Cosmos-certified organic Neem oil

Neem oil is an essential ingredient in soap-making, recognized for its purifying and nourishing properties. Used in the manufacture of soaps, it helps maintain skin balance and provides skin-care products that respect the skin.

✔ Balancing and purifying: Helps to deeply cleanse the skin and preserve its natural moisture.
✔ Effective hydration: Nourishes and softens the skin without leaving a greasy film.
✔ Soothing: Helps calm skin discomfort and support the balance of sensitive skin.
✔ Supports skin regeneration: Helps improve skin's appearance and texture.
✔ Antioxidant protection: Rich in protective active ingredients that help the skin cope with external aggressors.

Properties and natural active ingredients

✔ Balancing: Helps maintain skin balance and limit irregularities.
✔ Purifying: Deeply cleanses the skin and helps clarify the complexion.
✔ Soothing: Helps calm feelings of discomfort and redness.
✔ Protective: Contains antioxidants that help skin resist external aggressors.
✔ Moisturizing: Nourishes without weighing down, offering skin softness and suppleness.
✔ Supports skin repair: Helps improve the appearance of marks and promote cell renewal.

Recommended for Which Skin Type?

✔ Blemished skin: Helps purify and balance the skin.
✔ Dry skin: Provides skin comfort in combination with complementary oils.
✔ Sensitive skin: Helps soothe sensitivities and protect the skin barrier.
✔ Mature skin: Rich in antioxidants, it helps preserve the skin's radiance and suppleness.
✔ Skin prone to skin imbalances: Helps maintain balance and preserve skin from discomfort linked to external aggressions.

Tips and Tricks for the Soap Maker

The use of Neem Oil in cold saponification offers unique advantages for the creation of soaps with antibacterial and moisturizing properties.

However, because of certain particularities of this oil, here are a few tips for using it effectively in your homemade soap recipes:

Unsaponifiables

• Natural antioxidants: like tocopherols (vitamin E), they help protect skin against oxidative stress and external aggression.
• Triterpenes: Include nimbin, nimbidin and nimbinene, renowned for their soothing and purifying properties.
• Carotenoids: Precursors of vitamin A, they support skin renewal and help strengthen the skin's protective barrier.

Its saponification value

The saponification value of Neem Oil is 139, which means that 0.139 g of NAOH soda are needed to saponify 1 g of Neem Oil.

This information will help you calculate your own recipe.

In your calculator, choose "Neem Oil" or "Neem Seed Oil".

It's a stable oil with a long shelf life, so our soaps will also have an amazing longevity.

Its content in your recipe will be between 2% and 30% maximum.

Tips and tricks:

• Quantity moderation: Incorporate Neem Oil at a rate of 2% to 10% of the total oils in your recipe to benefit from its properties without its strong odour dominating the finished product. If you wish to increase the percentage, be aware that the odor will be very present. Which is interesting if you want to make an anti-lice soap for your children!
• Preparing the Oil: Neem Oil is pasty and can be solid at low temperatures. Heat it gently in a bain-marie without exceeding 60°C. The Neem Oil will become liquid and easy to incorporate into your recipe.
• Our containers and labels are designed for immersion in water baths.
• Use of Essences: Because of its spicy, powerful scent, consider using essential oils that can harmonize or mask its fragrance. Essential oils such as lavender, tea tree or mint are good options.

The additions:

Take advantage of Neem Oil's purifying and balancing properties to formulate soaps suited to skin prone to imperfections.

Its incorporation can enrich your creations by providing targeted benefits.

Neem oil can be added between 5% and 10% (up to 30% depending on the formulation) at the end of the trace to preserve its properties.

Provides a fine foam and has a distinctive odour.

Mussels:

Be aware that the reaction between soda and oils can generate heat. Use our special molds and monitor the temperature throughout the process to prevent your soaps from freezing.

These molds are flexible, making them easy to remove from the mold once the soap has hardened. What's more, they enable better heat retention during the saponification process, promoting optimal soap setting.

Advice and use for Solid Shampoo and Conditioner:

These properties make Neem Oil an ideal ingredient for hair care, helping to purify and balance the scalp.

Recommended addition: Add 10 ml of Neem Oil to a solid shampoo or conditioner recipe to enrich the formula.

✔ S calp cleansing: Helps cleanse and balance the scalp, promoting a healthy environment.
✔ Soothing care: Helps reduce feelings of discomfort and is suitable for sensitive scalps.
✔ Softening: Nourishes and softens hair, bringing softness and shine.
✔ Pre-shampoo use: Applied as a massage before washing, it prepares scalp and hair for cleansing.
✔ Scalp care: Integrated into a hair routine, it helps maintain a balanced scalp.

Composition of Neem Oil

🔹 Saturated fatty acids (SFA ) :

• Palmitic acid: 14 - 33%.
• Stearic acid: 14 - 24%.

🔹 Monounsaturated fatty acids:

• Oleic acid: 25 - 54%.

🔹 Polyunsaturated fatty acids:

• Linoleic acid: 6 - 16%.
• Linolenic acid: 0.5 - 1.6%.

🔹 General information:

• Botanical name: Azadirachta indica
• Appearance: Dark green to brown liquid
• Odour: Characteristic and pronounced
• Texture: Dense and viscous, penetrates well into the skin, leaving a nourishing and protective effect.

How to store Neem Oil :

• Store in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight.
• Make sure it's securely closed.
• It generally keeps for up to 12 months after opening.

Extraction process :

Extraction of neem oil by cold pressing is a method that best preserves its natural properties. The neem seeds are first cleaned and dried, then mechanically pressed without the addition of heat. This process keeps vitamins, antioxidants and bioactive compounds intact in the oil. The extracted oil is then filtered to remove impurities.

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The indications and advice given above are provided for information only, based on reputable sources in aromatherapy, soap-making and phytotherapy. Under no circumstances should they be considered as medical advice. This information is not intended to replace professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. It is essential to consult a health professional before using essential oils or any other product mentioned. In addition, please note that the product discussed in this context is not intended for consumption.