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Diluted with the water, as the result, it will smooth the skin. Concluded the glycerin, is known as softening the skin. Some people believe it is because it attracts moisture, but perhaps there are other reasons.
Until 1889, people did not know how to recover the glycerine from soap-making process, so commercially produced glycerin mostly coming from the candle making industry (when the candles were made from animal fat). In 1889, a viable way to separate the glycerin from the soap was finally implemented. Since the number one use of glycerin was to make nitroglycerin, which has been used to make dynamite, making soap suddenly became much more profitable. The process of removing the glycerin from the soap is relatively complicated and there are many variations on the theme. Glycerin has many uses other being used to make nitroglycerin, glycerin non-explosive by itself. It should be nitroglycerin before become explosive, so these are safe to work with in the kitchen. Some uses for glycerine include in preserving fruits, as the base for lotion, to avoid frost in hydraulic jacks, to