most of the dove soaps have a higher alkaline, then what is recommended, to be good for skin. that is because alkaline changes the ph and can damage the skin. in the past, i have seen dove listed as one of the worst bar soaps to use. i don't know if they have upped their game or not, in terms of removing harmful or potentially harmful chemicals.
i guess that if one has been using dove bar soap for years on end, they may not know that their skin is damaged or dehydrated. it's not just dove. many of the products in isle 5 are loaded with the same bad ingredients.
the skin is one of the ways that toxins get into your body. some of the chemicals can have a not good so good impact. for example, parabens and bha are preservatives and can disrupt your endocrine/ hormone system.
phtalates (sp?), in addition to disrupting your endocrine system, can increase or cause allergy problems. this ingredient is often in products that have a fragrance that doesn't come from an essential oil. this includes products like laundry detergents, shampoo and lotion.
if you search for something like "toxic ingredients in bar soap", you will probably be surprised at what you find out. some bar soaps have a formaldehyde or a derivative of it. no thanks to formaldehyde. i can wait until after i'm dead to have that in me. plus, it increases the risk of brain cancer, when exposed to it on a regular basis (think embalmer in a funeral home). again, no thanks.
at the very least, it is best to use a bar soap or any soap for that matter that does not have a high alkaline number. if I remember correctly 5-6 is average, and anything over that is high, thus potentially messing up your ph level.
in my humble opinion, it is better to use a bar soap like beekman that has no or as few chemicals as possible. some of the moisture comes from NOT having your skin ingest bad ingredients. just like they say "you are what you eat", "you are also what you wash, moisturize and do laundry with". by that i mean the chemicals that you put on your body/skin, get absorbed into your body and can wreak havoc or worst. and if one is on some types of medication, some of these chemicals can interfere with the medication, working as intended.
whether or not one thinks it is worth spending more on a bar of soap or any beauty product or any product that touches their skin for that matter, depends on whether or not they think not ingesting bad ingredients is worth it and whether or not they value trying to be as healthy as possible. in other words, if the label on your dove bar said "ingredient x is known to cause an allergic reaction or can cause cancer", would you still use the bar of soap?
does that mean that everyone that uses a product with ingredient x will get cancer or have an allergic reaction? NO, but some people will, and since there is no way for one to know in advance, whether or not they will, it probably isn't worth the risk. and for people that use fifty-eleven products (aka a lot of products or way too many products) that also have bad ingredients (in addition to bar soap, like moisturizer and make-up), the chances of something bad happening only increases because the skin is absorbing a lot more of the bad ingredients.
what is scary to me is that this country allows chemicals to be used, that other countries banned a long time ago. i don't understand the benefit of using ingredients that aren't good for human consumption. while there is no denying that i am chicken when it comes to some things, i would rather pay $15 for a bar of soap, then possibly have to go through rounds of radiation or chemo.
i have never used bar soap from a store. my grandmother use to make soap with goats milk and oatmeal, so i used that until she passed. then i was forced to find a replacement. couldn't find a bar soap that wasn't drenched in chemicals, so i switched to a shower gel that didn't have bad ingredients. when beekman 1802 arrived, i started using that in addition to shower gels that do not have the toxic chemicals. initially, i used the pure, but when i tried the honey & oats. i switched to that because i found it more moisturizing then the pure. while many people say that they have hard water, i have what i call diamond water, which is way harder (smile).
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