Friendly Soaps (no palm oil, made in Hebden Bridge)
Friendly Soaps are all vegan and free from palm oil, and widely sold at markets and in health shops. Or buy online in packs of 12, to save on postage. You can even buy bags of ‘soap scraps’ from leftovers, to save money.
This company also offers specialty soaps like minty foot soaps, chef soap (to remove garlic smells) and even an exfoliating soap for mucky mechanics! Plus unscented versions for babies/pregnancy/nursing/allergies.
Choose unscented for pregnancy/nursing. We don’t recommend soaps that contain palm oil or fragrance oils.
Don’t Bar Soaps Dry Your Skin Out?
You’ve been reading silly beauty magazines! Real soap (made with caustic soda – don’t try this at home!) is then ‘cured’ for weeks. Which results in ‘proper soap’ to clean your skin, but retains the moisturising glycerine.
Most commercial soaps (which nearly all contain palm oil, contributing to deforestation of habitats for endangered orangutans) takes out the moisturising glycerine, and sells it to industry.
Or uses it to make fruity ‘transparent glycerine’ soaps for extra profits. Which don’t dry skin out, but won’t clean it either (because they are not soaps!
So seek out proper handmade soaps to find pure bars that both clean and moisturise your skin. Try using one on your face and nothing else for a month. And notice the difference!
