Natural Soap Solutions

First off, I'm assuming you want to get away from chemicals. If the water you just rinsed that soap off with could kill your flower bushes, maybe it wasn't such a great idea to let it near your skin either.

If you want something safer, and more natural, just take a look around. There's a huge market for that kind of thing. If you know what everything on the ingredient list is, go for it. If you don't, you might want to look them up to see what they are. A lot of the things you'll see in soaps right now are obscure plants you may never have heard of with wonderful benefits to your skin and health. Still, a lot are nasty chemicals you may never have even wanted to hear of. Frankincense & Myrrh Zum Bar Soap by Indigo Wild, Savon de Marseille white olive and palm oil based soap, and Loofah Exfoliating Soap are a few examples of mass produced soaps you might want to try.

I discovered something unusual during my shampoo experiments, though. Honey works great. Just plain honey. You can spread it on your face like soap and wash it off, or leave it on like a facial treatment first. My skin has never been as healthy, glowing, and clean as it is since I started using honey. I've heard people recommend mixing a little Brown Sugar or Corn Meal with it, if you want an exfoliant. I've tried the brown sugar and it worked wonderfully. Either way, it rinses off easily, and doesn't leave your skin sticky at all...just super soft and healthy looking.

Again, I don't suggest starting this when you need to look great. Give your skin a week or so to adjust. I found that all the oil and general unpleasantness in my face was drawn toward the weak spots. Where I was fighting a pimple developing, I suddenly had a big one. It did disappear unusually quickly, though. It was strange and kind of gross, basically watching my face get rid of the garbage that had been living in it.

It takes very little honey to wash, also. I use probably a teaspoon for my face. I use maybe a tablespoon for my body. My mother puts a spoonful honey in her tea a couple times a day and goes through honey 2-3 times as fast as my son, daughter, and I all using it to bath. We're using about 24 oz. of honey a month right now.

I can't imagine going back to regular soap now, but I'd love to try out some more alternative bathing products. If you know of any, please share it in the comments of this article. Other readers will appreciate the contribution. If it peaks my interest enough to try, I'll devote another article to it down the line, too.