Correct me if I'm wrong. Isn't coconut oil drying to the skin and tallow better for skin?
Saponificio Varesino is made with coconut oil.
Here's a short, relevant article from the Cleveland Clinic about coconut oil use on skin.
Correct me if I'm wrong. Isn't coconut oil drying to the skin and tallow better for skin?
I am not sure I see any relevant connection.Saponificio Varesino is made with coconut oil.
Here's a short, relevant article from the Cleveland Clinic about coconut oil use on skin.
sodium cocoate is not coconut oil.
it is used up in the process of rendering the fatSodium hydroxide? Saponificio Varesino is made with sodium hydroxide? Oh, no! Is it safe?
Thank you. Things one learns over the internet. I didn't know sodium hydroxide is used in the process of rendering the fat. I always used heat to render fat.it is used up in the process of rendering the fat
I was eating. I meant turning the fat into soap, of course.Thank you. Things one learns over the internet. I didn't know sodium hydroxide is used in the process of rendering the fat. I always used heat to render fat.
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Correct me if I'm wrong. Isn't coconut oil drying to the skin and tallow better for skin?
According to Wikipedia's page on tallow, it's 47% oleic acid. The page on palm oil says it's 36.6% oleic acid.
Olive oil can be up to 83% oleic acid.
For the record, I am tallow agnostic. Some of my favorite soaps have tallow. Some of them don't.
Saponificio Varesino is made with coconut oil.
Here's a short, relevant article from the Cleveland Clinic about coconut oil use on skin.
I can’t tell much difference either except the new version lathers easier. Unfortunately both versions seem a bit ‘tacky’ when buffing with a straight razor, though this can be remedied by wet fingers. Other tallow+lanolin soaps don’t require this.
The scent of both versions is magnificent though.
Coconut oil soap is very drying. A small proportion in shaving soap does help with the lather as it allows air to be infused into the lather.
It's the first ingredient listed for Saponificio Varesino. It's the second ingredient listed for Martin de Candre. It's the second non-water ingredient listed for Santa Maria Novella.
It's also in Catie's Bubbles, Southern Witchcrafts, Shannon's Soaps, Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements CK-6, Arko (ARKO!), and Cella.
I just don't see many complaints about any of those soaps being drying. Quite the opposite, really.
Maybe it's time to give it another chance?
Many of those soaps rely on other things and the coconut oil is down on the list percentage wise. Some of those listed also have a lot of butters and lanolin to make sure the skin isn't dried out. Personally, I don't find MdC very good compared to others.
Many of those soaps rely on other things and the coconut oil is down on the list percentage wise.
There's a reason I stated where it appeared in the ingredient lists of SV, MdC, and SMN.
Here's the full list of Martin de Candre ingredients: "Stearic Acid, Cocos Nucifera [coconut] Oil, Aqua, Potassium Hydroxide, Glycerin, Sodium Chloride"
It's also one of the main ingredients in Johnson & Johnson's Baby Shampoo and Dr. Bronner's soap. These aren't exactly known for causing dry skin either.
In general, oil and water don't mix. A bit simplistically, what makes soap useful for cleaning things is that it makes oil and water mix so that you can use water to rinse oily substances off your skin, your car, your dishes, or whatever else you might be cleaning. When you remove oils from your skin, it's going to be drying, because oils help keep moisture in your skin. This is true of all soaps. It's the very nature of what they are. Saponified coconut oil is no different from other soaps in that regard.
Now, individuals can certainly have adverse reactions to specific substances, and I don't doubt that some people don't get on well with coconut oil. But I'm not going to generalize and say that strawberries are bad for the skin because my nephew gets allergic hives when he eats them.
Me too. I fry the fat, then eat the fat and render it into my own fat. Suddenly a bacon craving..Thank you. Things one learns over the internet. I didn't know sodium hydroxide is used in the process of rendering the fat. I always used heat to render fat.
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Me too. I fry the fat, then eat the fat and render it into my own fat. Suddenly a bacon craving..