If, however, Dove is to sustain its claim that the stearic acid in it is a skin conditioner, then IT must be left on skin. It may be that fatty acid plates out more smoothly than lime soap, so there may be an advantage there, but I don’t know if there’s any evidence on that. I do notice that soap substitute cakes with paraffin or stearic acid binders do plate out that binder on the tile and tub below the soap dish, although stearic acid seems to have less of that effect than paraffin — although it’s said that stearic acid is better than paraffin for coating metals as a corrosion inhibitor. (This is done for fireworks that have mixtures of iron and potassium nitrate.) Dextrine bound soap substitutes don’t seem to have this problem, but they feel sticky and scratchy in use.

One definite difference in use of Dove and similar soap substitutes is that in water of even slight “hardness”, they don’t de-foam bubble baths, while soap does. Whether that’s an advantage or disadvantage depends on whether you’re looking to preserve the bubbles while washing, or to get rid of the bubbles to drain the tub.

As you can see from my Web link, I have some expertise on these matters. I’m also now the chief scientist of the Natural Clinical Trials Network, so if you’d like to have a product tested clinically, please ask me.

what a bunch of crap. I didn’t bother reading all the chemical properties of Dove, all I am concerned about is that they are lying.

Their soap cracks and turns black in the crack worse than any other soap I have used.

The only soap I’ve used that does not crack is soap made by home industries.

Now, I use vegetable-based soaps like Tom’s of Maine and olive-oil based soaps, and am very happy with the results.

Yeah, I didn’t even address the ingredients list in a Dove bar. It makes you think twice about using it, that’s for sure. Glad our products work so well with your skin!

H.M.

Yeah I’m kind of into it. What can I say? lol

H.M.