New12Soap: "The cracks about tallow being drying really ticked me off"
Directly from Dove's website:
Fact: Regular soap can be drying and leave a residue called soap scum on your skin. But, as long as you use a body wash or bar without tallow, both clean and moisturize equally well. Dove® does not contain tallow. It features a patented cleansing technology and ¼ moisturizing cream that leaves skin soft, smooth and soap-scum free.
Myth: You need lots of different beauty products to really look good.
Fact: Simple is better. You really only need a few basic products to keep skin soft and glowing. Many products, like your Dove® Beauty Bar (which cleanses, nourishes and removes makeup), have multiple benefits so you can get more for less.
Myth: Tallow (animal fat) is found in most bar soaps because it is the best cleanser.
Fact: While it is true that most regular bar soaps contain tallow (a colorless, waxy substance), the ingredient itself is not good for your skin. Though it’s widely used because of its low cost and high availability, tallow contributes to dry skin damage—like itching, redness and irritation—and leaves a thin layer of soap scum that sticks with you even after you step out of the shower. Dove® does not contain tallow. It features a patented cleansing technology and ¼ moisturizing cream that leaves skin soft, smooth and soap-scum free.
Crazy that they would "attack" Tallow, since they use it :roll: I'm sure they would say lye isn't used to make their soap either, even though at some point, their Tallow, Coconut Oil, and Palm Oil were certainly processed with it :x
Dove Original White "Beauty Bar" Ingredients:
Sodium Lauroyl Isethionate, Stearic Acid, Sodium Tallowate or Sodium Palmitate, Lauric Acid, Sodium Isethionate, Water, Sodium Stearate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Sodium Cocoate or Sodium Palm Kernelate, Fragrance, Sodium Chloride, Tetrasodium EDTA, Tetrasodium Etidronate, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891).
Truth in advertising, folks...and now maybe you understand my (many) rants about proper labeling on our awesome handmade soaps :wink:
