I sell completely natural soaps that are designed to be used on the face. They are pH balance - and they are made from all natural Dead Sea ingredients (Dead Sea Mud & Dead Sea Salt).
But it doesn't matter how "natural" they are - if they are not pH balanced - they can throw your skin out of whack.
Some people's skin can handle it (like your' husband Liz)... but I never recommend that people use soap on their skin unless they can guarantee that it is pH balanced so that it doesn't throw the pH of your skin out. You can buy pH tape at chemists to test soaps - to see if they are pH balanced or not. My soaps are made at the Dead Sea Laboratories... and have the pH on the packaging.
Tea tree is completely natural - but it's not pH balanced. If you were to use a Tea Tree soap on your skin - it would dry it out completely. And your skin would then crave moisture, and work 'overtime' trying to create more oil as the soap would have stripped it of it's natural surface oils. This is an example that "natural soaps" are not always good for peoples skin.
I remember using the Body Shop Tea Tree range as a kid and it dried my skin out, so I had baggage about the smell for ages...till I realised that I'm a combination skin type! So, I use it on spots, that's all, though, cos my drier areas can't deal with it.
I LOVE using Dead Sea salts - I used to work for Origins and remember my sea salt range and it was wonderful (great with staff discount!). I recommend it for everything except fresh wounds that haven't healed over yet (had many stories of people who went into the Dead Sea with fresh cuts and what not, only to have the salt kind of 'set' the wound and it scarred). Ahhhh, aromatherapy and Dead Sea Salts...bliss!
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