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 |
With fragrances (essential oils)
| Brand name | Product description |
| Be Green Bath and Body | Hand and Body Soap |
| Everyone | Hand Soap |
| Green Beaver | Natural Foaming Soap |
| Jusu Body | Natural Soap |
| Kosmatology | Foaming Hand Soap |
| Makes 3 Organics | Organic Soap Bar |
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
- 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