This one intrigued me a little so I thought that I'd check out the ingredients - It wasn't very easy to find them as the company doesn't seem too keen to publicise them - I finally tracked them down.....
Tallowate, Palm Kernelate, Aqua, Sodium Chloride, Glycerine, Tetrasodium, EDTA, Disodium Distyrylbiphenyl Disulfonate.
Nothing magical there but there is a few worrying ingredients.....
Disodium Distyrylbiphenyl Disulfonate: Or as it is known chemically: Disodium 2, 2'- ([1, 1'- biphenyl]- 4, 4'- diyldivinylene)bis(benzenesulphonate) - Is a skin & eye irritant.
Ethylenediamine Tetraacetic Acid (EDTA): Widely used by cosmetic manufacturers as a sequestering preservative. It may be irritating to the skin and mucous membranes and can cause allergies such as asthma and skin rashes.
Tallowate: This soap compound is the natural result of combining sodium hydroxide (lye) with beef tallow. Tallow has been used in soap making for about 5,000 years. Also, tallow is considered by some to clog pores, cause blackheads, and increase eczema for those individuals with sensitive skin. The attractiveness of tallow for mass producing soap is that it processes quickly, produces a hard bar of soap, is cheap and plentiful. Today, there are many vegetable oils which are better alternatives.
Sodium Hydroxide: A common ingredient used in household liquid drain cleaners and now, skin creams. Ingestion causes vomiting, prostration, and collapse. Inhalation causes lung damage.
Tetrasodium: Exposure to tetrasodium causes irritation in humans. It is an alkaline chemical and acute exposures have resulted in mild to moderate irritation of the eyes, skin, nose, throat, and respiratory passages [ACGIH 1991; Sittig 1991].
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