Does the soap/body wash you are using contain Sodium Lauroyl Isethionate?
Uses: According to DCI it is used as a detergent, wetting agent, and emulsifier
About This Ingredient: This is a synthetic detergent. It may dry the skin out because if it's degreasing properties. Depending on where you look, this detergent is may be listed as a mild skin irritant.
How It's Made: This detergent is chemically synthesized in a lab.
The Bottom Line: This ingredient does not appear to have any beneficial properties for your skin (aside from cleaning it), and may dry it out.
Does the soap/body wash you are using contain Stearic Acid?
Uses: Used as a hardener in soap. According to DCI, it also gives liquid soap a pearly appearance.
About This Ingredient: According to DCI and Cosmetics Info it is deemed safe by the FDA and CIR (Cosmetic Ingredient Review) expert panel. DCI states that it is a possible sensitizer for allergic people. Stearic acid is a consituent in some vegetable oils.
How It's Made: According to Wikipedia, Stearic acid is prepared by treating animal fat with water at a high pressure and temperature, leading to the hydrolysis of triglycerides.
The Bottom Line: This ingredient does not appear to have any beneficial properties for your skin, and may sensitize you to allergens.
Does the soap/body wash you are using contain Sodium Palmitate?
Uses:
Used for cleansing and creating lather.
About This Ingredient:
Sodium Palmitate is a salt of Palmitic Acid (according to Cosmetic Cop's Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients. Palmitic Acid can be drying to the skin).
How It's Made:
Sodium Palmitate is made my mixing Palmitic Acid with Lye (a solution containing water and an alkali).
The Bottom Line:
This ingredient cleanses your skin, but may dry it out.
Does the soap/body wash you are using contain Lauric Acid?
Uses:
According to Wikipedia it is a surfactant and cleansing agent.
About This Ingredient:
Lauric Acid occurs naturally in some vegetable oils like palm oil. It can be irritating to super-sensitive individuals at high concentrations.
How It's Made:
Occurs naturally.
The Bottom Line:
This ingredient cleanses your skin. It may irritate very sensitive skin and my cause cancer.
Does the soap/body wash you are using contain Cocamidopropyl Betaine?
Uses:
Used as a surfactant.
About This Ingredient:
This is generally regarded as one of the more gentle surfactants, although some studies indicate it may be an allergen, according to wikipedia.
How It's Made:
I wasn't able to pin this down difinitively, but I gather that it is synthesized in a lab
The Bottom Line:
This ingredient cleanses your skin. It may also be an allergen.
Does the soap/body wash you are using contain Maltol?
Uses:
Used as a flavoring agent, according to wikipedia.
About This Ingredient:
I wasn't able to find any information on the use of Maltol in soap. It occurs naturally in some types of plants. It does have a fragrance.
How It's Made: I can't say definitively, but I would propose that it is probably harvested from plant material.
The Bottom Line:
This ingredient does not appear to have any beneficial properties for your skin. It might be used as a fragrance, but maybe not considering Dove claims this bar to be unscented.
Does the soap/body wash you are using contain Titanium Dioxide?
Uses: Used as a whitening agent.
About This Ingredient: Titanium Dioxide is thought to have no negative side effects when used externally. However, I have read that people can be sensitive to it.
How It's Made: Crude titanium dioxide is purified via titanium tetrachloride in the chloride process, according to wikipedia.
The Bottom Line: This ingredient does not appear to have any beneficial properties for your skin. It may cause skin irritation.
Uses: According to DCI it is used as a detergent, wetting agent, and emulsifier
About This Ingredient: This is a synthetic detergent. It may dry the skin out because if it's degreasing properties. Depending on where you look, this detergent is may be listed as a mild skin irritant.
How It's Made: This detergent is chemically synthesized in a lab.
The Bottom Line: This ingredient does not appear to have any beneficial properties for your skin (aside from cleaning it), and may dry it out.
Does the soap/body wash you are using contain Stearic Acid?
Uses: Used as a hardener in soap. According to DCI, it also gives liquid soap a pearly appearance.
About This Ingredient: According to DCI and Cosmetics Info it is deemed safe by the FDA and CIR (Cosmetic Ingredient Review) expert panel. DCI states that it is a possible sensitizer for allergic people. Stearic acid is a consituent in some vegetable oils.
How It's Made: According to Wikipedia, Stearic acid is prepared by treating animal fat with water at a high pressure and temperature, leading to the hydrolysis of triglycerides.
The Bottom Line: This ingredient does not appear to have any beneficial properties for your skin, and may sensitize you to allergens.
Does the soap/body wash you are using contain Sodium Palmitate?
Uses:
Used for cleansing and creating lather.
About This Ingredient:
Sodium Palmitate is a salt of Palmitic Acid (according to Cosmetic Cop's Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients. Palmitic Acid can be drying to the skin).
How It's Made:
Sodium Palmitate is made my mixing Palmitic Acid with Lye (a solution containing water and an alkali).
The Bottom Line:
This ingredient cleanses your skin, but may dry it out.
Does the soap/body wash you are using contain Lauric Acid?
Uses:
According to Wikipedia it is a surfactant and cleansing agent.
About This Ingredient:
Lauric Acid occurs naturally in some vegetable oils like palm oil. It can be irritating to super-sensitive individuals at high concentrations.
How It's Made:
Occurs naturally.
The Bottom Line:
This ingredient cleanses your skin. It may irritate very sensitive skin and my cause cancer.
Does the soap/body wash you are using contain Cocamidopropyl Betaine?
Uses:
Used as a surfactant.
About This Ingredient:
This is generally regarded as one of the more gentle surfactants, although some studies indicate it may be an allergen, according to wikipedia.
How It's Made:
I wasn't able to pin this down difinitively, but I gather that it is synthesized in a lab
The Bottom Line:
This ingredient cleanses your skin. It may also be an allergen.
Does the soap/body wash you are using contain Maltol?
Uses:
Used as a flavoring agent, according to wikipedia.
About This Ingredient:
I wasn't able to find any information on the use of Maltol in soap. It occurs naturally in some types of plants. It does have a fragrance.
How It's Made: I can't say definitively, but I would propose that it is probably harvested from plant material.
The Bottom Line:
This ingredient does not appear to have any beneficial properties for your skin. It might be used as a fragrance, but maybe not considering Dove claims this bar to be unscented.
Does the soap/body wash you are using contain Titanium Dioxide?
Uses: Used as a whitening agent.
About This Ingredient: Titanium Dioxide is thought to have no negative side effects when used externally. However, I have read that people can be sensitive to it.
How It's Made: Crude titanium dioxide is purified via titanium tetrachloride in the chloride process, according to wikipedia.
The Bottom Line: This ingredient does not appear to have any beneficial properties for your skin. It may cause skin irritation.
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