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Surprisingly, soap may not be your best cleanser. For thousands of years, oil massage techniques have been used to cleanse the skin as a part of Ayurvedic medicine.

The Somewhat Gross Origin of Soap

The first use of soap was recorded in ancient Rome, where animal fats from ritual sacrifices floated downstream in the rivers. The mixing of the fat with water created suds. The story goes that women washing clothes in the river discovered that these suds were unparalleled for washing clothes. (1) Over time, animal and vegetable fats were mixed with ash and other substances to create traditional soaps. Today, we know that when you mix vegetable oils with water they create a saponification, or soap effect. (6, 7, 8)

Soaps today have come a long way from such a pure mixture of water and fat -- and most soaps now contain fillers, synthetic saponification agents, emulsifiers, and fragrances.

On top of being potentially toxic (in the case of soaps laden with chemical fragrances and fillers), soaps can compromise skin by breaking down its delicate ecosystem. The vast majority of westerners have scrubbed their skin so clean with soap that many of the natural oils have been washed away, leaving most folks in desperate need of a moisturizer. Sadly, few moisturizers actually moisturize -- mostly they hydrate or sometimes plump up the surface layers of the skin without deeply moisturizing or helping the skin actually function.

Keep reading to learn an effective alternative for washing with soap that has been used to nourish the skin for thousands of years!