Shampoo Kills Your Hair

SLS is also commonly found in detergents used for cleaning garage floors and engines. Some grungers cry foul: “if it is used for industrial cleaning what the **** is it doing to my hair?”

Is Shampoo Such a Bad Boy?

Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) is the ingredient in shampoo that has been singled out as the offending culprit. If you use shampoo then you’re drenching your head in SLS – it’s found in over 95 percent of commercial shampoos. SLS is a potent de-greaser, acting as a surfactant, binding to the dirt and gunk on your hair and scalp. After rinsing your hair, the grime is dragged down the plug hole by the SLS. SLS takes no prisoners, dirt is zapped away and your hair is left bright and bouncy. Yet even after rinsing SLS residue may have taken up camp in and on your scalp. Exposure itself may be enough to cause problems.

The demonstration that levels of Cu,Zn-SOD within the epidermis are significantly reduced following topical exposure to irritants strongly suggests that oxidative stress is involved in the inflammatory process. Importantly, as regards our understanding of the mechanisms involved in ICD, this change appears not to be restricted to dithranol, which is known to generate ROS during auto-oxidation, but also extends to chemicals such as SLS, which are not normally directly associated with ROS generation.
http://www.john-libbey-eurotext.fr/en/revues/medecine/ejd/e-docs/00/01/88/59/article.md

Autoradiographic studies of rat skin treated with radiolabelled Sodium Lauryl Sulfate found heavy deposition of the detergent on the skin surface and in the hair follicles; damage to the hair follicle could result from such deposition. Further, it has been reported that 1 percent and 5 percent Sodium Lauryl Sulfate produced significant number of comedones when applied to the pinna of albino rabbits. These two problems – possible hair loss and comedone formation – along with proven irritancy, should be considered in the formulation of cosmetic products…[Conclusion] Sodium Lauryl Sulfate and Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate appear to be safe in formulations designed for discontinuous, brief use followed by thorough rinsing from the surface of the skin. In products intended for prolonged contact with skin, concentrations should not exceed 1 percent.
Published in the Journal of the American College of Toxicology, Volume 2, Number 7, pp. 127-181, 1983

It’s claimed irritation causes inflammation. Inflammation is strongly linked as a big player in the hair loss puzzle. One of the studies applied a mere 5 percent solution of SLS — shampoo has whopping 10 to 20 percent solution.
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Shampoo Kills Your Hair (The Effects of SLS)

SLS in your Shower Gel = Cancer?

Sodium Laureth Sulphate or SLS for short. Pick up any shampoo, shower gel, toothpaste or bubble bath from your local supermarket and study the ingredients. One of the major ingredients listed will be SLS. This is a common ingredient used for its foaming properties.

 The fact is that SLS has been implicated in the huge rise in Cancer related illnesses (1 in 8000 in the 80's and 1 in 3 in the 90's)

and the increase in asthma in children. I am sure it is not the only chemical that is doing us harm, however it is the public that has the power to change things. The companies making the products make millions each year; it would not cost them much in comparison to find an alternative to SLS.

They are unlikely to do this unless they face pressure from the buying public. Make a stand when doing your weekly shop, it may cost you more in the long run but what price do you put on your health and the health of your family?- Lisa Mills

No Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS)
No Petroleum Product
No Parabens And No To Breast Cancer

No Chemical Preservatives
No Animal Product
No Testing On Animal


What is the different between Commercial Soap and Handmade Soap?

Commercial or Handmade?
Soap is the result of a chemical action between a fatty acid and a caustic alkali ( Some people call it Lye, we call it Sodium Hydroxide at The Roxy Soap, see Sodium Hydroxide??!! ). However, the method by which that chemical action is accomplished can vary widely. There are some similarities and vast differences between commercial and handmade soaps.

Commercial Soap- Generally, when one speaks of commercial soap one is referring to soap made in huge batches (100,000 pounds or more on mass production) in a mechanized process where the glycerin is removed (vacuum process) and fillers and sometimes synthetic detergents added. Often a commercial soap manufacturing plant has facilities for refining oils, recovering and purifying glycerin (which is then sold separately) and producing soap in various final forms.

Commercial mass production

Beautiful Handmade Soap

Many companies that produce soap and soap related products (such as shampoos, cleaning agents and even toothpaste) buy the basic soap and then add their own ingredients and packaging to the final product.

Handmade soap, on the other hand, is generally thought of as soap made in smaller batches with personal attention, where the naturally occurring glycerin is retained in the soap. Fillers or detergents are rarely added to hand-crafted soaps because these require facilities and chemistry unavailable to (and unwanted by) most hand-crafted soap makers.

Often the hand-crafted soap maker does the entire process from start to finish, including manufacture, scenting, curing, cutting, trimming and packaging.
There is also a hybrid form of soapmaking, called melt and pour. It is a commercially produced soap base which is chemically formulated (through the use of various additives) to be able to be melted and then poured without changing its consistency. The soap base is then purchased by a soap maker who melts it down, adds colors, scents and other artistic touches and packages it for final sale. Melt and Pour soaps can be true soaps and are generally considered to be "handmade" if more than 50% of the entire process from recipe formulation through to packaging is done by hand.
If you have any question about the type of soap you are purchasing, just ask:

"Did you make the soap from scratch?"

Read more about our Handmade soap at: The Roxy Soap

Natural Handmade Coffee Sliming Soap

Is Coffee Soap Good For You?

For All Coffee Lovers!!- The Roxy Soap very special natural handmade and best selling coffee soap, Hazelnut Cappucino essence soap make in Penang, Malaysia- we name it "Hazelnut Cappucino" coffee Soap. We use the famous Robusta Coffee Bean from Indonesia and roasted it in our lab for our soap making. You will have a refreshing coffee essence aroma in your bathroom every morning to ease away your sleepy head!

Caffeine is most effective slimming component (Click for refference link)

One of the benefits is reducing the risk of skin cancer. A study done on groups of hairless mice shows that, after severe exposure to ultraviolet radiation for twenty days, the mice that had caffeine applied to their bodies had less than half the number of tumors on the skin, as opposed to the mice that didn’t get caffeine doses. The study showed that caffeine actually killed the abnormal cells that can cause skin cancer.

A modest dose of caffeine raises the body’s energy expenditure more than do doses of typical metabolic boosters such as green tea extract and tyrosine. Researchers at the University of Copenhagen published the results of a human study in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. A miserable 50 mg caffeine raises the body’s heat production by 6 percent for a period of 4 hours after intake.

 Natural Handmade Hazelnut Cappucino Coffee Soap

Weight Loss From Coffee:

When you are using The Roxy natural handmade hazelnut cappucino soap, the caffeine in our coffee soap will raise your skin temperature and help you to burn fat under your skin. It is normal that you feel a bit of heat on your skin after every shower. And this will last for 4 hours.

The Green Tea we add in our natural handmade soap is to nutrualize the side effect of the coffee, even you are not drinking it.

Weight Loss From Green Tea: 

You believe it or not, but green tea also helps lose weight by enhancing rate of metabolism and thereby faster consumption of fat storage of the body. Recently green tea has replaced other beverages in the webstern world as its helps in weight loss

Benefits:
There are a research show that if you wan to use coffee as a sliming product, you must drink more than 6 cups of coffee daily for the sliming effect. But overdose of coffee will make you headache, sleepless, sinus, heart beat disorder, gastric and much more.

Now with The Roxy natural Handmade coffee soap, you actually sliming the way not taking the side effect of the coffee by the caffeine!


The Roxy Soap friendly advice:
Our soap are not SLIMMING PILL,   so you won't get the super fast effect of the slimming pill! You need to use it for few months continueusly. Our coffee soap are natural soap, and we advice you to practice a healthy diet, doesn't mean you are using our soap and you can eat whatever you like and not doing any exercise at all! Healthy diet + exercise will make your a healthier lifestyle.


Ingredients:

Olive Oil, Palm Oil, Coconut Oil, Vege Shortening Oil, Sodium Hydroxide, Fragrance Oil, Water, Green Tea, Robusta Coffee Bean, Hazlenut Cappucino Fragrance Oil.

No Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS)
No Petroleum Product
No Parabens
No Chemical Preservatives
No Animal Product
No Testing On Animal