With the refinement of glycerol refining equipment and the improvement of refining technology, glycerin has been widely used in various fields of our lives. In the past few years, I have noticed that more and more people around us are paying attention to their handmade products. glycerin.
This surprised me because I always thought that glycerin was one of the main reasons why my skin was so soft and healthy.
What exactly is Glycerin?
I have been using natural soaps.
I have observed that my skin turns from dry and scaly to healthy and soft.
The only real change I made was using natural soaps and all glycerin intact.
When we produced natural soap, we created two products:
Soap and glycerin
Glycerine was created as a moisturizer.
The humectant absorbs moisture from the air and seals it on our skin.
It provides a barrier between your skin and the environment.
In this case glycerin is a wonderful ingredient.
During the manufacture of commercial soaps,
Use salt products to extract glycerin from soap.
Glycerol was then sold to skin care companies and the pharmaceutical industry to join their products.
Glycerin is actually a more valuable product than soap extracted from it.
n natural soap making, we leave the glycerin in the soap.
This makes our skin soft and leaves us feeling like there is a protective layer on our skin.
The absence of the glycerin in commercial soap steals moisture from your skin.
This created a vicious cycle of using drying soap then needing a lotion to balance out the drying effect.
Before I began soap making, I had dry, chapped skin most of the time and often had bleeding knuckles.
I feel Glycerin is an important part of keeping my skin healthy.
When we produced natural soap, we created two products:
Soap and glycerin
Glycerine was created as a moisturizer.
The humectant absorbs moisture from the air and seals it on our skin.
It provides a barrier between your skin and the environment.
In this case glycerin is a wonderful ingredient.
During the manufacture of commercial soaps,
Use salt products to extract glycerin from soap.
Glycerol was then sold to skin care companies and the pharmaceutical industry to join their products.
Glycerin is actually a more valuable product than soap extracted from it.
The source of glycerin
It is very important to understand the source of glycerin, and always buy the glycerol extracted from plants when it comes to skin care.
Natural glycerin was created during soap making.
The other source of glycerol is extracted from industrial glycerine refining equipment and made of mineral oil, which means that it is petroleum based. This is not a good product for skin, health and environment.
Why does Glycerin have a bad reputation?
I have done researched to find out if there is a real concern
and if this fear of glycerin is legitimate.
I’ve searched newspaper articles, medical resources,
and magazine archives to find this information.
I found a very interesting documented articles in the late 1990’s
There were several cases of Chinese manufactured glycerin
making its way into many less prosperous countries.
This “Glycerin” was used in medicine that was being distributed in these countries.
Though this product looked and acted like glycerin, it was actually Diethylene glycol, which is a poison.
It was used to formulate cough medicine, and actually caused many deaths.
Other information I have found was regarding a chemical glycerin that is available on the market
which is the petroleum-based glycerin I mentioned earlier.
It has been shown to cause a lot of skin sensitivities and reactions.
Should we use Glycerin?
Using 3% to 5% of natural vegetable glycerin in a skin care and lotion recipes creates a protective barrier against moisture loss.
Using Vegetable Glycerin alongside other natural ingredients is a great way to protect and maintain healthy skin.
Finding out the source of your Glycerin will allow you to make the right decisions
and avoid chemical based glycerin that is also available on the market.
By creating and using your own products, you can safely look after your own skin
without worrying about hidden ingredients in the commercial products that we are exposed to every day.
