Our skin is daily bombarded with constant influences such as dry winds, scorching sun, cold weather, secretion of natural oils, bacteria and dirt. It didn’t take me long to realize that preserving skin health is a way to live a better and longer life. As civilization slowly evolved, from the Stone Age to now, advances in technology, medicine, and chemistry enabled the rise of soap, a multipurpose cleaning tool for clothing, skin, and the area in which we live. Created from numerous variations of ingredients, all soaps have two main ingredients: animal or vegetable oils/fats and an alkaline solution that allows the saponification process. The products of this reaction are two; soap and glycerin. Over the past few thousand years, the soap-making process has received numerous updates and adjustments, mainly through the addition of natural color and odor additives, but in modern times also many new industrial substances that increase the cleaning performance of soap. and lubrication.

The existence of the first soap-like materials dates back to 2800 BC. C. in archaeological excavations of ancient Babylon. They made soap from animal fats boiled with water and ashes. These first soaps were used to wash wool used in the textile industry. Detailed accounts of soap use come from Ancient Egypt of 3,500 years ago, where soaps and aromatic oils were not only used for washing, but also as an important medical cure for many skin conditions (go figure!)

The use of soap continued through the Roman civilization, where several medical instruction books clearly established that the use of soap is beneficial for health and long life. Unfortunately, after the fall of the Roman Empire, the tradition of personal hygiene, food hygiene, and household cleanliness were abandoned (except in Asia, where hygiene was respected and enforced by tradition). This allowed the spread of many deadly diseases across Europe and shortened the average human life span to just 35 years.

The benefits of soap finally managed to attract the broad European population around the 17th century, and since then the tradition of maintaining high personal hygiene has experienced a steady growth. Advances in science and technology have made soaps more useful for cleansing and received many more medicinal uses over time. Unfortunately, the introduction of highly industrialized, mass-produced soaps and detergents brought many unhealthy substances into soaps, which had the potential to cause skin irritation and other harmful effects on the human body. Have you ever noticed that (with a few exceptions) as you go down the soap aisle at your local grocery store, bars are described as ‘Bath Bar’, ‘Beauty Bar’, ‘Deodorant Bar’ or some other nonsense? ? By law, those fake soaps cannot use the term ‘Soap’. So why do you keep buying those things? While it’s true, some of you may have been using these commercial soaps for years without noticing any terribly harmful effects; But as we get older and seem to have more problems with our skin care, we should consider stopping using products that contain ingredients like sodium laureth and sodium lauryl sulfate, EDTA, TEA, DEA, FD&C colors or dyes, and other chemical names. that sound He doesn’t recognize or can’t even pronounce. Avoid them all. They are not kind to your skin, your health or the environment. As the era of eco-friendly and natural products spreads across the globe, many soap manufacturers are trying to shift their production in a direction that will satisfy modern customers who demand safe, eco-friendly, and economical products.

Here at Falling Leaf Soap Company we are taking the bar – of soap – to the next level! In addition to our botanical soaps, we also make body butters, salt scrubs, lip balms, massage oils, and natural insect repellents.