Note: Antibacterial soaps are useless and can be harmful to your health. The best way to maintain good hygiene is to wash your hands under running water for 10-20 seconds before handling food or your face.
Healthy alternatives
Fragrance-free
Brand name | Product description |
Attitude | Natural Shower Gel, fragrance-free |
Auromère | Ayurvedic Soap |
Bare Organics | Organic Bar Soaps |
Bubble and Bee | Unscented Shower Gel |
Carina Organics | Moisturizing Body Wash |
Druide | Pur and Pure Savon |
Earthsafe | Hand and Body Wash |
Ecomax | Natural Hand and Body Wash |
Healing Scents | Bar Soaps |
Honey Sweetie Acres | Goat Milk Soap, fragrance-free |
Miessence | Organic Coconut Soap |
Nature Clean | Sensitive Face, Body, Bath Bar |
Oneka | Shower Gel |
Opas Soap | Soaps (available fragrance-free) |
Rocky Mountain Soap Company | Soaps (available fragrance-free) |
Soap For Goodness Sake | Hand-made Soap |
Terressentials | Organic Gentle Bath Gel |
Tips
It is preferable to use bar soaps, which often contain simpler and less harmful ingredients than liquid soaps.
You will find a healthy soap recipe here.
Ingredients to avoid in products you choose
Dyes: possible carcinogens, skin sensitizers, photosensitizers and mutagens
Mineral oil: possible carcinogen, depending on the degree of purification, allergen
Synthetic fragrances: allergens
Triclosan and Triclocarban (contained in antibacterial soaps): endocrine disruptors