Oliveoil-soap from Aleppo/Syria, overview

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Laurier/Oliveoil-soap from Aleppo/Syria

The magic from the NEAR EAST for hair and body Oliveoil-soap has been produced in Aleppo/Syria since the times of the bible. This magical soap is a natural product handmade from pure olive oil, little laurieroil and just water. It is famous for being suitable for all skin types and for keeping your skin smooth and soft.All over the Orient men as well as women keep on appreciating Aleppo-soap .The fame of olive oil-soap from Aleppo has arrived Europe as well as America by now. Aleppo-soap is purely plant-based and free from any chemical or animal additives. IMPORTANT NOTE RE: the percentage of LAURIEROIL: All types of our Aleppo-soaps have been made from about 88% olive-oil and approx.6% essential laurier oil. Higher percentage laurier-oils could excite allergy due to intolerable parts of EUGENOL as well as LINAOOL. In addition it would mean a violation of the EU Cosmetics Regulation - Kindly compare to our product safety document further down.

Manufacturing Aleppo-soap Soap from olive-oils can only be manufactured during the cooler month of December thru March. Over the centuries the relativly simple manufacturing process never changed much.In the course of each process about 5 tons of soap are being manufactured. Olive-oil is being stired together with a caustic soda solution in big couldrons. Originally the necessary caustic soda was extracted from the ashes of desert plants,esp.the Salsola Kali.Nowadays industrial caustic soda is being used. The mix is then heated up to about 220 degrees/Celsius and stired until the oilve-oil has been totally reduced to Glyzerine and SodiumHydroxide .Just before the ending of the process essential laurier-oil is being added. Herewith the process of saponification comes to its end. The remainders of the lye is being drained from the cauldron and the soap-solution will be washed thoroughly with fresh water until it is totally free from lye . After the remaining water has been drained as well the still fluid soap will rest over night to cool down.

Making bars of soap Thereafter the lightgreen, still fluid soap is being spread evenly onto a well prepared floor.After curing for a couple of hours the crude soap is being cut manually into the typicall bars. Each bar well then be stamped with the official(arabic speaking) seal of the factory .

Drying the bars Before the soap can be offered for sale it needs to mature at least 6-8 month. For this purpose the bars are being piled up manually in the historic arches of Aleppo. This piling up demands quite some time because air needs to flow around every single bar in order to let the surface of the soap become sort of encrusted. The skin of each bar will then oxidize from olive-green to the typical ocher color whilst most of the inside remains green.

Using Aleppo-soap Oliveoil-soap constitutes an unsurpassed cleansing and care product for hair and body. Oliveoil strongly supports the self-regulating function of the skin and with it the incentive respiration.The needed moisture of the skin is being maintained by the automatic relubrication together with the exciting of sort of a protective film .By this the skin can breathe as well as transpire without loosing moisture. Because of being almost ph-neutral and because of the total lack of any artificial additives Aleppo-soaps are suitable for just about any type of skin. Aleppo-olivesoap will aid to ease anaphylactic skins and make allergies as well as neurodermatitis bearable.In addition the high vitamins of the oils can bring forward new hair. Oliveoil-soap does not overproduce foam and is longlasting . After use the soap should be kept cool and dry .The making of an soap-emulsion for special purposes is easy by adding a little water and working into a smooth paste .