Is Your Shower Secretly Wrecking Your Skin?

Has this ever happened to you: Your refreshing morning shower has actually transformed your skin to tight, dry and perhaps inexplicably itchy as the day progresses. Your commercial body wash promising silky softness is just another facade packed with ingredients your skin not only doesn’t recognize but actively rejects.

The Hidden Cost of “Convenient” Cleansing:  Synthetic Overload Exposed

Most conventional soaps and personal care products are engineered for the shelf, not your skin.  They’re cheap to make, last forever and lather like a dream-thanks to synthetic detergents, fragrances and preservatives. Have you ever stopped to wonder, “What trade-offs is my skin paying daily for these supposed savings?”

Some of the trade-offs include:

• Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) provides that wonderful lather you enjoy, trade off…

• Stripping skin of natural oils, causing irritation

• NIH reports up to 40% of people report reactions

• Parabens prevent bacterial growth to extend shelf life, trade off…

• Hormone disruptions linked to reproductive issues in studies

• On labels, often hidden as “methylparaben”

• Synthetic fragrances, transport you to an aromatic retreat, trade off…

• Catch-all term hiding thousands of chemicals, many of which are allergens or worse

• Triclosan, trade off…

• Antibacterial agent linked to antibiotic resistance

• Shown to impede the skin’s natural barrier function to protect against water loss, microbial invasion and body temperature regulation

Let’s talk about what your skin really needs

Since your skin is your largest organ and absorbs some percentage of what you put on it, how much would you say it absorbs? Does it matter? It absolutely matters!  Think of skin absorption as how your skin eats.  Feed it junk and it pays the price.  Organic ingredients feed your skin nutrients it recognizes and easily processes for the most benefit.  These ingredients include:

• Plant oils, benefit…

• rich in vitamins and fatty acids that provide deep hydration without greasiness

• Natural clays, benefit…

• gently draw out impurities to detoxify, ideal for oily or acne-prone skin

• Essential oils, benefit…

• Work with body’s natural processes to reduce inflammation as well as enhance antimicrobial and soothing effects

Quick tip:  Next shower, do a patch test-apply a dab of organic soap to your inner arm.  See if you notice a difference in softness.  That’ll be your skin saying thanks

Organic ingredients work with your skin’s natural biology to provide…

• Moisture without clogging pores

• Cleansing without stripping, and

• Protection without harsh chemicals

Ready to give your skin the clean nutrition it deserves?  Explore our collection of handmade soaps and other personal care products crafted with natural, organic ingredients-no compromises, just pure care.  Check us out at https://handcraftedsoapsbysynebcrafting.com/