About Soap

Between the goat's milk and the all-natural ingredients you can actually feel the difference. When you unwrap a bar and begin using it "ahhh", It's hard to put into words, but it will leave you feeling so clean and moisturized. A completely different experience, like you have just replenished your skin instead of taking a layer off.

So What Is The Difference Between "Real" Soap and Cleansing Bars Found In The Grocery Store?

The Country Junction Soaps

The first astonishing difference is the stuff found in the grocery store usually isn’t soap at all! That is why you often see wording on wrappers like ‘beauty bar’ or ‘cleansing bar’. But if it isn’t soap, what IS it?

Most of what you find on grocery store shelves are really detergents. Detergents are made from synthetic ingredients, and heavily cleans ALL surfaces. This might be great when you are scrubbing the bathroom tile, but not when you are washing your face!

Most detergents clean by stripping away the top layer – whether that is dirt, oil, natural moisture, or even skin (typically in sensitive areas such as your face).

But sometimes through pure luck when what you find in the grocery store really is soap, even then you have to keep an eye out!

The major difference between ‘real’ soap and commercial bars is the glycerin content. Glycerin is a natural by-product of the soap making process, and commercial manufacturers remove it because it is a valuable commodity that can be sold as a lucrative by-product.

‘Real’ soap still has the natural glycerin that the soap making process creates. You see, glycerin is a "humectant" which is a substance that attracts moisture, so soap with glycerin moisturizes your skin.