Why Olive Oil for Skin Care?
Olive oil soap is nothing new, for centuries this was the only way generations bathed and was considered nothing less than pure and gentle. After all, soap nowadays can contain more chemicals than needed, including harsh detergents. Vegetable soaps are considered more desirable, replacing the once famous tallow, which is soap made from animal fats. What is often considered as more lather doesn’t mean more clean. While olive oil soap is more moisturizing than tallow, or other vegetable oils, most don’t realize why the oils from olive are so beneficial. History tells us that the ancient Greeks used to bathe in olive oil, and people all over the world use olive oil for skin care directly to moisturize their skin and for stretch marks. Olives are high in anti-oxidants, such as polyphenols; the phenol have anti-fungal and anti-bacterial elements, which is much needed in today’s world. With all the pollution and chemicals, not to mention our rushed diets, something so simple and natural is c
