Which soap suits your skin? The properties based on which you should choose the best body care products

How to choose the ideal soap for your skin

Tell me your skin type, and I’ll tell you which soap is best for you. Not all soaps suit your skin, so choosing the right cleanser is essential. Follow our tips to identify the best soaps to moisturise, nurture, purify, and rejuvenate the skin, and choose among plenty of Alchimia Soap’s artisanal body care products, all made in Italy.

Moisturising soaps for dry skin

Deeply moisturising and cleansing soaps contain beneficial substances that penetrate the skin’s deepest layers, promoting natural hydration. This means they maintain the skin’s humidity all day long, and tissues don’t lose elasticity.

Moreover, moisturising soaps can restore the skin’s hydrolipidic film, i.e., the thin layer of water, sebum and fat that protects the skin. External agents such as climate, environmental, or stress factors can weaken this film, causing dry skin. That’s why cleaning the skin with a moisturising soap for dry skin is essential to help repair the damaged skin barrier.

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Anti-wrinkle soaps for tired skin

Usually, when we talk about wrinkles and anti-wrinkle products, we refer to the face. Ageing is a natural process, and its signs become more visible over time. The market is flooded with anti-wrinkle products, some more effective than others. Even soaps can help soothe wrinkles and repair the skin, slowing down its ageing process while improving tissue elasticity.

A person’s skin starts aging around the age of 30 when oxidative stress increases due to exposure to the environment and sunrays, while collagen production—the skin’s protein that promotes cellular regeneration—begins to decrease. As a result, as time goes by, the first wrinkles appear where skin is drier, dehydrated, and tired. Using a soap with natural anti-ageing properties and repairing ingredients, such as hyaluronic acid, olive oil, vitamins A and C, and anti-oxidant substances found in roses, honey and cinnamon, helps maintain the skin young, healthy, and elastic while retarding the signs of ageing and blemishes.

Are you looking for an anti-ageing product? Find it among the plant-based soaps of our Classica range

Emollient soaps for delicate skin

What effect has an emollient soap on the skin? Emollient comes from the Latin word molire, which means to soften. The emollient action of a product is to provide softness, leaving the skin smooth, velvety, and elastic. Emollient soaps act on the surface layer of our body to reinforce the skin’s protective cellular film, maintaining it hydrated. Unlike moisturising soaps, emollient products do not provide water to the skin but preserves its balance while preventing dry or cracked hands and face.

Moreover, emollient soaps protect the skin from inflammation and excessive water accumulation. The action of these body care products is gentle thanks to the natural ingredients they contain.

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Nourishing soaps for sensitive skins

Those who have delicate and sensitive skin need a nourishing soap. Dry skin needs hydration and water. All skin types require nourishment. Nourishing the skin involves balancing sebum and fat levels to prevent both excessive production, which leads to oily skin, and insufficient production, which results in poorly toned skin.

If you’re looking for a nourishing soap, opt for products containing oily and buttery ingredients that promote lipid balance, such as olive oil and coconut oil soaps.

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