Blog — soap

5 Benefits of Shampoo Bars

January 11, 2023 • Kristyn Bango • black seed oil • neem oil • rosemary • shampoo • shampoo bars • soap

What is a shampoo bar? Shampoo Bars are hard bars of soap that you can use in place of conventional liquid shampoo bars. Our shampoo bars are specially formulated to contain herbs, essential oils, and plant-based carrier oils with benefits to the scalp and hair like black seed oil, neem, and rosemary essential oil. Using shampoo bars can take some time to get used to and can be intimidating to make the switch at first but once you get the hang of it we're sure you'll fall in love. How to use: Rub between hands to create a lather, or directly...

Make Your Own Organic Hand Soap

October 31, 2022 • Kristyn Bango • diy • essential oil • foaming hand soap • green beauty • hand soap • homemade • natural • recipe • skin care • soap • volatile oil

I love making soap, but I find it easier to use a pump style liquid soap for hand washing. This is the process that I use, which creates a moisturizing soap that is inexpensive, smells amazing and comes together quickly.

Shea Butter Benefits: Soap & Skincare

September 28, 2022 • Kristyn Bango • anti-aging • anti-inflammatory • shea butter • skincare • soap

Shea Butter is a personal favorite at Puro Co. I use it daily, and I love adding it to our soap for its exceptional softening and moisturizing properties. Shea butter is ideal for sensitive or easily irritated skin because of its moisture and emollient properties. Find out why we love this ingredient so much.

Soap: Methods of Soap Making

June 24, 2022 • Kristyn Bango • soap

There are a few methods used to make make soap. For a completely customizable soap handmade from start to finish soap makers use either the hot process or cold process methods of making soap. For beginners or someone who wants to make small batches of soap quickly theres is also a products called melt and pour soap or milled soap

What is Soap: A history and how it works

June 23, 2022 • Kristyn Bango • soap

Soap, real soap might be more difficult to find than you think. If you walked into a typical grocery store you would see a wide variety of bars and washes but most of them are not actually soap. These products are classed as detergents. If you looked closely you would notice most of them don’t say soap anywhere on the label.