Wrong! You rub soap all over your entire body every day and most of us use it several times a day on our hands as well. So it would probably be a good idea to find out more about what you're slathering on yourself and washing down the drain in such a routine and matter of fact way.
Take a look at the ingredients of a popular commercial "beauty bar." It can't even legally call itself soap. That's because it's actually a harsh detergent! Fake soap! sodium tallowate, sodium cocyl isethionate, sodium cocoate, sodium laurel sulfate, water, sodium isethionate, stearic acid, coconut fatty acid, fragrance, titanium dioxide, sodium chloride, disodium phosphate, tetrasodium EDTA, trisodium etidronate, BHT, FD&C blue no. 1, D&C red no. 33
Is anybody feeling the yuck factor here? The chemicals that make up this so called "beauty bar" are incredibly harsh and drying. They're not kind to skin AT ALL. But more importantly, some of them have been shown to harm the nervous system, the developing fetus, or to cause hormonal disruptions. Some are even known carcinogens! No amount of slick marketing can change those disturbing facts. So why take a chance when there are better options?
Now let's take a look at the simple ingredients found in our natural Wild Carrot Complexion Soap. Notice that, other than water, they don't have a whole lot in common. premium saponified vegetable oils (organic extra virgin olive, organic coconut, sustainable organic palm, organic sunflower, organic shea butter, organic castor), distilled water, organic oat flour, goats milk, essential oils (fennel, carrot seed, palmarosa, benzoin, frankincense, rose geranium), wild carrot, sea salt
Properly made natural handmade soaps are incredibly moisturizing and gentle to the skin. They retain all of their natural glycerin while commercial soaps do not. Their ingredients come from nature and they're scented with healing essential oils from plants, not synthetic chemicals made in a lab. Plus they never contain triclosan, a harmful pesticide found in many commercial so called "antibacterial" soaps. In fact, numerous studies have shown that soaps containing triclosan are no more effective than plain soap at reducing bacterial levels on the hands and they actually contribute to antibiotic resistance in humans. Not good.
So there you have it folks. Learn how to tell fake soap from real soap. Because the soap you use every single day matters after all! You have a choice. Choose natural soap. Your skin, your health, and your planet will thank you for it.
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