Do you know the Dove product?
They now came out with a genius campaign that says we are not soap we are a beauty bar
"we are not a soap we are a beauty bar"
Why do you think it is so important for them to point this out?
Beyond the real fact that they are not soap ? So for a moment we will go back a little and explain how to distinguish between real solid soap and anything else.
What is soap?
Soap is a product created by humans through a chemical process, because oil and water cannot combine together and certainly not clean our bodies. So for this to happen, a strong base called sodium hydroxide is used, in a process called saponification, and only after the process is finished is the soap created. It is allowed to write the word soap on a solid product, only if it is created in this process, of course there are other bases beyond this base, once potassium hydroxide was also used to create soap.
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The solid soap of the German company "Dove", marketed under the definition "cream soap for care", is not soap at all. It is also not al-soap (synthetic soap), as it is defined on another package, on which it is stated: "Dab" - al-soap cream for skin care, contains 25% moisturizer."
It turns out that abroad the product is indeed not marketed as soap: in the English caption the word soap does not appear at all, and the product is defined as a cream. In order for a product to be defined as soap, it must contain at least 78% active ingredients. Dove only has 27%. So Dove really make great creams ( (not natural but do the job).And regarding soap, if you want to use something that will really remove the dirt that has accumulated on your skin, and not in a chemical way, then Dove is nice but it will only apply a little more moisture to the dirt, which you can always use solid soap Real and then apply moisturizer, you will get the same feeling.
Personally, I don't put on moisturizer at all
And I didn't suffer from dryness, simply since I switched to solid soap, my skin will no longer dry out any solid soap, it doesn't dry out the skin, if the soap has a lot of coconut oil, it will not only dry out the skin, it will even cause irritation, so I always make my own soaps With very little coconut oil and there are soaps I make without coconut oil. Over time I learned to add a lot of butters, mango, shea, cocoa that do not completely turn into soap in the process and leave the moisture on the skin. And there are clays like kaolin clay that you put in almost every face mask and it's really great for the skin and rice bran oil, which is full of vitamins and antioxidants and absorbs well into our skin.
So how do you know what is recommended to purchase?
When you go to the supermarket, look for the word soap, if you find it, it is likely that it really is real soap, secondly, look at the ingredients in the soap and what their main ingredient is, if it is coconut oil, keep in mind that it might dry out your skin, Palmolive also has solid soap and it is Mostly composed of palm oil and olive oil, even palm oil if it is a main ingredient can be drying, so pay attention to the other additions to the soap and if moisturizing agents have been added to it, so that you don't feel the dryness.
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