Castile soap, sometimes spelled as "Castille," was originally made in Spain in the 13th century. It was made from 100% Olive Oil with no other oils. Modern American Castile soap contains a blend of vegetable oils, but never any animal fats. Pure Olive Oil Castile soap is much more rare than the mixed oil type.
Olive Oil Castile cleans gently without stripping the natural oils from the skin. It?s softer than other bar soaps and has a low lather, because it?s other oils such as coconut and palm kernel oil that give soaps their hardness and high lather. The higher the lather, the more drying the soap. Low lather makes Olive Oil Castile the most moisturizing of all soaps.
Olive Oil is a natural humectant, meaning it attracts moisture from the air. If you leave a bar of Castile soap in your soap dish, you may find it has collected small beads of water on it?s surface. That is moisture that it pulled out of the air. When you bathe with olive oil soap, it passes its moisture-attracting quality to your skin. Your skin will remain naturally moist throughout the day, without the need to apply lotions after bathing.
Olive Oil Castile soap is the safest and gentlest baby soap there is. Read the labels on most so-called baby-soaps, and you?ll find they contain petrochemicals such as artificial fragrances and mineral oils. Whatever goes on the skin goes into the bloodstream. Your baby doesn't need that!
Olive Oil Castile is the soap most likely to be well-tolerated by people with severe allergies. It?s excellent for those undergoing the stress of Chemo and Radiation therapies. It soothes burned and irritated skin which often comes as a side-effect, and has no fragrance that could prove irritating.
Beyond all that, Olive Oil Castile soap simply feels like no other soap. Originally created for a Queen, it now deserves a place in every home.
About the Author: Siri Amrit Kaur Khalsa has Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) and is a cancer survivor. She started Tigerflag Natural Perfumery at www.tigerflag.com/to give people natural alternatives to toxic perfumes, soaps and candles. You may print or publish this article as long as you use it in its entirety, with credit to the author and Tigerflag Natural Perfumery, LLC. | |
