Glycerin is a natural component of healthy skin that is technically salted out during the process of soap making. Glycerin’s skin benefits are numerous, making it a lucrative ingredient in the cosmetics market. Selling natural glycerin separately to cosmetics or medicine producing industries makes commercial soaps inevitably rely on other cheaper artificial additives and chemicals to substitute glycerin in the making. In other words, what is left in a bar of commercial soap is relatively made up of residues that are taken out most of their nourishment to be sold separately for the sake of profitability.
Industrialization makes it possible for manufacturers to mass-produce their soaps according to a growing demand by a means of cookie-cutter process to reduce costs and production time. Commercial soaps therefore contain a mere property of washing or cleaning without carrying any possible ingredients to fully nourish skin as should be done otherwise. Arguably the soap bar will leave your skin feeling moisturized and nourished right after using, the sensation will however not last long. That being said, a bar of hand-made soap, which contains natural glycerin and is produced by a natural method, will soothe, moisturize, and lock in all of its natural benefits to your skin safely. Each formula of a hand-made soap comes with such complicated processes to get the most out of each natural ingredient, making it end up having a higher but worthy price tag.