COLD SAPONIFICATION

To make a solid soap by cold saponification, we mix ourorganic mono-varietal olive oil with soda. Once the mixture starts to thicken, we pour it into beechwood molds. After a few days, we unmold and cut our soaps by hand.

This process, unlike hot saponified, requires a much longer reaction time because we do not influence the thermodynamic factor. At GEODORA we apply a drying time of at least 8 weeks before marketing them. Drying is also made necessary by the absence of coagulant in our 100% natural soaps, an ingredient generally used to maintain the structure of soaps.

The benefits of our soap recipes and cold saponification method are considerable.

• The production of glycerine

Cold saponification has the advantage of preserving the glycerin produced during the reaction. Olive oil is the raw material for making glycerin. It is organic and vegan. Glycerin has as main property to nourish the skin and to moisturize it, with our soaps, solid or liquid, your skin remains soft and supple. This is the reason why you can use our soaps as shampoo because the high level of glycerin will nourish your scalp.

• Our soaps contain 9% Surgras

Cold saponification is the only technique that allows us to add a surplus of vegetable oil that will not be saponified, which we call a surgras. We add 9% more organic olive oil in the process.

• Ethical and ecological

Cold saponification is a traditional method with a very high ecological balance because, while it requires a lot of time, it requires little use of power.