About Youlaix
"Real soap is made from mixing oils or fats with lye, which retains naturally occurring glycerin."
I think it was when I was nine or ten years old when I started my scent journey. I began with traditional fougere colognes and aftershaves that my farther would have me try A short time later, I branched out to the typical adolescent aftershaves of the time like Adidas Moves and Old Spice.
The best part of all this discovery was getting complements on my hygiene, and the fact that everyone around me was positively influenced. I was motivated further to try different colognes and products that were unconventional.
Fast forward to my early twenties, and I had a collection of at least 50 colognes. I had become known as the guy that always smelled amazing. I also tried different creams, soaps, scrubs, oils, and other products. However, by the time I reached my late twenties, I reached a plateau on my scent journey, and I felt that everything I tried smelled similar and synthetic. There was less awareness of natural and handmade products back in the early 2000s.
I looked forward to a soap subscription box every month, and it opened my mind to the world of natural and niche products. The world of scent expanded in all directions for me from there.
At the same time, the reality of many manmade and synthetic chemicals, in personal care products, were causing allergic reactions to an increasing number of people.
Members of my own family were experiencing conditions like dermatitis, and eventually, even I started having allergic skin reactions to certain perfumes. My family members would even use the unscented mainstream soaps that claimed to have a large amount of moisturizer in their soap, but the dermatitis would not go away. This problem lead me to do research and try to find a solution.
It was the summer of 2019 when I did further research and found out the soaps that we buy at the local store isn’t real soap. Many products that we buy in the store are made from detergents and surfactants and legally can’t be called soap. Real soap is made from mixing oils and lye, which retains naturally occurring glycerin.
I was home more often due to the Covid-19 pandemic. I did hundreds of hours of research online about soap-making and watched hundreds of videos. Soapmaking was so appealing to me. It seemed like something that was right up my alley since I was so involved in personal care products from a young age. After all of this research, I was ready to make my first batch.
The first batch came out decent, and it took me several dozen recipes to find one that I could confidently offer as The World’s Finest Soap. The soap that my
family manufactures contains more than 50% olive oil and is made up of skin-loving ingredients like shea butter and sweet almond oil. It has been seven years since I have been making soap from my family’s homestead in Southern California.
We hope that you will also share the many stories we have already heard from our clients that have positively benefited from using our artisan handmade bath and body products.
Ali Ahmad
Founder