Is a beauty bar, soap? The short answer is no. Both are just as effective at washing away dirt and germs, but soap can be harsh and strip away your skin's natural oils. Since our beauty bar is gentle, it doesn't over-cleanse, and it also contains ingredients that help maintain your skin's natural moisture barrier.
That's because Dove isn't soap, it's a Beauty Bar. While ordinary soaps can strip skin of essential moisture, Dove Beauty Bar has mild cleansers to effectively wash away dirt and germs and care beautifully.
IT'S A BEAUTY BAR. The secret to beautiful skin is everyday moisture, and Dove Beauty Bar, with its signature ¼ moisturizing cream, is the perfect addition to your skin care regimen. It's called a Beauty Bar for a reason as it helps skin feel more firm and elastic compared to ordinary soap.
Bar soaps break this oily layer apart and lift pathogens away from your skin. Body wash uses the same cleansing mechanism to get dirt off your skin, but often contains a mixture of ingredients meant to help treat common skin conditions. Dryness, clogged pores, and skin flaking can all be addressed with a body wash.
Bar and liquid soaps are equally effective cleansers from an ingredient standpoint. But their packaging might make a difference in how they clean. Bar soaps generally sit in a damp puddle on the edge of a moist sink or in a soap dish, making them more likely to grow germs. “Bar soaps do harbor germs,” says Smith.
Yes, Bar Soap Is Sanitary
In fact, studies going back to 1965 have shown that the level of bacteria that occurs on bar soap is nothing to lose sleep over. In that particular study, scientists concluded that “bacteria are not transferred by this means from person to person, nor does the soap support bacterial growth.”
Bar soap and liquid soap are equally as effective
Soap, whether liquid or bar, will reduce the number of pathogens on your hands. The friction you create when you're rubbing your hands together and lathering up lifts away dirt and microorganisms, and the water then rinses them off.
One of the UK's leading dermatologists and author of the recently published Skincare Bible, Dr Anjali Mahto, has suggested limiting a shower to 20 minutes. Bar soaps aren't something many skincare experts recommend because they tend to dry skin out and, lying about as they do in soap dishes, may harbour bacteria.
The friction created by rubbing your hands with bar soap is a bonus in hand hygiene, as it might remove debris better. Although bacteria may grow on bar soaps – this worries some people – studies show there is little to no transmission from bar soap to hands during washing.
Gohara recommends Dove's Beauty Bar because it "won't strip away skin's moisture like soap can." Although it looks like a bar of soap, it's good for your face. It's considered a non-soap cleanser made with moisturizing cream to keep your skin soft, but clean.
Isn't Dove a soap, you ask? No, it's not. Soap, in case you didn't know, is specifically defined as fatty acids that are neutralized by an alkali such as lye. But Dove is not soap – it's what is known as a Syndet bar (which stands for synthetic detergent.)
Dove mild cleansers help skin retain its natural moisture, which helps keep skin hydrated, and Dove Beauty Bar even helps replenish skin-natural nutrients that can be lost during the cleansing process. Use your Beauty Bar as a facial cleanser or as a gentle skin cleanser for your body and hands.
As a rule, traditional bar soap is simply too harsh to use on delicate facial skin. Most bar soaps have a high pH value. That makes them great for getting dirt and grease off of your body, but wrong for getting oils and buildup off your face.
Our Beauty Bars may not be a soap, but contain cleansers that wash away bacteria and germs.
In terms of just getting clean, it's a wash (sorry, had to)—bar soap is just as effective as body wash in ridding your skin of any dirt, oil, and bacteria that may have built up during your most recent sweat sesh.
Use a washcloth
While your hands are excellent for producing lather, a washcloth or loofah absorbs the lather and retains it for additional use. You'll use less soap but get a nice sudsy lather that extends your bar soap's lifespan.
The reason for these odd sensations is that regular soap can contain pretty harsh surfactants -- the chemicals that get rid of excess oil and grime, but tend to strip skin of all its natural moisture in the process, making it feel dry or tight. Some soaps also affect the pH of the skin, which can make it freak out too.
1. Dove. Dove is a personal care brand owned by Unilever, it is also the most popular brand name in the soap markets across over 80 countries in the world. In the USA and the UK – two of the world's largest soap markets – Dove is also the number one soap brand that are dominating the markets.
Avoid using harsh soaps that dry the skin. Recommended soaps are Dove, Olay and Basis. Even better than soap are skin cleansers such as Cetaphil Skin Cleanser, CeraVe Hydrating Cleanser and Aquanil Cleanser.
Are there germs on bar soap? The shocking answer is, yes. Bacteria tends to grow inside the goo created when the bar soap contacts water for some time. The wetness of the water allows microbiological growth, while skin cells that remain on the bar soap can be used as a food source for some pathogens.
Because skin is not sterile, you can reduce the number of germs on your skin by carefully washing before surgery. Please follow these instructions. IMPORTANT: You will need to shower with a special soap called chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG). A common brand name for this soap is Hibiclens, but any brand is acceptable.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendation about not sharing personal items (including bar soap) is referencing methicillin-resistant staphylococcus, also known as MRSA, a type of staph infection that is resistant to certain types of antibiotics, “which is a bacterium,” says Dr. Morrison.