Do You Use Deodorant Soap? Here's Why You Should Stop.

Don't want to give up the cheap price of your drugstore bar soap?? Maybe after reading this, you'll change your mind.

We found an old edition of Allure that had an interesting bit of information about soap and your skin: It takes approximately eight hours for your skin to replenish the moisture lost during a shower when you use a regular soap. 8 hours!? No wonder you're dry and itchy and flaky.? Your skin doesn't have to itch.? You have options.

If you want to splurge, go for a good bar of handmade soap.? Etsy is full of them! In fact, I posted one on my About.com Facebook page last night and someone grabbed it right away.? These soaps are made with pure cocoa butter, shea butter, coconut oil and many other butters and oils that moisturize on top of cleanse.? Your skin will drink in the moisture from the soap instead of the soap sucking the moisture out.

Dove soap is also known for hydrating the skin, but our best recommendation is to go for a good homemade bar of soap. Don't forget to moisturize right out of the shower.? We love Argan oil.

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