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Is there lye in your soap?
• No lye is present in the final product of MamaSuds® soap.
• To create soap, it needs only three ingredients: water (or other liquid), fat and lye.
• Most products on the shelves of grocery stores are not true soaps as they use surfactants instead of lye.
• Surfactants can be drying and irritating to the skin and are commonly found in detergents, soaps and body washes.
• MamaSuds® uses just three ingredients when making liquid castile soap: Olive oil, lye and water.
• To create soap, it needs only three ingredients: water (or other liquid), fat and lye.
• Most products on the shelves of grocery stores are not true soaps as they use surfactants instead of lye.
• Surfactants can be drying and irritating to the skin and are commonly found in detergents, soaps and body washes.
• MamaSuds® uses just three ingredients when making liquid castile soap: Olive oil, lye and water.
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