Can soap remove makeup?

Some friends think that soap is an alkaline product and will cause less irritation to our skin, so many people like to use soap to clean their faces. Although you can use soap to wash your face. Then a friend asked: Can soap be used to remove makeup? In fact, experts tell us that it is best not to use soap to remove makeup, because soap cannot remove makeup completely.

Better not!

Soap is used to remove dirt. It has a strong emulsifying ability for grease and is suitable for washing clothes and bedding. It is not suitable for the skin, especially the face, because the main ingredients of soap are a combination of stearic acid and oil, which has an alkaline irritant effect. In the early days, I used it to remove makeup, but soon I found that my skin was damaged by the alkaline irritation. Therefore, it is recommended to use special makeup remover oil or emulsified facial cleanser to remove makeup. These products are non-irritating to the skin.

Even though handmade soap has strong cleaning power, you cannot use it directly to remove makeup.

Complex oily dirt

Dirt can be divided into two types: water-based and oily. During normal face washing, sebum, sweat and aging keratin can be removed with water and soap. However, if foundation and dirt remaining deep in the pores are not seeped out by the oil's dialysis power, they will clog the pores and cause acne and blackheads in the long run. This oily dirt must be removed with makeup remover products.

Don't wash your face with soap in autumn and winter

Soap is an alkaline substance. Alkaline substances left on the face will make the facial skin dry. The weather in autumn and winter is relatively dry, with less rain and less oxygen in the air. We have fewer opportunities to get water in daily life. If you still wash your face with soap in the dry winter, your face will become dry and lack moisture, and it will become dull. If your face is really too dry, you will feel itchy. Therefore, washing your face with soap is a good thing, but this time it turned from a good thing to a bad thing.

Hot and dry weather is not suitable for washing your face with soap.

We all know that if the weather is too hot or dry, the moisture on our face will be easily absorbed. Alkaline substances are not conducive to retaining moisture on the face. If soap remains on the face and we sweat, we will feel uncomfortable. Coupled with the effect of sunlight, the moisture will evaporate and the soap on the face will quietly penetrate into our skin, which is very harmful. We usually use soap to take a bath to wash our body clean, and emphasize cleaning off the soap after washing. Now the soap has entered the facial skin and changed the acidity and alkalinity of the facial skin, and problems will easily arise.

In spring or summer, when the weather is not too hot and humid, it is suitable to wash your face with soap.

The above two points have mentioned many disadvantages of washing your face with soap at inappropriate times. Washing your face with soap in humid weather is helpful to clean your face, remove bacteria and make your face shiny.