What is castile soap?
In earlier centuries an all vegetable based soap was made in the Castile region of Spain from local olive oil hence the name ‘Castile’. Both our bar and liquid castile soaps are pure olive oil castile soaps made with only olive oil as the base ingredient and no other oils. It is pure, simple, gentle, mild, and so versatile with numerous applications. Our liquid castile soap is so flexible as it can be used for cleaning not only our bodies from head to toe (both young and old alike) to cleaning our homes from top to bottom. It even rinses pesticide residues off your fruits and vegetables and it does this all safely and effectively. No wonder it is now our #1 Best Seller! You will find that most companies add other filler oils such as coconut, palm, etc as these oils are cheaper but they are also not as gentle and mild and can be drying to the skin. I am also finding that more and more people are developing allergies at an alarming rate to many of these other oils. Our pure Liquid Castil
Castile soap is a soap made with fat of purely vegetable origin, rather than animal fats such as tallow. This type of soap has historically been highly prized and viewed as a high quality soap which is gentle on the skin and useful for a range of other applications. Many stores sell castile soap, and this soap is a specialty of several regions in Europe, where it is made with various traditional ingredients. It is also possible to purchase a castile soap base for the purpose of blending your own soaps. This soap is said to be named for the Kingdom of Castile, a region in what is now known as Spain. Evidence seems to suggest that castile soap actually originated in Northern Italy, and spread outwards from there, although this soap is so ancient that it is a bit difficult to pin down the precise details of its history. In Castile, the soap was made with olive oil only, and some people differentiate between capitalized Castile soap, made with olive oil, and lower case castile soap, made w
Castile soap isn’t a brand but a type of soap made exclusively from vegetable oil rather than animal fat or synthetic substances. The purists feel it should be made from olive oil but there’s a wide variety of castile variants that use oil from plants such as coconut and jojoba. The simple nature of the soap means a lesser enviromental impact due to reduced waste stream during manufacture and also faster biodegradability. While castile soaps can have additional synthetic ingredients, usually you’ll find if it’s marketed under that name, it’s a fairly natural sort of product. Castile soap – so versatile Castile soap has many uses aside from washing your skin – it’s also known as seafarer’s soap due to its versatility. I use an olive oil based one in place of shampoo – works great for me and I don’t need to use a conditioner. I also don’t have to wade through the dozens of shampoo brands at the local supermarket trying to translate what all the darned chemicals they use are any more – I
