Description

Smiling Orange Soap

Look at our new handmade Smiling Orange Soap, they will refresh you and enhance your well being each time you use them.

Quite often the busiest stall on the craft market is the one selling handmade soaps cut off the loaf. The secret is in the display… be creative!

Every piece of our Smiling Orange Soap is unique and handmade as it is crafted individually by Latvian artisans.

Vegan Friendly – Cruelty Free, no animal testing.

Take a look also to our  Honey Soap.

History

Ancient Middle East

The earliest recorded evidence of the production of soap-like materials dates back to around 2800 BC in ancient Babylon.
A formula for soap consisting of: water, alkali, and cassia oil.
Written on a Babylonian clay tablet around 2200 BC.
The Ebers papyrus (Egypt, 1550 BC) indicates the ancient Egyptians bathed regularly and combined animal and vegetable oils with alkaline salts to create a soap-like substance. Egyptian documents mention a similar substance used in the preparation of wool for weaving.

Box for Amigo del Obrero (Worker’s Friend) soap from the 20th century, a part of the Museo del Objeto collection

Ancient China

A detergent similar to soap manufactured in ancient China from the seeds of Gleditsia sinensis. In addition, another traditional detergent is a mixture of pig pancreas and plant ash called “Zhu yi zi”.

True soap, made of animal fat, did not appear in China until the modern era. After all, soap-like detergents were not as popular as ointments and creams.