Naked Soap Co. Blog

Nearly 3 years ago Susan Connell-Ford discovered she had cancer.  From day one she adopted a “positive thinking” attitude and believes this helped her to cope with the hardest trial of her life.  To hear her story please visit  http://www.nakedsoap.ie/the_m_word.html   or    http://www.nationalist.ie/lifestyle/Susan39s-book-is-an-honest.5731819.jp  .  If you have read her book we would love to hear your comments on this blog.

Why no palm oil?? It is in fact a natural ingredient? The reason we don’t use palm oil is because of ethical reasons – millions of acres of rainforest have been chopped down to make way for palm plantations. Many orangutans have been destroyed amongst this, and the ones that aren’t destroyed have been left homeless. It is estimated that orangutans will be extinct in the next 10 years. Not to mention the effect that cutting down the rainforests is having for us globally! We do not support the palm oil trade, instead we make our soaps from olive oil, sunflower, rapeseed and coconut oil so they are not only nutritious for your skin, but far better for the environment!

We all remember a time when drinks and sweets were extremely bright coloured and children ran around hyperactive!  Much research was made into the effects of using artificial ingredients in our food, and major food companies switched to using naturally derived colours and flavours.  Now the research is also looking at not only what we put INTO our bodies, but also what goes ONTO our bodies.  Our skin is our largest organ and logically if we shouldn’t be consuming artificial colours and flavours, why rub them onto our skin?  There are many skin care companies out there, but do they really care about our skin??  At Naked Soap Co. we care!!  That is why we only use essential oils to fragrance our products and plant extracts, clays and seaweeds for colour.