Soap-based face wash

In our daily life, many people use soap when washing their faces. There are many kinds of soaps sold on the market. In recent years, handmade soaps have become people’s new favorite. In particular, some soaps are advertised as being made from pure natural materials. When buying soap, you should be able to distinguish whether it contains soap base. Washing your face is also a science.

What are the dangers of washing your face with soap?

1. Facial cleansers with saponification formulas are also called soap-based cleansers. They include various soaps, perfumed soaps, popular handmade soaps, and soap-based facial cleansers that we usually see. They have rich, powerful and delicate foam, and the skin will feel tight and dry after washing the face.

2. Many people are confused by this feeling. The drier their face is washed, the cleaner their skin will be. In fact, this is an illusion! ! ! Lots of foam does not mean your face can be washed clean! This is a kind of dependent psychology, and it is a disease that needs to be cured! A serious imbalance of water and oil will lead to a vicious cycle of skin, and your face will be disfigured and you won’t even have time to cry.

3. Gotta know! Even if they claim to be so natural, green and organic, don't be fooled! No matter which soap-based product it is, it is made through a chemical reaction, that is, saponification reaction.

4. The soap-making process is very simple. It is to mix fatty acids (natural fatty acids contained in oils and fats, such as coconut oil, olive oil, palm oil, etc.) + alkaline ingredients (sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, triethanolamine, etc.) together, and then stir them together. Appropriate heating and adding alcohol will accelerate the reaction process.

5. This is the reason why many people make handmade soap at home. Although many people think that naturally made handmade soap is so good and so moisturizing, it is because glycerin, a moisturizing ingredient, is added to it. The presence of glycerin does not mean that it can moisturize the skin! Because washing your face is not a time-consuming process. The soap stays on the face for a very short time, and the glycerin is washed away before it can have a moisturizing effect. The moisturizing ingredient glycerin cannot stay on the face and cannot achieve the moisturizing effect.

How to identify soap-based cleansers

Of course it depends on the ingredients! Since soap is made of fatty acids and strong alkalis, please be careful if the following ingredients appear in the ingredient column on the back of the product!

Representative fatty acids: lauric acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid

Representatives of alkaline agents: sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, triethanolamine, AMP