If you suffer from dermatitis, eczema, extremely dry skin, allergies, fungal infections, blemishes, wrinkles, stretch marks, scars, or scrapes, you need a sensitive soap. Most modified, factory-produced soaps are full of many additives that can irritate your skin. It can be hard to find a soap that agrees with your skin and even heals it while moisturizing it at the same time.
Hand-made soaps are definitely worth trying if you have any of the skin conditions listed above. Made out of natural, organic products, these soaps are unrefined, which is what makes them better and safer to use.
Because they are completely natural, there are many different varieties of soap available, depending on your individual needs. For example, a skin softening and oatmeal shea butter soap with coconut oil is creamy, rich, and moisturizing. This type of soap can be used as hand, body, and face soap to clean and gently soften skin.
A skin-firming soap made of pure organic and unrefined shea butter, coconut oil, olive oil, and herbs is particularly suited to mature, dry, and damaged hands. Shea butter is the magic ingredient for many natural soaps as it is so luxuriously moisturizing.
Shea butter is called 'women's gold, and for good reason. Shea butter is a rejuvenating and anti-aging ingredient that comes from the nut of the Karite Shea Butter tree, only found in the savannah regions of Africa. It was used for centuries in Africa to nourish the skin and keep it supple and young. In addition, shea butter acts as an anti-inflammatory and has natural sunscreen agents
Some of the most effective soaps can be infused with different ingredients such as pore tightening garden herbs, tangy Palmarosa, or essential oils of different types such as orange, lemon, or lavender. Green tea and Vitamin E can also be infused into them and add to the soap's healing properties and various health benefits.
Green tea is an important element that can also be added to soaps as it can be detoxifying and helps to fight free radicals. Combined with Vitamin E, it is a great anti-aging antioxidant for wrinkles and blemished uneven skin tone.
A blemish clearing soap should contain white kaolin clay which is a non-harmful natural product to help fight spots. Essential oils of peppermint and petitgrain are also suitable for oily and acne-prone skin.
Some soaps can also be used as a body polish if they are made with grains or elements such as nuts or coffee grains. This also makes them rich in antioxidants. Red clay as an ingredient can induce radiance in tired, dry skin, as well as hibiscus and essential oils of rosemary and patchouli.
Tropical plant extracts and French green clay can help detox the skin on the body. Acting as natural exfoliators, they help wash away dead skin cells and leave your skin feeling fresh and smooth.
Midnight black clay is one of the most recent trends in hand-made soaps as it also acts as a detox for the skin. This type of clay comes from Australia and contains great iron and oxygen properties. It is a non-toxic mineral with cleansing and conditioning agents which nourish and moisturize the skin.
Being natural and made by hand, these types of soaps are usually vegan and not tested on animals. They contain no detergents or parabens (a chemical preservative widely used by cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries).
Pure, natural, organic soaps are by far better, safer, and more environmentally friendly than the chemically processed soaps you can buy in supermarkets. Not only for those with sensitive skin, but hand-made soaps are also good for everybody.