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Sustainable Palm Oil vs Non-Sustainable - there is a difference.

January 5, 2025

Q: What is the difference between Sustainable Palm Oil and Non-Sustainable?

A: This is quite the debate these days. However, after sustained and in-depth research I have concluded that I am in agreement with the World Wildlife Federation, which both encourages and supports the development and usa…

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What's the Difference Between Aroma Oils and Essential Oils?

January 5, 2025

Q: What's the Difference Between Aroma Oils and Essential Oils? What are they? How do they differ?

A: Let’s delve into this interesting ocean of liquid facts.

One important fact is that whether you are talking essentials or aromas, they are all made of chemicals. I hear this sent…

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Does Oola use preservatives and why?

January 5, 2025

Q: Does Oola use preservatives with products that contain water?

A: Yes, Oola uses preservatives in lotions made with WATER. and here's why. Preservatives are vast and variable. There are too many to list here but there are some links of resources at the bottom of this post, should you want…

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What oils do you use in your products and what are their benefits?

January 5, 2025

Q: What oils do you use in your products and what are their benefits?

A: Oils have their own unique characteristics. Some excel in moisturizing, while others grant a silky lather. Softer soaps (like pure Olive oil soap) are highly nourishing to the skin but won’t have a very long shelf life…

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What do you colour your soaps with?

January 5, 2025

Q: What do you colour your soaps with?

A: There are a few options used to colour soap; they are micas, oxcides, and natural additives which are described below.

Micas:

The cosmetic micas used by Oola Body Care (with occasional oxides) are considered nature identical and i…

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Shampoo Bar Secrets

January 5, 2025

Q: What's the secret to Oola Shampoo Bars?

A: Our Shampoo bar ingredients! Our bars are made from saponified oils of coconut, olive, sunflower, castor, grapeseed, cocoa and shea butter, sweet almond oil, Vitamin B-5 (DL Panthenol), cruelty free silk amino acid ( this is not an animal product-see …

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Face Cream/Lotion vs Body Lotion

January 5, 2025

Q: Why do I need a specific face cream/lotion? Why not just an all over body cream/lotion?

A: Oola Body Care does makes a body lotion, but to the cost of the specific ingredients required for a face cream, they aren't part of the Oola product line at this time. There are several reaso…

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The Truth About Lye

January 5, 2025

Q: Do you use lye (sodium hydroxide) in your soaps and if so, why?

A: The next two sentences are fascinating:

1. One must use lye (aka sodium hydroxide) in order to make soap. No ifs, ands or buts.

2. There is no lye in soap.

How is this possible you ask? Once again, science …

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