What is veganism?
By definition, a vegan is someone who refuses to eat, consume, use, or wear animal products or biproducts. An animal product includes the actual flesh or meat of the animal. And biproducts include things that an animal products like milk, eggs, wool, feathers, leather, or fur. Most vegans also abstain from using cosmetics that have been tested on animals too.
Why would someone become a vegan?
Many popular reasons for choosing veganism is for religious, philosophic, moral, health, ecological, or dietetic reasons. But some people just prefer this lifestyle.
Vegan soaps
In order to be considered a true soap, it must contain both of the following ingredients: The first is lye and the second is fat. This creates an interesting dilemma for the vegan, because most soaps contain animal fat or tallow. Since vegans have chosen to refrain from all animal biproducts, including animal fats, they must use a vegan soap. Luckily, vegan soaps are not hard to find.
What kind of fats do vegan soaps contain?
Vegan soaps normally contain palm oil, coconut oil, or both. The best vegan soaps contain both. This is because they both have highly beneficial properties that make the soap even better. First palm oil is incredibly high in beta carotene. In fact, it has more beta carotene that a carrot! The second fat, coconut oil, is also very important. It has the most amazing cleansing and moisturizing properties available in an oil.
Where can vegan soaps be found?
With veganism on the rise, vegan soaps are becoming more popular. They can now be purchased at health food grocers, farmers markets, and even online. In fact, our favorite place to get vegan soaps is online. There is a store called iVi Scents that sells soaps and lotions in many scents. And the best part is that they are vegan and cruelty free!
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