1. express my creative chemist nature.
2. control exactly what I put on my skin.
3. control exaclty what I put into the environment.
Besides just having fun and playing around with ingredients, I strongly believe that it is important to know what you are putting on your skin. Some naturalists say they wouldn't put anything on their skin that they wouldn't put in their body. But recently I read an article that convinced me I should be almost MORE careful about what I put on my skin than what I put in my body! Sounds crazy, but the article made the point that at least when you eat something bad, there are enzymes that can come to the rescue and breakdown some toxic chemicals before they are absorbed into the body. I bet some toxins aren't even absorbed through the lining of the gut - just make their way through the entire digestive system, only to be flushed out with other wastes. When chemicals in skin products are applied to the skin however, they can be absorbed through the skin and enter the blood stream directly, free to make their way to vital organs.
Besides health reasons, there are environmental reasons that motivate me to make my own soap. I want to know exactly what is going down the drain. At least I can be aware of what ingredients are in my soap and research how each of those ingredients affect the surrounding ecosystem.
Making my own soap just feels right! It feels so good, so liberating when you start to live in accordance with your own values and beliefs. I'm ready to decrease contradiction and hipocracy in my life and start living my values.
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