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I don't know if that Dove bar has soap in it, but there are many non-soap cleansers of varying degrees of harshness. I only know the brands available in Austral

by jazoom 7y ago

I don't know if that Dove bar has soap in it, but there are many non-soap cleansers of varying degrees of harshness. I only know the brands available in Australia.

duncanawoods 7y ago
You are right, no soap. It calls itself a "beauty bar" hah! I use it and it certainly doesn't cause the astringent and drying effect I get from real soap. I tried to find out whether it was actually recommended for the skin and it's an ungoogleable topic infested by a toxic combination of beauty product snake-oil and "chemicals are evil" antivaxish insanity so I'm none the wiser.
- okcando 7y ago
  Dove beauty bars contain soap. The ingredients list sodium tallowate or sodium palmitate, which are soaps from animal or vegetable fat, respectively.
  - duncanawoods 7y ago
    Thanks, yep. They are not the primary ingredients which is probably why they can't call it a soap bar. Interestingly, the "Palm" in Napalm is also Sodium Palmitate.
  - benj111 7y ago
    But "Dove doesn't dry your skin like soap can" (uk advertising tagline) which would suggest it isn't soap.
    - duncanawoods 7y ago
      A theseus ship type issue. As okcando says - it contains fatty acid salts which are what we call soap. However, lots of things contain these without becoming soap e.g. cheese and napalm so... yeah.
      - benj111 7y ago
        charred crusty (but still beautiful) woman turns to face the camera "Napalm doesn't dry you skin like soap can"
stevejb 7y ago
I'm in Australia, can you suggest a few brands?
- jazoom 7y ago
  I use Enya. 1L for $2.99 from Chemist Warehouse. Probably actually has some soapiness in it but claims to be soap-free. Nowhere near as harsh as bar soap. Smells decent. Lathers well. Australian-made. Wife gets QV Wash, which is less harsh and generally recommended as a gentle cleanser. Expensive, though. Also Australian-made. If you have dry skin, atopic dermatitis, etc. this is what you need. Cetaphil is in the same section. About as expensive. Doesn't lather as well. Not sure if Australian-made.
geolqued 7y ago
From the ingredients list on the Amazon product listing it contains a number of soaps derived from coconut, palm and tallow (usually beef fat). Sodium X-ate is a soap made from X.

by jazoom 7y ago

I don't know if that Dove bar has soap in it, but there are many non-soap cleansers of varying degrees of harshness. I only know the brands available in Australia.

duncanawoods 7y ago

You are right, no soap. It calls itself a "beauty bar" hah! I use it and it certainly doesn't cause the astringent and drying effect I get from real soap. I tried to find out whether it was actually recommended for the skin and it's an ungoogleable topic infested by a toxic combination of beauty product snake-oil and "chemicals are evil" antivaxish insanity so I'm none the wiser.

okcando 7y ago
Dove beauty bars contain soap. The ingredients list sodium tallowate or sodium palmitate, which are soaps from animal or vegetable fat, respectively.
- duncanawoods 7y ago
  Thanks, yep. They are not the primary ingredients which is probably why they can't call it a soap bar. Interestingly, the "Palm" in Napalm is also Sodium Palmitate.
- benj111 7y ago
  But "Dove doesn't dry your skin like soap can" (uk advertising tagline) which would suggest it isn't soap.
  - duncanawoods 7y ago
    A theseus ship type issue. As okcando says - it contains fatty acid salts which are what we call soap. However, lots of things contain these without becoming soap e.g. cheese and napalm so... yeah.
    - benj111 7y ago
      charred crusty (but still beautiful) woman turns to face the camera "Napalm doesn't dry you skin like soap can"

stevejb 7y ago

I'm in Australia, can you suggest a few brands?

jazoom 7y ago
I use Enya. 1L for $2.99 from Chemist Warehouse. Probably actually has some soapiness in it but claims to be soap-free. Nowhere near as harsh as bar soap. Smells decent. Lathers well. Australian-made. Wife gets QV Wash, which is less harsh and generally recommended as a gentle cleanser. Expensive, though. Also Australian-made. If you have dry skin, atopic dermatitis, etc. this is what you need. Cetaphil is in the same section. About as expensive. Doesn't lather as well. Not sure if Australian-made.

geolqued 7y ago

From the ingredients list on the Amazon product listing it contains a number of soaps derived from coconut, palm and tallow (usually beef fat). Sodium X-ate is a soap made from X.