Many of my family and friends love my glycerin soap with the lovely smell of bergamot and sweet orange that wakes you up with its fresh and sweet fragrance and leaves your skin moisturized.
But one of the questions I continue to get is what is that dew on the soap?
One of the many things you learn as you work with glycerin soaps is that it is a humectant / hygroscopic, which means it absorbs and attracts ambient water.
For example, if you left a cup of glycerin out in a humid room, it would actually absorb water from the air until it was about 20% water. In soap, glycerin helps moisturize your skin by sealing in moisture. So if you find your soap bar seemingly powdery and wet, dewy – this is the natural occurring glycerin dew that is forming from the humidity in the air. Since we personally live on the mountain in a rain forest, we have lots of moisture!
Unlike store bought soaps that the glycerin is extracted for lotions, artisan soaps have their natural characteristics / benefits that are favorable to your skin, we are just not use to some these natural occurring quirks!
In simplifying our life I believe we must keep informed!
Have a Great Day!