choice of hygienic cosmetics on shelves of shops is capable to blow even the richest mind. Producers offer solid and liquid soap, shower gels with various aromas, additives, attributing to the products nearly miracle properties. Some consumers make the choice, being guided only by personal preferences, others carefully weigh all pluses and minuses of shower gels and usual soap.
From what, from what …
Properties of shower gels and soap are defined by differences in their structures. Basis of both means – surfactants (detergents). Content of detergents in soap is higher therefore it has higher washing ability, so, deletes about pollution leather, sweat, skin fat better.
Usual soap, as a rule, is made of natural vegetable or animal fat (recently for production of soap mainly vegetable oils are used) or of zhirozamenitel, alkali, thickener (table salt), stabilizers, various additives designed to increase foaming. Also the fragrances, antiseptic agents, dyes softening and the moisturizing components, preservatives increasing product period of storage are added to soap. However and without all these additives the soap consisting only of alkaline salts of fatty acids has high washing properties.
Gel is removed from skin because of the high content of water easier, in hard water almost does not form unpleasant raid.
Shower gels are most often made on the basis of synthetic detergents – lauryl sulfate or sodium laureth sulfate. Chemical composition of gels it is frequent more difficult, than the composition of soap, but alkali content in them is lower, so, influence of these funds for skin is less aggressive. Besides, producers usually try to soften action even of small amount of alkali in gels by means of special additives, including citric acid.
Health is the most important
Because of the high content of alkali soap often dries skin therefore its constant use is capable to do much harm to owners sensitive, inclined to dryness and irritations of skin, to cause formation of small cracks, wrinkles and presenilation. To people with the oily skin inclined to formation of eels, it is possible to apply solid soap freely.
Content of the synthetic dyes and fragrances capable to cause allergy, in soap usually below, than in gels.
Gel in bottle practically does not contact to skin of the person – the necessary quantity can just be poured out on palm or on bast. People take lumpy soap hands, being sometimes soaped not by foam on sponge, and all bar at once, at the same time on it there are bacteria. Though on piece of soap of bacterium long are not capable to live, the damp environment in soap tray becomes the perfect place for their reproduction.