When I hear that people are using soap and water on their skin it makes me cringe (like nails down a chalk board!). Soap is so bad for your skin! Not only is it stripping your skin of its natural moisture barrier but also it’s setting you up for pre-mature aging. It causes you skin to work overtime to produce those natural oils that keep it moisturized. This may lead to other problems such as obvious dryness, tight, shiny, or even oily skin. Your skin is now over compensating for the lack of oils, which can lead to shiny, oily skin as the day progresses and then you go home and wash your face with a bar of soap to rid your skin of the excess oils it produced in the first place which kicks starts your skin into overdrive again trying to make up for that lack of moisture. It’s a vicious cycle that needs to be broken! Not to mention the added fragrance, dyes and alcohol that soap contains which are straight up irritating the skin which can lead to redness, itching and burning. And I wonder why no matter what type of skin our clients have, 99% of the time everyone describes their skin as ‘sensitive’.
This also applies to soap that you’re using on your body too. The skin on our body is much more resilient then the skin on our face so we may not notice the negative effects right away (redness, tightness and dryness). It's the long-term effects that we need to be worried about. Nobody wants skin that looks wrinkly, weathered and scaly. This could potentially happen over years of not using appropriate products for your skin. Think about how a bar of soap dries itself out over time and how it starts to shrivel up and crack...
So pay attention! Watch your skin and listen to what it’s telling you J
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