Can the Pure-Castile Soap pH damage my skin?Updated 7 hours ago

While our soaps, like other skin cleansers, can wash away your "natural skin barrier" or acid mantle, rest assured, they're safe for continued daily use. 

Regardless of whether the product is acidic or alkaline (like our soaps), all soaps and cleansers use the power of micelle formation to remove the acid mantle. However, everyone’s acid mantle is constantly regenerating, meaning it will return to its natural state in 30 - 90 minutes. When using our soaps, this disruption to your acid mantle is minimal and will not damage your skin.

Although our Pure-Castile Liquid Soaps are quite alkaline, with a pH of 8.7-9.9, no cleanser can alter your skin's pH, which can cause permanent damage to your acidic mantle. 

Additionally, all the main oils used in our soaps (coconut, palm/palm kernel, and olive oil) are refined, bleached, and deodorized. As these oils are completely saponified into soap during the soapmaking process, this treatment removes unwanted impurities and compounds that cannot be saponified. This organic refining treatment also produces a cleaner oil in terms of color and smell, allowing us to make a more neutral soap.

Check out Lisa Bronner's blog post, Skin Health, pH, and Dr. Bronner’s Soap, where she dives deeper into this topic, discussing the various aspects of your skin's pH and how to ensure its health.