Soap is basically a mixture of fat and lye. The answer lies in the basic ingredients that we use and the old-fashioned method of soap making that was abandoned long ago for the sake of efficiency. Miss Cobb makes all of her soaps by the cold-process. This method of soap making produces a by-product known as glycerin. Glycerin is what gives soap its moisturizing properties, pure and simple.
Commercial soaps have the glycerin removed during production for resale.
Also, removing the moisturizing agent makes for a much lighter bar of soap which makes shipping costs far less expensive. That s why the commercial bars seem so big and still are fairly light in weight. Our company uses only oils from vegetable sources in our soaps. The three mainstays are coconut, palm, and olive oil. We then select specialty oils to add to the different formulas.