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Following is a list of ingredients in a common commercial "soap".
Sodium cocoyl isethionate, stearic acid, coconut acid, sodium tallowate, water, sodium isethionate, sodium stearate,
cocamidopropyl betaine, sodium cocoate or palm kernelate,
fragrance,
sodium chloride, tetrasodium EDTA, trisodium etidronate, BHT, titanium dioxide and sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate.
Several of these ingredients are surfactants. And while you might want a sulfate-free gentle surfactant to cleanse your hair, it is often not the best choice for your skin. And the fragrance present in many of these products has contibuted mightily to the chemical sensitivies so prevalent today.
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