Is it possible to wash your face with soap?
Household soap is used by housewives not only to fight stains or disinfect premises. Some women firmly believe that this tool is perfect for cleansing the skin from excessive oily shine, acne and acne. But such an application of soap is quite a controversial issue. Can I use this tool to cleanse the skin, you will learn from this article.
You will learn more about laundry soap in the following video.
Composition
The use of soap for cosmetic purposes - this is really a controversial issue. Someone doubts at least some of the effectiveness of this product and relates it to the remnants of our Soviet past, when normal cosmetics were in short supply, and someone, on the contrary, finds it most useful. To understand who will benefit from the use of laundry soap, you need to familiarize yourself with its composition.
The first impression can be made simply by sniffing it. The sharp scent scares many girls who decide to use it. The next thing that scares the girls - the stories that this product is prepared from the "dead dogs." This is part of the truth. In fact, for the preparation of soap used fats animal production.
In addition, the composition of the soap, of course, includes calcium chloride.
This component in the composition is quite a lot, which makes the product harmful to the skin on dry nature. But at the same time, the tool works as a natural antiseptic. It is very useful for fat-prone epidermis.
In addition to other components, the composition of household soap is also soda with glycerin. Due to this, the product is suitable for the treatment of various burns and wounds. So it is also suitable for combating acne and small redness.
Who thought up to apply for the face?
The girls and women during the Soviet Union began to wash their face with soap. At this time, expensive care cosmetics were simply not available to many, so they tried to replace it with all available products. To combat oily skin, acne and acne, a simple washing of the skin with soap came up. Although the smell was unpleasant, for the result the girls did not pay attention to him.
Then the tradition was forgotten. Now lovers of natural cosmetics have noticed the soap, because this product has no chemical additives and all sorts of harmful components. So if you are interested in safe personal care, then you will also appreciate this natural means for personal care.
Benefit and harm
Initially, the girls considered this remedy almost a panacea for all problems. It was used against oily skin and to slow down aging. But in practice, this tool does not affect all skin types so well.
So, it is mistaken to believe that the soap helps to get rid of the problems that appear with us with age. As practice shows, the product does not help from wrinkles, but rather contributes to their appearance on the face, since the skin is dried and tightened.
Properties of laundry soap, however, well help owners of oily epidermis. The fact is that the washing soap creates a negative alkaline environment on the skin surface. In it, the bacteria can not survive.
It provides a fairly deep cleansing, with the result that new acne or blackheads do not appear on the face.
So this tool is useful for active cleansing of the skin and from the dirt accumulated on the face during the day, and from acne and black spots that may appear due to clogged pores.And it already dries well already existing, after which they can be simply squeezed out without hurting the face.
So in fact, the laundry soap works in the same way as the usual antibacterial, that is, it actively cleans the face and fights bacteria. But in an antibacterial product, it contains surface active substances, which are also called surfactants, as well as sulfates. These ingredients can harm you because they destroy the structure of our skin.
Therefore, this kind of soap is much more useful than antibacterial. And it is recommended to apply it just to clean the skin, but not for the “preservation” of the skin and fight wrinkles.
What is suitable?
Only in order for the product to work, you need to choose a quality manufacturer, whose products are manufactured according to Soviet standards. An example of such a manufacturer - "Spring". But if you do not find the product brand on the shelves, then just carefully look at the composition.
Modern soap like “Duru” for skin care will not work. Such a tool, on the contrary, can cause you an allergic reaction, itching or just drying of the skin.
Mode of application
The most interesting question is the features of using the tool. For skin care, it will be enough just to regularly wash your face with soap. But you can go the other way. For example, to clean at home by peeling or apply a soap mask to the skin.
- To wash your skin to stay clean, you need to regularly. In this case, acne can really go away. After all, soap can break down fats and free clogged pores from dirt. Thus, the skin becomes cleaner, and the sebaceous glands work is normalized.
- The same principle is done and home peeling. Acne-dried acne and acne can be easily squeezed out. Unlike simple extrusion, in this case you do not injure the walls of the follicle. And the infection also does not spread further. After such a cleansing, there will be no post-acne and ugly scars.
- For such cleansing, acne is best treated pointwise. So you do not dry the main part of the face. Therefore, the skin will remain healthy. But if there is a lot of acne, and skin, in general, is greasy, then the product can be used on the entire face. After such cleansing, the epidermis is best moistened. For this purpose, a good nourishing cream, high-quality oils or product for the care of children's skin will be suitable.
- The product can also be used for active skin whitening. Of course, the soap itself will not be enough. But in combination with other udinovye products, it will help get rid of age spots or at least make them less noticeable.
- You can also try a special mask based on this tool. To do this, you will need to rub the grated soap and warm it in a water bath. In the process of heating should appear a small foam. After that, you need to gently introduce a teaspoon of baking soda into the mixture and stir it so that the consistency becomes completely homogeneous. This mask is applied to the face for thirty minutes, and after that it is washed off with warm water.
- For skin care, you can also use a composition based on soap, mixed with salt. It is best to take sea salt for this purpose. Mask is prepared according to the same recipe as in the previous case.
- Another interesting and effective recipe is a mixture of basics with onion juice. For such a mask, you will need to mix a tablespoon of melted soap with a tablespoon of fresh juice of one onion. The resulting mixture is applied to the face for only ten minutes. After that, the person will certainly need not only wash, but also wipe with ice cubes.
All of these masks are considered very effective for girls with bold epidermis.
Doing them is not often, but regularly. After a month of such procedures, you will immediately notice that your skin condition has improved significantly.
Reviews
If you still doubt the effectiveness of this product, you can read the reviews. Girls express different opinions on this. But if you are not afraid of the stories that soap is made from stray cats and dogs, then you will notice that many people really appreciate this tool.
Some girls quietly replace them with all their face and body care products. If your skin is not prone to dryness, then you may well follow their example. Otherwise, you harm your body and make the epidermis only worse. In general, the product perfectly disinfects, makes the skin less oily and dries pimples and small rashes.
The laundry soap, in contrast to the cosmetic products, really works. This is a natural product that does not harm the epidermis and helps in skin care no worse than expensive tonics and means for washing and fighting acne.
But still, most of those who use laundry soap agree that it is not worth doing it on a regular basis.
It is best to wash your face from time to time, so as not to harm the skin. It is also desirable after such washing to provide the skin with full hydration and nourishment. For this, a variety of creams, oils or even natural products are used. As the latter can be used sliced cucumber or olive oil.
Despite the abundance of modern skin care products, laundry soap is still a good alternative for all of these cosmetics. The main thing is not to overdo it, otherwise you will not make your skin better, but only harm it.