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What's In
Commercial Soap?
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Is your soap really soap or is it detergent?
Look at the label
on your bar of commercial soap. Is it called "soap" on the label, or is it a “beauty
bar,” “cleansing bar,” or “deodorizing bar?”
If it does not say
"soap" then it is not really soap.
Many
commercial brands are not called soap because by law they cannot be
- they are DETERGENTS.
Most products you think of as soap are actually
detergents.
Detergent is good for one thing--removing oils.
Detergent is
great when you are cleaning laundry or dishes, but NOT when you are
cleaning your skin!
Detergent bars strip the natural moisturizing oils from your skin.
So after you take
a bath or shower with commercial soap you reach for that bottle of
expensive lotion, to put back the moisture that was taken away by the
commercial soap.
The label of
ingredients on a bar of commercial soap has a long list of unpronounceable
chemicals.
Whether
or not these synthetic chemical additives are bad for you may be up for
debate for some people, but chances are you are better off with none at
all.
The chart below compares Chagrin Valley Handcrafted Soap with a popular
moisturizing brand.
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Compare For
Yourself!! |
Chagrin Valley
Goat Milk Oatmeal Honey
saponified oils of
olive
coconut
palm
canola
castor bean
wheat germ
goat's milk
raw honey
oatmeal
natural vitamin E oil
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DoveÒ
sodium cocoyl isethionate
(synthetic detergent)
stearic acid
(hardner)
sodium tallowate
(sodium salt of cow fat)
water
sodium isethionate
(detergent/emulsifying
agent)
coconut acid
(the sodium salt of coconut oil)
sodium stearate
(emulsifier,
also
used as a cheap stabilizer in plastics)
sodium dodecylbenzonesulfonate (synthetic
detergent, skin irritant)
sodium cocoate or sodium palm kernalate
(sodium salts of coconut or palm kernel oils)
fragrance
(synthetic scent,
potential allergen, common skin irritant)
sodium chloride
(table salt
used as a thickener)
titanium dioxide
(whitener, also used in house paint)
trisodium EDTA
(stabilizer,
used in industrial cleaning products to decrease hard water, skin irritant)
trisodium etidronate
(preservative,
a chemical that is used in soaps to prevent
soap scum)
BHT
(preservative,
common skin irritant) |
and...Dove is the bar most
recommended as a mild soap.
Now read the label on a bar of
your favorite commercial soap!
Click here for a look at commercial shampoo!
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Every day, people take
baths or showers lathering up with commercial “soap.” Keep in mind,
our skin is the body's largest organ and like a sponge, absorbs chemicals.
In fact, today many medicines are now given in "patch" form to be
absorbed through the skin. |
What do you want to put on your skin?
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Goat Milk
Oatmeal Honey Soap |
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Click
here to learn more about how we make Ida's Handcrafted Soap.
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