SLSA | Handymade

SLSA - Sodium lauryl sulfoacetate. Sounds so chemical, doesn't it?

And yet there's no need to worry about this substance because it's purely natural - it's derived from the fatty acids in coconut and palm oil. Yes, it's not "hand-squeezing a fresh coconut", you need to run that coconut through some process. But it produces a substance that is environmentally friendly and biodegradable. Moreover, it meets the conditions of the ECOCERT certification company.

This raw material is called a surfactant or also a tenside - a surfactant. All three of these terms refer to the same substance, except that surfactant originated from the French language, tenside from the English language and surfactant is a term from the Slovak language.

SLSA and practical use.

Imagine washing your greasy hands with clean water. The water won't get the grease off your hands because the water will form a film on your skin that won't allow the water to pass through. But the tenside molecules are partly lipophilic (they dissolve well in fats) and partly hydrophilic (they dissolve well in water), they can reduce the surface tension at the water-oil phase interface. This means that the tenside will reduce the surface tension of water as a solvent, the water no longer just rolls around on a greasy hand, but binds the dirt to itself and thus washes it off the skin beautifully. In addition, if you choose the right concentration, it acts on the cleansing process like soap, except that it doesn't disturb the pH of the skin as much as soap does.

Even its molecules are large enough so they don't penetrate the skin or mucous membranes and irritate like soap itself.

Plus, in the process , they form a beautiful lather, which is why they are used to make liquid and solid shampoos, conditioners, shower gels, fizzy bombs or bath foam, and dishwashing detergents.

Read and try the recipe for a solid shampoo with SLSA too.