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What’s in the soap we use?
“Commercial Soaps:
The price for convenience may be higher than you
think”
Your skin is the largest organ of your
body, it is porous and absorbs whatever it comes in
contact with. Because they travel directly to the
tissues instead of passing through the liver,
chemicals absorbed by the skin are ten times more
potent than those taken orally. When you review the
list of ingredients in most personal care products,
you will find there is” little care” in them.
Most body cleansers and soaps on the market
today are synthetic detergent products. Many are
marketed as “soap” but are not true soap in the
common and legal definition of the word. Today’s
personal care products are made for convenience and
profit.
All That Lathers is Not Soap
Ordinary soap is made up of fats (oils) and an
alkali (lye).
Soap Ingredient List and Comparison
Fornya Premium Handmade Soap:
Premium Soybean Oil (USA)
Premium Olive
Oil (Spain)
Premium Coconut Oil (Philippines)
Premium Corn Oil (USA)
Organic Shea
Butter (Africa)
Lye (Sodium Hydroxide)
Water
Bursting with antioxidants
Rich in Vitamin-A, Vitamin-B and Vitamin- E
Will not clog your pores
Extreme
moisturizers leave the skin velvety soft
Helps skin retain moisture
Keeps skin
supple & smooth
Helps control and restore
even skin tone
A natural & hypoallergenic
way to nourish and moisturize skin
Restores Younger looking skin
Utilizes
the finest quality ingredients available
Maintains the highest levels of natural skin
nourishment essences of each ingredient
Options Available:
Unscented:
Natural, no
exfoliators or fragrance
Exfoliators:
ground oatmeal
sea salt
mint leaves
peppermint leaves
rose petals
avender
buds
rose buds
orange peel
poppy seeds
thyme
ground coffee.
Fragrances:
African Violet
Cherry Almond
Cool Fresh
Aloe
Cucumber Melon
Honeysuckle
Lavender
Patchouli
Oatmeal,Milk &Honey
Oatmeal
Spice
Peach Tea Scrub
Red Apple Tango
Red
Sky Scrub
Spearmint Rosemary
Tangerine
Grapefruit
Wakame Scrub
Wild Passion
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A Popular Commercial Shower Gel:
Water (Aqua, Eau)
Sodium Laureth Sulfate
Lauramide DEA
TEA-Cocoyl Glutamate
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Fragrance (Parfum)
Sodium Chloride
Aloe Bar-badensis Leaf
Juice
Carica Papaya (Papaya)
Fruit Extract,
Sodium PCA, PEG-150 Disterate
Polyquaternium-10.tetrasodium EDTA
Benzophenone-4, Citric Acid, Propylene
Glycol
Methylparaben
Methylchloroisothiazolinone
Methylisothiazolinone
Coumarin, Red 33 (CL
17200)
Yellow 6 (CL 15985)
Blue 1
(CL42090).
Sodium Lauryl and Laureth Sulfates:
The use of sodium laureth sulfate (SLS) in
children’s products is particularly
worrying. It is known that, whether it gets
in the eyes or not, skin application DOES
lead to measurable concentrations in the
eyes of children. This is known to affect
eye development, and damage caused in this
manner is irreversible.
According to
the American College of Toxicology states
both SLS and SLES can cause malformation in
children's eyes. Other research has
indicated SLS may be damaging to the immune
system, especially within the skin. Skin
layers may separate and inflame due to its
protein denaturing properties.
They are
possibly the most dangerous of all
ingredients in personal care products.
Lauramide
DEA:
Dr. Samuel Epstein (Professor of
Environmental Health at the University of
Illinois) says that repeated applications of
DEA-based detergents result in major
increases in liver and kidney cancer. The
FDA’s John Bailey says “the risk is
significantly increased for children.”
Propylene Glycol: (anti-freeze):
According
the Material Safety Data Sheets it is
implicated in contact dermatitis, kidney
damage and liver abnormalities. It can
inhibit skin growth in human tests, can
cause gastro-intestinal disturbances,
nausea, headaches and vomiting, central
nervous system depression and can damager
cell membranes causing rashes and dry skin.
Methylparaben:
One of the physical
dangers associated with methylparaben is its
connection with breast tumors. A report in
the January-February 2004 issue of the
Journal of Applied Toxicology states that
when several breast tumors were examined by
researchers, high levels of methylparaben
were found in the tissues.
Parabens,
including methylparaben:
Have estrogenic
effects on the body, which means they can
affect the reproductive glands. The January
2009 issue of Reproductive Toxicology
reports that there is a probable interaction
between parabens and the health and activity
of cells in the testes, meaning a possible
decrease in sperm production in males.
Methylchloroisothiazolinone:
In pregnant
women, prolonged exposure to this ingredient
in shampoos may cause abnormal brain
development in the fetus. This chemical,
also known as MIT, attacks the nervous
system, which means that exposure to the
chemical, over a period of time, may be a
factor in developing Alzheimer's disease and
other disorders. As if that isn't bad
enough, MIT also contributes to cancer and
liver problems.
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