In a world filled with body washes and face washes, do you really need soap?

The answer is yes. 

While shower gels have their own advantages, soaps also offer benefits that a body wash cannot. 

Soaps are more exfoliating than body washes and are made using natural ingredients, which are gentle on sensitive skin. Rich in antibacterial properties, soaps are also environmentally friendly. 

If you have similar concerns, you should give soaps a try. But before you make a choice, here’s everything you need to know about picking the right soap for your skin type. 

Know Your Skin Type 

There are four major skin types - normal, dry, oily and combination. You can figure out your skin type with a simple technique. 

Start by washing your face with a mild cleanser and observe your skin after 30 minutes. If your skin is tight and flaky, you have a dry skin type. If your skin is oily and shiny, you have an oily skin type. 

If it is oily in the T-zone and dry elsewhere, you have a combination skin and if it’s well balanced throughout, you have normal skin. 

Best Soaps For All Skin Types 

Not all soaps are gentle and thus, not all soaps can be used on your face. Now that you know your skin type, here’s everything you need to know before making the best choice for your skin. 

1. Oily Skin 

Oily skin often comes with an additional baggage of acne, enlarged pores and blackheads. Lemon, charcoal, clay, salicylic and glycolic acid are some of the best ingredients for oily skin type. 

The Karmic charcoal handmade soap has detoxifying and exfoliating properties that will cleanse your pores and reduce oil secretion. 

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2. Dry Skin 

Dry skin types need extra nourishment, be it in the form of moisturisers or facial oils. If you have this skin type, you need a gentle cleanser with hydrating ingredients, preferably oil-based. Honey, aloe vera, essential oils, shea butter, glycerine and vitamin E are some of the best ingredients for dry skin. 

Homemade, natural soaps are great for dry skin because they are mostly enriched with nourishing oils. This oatmeal, honey and milk soap contains essential vitamins which help in soothing dry and itchy skin. This soap is extremely gentle on the skin and balances your skin’s pH levels. 

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3. Combination Skin 

If you have combination skin, consider yourself blessed. All that your skin needs is a mix of ingredients that are hydrating but not oil-based. For instance, ingredients like hyaluronic acid, peptides and vitamin C. 

You can literally play around with many different types of soaps, however, we highly recommend this vitamin C enriched soap. It helps in cleansing away the excess oil while nourishing your skin with vitamin E and aloe vera. 

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4. Normal Skin 

Similar to the combination skin, you can use any type of soap without causing any harm to your skin. However, the best ingredients for your skin type include green tea, oats, vitamin C, soy and caffeine. 

Whiskers’ green tea and jojoba oil enriched soap does a great job at cleansing as well as nourishing your skin. It removes dirt, excess oil and bacteria without drying it out and is a great pick for normal as well as combination skin.

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5. For All Skin Types 

After the skin type, you also need to consider your skin’s needs. Be it tan removal, acne marks or exfoliation, there are plenty of options that you can choose from on the basis of your specific concerns. 

For instance, this skin lightening soap is suitable for all skin types. It is specifically formulated to reduce pigmentation, acne scars and patchy skin. Use this soap twice a day and watch your skin transform. 

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The Bottomline 

Choosing the right products for your skin is extremely important. While some ingredients may feel great on dry skin, they can make the problems of oily skin worse. Now that you know what’s good and what’s bad for your skin, you can make the right choice and help your skin glow! 

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