oil's vitamins in hp soap

[Dalia]

lately, I hear some opinions that cp is better than hp because it keeps all the vitamins of the oils. What do you think about it??

 

[ResolvableOwl]

Which vitamins? Few people eat soap, and if your body depends on vitamin supply through the epidermis, then something else has gone terribly wrong.

 

[lsg]

CP soap goes through saponification. Hot processing just speeds up the process, so I don't think there would be much difference in what is left in the soap.

 

[Dalia]

I think that maybe on the heat of the hp some of the vitamins that are in the oils are ruined. I personally prefer the hp, and I think that it's not that crucial, the vitamins, because anyway, the soap does not remain on the skin. but I see that sometimes people who marketing their cp soap use this argument.

 

[GemstonePony]

My understanding is the lye eats some of it immediately and most of it over time. If you value the vitamins in your oils, don't use them for soap.

 

[ResolvableOwl]

If you value the vitamins in your oils, don't use them for soap.

That wraps it up nicely, IMHO. The only exception might be vitamin E (tocopherol), BUT not in the sense that it's good for you, but for the soap (contribution to the oxidative stability of unsaturated fatty acids, i. e. delaying DOS/rancidity).

 

[GemstonePony]

That wraps it up nicely, IMHO. The only exception might be vitamin E (tocopherol), BUT not in the sense that it's good for you, but for the soap (contribution to the oxidative stability of unsaturated fatty acids, i. e. delaying DOS/rancidity).

True, but that's one out of... *tries counting vitamins by going through alphabet, gives up on the types of vitamin B*... a lot. There's a lot more vitamins that don't survive lye than vitamins that do. And vitamin E is good for your skin, but soap doesn't give it a chance to absorb well or help much, even if you pour extra into your soap.