Vegetable Glycerin vs. (Synthetic?) Glycerin
Okay, I've gone and confused myself through over-researching things once again.
I started to notice vegetable glycerin as ingredients in soaps. I thought glycerin was a product of rendering animal fats. And now I'm curious.
So I started trying to figure out what different types of glycerin is available and why each type is used. Searching the forums I found a post that said most glycerin is from synthetics and that vegetable glycerin use was more hypoallergenic.
So, instead of just learning about soaps I'm not stuck on this tangent of confusion.
- What types of glycerin are there?
- Why / how are they considered different?
- What is everyone using in these uber lather 'squirt of glycerin' recipes / methods I keep reading?
I feel like I need Tyler Durden to teach me how to make soap from scratch at this point... but I don't want to join a Fight Club. ;)
Thanks.