I may have a different skin type, but I've found that switching from sodium-laureth-sulfate-based detergent soaps to castile soaps significantly reduced the dry

I may have a different skin type, but I've found that switching from sodium-laureth-sulfate-based detergent soaps to castile soaps significantly reduced the dryness I used to get on the skin on my hands. A good castile soap does not have any residual lye in it because the lye is fully consumed in the reaction that produces the soap.