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liquid soap paste
I would love to be able to sell liquid soap but without all the plastic bottles etc. I know this is something way down the track. As I am still new to making liquid soap and want to use my soap for a long time before selling. But just thinking of the logistics down the track. Maybe just selling the paste in a sachet and with a reusable bottle that the customer then dilutes the soap paste with warm water. Would this work?
I mean I would love the paste to be dried or would the KOH never dry? I am new to the liquid soap area as I love bar soap because of the zero waste aspect but want to investigate other options.
thank you in advance for any insight and assistance.
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Adding tap water will add Pseudomonas aeruginosa - a typical water bug and one of the worst for cosmetic contamination. Using the same bottle with the added water will give it a chance to adapt and grow in your product.
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so are these companies that are doing similar just have a bunch of preservatives and sulfates in their products to allow customers to add the water?
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Imagine companies doing it know (perhaps care) nothing of the risk.
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If you’re concerned about the waste, I would recommend doing refills that use less packaging over all such as a larger amount in a single container, maybe try selling in more eco-friendly packaging? For example, use packaging made from renewable resources and is biodegradable. I found bottles that 1/3 of the plastic used to make the bottle was replaced with straw. Very cute and as far as I know, that SOUNDS more eco-friendly than a 100% plastic bottle. I would caution though too that a lot of recycling and eco-friendly mumbo jumbo is all just marketing hype and I’d go as far as to say that a decent amount of it is just marketing hype or outright lies so they have a story to sell their products.
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Customers are not going to be bothered with the hassle of doing that. Realistically you are competing with large companies that can put a bottle of soap on display in Walmart for $2.
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