Humans have built on that knowledge to create the soaps and detergents we use to clean dishes, laundry, our homes and ourselves today. Evidence has been found that ancient Babylonians understood soap making as early as BC Archeologists have found soap-like material in historic clay cylinders from this time. Records show ancient Egyptians bathed regularly. The Ebers papyrus, a medical document from about BC describes combining animal and vegetable oils with alkaline salts to form a soap-like material used for treating skin diseases, as well as for washing.
Many other ancient civilizations also used early forms of soap. Soap got its name from an ancient Roman legend about Mount Sapo.
Rain would wash down the mountain mixing with animal fat and ashes, resulting in a clay mixture found to make cleaning easier. By the 7th century, soap-making was an established art in Italy, Spain and France. These countries were early centers of soap manufacturing due to their ready supply of source ingredients, such as oil from olive trees.
But after the fall of Rome in AD, bathing habits declined in much of Europe leading to unsanitary conditions in the Middle Ages. The uncleanliness of that time contributed heavily to illness, including the Black Death, which occurred in the 14th century.
Still there were areas of the medieval world where personal cleanliness remained important. Other companies also crated their versions of liquid soaps and detergents , most notably Pine-Sol and Tide.
They focused not only on body cleaning, but also on clothes, counters, kitchens and bathrooms. Advancement of modern chemistry enabled creation of shower gel shower cream, body wash , specialized liquid cleaning products for cleaning entire body during showers.
Because some shower gels can cause drying up of the skin after use, many manufacturers insert various moisturizes into its recipe. Some use menthol, ingredient that gives your skin sensation of coldness and freshness. Their strategy worked. Minnetonka enjoyed a virtual monopoly on liquid soap until they were bought by Colgate-Palmolive in For its part, Colgate-Palmolive has continued to produce Softsoap since it purchased Minnetonka.
This was great! I purchased some wood molds some time ago and there were not inronuctitss on how to prepare them before pouring your soap mixture.
Now I can use them my molds. Your email address will not be published.
0コメント