https://www.mydadthechemist.com/categories/soap/ Recent content in soap on My Dad the Chemist, a blog with skincare recommendations for real people Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Mon, 22 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.mydadthechemist.com/reviews/babyganics-foaming-dish-and-bottle-soap-review/ Mon, 22 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.mydadthechemist.com/reviews/babyganics-foaming-dish-and-bottle-soap-review/ When you become a parent, you don’t just have to deal with sleep deprivation—you also have a ton more dishes to do (if you’re bottle feeding). Dirty bottles and breast pump parts will haunt you until you find yourself falling asleep at the kitchen sink, still only halfway through all the dishes you have to do. On top of that, you have other things to think about when you’re washing baby stuff. https://www.mydadthechemist.com/reviews/seventh-generation-fragrance-free-hand-soap-vs-presto-review/ Sat, 18 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.mydadthechemist.com/reviews/seventh-generation-fragrance-free-hand-soap-vs-presto-review/ Choosing a gentle hand soap is very important for keeping hand eczema under control. Unfortunately, many liquid hand soaps contain dyes and fragrances, which can aggravate your skin for no good reason. Bar soaps can be a good alternative, since it’s often easier to find a fragrance-free bar soap than a fragrance-free liquid hand soap. But if you’re looking for a gentle, effective liquid hand soap that won’t aggravate your skin, look no further than Seventh Generation Free & Clean Fragrance-Free Hand Soap—and its copycat, Amazon Presto! https://www.mydadthechemist.com/reviews/softsoap-advanced-clean-hand-soap-review/ Sun, 09 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.mydadthechemist.com/reviews/softsoap-advanced-clean-hand-soap-review/ Lately, I’ve been thinking more and more about making the switch to a solid bar of soap for washing my hands. The packaging is more eco-friendly and the product itself is potentially more suitable for my hand eczema. Liquid hand soaps generally contain more preservatives (because they contain water), whereas it’s typically easier to find a gentle, non-irritating solid bar soap like Dove Sensitive Skin Beauty Bar. However, before I make the switch, I need to do a few things: buy a soap dish and use up my current supply of liquid hand soap. https://www.mydadthechemist.com/reviews/whole-foods-365-glycerin-soap-review-fragrance-free/ Sat, 30 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.mydadthechemist.com/reviews/whole-foods-365-glycerin-soap-review-fragrance-free/ There’s something so soothing about browsing through the soap selection at Whole Foods. But even at a place like Whole Foods, you’ll find plenty of soaps that seem harmless (because they’re made with “natural extracts” rather than synthetic fragrances), but are not necessarily the best choice for those of us with sensitive skin. Nature, aka the inventor of poison ivy, can produce ingredients that are just as irritating as any manmade concoction. https://www.mydadthechemist.com/reviews/softsoap-soothing-aloe-hand-soap-review/ Sun, 24 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.mydadthechemist.com/reviews/softsoap-soothing-aloe-hand-soap-review/ Hand soap is a highly competitive product category. Product labels have to be eye-catching and full of buzzwords like “soothing,” “advanced,” “foaming”, “natural,” you name it. But as consumers, we have the power to look past the marketing—simply by turning the package over and reading the ingredient list. If a product label says “soothing,” you might logically assume that it is designed for people who are concerned about skin irritation. And from there, you might deduce that this soap is targeted to those with sensitive skin. https://www.mydadthechemist.com/reviews/target-up-and-up-classic-clean-hand-soap-review/ Mon, 18 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.mydadthechemist.com/reviews/target-up-and-up-classic-clean-hand-soap-review/ Fragrance-free hand soaps are hard to spot. For some reason, companies don’t think people will accept hand soaps unless they smell nice. I wish we had more options. A while ago, I accidentally bought Target Up & Up Classic Clean Clear Hand Soap without realizing that it contained fragrance. When it arrived, I didn’t want to waste it so I decided to give it a try. Unfortunately, it aggravated my eczema and reinforced the idea that I should look for better hand soap options, especially in these times, when we need to be extra careful about washing our hands for the full 20 seconds. https://www.mydadthechemist.com/reviews/whole-foods-365-fragrance-free-liquid-hand-soap-review/ Mon, 24 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.mydadthechemist.com/reviews/whole-foods-365-fragrance-free-liquid-hand-soap-review/ I came down with a bad case of the flu a few weeks ago, and it really knocked me out. Ever since then, I’ve gotten much more diligent about washing my hands before touching my face or eating anything. But the more I wash my hands, the more it dries out and aggravates my sensitive skin. What’s a girl with hand eczema to do? This girl went out in search of a fragrance-free hand soap, in hopes that it would be less likely to cause irritation. https://www.mydadthechemist.com/reviews/imperial-barber-grade-glycerin-soap-review-charter-hotel-seattle-toiletries/ Wed, 31 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.mydadthechemist.com/reviews/imperial-barber-grade-glycerin-soap-review-charter-hotel-seattle-toiletries/ Do you remember the first time you visited someone else’s house and realized that things were just a bit different from the way your family did things? It rocked my world that not everybody grew up in a shoes-off, liquid-soap kind of household, like I did. It’s still hard for me to use bar soap in a hotel instead of my usual liquid, foaming hand soap. I was happy as a clam to see that one hotel in Japan provided a pump-style bottle of foaming face wash that doubled as a hand soap.