Hello Hilary

We do not put the ingredient Glycerine on our ingredients label because we do not actually add any into our soaps, unlike many other manufacturer's who do.

The method of soap making we use ensures at least 25% of our soap is Glycerine anyway, because of the way the oils react with Sodium Hydroxides (it's a chemical reaction).

Glycerine is important for healthy skin, however we feel the benefit's of our oils have greater importance - why we do not add more Glycerine to our soaps.

- Mary

Hello Fiona

I have found most commercial moisturisers such as creams and body butters are either mostly water or glycerine based, cheap ingredients compared to oils such as Apricot, etc.

Even some of the smaller based manufacturers add a lot glycerine (than they need to) to lower their costs so it's becoming even more important than ever to look at the ingredients, paying careful attention to the order they appear in.

Glycerine is excellent for the skin however some people may notice their skin drying too easily where glycerine is the main ingredient.