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This is a must-read for those who: - want to go all-natural with their personal care products.
- want to know what ingredients are best avoided.
- want to be sure if the skin care products they buy are safe or not.
- really take time to read the labels.
.This is a pretty long list of ingredients we often see in product labels. It is time we familiarize ourselves with them.
Detergents & Boosters ammonium lauryl sulfate
betaine
carboxylate
cocamidopropyl betaine
cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine
coco betaine
coco polyglucose
DEA cetyl phosphate
decyl glucoside
decyl polyglucose
disodium lauryl sulfosuccinate
glycerol laurate
glycerol monolaurate
glycerol stearate
glyceryl cocoate
lactamide DEA
lauramide DEA
lauramide DEA/MEA
methyl glucose dioleate
olefin sulfonate
cocamine
cocoamphoglycinate
cococarboxamid MEA-4-carboxylate
coconut and corn oil "soap"
coconut surfactants--(ammonium lauryl or laureth sulfate)
cocamide DEA or MEA
coconut betaine
lauramide DEA
magnesium lauryl sulfate
neutralized coconut extract
olefin sulfonate
PEG-100 (polyethylene glycol) stearate
PEG-150 (polyethylene glycol) distearate
sodium cocosulfate
sodium cocoyl isethionate
sodium laureth sulfate
sodium lauryl/laureth sulfate
sodium myreth sulfate
sodium myristoyl sarcosinate
sodium stearate
sorbitan stearate
sucrose cocoate
sucrose/glyceryl cocoate "sugar surfactant"
sulfated/sulfonated oil
TEA (triethanolamine) lauryl sulfate
sodium cocoamphodiacetate
sodium cocoyl glutamate
sodium lauryl sarcosinate
sodium lauryl or laureth sulfate
sucrose cocoate
decyl glucoside
decyl oleate
diethanolamine (DEA)
disodium laureth sulfosuccinate
glyceryl cocoate
laureth-13 carboxylate
triethanolamine (TEA)
Chemical Solvents
acetic acid
acetone
amyl alcohol
benzene
butylene glycol
ethyl alcohol, synthetic
ethyl butyl acetate
ether glycerine
isopropyl alcohol
hexane
methanol
phenol
propyl alcohol
propylene glycol
SD alcohols
ethylene glycol monophenyl-ether (phenoxyethanol)
Synthetic Thickeners
carbomer
cocamide DEA, MEA
hydrolyzed wheat protein
hyrdoxymethyl cellulose
hydroxypropyl cellulose
methacryloyl ethyl betaine
methacrylates copolymer
oat protein
potassium carbomer
potassium stearate
quinoa protein
soy protein
vegetable cellulose
Synthetic Emulsifiers
acetylated lanolin alcohol
alkyl polyglycoside
betaine
carbomer
carboxymethyl cellulose
cetearyl alcohol
cocamidopropyl betaine (coco betaine)
emulsifying wax
ethyl acetate
ethylene glycol distearate
fatty acid alkanolamide glyceryl mono-, di-oleate
glycerol mono-, di-stearate
PEG-100 stearate
PEG-25 hydrogenated castor oil
polysorbate
sodium lauryl sulfate
sodium sulfosuccinates
sorbitan esters
sorbitan stearate
stearyl alcohol
triethanolamine (TEA)
As you can imagine, there are an inconceivable amount of synthetic ingredients being used in cosmetics today, and this is just a partial list. Source: http://allnaturalbeauty.us/synthetic_ingredients.htm .
I honestly had a difficult time reading the ingredients one by one, it's tongue twisting!. But I will definitely go back to this guide every time I encounter unfamiliar ingredients on a label. Another very helpful site to visit for reference is Skin Deep (cosmetic safety database). Simply type in the ingredients you'd like to review and the site will display all the different results. I hope this encourages you to become more conscious with the stuff you use and to lessen your purchases of chemical-laden skin care products. Consider this. Doing so won't only be good for you and your family, but it will also be good for our environment. Doing so can lessen water contamination of these toxic ingredients. How? Well, whenever we wash our face and our body, whatever is left on our skin goes down the drain, too. Better that they be natural than synthetic, right? Think about it. .
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Does that mean that bynaturehandmad esoaps do not contain lye and any of the ingredients you listed above? I would really like to have some of your soaps!
now, let me explain a bit on what "saponification" is. i'll try to make it as simple as possible. saponification happens when fatty acids (the oils) and a strong alkaline solution (lye) react and form salts of fatty acids (soap) and glycerine. IF the formulation is done correctly, every fatty molecule and alkaline molecule will partner up with each other. this "partnership" changes the original composition of the two (2) molecules and becomes soap. so, again, IF done correctly, NONE of the lye is left behind.
with my handmade soaps, the reason they're 100% Natural is because what's left of them are all pure, natural, and safe ingredients for our skin. my variants which are not 100% Natural are the ones that contain fragrance oils, that's all.
so to answer your question, BY NATURE Handmade Soaps DO NOT contain lye once they're soaps and DO NOT contain any of the ingredients listed above. :) i hope that everything is clearer now. if you have further questions, you may e-mail me directly instead.