Our method also preserves the natural glycerines in the fat, which along with the milk act as moisturizing agents in the soap. These gentlemen discovered an easy separation technique for glycerine. They then began selling the glycerine as a separate high value ingredient. Since that time, consumers have purchased glycerine as a typical component of moisturizing lotions. Natural soaps are best when aged, the older the better.
Age hardens the soap and makes it less likely to melt away in the shower or bathtub.
A treasured bridal gift during the pioneer era was soap that had been aged for one year. White Egret Farm soaps are not milled. During the soap making and curing process natural minerals in the soap rise to the surface and dry into a white film. In commercial soap making this film is milled off so that the soap appears to be one homogenous color. We think these minerals add to the cleaning and rinsing process.