Soaps that irritate your skin

[horizon]

Please share your experience with soaps that make your skin feel bad due to an intolerance to any of the ingredients or fragrances?


For me, the soap that literally causes a chemical burn is Arko. The skin becomes red, itchy, and pimples form. By the way, I thought there was no other soap that would irritate me, but a few hours ago I was surprised to find that my skin does not get along well with Ariana & Evans either. While I was shaving, I felt a strange tingling sensation that still lingers. It's not as aggressive as the Arco, but it's definitely not a nice feeling. I assume that in this particular case, the reason is the overly strong synthetic fragrance.
Well, for now, that's my bad experience with soaps. I hope there won't be any more.

 

[emwolf]

Dr. Jon's Cinnamon Girl shaving soap set my face aflame. I don't want to shave with the Cinnamon Girl. I PIF'd it away with the warning of what it did to me. Other than that, I haven't had any bad reactions. I've been using Henri et Victoria Cognac and Cuban Cigars that some have reported irritation. I've not had any...yet. Arko can be drying on my skin post-shave, but nothing in the neighborhood of irritation.

 

[Frito Ray]

Cella (red pot) and the old LaToja stick. Both smelled great performed wonderfully but left me with a slight burning sensation no matter what I tried. Reeeeeeally wanted to use them, but unfortunately couldn’t.

 

[NotBloomingAL]

@horizon , my skin doesn't react as bad as yours, but my skin does react to Arko. It's too bad. The last time I used Arko the slickness and glide was top tier amazing.

Before I tried Arko I had heard it had a citronella scent. I didn't get that at all. But it is lemony. I can use Stirling's Electric Sheep, which is very citronella forward, without irritation. But there is something to SOME citrus scents that cause me problems. Stirling's Satsuma AS lights my face up. But I'm fine with Orange Chill and MITA. Here's a strange one.... My skin gets irritated from Cremo for Sensitive Skin. But Cremo Classic Citrus?... my skin is perfectly fine. Barbasol 1919 causes me a little irritation. I can't use MWF more than a couple days in a row.

I've learned to stay away from complicated scents. That's just a Pandora's box of complication.

Probably the safest soap I've used is Stirling's Unscented with Beeswax. But my skin is fine with all of Stirling's unscented soaps.

 

[ChriWilson]

When I use MWF regularly, I tend to break out around my chin
My biggest antagonists are Pinnacle Grooming's Asian Plum and A&E's Asian PLum

 

[Joezamboni]

My skin is pretty clear but some will cause a psoriasis outbreak.

Every Stirling soap I tried.
Mike’s natural coconut (the barbershop is my daily soap but doesn’t do it, nor the orange/cedarwood)
Cella would cause irritation.
My water was too hard for the old formula MWF so can’t accurately comment.

 

[Trollky]

The worst offender was Macca Root from The Bodyshop which lit up my skin big time!

 

[Wal59]

Anything with ginger in it gingers me up!

 

[m949]

Murphy & McNeil - Magh Tured; that soap burned as soon as I applied the lather. I checked pH - normal. Then I thought I’m sensitive to lanolin, but I tried other soaps with lanolin since and it hasn’t been a problem.

Either it was a bad batch or some of the scent ingredients in the soap. But that wasn’t just irritation, it felt like a chemical burn with that soap.

 

[nav]

I get very nasty burns, irritation, red puffy skin, dry skin etc from basically any soap with a fragrance.
So i make my own unscented soap.

 

[thombrogan]

Ach Brito Mogno did me the dirtiest. Smelled so good, was so slick, and I’d get weepers if I used a soft synthetic brush to lather it.

 

[Swistak]

PDP No. 63 often causes some skin sensitivity issues for me; not sure if it's the fragrance or the soap itself. Gillette Skin/Pure cream likewise causes an uncomfortable tingling/burning sensation, usually on the re-lather or 2nd pass; some think it's the peppermint oil in the ingredients list, though I am not sure if that is what causes it for me.

 

[Eben Stone]

The Sudsy Soapery Pink Peppermint lit me up like a Christmas tree. I naturally thought it was the peppermint, but I have no issues with their Lavender and Peppermint, and that one has enough peppermint to make my eyes water.

 

[AnimalCatcher]

Truefitt & Hill West Indian Limes shaving cream sets my face on fire. I've used countless soaps and creams throughout the years, and it's the only one to ever cause a reaction.

 

[Roedeer]

Arko is not so very bad, the in-shave performance is fine, but it gives me a post-shave like the Sahara.

I remember getting a Speick stick (this was in the days of tallow speick, circa 2019), and being amazed by how badly my face reacted.

 

[nav]

Arko is not so very bad, the in-shave performance is fine, but it gives me a post-shave like the Sahara.

I remember getting a Speick stick (this was in the days of tallow speick, circa 2019), and being amazed by how badly my face reacted.

Oh yes, the arko stick leaves my skin feeling totally dry and raw!

 

[luvmysuper]

I've never had a soap irritate my skin, though I've had plenty that irritated my temperament.

 

[steveclarkus]

Cello and Tabac

 

[The Coffee Bandit]

Cinnamon can cause a very slight tingle, especially on subsequent passes...but I wouldn't even call it irritation, per se.

Tabac and Cella red both lit up my father in law to be, though

 

[DrakeMegrim]

I've gotten weird tingles from Speick shave stick. Aftershave is one of my favs. Have no idea what caused it but I've moved on to La Toja.