There are a variety of soaps available these days, however most of them contain certain harmful synthetics, dyes, chemicals, and many such other ingredients that are very hostile to your skin. If any soap ingredients are checked properly then most of the soaps sold in the market contain unsafe ingredients. Some of these soaps are not even worth calling soaps as they only contain detergents but nicely packaged as soap.

Most of the anti-bacterial soaps does not contain any thing that is really anti-bacterial. They contain certain chemicals that are capable of creating various kinds of skin problems like rashes, itchiness and dryness. Particularly for young children such soaps are very harmful.

Many of these soap manufacturers advertise their products as moisturizing bars or cleansing bars may contain either palm oil or any of its derivatives. These notorious ingredients are not only harmful to your skin but they can destroy the ecosystem and wildlife too. The palm oil is not only responsible for the destruction of land but they destroy many wild species too. Though soap can be easily made without using palm oil, these manufacturers found it as an easily available ingredient.

Now, if you want to discard all these soaps then naturally you have to look for a natural soap. Now the question is how you will choose right soap in this category. Following are few tips that you can follow in order to choose right kind of soap for your use.

• Avoid palm-based soaps that are derived with unsustainable methods

As such, palm oils are not bad, but they can prove to be harmful if they are derived with unsustainable manufacturing methods. So if you are purchasing natural soaps which have palm oil or its derivatives, then you must ensure that the palm oil that is used is certified for purity. You need not totally avoid the soaps that are made from palm oil, provided that they are manufactured the right way.

• Look for any natural fats

Many of the producers are now replacing the palm-based derivatives with either coconut oil or by using shea butter. This is not only good for your skin but also for the environment too. Those soaps that contain avocado oil, coconut or olive oil and also add fat like cocoa butter and shea, then it can moisture your skin and also soften it. If you find in the list of ingredients such items then it is safe for you. Also avoid those soaps that contain artificial ingredients.

• Prefer hot or cold pressed stuff

Manufacturers employ different methods for making soaps. If they use crude methods like simply melting and pouring, then the products will obviously be of substandard quality. Generally soap liquids made with low grade palm oil are used on such processes. If the soaps are manufactured with hot or cold pressed processes, then they will have to manufacture the product from the scratch, which ensure good quality.

• Go for 100% natural ingredients

Make sure that all the ingredients used in the product are natural items.