S O A P

     Whenever or wherever I went to a supermarket, I love to walk through the soap section. The fragrance of the soap itself made me fall in love with the soap. So, did you use soap in your daily live? DON’T LIE! Almost all the people in this world use soap in their daily live. Perhaps we use it for countless times in a day. I am very sure that not much people know about the history of the soap. Did you know that soap was invented a long time ago? First soap makers were Babylonians, Mesopotamians, Egyptians, as well as the ancient Greeks and Romans. They made soap by mixing fat, oils and salts. Soap was first produced to clean cooking utensils or goods or using for medicine purpose and not using for personal hygiene. 

How soap is made? Soap can be produce by two different processes that is either cold process or hot process. Cold process usually took about six weeks to fully complete the production of that soap but it also depends on the oil used to produce the soap. The soap produced by the cold process had high in quality rather than the soap produced by the hot process. They are hard and long lasting. Cold process involved the mixing of the fatty acids and sodium hydroxide (lye) together. The fatty acid used usually is any oil such as olive oil, hemp oil or etc. the mixture was kept warm to ensure the soap completely saponified. For hot process, it was only a few moments to produce the soap because the high temperature (80c-100C) used in this process enables the lye and fats saponify more quickly. 

Who wouldn’t buy soap? I’m not sure if there is anyone of you that could spend time and money for shopping clothes, but didn’t care about soap. Everybody wants to be clean and feel fresh all the time. 

In fact, the question that you usually pondering over are WHICH one is the best to buy??? Too many choices and make you feel confused, right? Size, colour, scent, packaging, price and lots of others thing you need to decide in order to have the most suitable one with your taste. But, you should not forget the MOST important things that you also need to give attention before choosing and buy the soaps are its ingredients itself ! Is it organic??... Is the soap affects your skin?? Is it truly protect you from the bacteria? 

Organic chemicals in soaps	Positive function	Bad effects
1.Sodium Lauryl/Laureth     Sulfate (SLS/SLES) - Detergent, emulsifier used in industrial of soaps -Originates from coconut	- Breaks down the skin's moisture barrier - Allows other chemicals to penetrate by increasing skin permeability by approximately 100-fold.	- Skin and eye irritation - Organ toxicity, reproductive and developmental toxicity - Endocrine disruption.
2.Triclosan - Antibacterial agent added to many liquid soaps	- Help kill germs especially in spotty skin	- Contributing to the growing problem of antibiotic resistance.
3. Propylene glycol -Colorless, nearly odorless, syrupy liquid that is derived from natural gas.	-Used as a carrier in fragrance oils	- Cause dermatitis, kidney or liver abnormalities -May inhibit skin cell growth or cause skin irritation.
4. Diethanolamine or DEA - DEA has the potential to form nitrosodiethanolamine (NDEA)	- Easily absorbed through the skin	- Block absorption of the nutrient choline, vital to brain development.
5.Glycerin -A gel-like transparent soap.	-Draw the moisture out of the air and onto the soap.	-Too much concentrations of glycerin on skin can cause drying

So, from the explaination above , i hope that u will be able to open your eyes and your heart to choose the most safe soap that will be able to fully protect you as well as will not harm your skin and your health in future.