HISTORY OF SOAP
An excavation of ancient Babylon revealed evidence that Babylonians were making soap around 2800 B.C. Babylonians were the first one to master the art of soap making.
They made soap from fats boiled with ashes. Soap was used in cleaning wool and cotton used in textile manufacture and was used medicinally for at least 5000 years.
The Ebers papyrus (Egypt, 1550 BC) reveals that the ancient Egyptians mixed animal and vegetable oils with alkaline salts to produce a soap-like substance.
Throughout history people were known to have taken bath in herb waters and other additions to the bathing medium thought to be beneficial. Cleopatra of Egypt for example used mare’s milk, honey and essential oils in her bathing rites.
From the long history of ancient civilizations until today, the basics of soap making has not fundamentally changed, meaning that the basic process has not changed. Hence, blending the old tradition with modern day knowledge of surface active agents, accuracy, combination of good and carefully selected ingredients using Earth's extraordinary botanicals, indeed, creates extraordinary soaps!
