Soaps are the most important part of our health and hygiene. At present the market is flooded with wide variety of soaps thereby providing the buyers with endless choice. The point is different persons have different demands and the market caters to them accordingly. If any people is asked question which soap is the best, most of them would answer the brand they use. Thus, the answer varies from person to person. The best way to buy a soap is to know about your skin type and then choose accordingly.
Interesting history of soap
Today, soaps comes in different types but the most interesting fact is the use of soap can be dated back to ancient civilization early 2800 B.C. In the history of ancient civilization, there are different civilizations like the Romans, Greeks where the use of soaps are being found. Gradually with time commercial concepts of soap manufacturing came into existence. In the initial time period of commercial soap manufacturing Italy, France and Spain were the best. They used to make soaps from olive oil extracts. By early 1930's soap started to become regular beauty products in our life.
Different types of soaps
Bar Soap: This is one of the oldest form of soap. You can call it the good old fashioned bar soap. Though there are other types and forms of soaps are available, its popularity never n down. There are plenty of brands that produces bar soap and some of them are the best selling beauty products. Before the invention of face wash and other beauty products, face was the only cleanser agent used by both men, women and children. Though at present you can find soaps entirely dedicated for baby and thus known as baby soaps. Most of the soaps come with beautiful fragrance. At present herbal soaps are available based on skin types as bar soaps fail to take proper care of the skin.
Liquid soap or body wash: As bas soap suffered from various limitations like robing the moisturizer of the skin and making it dry, research was conducted to find out the better kind of soap variety. Thus, came body wash or liquid body soap that helps to retain almost 30% of skin moisturizer. This kind of soap provided the user with many benefits. Like, liquid soap is long lasting compared to bar soap as there is no question of melting as happens in case of bar soap. Another advantage is liquid soap can be applied all over the body that bar soaps never allows and gently exfoliates.
Body scrubs: To some extent body scrubs work like body wash, but they also works like exfoliators that helps the skin in getting rid of dead and dry skin. Body scrubs are highly recommended for oily skin as it keeps the pores open while providing right moisture and hydration. However, for sensitive skin types, bar soaps or body wash are recommended as body scrubs might be too harsh for this skin type.
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