Did you know that dirty, stinky barbarians invented soap? Watch our video to see how it changed hygiene forever. Tag a soap maker you love and share this history with them! Soap making can be traced ...

NORFOLK, Virginia — Norfolk resident Katie Smith has been using Nofo soaps for six years. She and her husband like the essential oil soaps. “I like that you can recognize every ingredient that’s on ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. How does soap clean our bodies? – Charlie H., ...

Soap has a pretty simple formula and a long history. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. There's nothing quite like the satisfaction ...

Have you ever picked up a bar of store-bought soap, read the ingredients, and wondered what half of them even are? If you’re trying to avoid synthetic fragrances, preservatives, or harsh detergents—or ...

Soap making can be traced back to a few ancient precursors, specifically the Mesopotamians and Egyptians, but the Gauls really sent it-- mixing animal fat and beech or elm ash to make paste that gave ...

A little over 10 years ago, while teaching English in northern Cambodia, Samir Lakhani had a soap epiphany. “I saw a village mom bathing her newborn kiddo, but unfortunately, she was scrubbing him ...