The Amazing Aleppo Soaps
Do
you know that a lot of our personal care products (e.g. soaps, cosmetics, shampoos) are containing hazardous substances? Well, I have written about this in my last post
entitled: Hazardous Ingredients in Personal Care Products
I am trying to be more careful when I buy personal care products. The modern soaps, cosmetics and shampoo are not
only contain dangerous substances for your health but also the environment. For
example, palm oil that is used to make the soap structure hard, is coming from palm
plantation in Indonesia that destroy Orangutan’s habitat.
Paraben that is used to preserve the products (in a cheap manner!) can disrupt the function of
estrogen and cause cancer. Once paraben is released to the environment it is so
difficult to remove plus it affects
aquatic ecosystem, it can turn male fish into females. Further, we can
end up consuming paraben in our own drinking water and food!
Thankfully, in Sulaimaniya, I am able to find good and safe products: ALEPPO SOAP and SHAMPOO. After a
bit of research, I really surprised to find how great these products are.
Aleppo is the largest city in Syria and is one of the oldest continuously
inhabited cities in the world. This city is very famous for the traditional
shop producers. Although there are different (family owned) companies producing
the soaps such as Lorbeer and Shefaa, the products are often called as Aleppo Soap.
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| My Collection: Aleppo Soaps and Shampoo |
Aleppo
soap known as savon de'Alep, laurel soap, Syrian soap, or guar soap, the Syirian word for 'laurel'. It is made of olive and laurel oils, water a a bit of sodium hydroxide. Olive and laurel trees are common in the Middle East region. The olive oil is an excellent antioxidant and effective in removing fats from scalps. The Laurel oil is a good natural disinfectant and can kill bacteria on the skin. The soaps are not instantly made just like the modern soaps. It takes about 3 to 12 months to produce them. You can see the process of the making the soaps from the video below:
Yes,
I have replaced my so called “modern” and hazardous soaps and shampoo with
Aleppo products. I would like to suggest you to do the same. These
products are safe and locally made. Plus, we can also preserve the old
tradition that is becoming to extinct.
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| Blooms laurel liquid shampoo, Khaeish Lorbeer, Lorbeer Square Soap, Lorbeer Hotel Soap, Shefaa Soap, Shefaa Oriental Treasures |
