade soap is much more useful than purchased.
What are the benefits and harms of glycerin soap? Is it really better?
Glycerin as a base for soap
This substance is of a chemical nature, but, despite this fact, it has a beneficial effect on the skin. Glycerin improves the penetration of beneficial components into the deeper layers of the dermis, and also helps to retain moisture, so that the skin does not dry out.
This substance is part of many cosmetic skincare products whose action is aimed at moisturizing the skin. Since glycerin is oily to the touch, products with its content can be used in the winter to avoid chapping.
What is special about glycerin soap?
Soap brewed on the basis of glycerin is in many ways superior to conventional toilet soap. Both of these products wash dirt and grease off the skin well, but the glycerin also envelops the skin with a protective film, which saves them from drying out.
The use of glycerin soap is also in the following:
- smoothes out fine wrinkles;
- suitable for any type of skin, unless, of course, there is intolerance to the glycerol component;
- gives freshness to the skin;
- nourishes;
- contributes to the fact that other beneficial components of soap penetrate better and faster into the depths of the dermis;
- areas with rough skin (elbows, heels) become softer from the use of soap.
The use of the product is great. Therefore, glycerin toilet soap, designed for daily use, is completely safe and suitable for the delicate skin of a child.
What is the composition of such a tool?
If we talk about soap as a conglomerate of various components, then we can conclude that it is more natural.
The composition of glycerin soap contains 4 component groups of components:
- Soap base.
- Dyes.
- Care additives.
- Perfumed fragrances.
Soap base - this is the soap itself with glycerin, but only without dyes and aromas. It accounts for 95% of a bar of soap. But the soap base itself also has components - these are chemicals that are not harmful to the skin. Of the 100% soap base, 25-50% is water, 10-25% is glycerol, everything else is different sulfates, chlorides, laurets, etc.
Dyes are all that color palette in which pieces of glycerin soap are painted. The number of dyes in 1 piece does not exceed 1% of its total composition. So, special industrial dyes are used for mass production of soap, and food soap is often used for home soap making.
Aromatic additives are used to give a bar of soap a pleasant smell. Thanks to them, glycerin soap producers can create different series of aromas: berry, flower, herbal, sweet and even perfume. The content of aromatic additives in one piece does not exceed 0.3%. Each manufacturer adds its own perfumed additives, of various compositions. But for the most part they are derived synthetically.
Caring components - natural substances that are added to glycerin soap. These are extracts, extracts and essential oils from various plants. Their content in the soap of factory production is extremely small, from 1% to 1.5%. But the homemade product contains from 15 to 20%.
How to use glycerin soap?
Soap made on the basis of glycerin, it would seem, is easy to use. But even it has a number of rules for proper application:
- During the winter cold season, you should abandon the regular use of glycerin soap. It can be used every day, but not several times a day.
- Before you buy a bar of soap with glycerin, you should pay attention to its composition, and more specifically to the amount of glycerin in the soap. It should not exceed 5%.
- To make the soap more useful, they should soap in high humidity rooms.
Glycerin creates a protective film on the skin. But if you often use soap based on it, then this film helps the pores to become clogged and skin breathing will be difficult.
Possible harm
Glycerin soap is not suitable for someone who is allergic to any additives that make up its composition. It can harm the clogging of pores. As a result, the following troubles may appear:
- oxygen poorly passes through the pores into the skin;
- metabolic processes slow down;
- the skin becomes oily due to accumulated sebum;
- inflamed pimples appear;
- cells of the upper layers of the epidermis are poorly updated.
How to cook soap at home?
Soap making is one of the most favorite hobbies among women. This is not only a good reason to “float” the remnants of toilet soap, but also the use of proven and natural skin products. In addition, this is a good gift for yourself and others, as well as a way to earn extra money.
What you need to make homemade glycerin soap:
- A soap base that you can buy in hobby shops, or you can use remnants.
- Glycerin, alcohol, alkali and water. The type of alkali will affect the consistency of the future soap. If there is a desire to prepare liquid soap, then they take KOH, and if lumpy is meant, then NaOH.
- Base oils, which can be either liquid or solid (butter).
- Essential oils, the purpose of which is to add flavor and some caring properties. Essential oils are available at pharmacies. The most commonly used tea tree oil, citrus, rose.
- You can add (but not necessarily) scrubs. It can be anything: ground coffee, oatmeal, ground berries with seeds, honey and more.
- Manually prepared decoctions of herbs: chamomile, rosemary, mint, etc.
- Since home soap is often made transparent, you can add decoration to it: dry flowers, small souvenirs, etc.
Here is one simple recipe for homemade glycerin soap. You will need:
- a glass of soap base;
- a teaspoon of glycerin;
- a teaspoon of spirulina;
- essential oils - from 10 to 15 drops;
- oil base - 2 teaspoons for every 100 grams of future soap.
- The soap base is cut into smaller pieces and melted in a water bath until a liquid mixture is obtained, not forgetting to stir.
- Glycerin is combined with spirulina and added to the melted soap base.
- Following send oil. If it's butter, melt in a water bath and send to the general mixture.
- Add dyes, flavors, scrubs. Everything is mixed, slightly cooled and poured into molds. If there is a desire to add a souvenir to the soap, then it is first laid in the mold, and soap is poured on top.
The presented video will help to visually understand the whole essence of cooking glycerin soap at home.
Reviews
Reviews of glycerin soap contain a lot of positive comments about this tool. And many use this soap daily, despite warnings.
Why did people like this remedy so much?
- The first advantage that a huge number of people mention is that soap does not dry the skin, making it much softer and more pleasant to the touch.
- The price is very attractive, so everyone can afford soap with glycerin.
- Pleasant, unobtrusive aroma.
- Pleasant consistency of the product itself.
Reviews do not recommend the use of glycerin soap for facial skin, it was not created for this.
As for the presence of negative statements regarding the described tool, they also exist, but they are in the minority. Some did not like the appearance of the soap, its smell seems intrusive. Soap was not suitable for others due to skin type. People say that it creates a feeling of tightness, and some did not feel any effect at all.
Total
Using glycerin soap is often not worth it. For daily use, it is better to use ordinary alkaline toilet soap. The described tool is preferable to use not as a detergent, but as a caregiver, which will help take care of the skin, and not harm it.