Don’t be fooled by this olive oil soap’s unassuming appearance: It’s pretty special. That’s not just because of its centuries-long history in Palestine’s West Bank, where this 100% olive ...

It took considerably longer for the invention to reach northern Europe; the Celts are credited with introducing soap to Britain in 1000 CE. Although the Arabs used animal fat for their soaps, the ...

In the historic city of Nablus, Palestinians continue their 150-year-old tradition of making UNESCO-listed soap, even as ...

To get a bit science-y here, saponification is the chemical reaction of making soap. The vegetable oil has three fatty acids that are connected to glycerin, a moisturizing property in soap.

This results in the formation of glycerol and a salt - soap. \(Fat/Oil + Sodium\, Hydroxide \rightarrow Soap + Glycerol\) Fats and oils are esters made from glycerol and long chain fatty acids.

An age-old Palestinian tradition of making soap in the Israeli-occupied West Bank was recognized by UNESCO. A visit to one ...

Kameron Jane shares with PEOPLE how her mother accidentally cooked with soap instead of olive oil Jordan Greene is Society and Culture writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...