Baby soap

Your baby's skin needs to be taken care of from the moment he is born. For children, it is extremely important to maintain cleanliness and hygiene of the skin. The main assistant in the care of children's skin and its cleansing is children's soap, which has its own characteristics and varieties.

The skin of the baby has significant differences from adults. They are much thinner, more sensitive, prone to allergic reactions. The system of sebaceous and sweat glands is not yet perfect in the children's epidermis, which makes it defenseless against harmful environmental factors. That is why baby soap is so different from ordinary soap, just like washing powder, shampoo and other products.

There are three types of soap for babies according to their consistency.

1. solid agent most familiar to a wide range of customers, especially the older generation. It lathers well and washes away dirt from both skin and children's clothing. It is bar soap that is recommended for use in the presence of stains on the clothes and underwear of the child.It will cope well with the cleaning mission assigned to it, while it does not contain substances that are aggressive for the skin. Nevertheless, such a product can be quite harsh on the delicate and sensitive skin. It can dry out the epidermis excessively, so it should be used no more than once a week for washing the entire body. It can be used daily for washing clothes and washing hands, for example, after going outside.
2. Liquid soap much more gently and gently affects the dermis. It has a convenient dispenser that allows you to get the right amount of product using only one hand, which is very convenient for a mother coping with her baby alone. Its delicate effect, convenience and pleasant aroma make it possible to use the composition for daily hygiene, especially since washing the baby is required quite often.
3. Cream soap can be both liquid and lumpy. Usually, in addition to the cleansing function, it has other useful properties, depending on the additives included in the composition. Manufacturers often add ingredients that have the function of moisturizing, killing bacteria, or reducing inflammation. Be sure to include emollients in the composition of such products, for example, glycerin.

All the ingredients that make up baby soap can be divided into three categories: these are foaming agents and surfactants, caring and additional components: perfume composition, stabilizers, dyes.

As surfactants, toilet soap may contain sodium lauryl and laureth sulfates.For children's skin, these substances are too aggressive and can cause allergic rashes. As a gentle detergent component, manufacturers can use palm or palm kernel, coconut oils or animal fats. If the use of animal products is not expected in your daily life, pay attention to sodium tallowate and avoid it - this is how detergent components derived from animal fat or its combinations are labeled. Other designations, such as palmate or cocoate, mean vegetable raw materials based on cosmetics.

Without fail, children's products contain caring components. To soften the skin during preparation, glycerin and lanolin, boric acid and spermaceti can be used. To give the desired properties, natural oils and plant extracts are added to the composition. Many herbs have a pronounced healing effect:

• Soap with a string is famous for its excellent sedative effect, it is a remedy for allergies, inflammation and bacteria.
• Products with plantain extract are known for their wound healing effect, with chamomile - soothe and disinfect, with calendula - moisturize and fight inflammation, with celandine - heal wounds, disinfect.
• Lavender soap well calms the nervous system, promotes excellent sleep.
• A product containing olive oil or avocado oil softens, fights peeling and other skin problems.
• Products with milk gently and gently affect the epidermis and moisturize. Soap with fir and spruce needles has bactericidal and regenerating properties.

Any industrial soap is made using various thickeners, preservatives and stabilizers.These are the necessary components to give the product the proper appearance and pleasant texture. When choosing the most natural soap in the store, you can pay attention to products without additives and fragrances, dyes.

Baby soap has certain positive properties that can be used not only for baby skin care, but also for adults. When creating recipes, the safest components, mild detergents, are usually used. A quality baby wash is made without sulfates and without parabens.

A fairly large number of people prefer to wash their face with baby soap. Many who are desperate to find a suitable cleanser and make-up remover opt for this product, believing that this is the best proven skin cleanser. Ladies who use it say that it helps get rid of acne. However, like regular soap, baby soap often dries out the skin, even with mild surfactants and a neutral pH. Users recommend using in this case not a solid product, but a liquid one, or use products for bathing babies.

In addition to regular washing, users recommend using this product instead of shampoo, considering that this is the most suitable treatment for oily hair and dandruff. But many believe that it can still dry out and weaken hair. Also, baby soap, due to the use of mild detergent components, is simply not able to clean difficult dirt, such as varnish, residues of styling products, grease, sweat and dust.

Of course, you can use children's products for washing hair, face and body, if they suit your skin type and curls. They are usually hypoallergenic and may have moisturizing and antimicrobial effects. It should be noted that antibacterial agents are not recommended to be used constantly at home. This generates more microbes that have adapted to the difficult conditions of survival. It is best to use antibacterial products in hospitals and people with a reduced immune system, in other cases, ordinary soap will do.

When choosing a soap, you need to focus on several important points. The age of the child is of decisive importance. For newborn crumbs, the product must be absolutely safe. It is desirable if it is a soap without alkali, dyes, flavors and harmful substances. As detergent components, vegetable and animal fats can be used - coconut or palm oil, there are products with fat tail fat of sheep or a combination of animal fats. Check the labeling: it will most likely say "0+" or "from birth".Such a product is usually odorless or has a light, subtle aroma.

An older child will like more interesting options. After five years, you can purchase colored or figured soap. Most often, pleasant flavors are added to it, imitating caramel, chocolate, strawberries and similar goodies. The kid will be happy with such a hygiene product, and everyday procedures will turn into a game.

When choosing a detergent, it is first of all necessary to pay attention to the composition. Neither the brand nor the assurances of the sellers will give you such exhaustive information as the list of ingredients. Avoid the presence of dyes, perfume compositions, synthetic components. It is unlikely that you will be able to find goods on store shelves without artificial ingredients at all, but analyze the composition - the more natural ingredients in the product, the better.

There are a huge number of companies that produce baby soap. The domestic manufacturer is represented on the market by the following brands:

• Company "Freedom" produces well-known products: "Baby" and "Tick-Tock" in accordance with GOST, the lines "Me and Mom", "Disney Baby", "The Lion King", "Alice".

• "Our mother" launches a line of products under the brand of the same name, including "Chamomile and Calendula", as well as products "My duckling".

• Brand "Clean line" specializes in phytotherapy and has an assortment of baby liquid soap with chamomile extract.

• Company group "Efko" creates products based on animal fats with the addition of essential oils, has a children's line "Malio".

• "Nefis-Cosmetics" manufactures branded products "Baby" and "I was born."

• "NMGK" presents a series "My baby".

• "Casper" produced by the company "Neva cosmetics", like the brand "Eared Nanny" and "Bunny" with cute bunnies on the package.

• Manufacturer "Spivak" produces baby soap with sea salt, lavender, kiwi, all products are positioned as natural, handmade. Also produces soap-shampoo "Birch", Marseille soap and various beldi.

• Funds "Chic" and "Ooty-Ways" produced by the company "Slobozhansky soap-maker" and contain natural herbal ingredients.

• Products "Limpopo" from the concern "Kalina" have the appearance of various little animals (gosh the hippopotamus, Stepashka the hare, Willy the dolphin) and a sweet smell, which will be very attractive for children after three to five years. The group also presents brands "Drakosha", "Little Fairy", "Karapuz".

• Funds "Pretty boy" hypoallergenic, natural ingredients and dermatologist approved.

• "Umka" in the series "Classic" has a cream-soap for babies from birth without fragrances and dyes, as well as with various extracts and useful additives.

• Brand Natura Siberica is one of the few representatives of completely organic cosmetics in our country. Line "Siberica Biberika" includes funds "Pallets-palms", which due to the composition can be used for allergies. Also in the assortment of the company there is a series "Little Siberica" using the power of Siberian and Far Eastern herbs.

• Soap "Tabernacle" produced according to a special recipe that does not contain salts and dyes. The brand also produces special antibacterial soap for maternity hospitals and child care facilities.

• Vestar produces a liquid product under the label "baby".

• "AQA baby" produces hypoallergenic children's cosmetics under the supervision of German specialists.

The choice among domestic manufacturers is quite large. At the same time, there are also foreign brands that are in no less demand.

• Institute Klorane uses plant extracts in the production of cosmetics. Products "Bebe" is developed on the basis of plant extracts and has European quality certificates.

• German production Bubchen produces a good product for newborns that does not contain harmful additives, but not all brand products can boast of harmlessness.

• Cosmetics from Johnson's Baby cannot be called ideal. It is frightening that the composition for the market of Russia and European countries is strikingly different.

• Sanosan is a German company specializing in products for problematic and damaged skin. It does not use mineral oils in its compositions, but parabens can be found in them.

• Weleda - one of the best European manufacturers. This is a quality and certified cosmetics. Vegetable soap with calendula does not contain harmful substances, enriched with beneficial oils, glycerin, herbal extracts.

• Italian brand babycoccole produces a series of children's products. They contain essential oils and plant extracts.

• babyline nature - a brand that uses German, Israeli and Japanese equipment in the production of various series for children.

• Mustela produces products for mothers and babies that do not contain alcohol, parabens, GMOs, triclosan, phthalate and other harmful substances.

• EcoLab manufactures products with 99% natural ingredients. Great for daily care.

• Turkish brand Duru very well known to the consumer. Particularly popular "Duru Clean&White Baby" for washing baby clothes.

• Cosmetics from Belarus Bielita famous for its price and quality.

• "Baby Soap" from Japan does not contain dyes and fragrances and is suitable for babies from the first days of life.

• Sodasan - Organic soap certified by Ecocert.

• branded hello kitty colorful and varied products for children over five years old are produced.

• Japanese foam "Kewpie" has moisturizing properties and is suitable for use from birth.

• global brand Dettol specializes in antibacterial products, including specialty soaps.

See the following video for an overview of baby soap brands.

Soap produced in industrial conditions cannot be completely natural and meet all the requirements of mothers. Therefore, an increasing number of consumers are resorting to making soap with their own hands. The easiest way is to cook your own soap based on the purchased baby soap. But you can also collect and prepare a substance for washing your baby from scratch with your own hands.

A standard recipe based on commercial soap would be the following recipe. In it, you can change the ingredients depending on the needs and characteristics of the skin.

1. 100 grams of baby soap, preferably with the simplest formulation without additives.

2. 10 grams of vegetable oil, for example, almonds, olives, sesame, sea buckthorn, grape seeds or any other.

3. Essential oils, e.g. orange, juniper, rose, lavender, pine, lemon.

4. Food coloring, but they are not required. When using vegetable oils, the soap will have a certain color, but it will not be too bright.

5. 100 grams of water, herbal infusion or milk.

The soap making process with these ingredients is quite simple:

• solid baby soap rubbed on a grater, you can preheat a piece in the sun or a battery;
• the resulting crumb is poured with the selected liquid - milk or infusion, and leave to swell;
• melt soap in a water bath for 10-30 minutes or microwave for 30 seconds three times. The mass should become homogeneous, similar to sour cream, but in no case should it boil;
• add flavors and dyes and poured into a mold for solidification.

Thus, it is possible to obtain a natural organic soap with an ideal composition. For the greatest benefit, you can enrich the composition with oatmeal, honey, coffee, cucumber juice, lanolin oil and various vitamins.

See the next video for the recipe for making baby soap.

Users prefer foreign manufacturers of baby soap. Especially when it comes to newborn care. The rating of such funds is opened by brands Weleda, Mustela, EcoLab. Factory Products Johnson's Baby and Bubhen cause doubts of buyers with their ambiguous composition. European manufacturers often have well-deserved quality certificates, but the price of their goods is not affordable for every consumer.

Top Russian manufacturers are crowned Natura Siberica, "Our mother", "My sun". The older generation tend to choose proven "Baby", "Tick-Tock" from "Neva Cosmetics".

The choice of baby soap is a very responsible and important matter. It is worth preparing well for it, deciding on the necessary properties and the desired composition, and consciously go shopping. Or you can do soap making at home and be completely confident in the composition of the resulting product.