‘Why you NEED to stop using African Black Soap’

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Black soap has become such a staple for many girls but that shouldn’t be the case. Black soap (and many other soaps) have a pH of 9 to 10 ,whereas your skin has a pH of 4.5 to 5.5.
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This means that your skin is slightly acidic while the black soap is quite alkaline. The African black soap therefore disrupts your skin pH and damages your skins protective barrier.
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African black soap can go as far as even burning your skin.
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African Black Soap dries up your skin and through mechanical damage worsens or causes hyperpigmentation.
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Also, because you have destroyed the skins protective barrier that keeps moisture in and germs and toxins out, you are more susceptible and exposed to bacteria, which will eventually cause breakouts/acne.
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The dehydration caused by the African Black Soap also causes your skin to react by overproducing sebum (your skin thinks that there is a shortage of oils on your skin).
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So if you have oily skin and you are using African black soap in the name of reducing or trying to curb or control your oily skin, you are making things worse.
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When your skins pH is perfectly balanced, your skin is at its optimum and products will work best, hence you will start seeing positive results quickly.
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pH imbalances cause sensitivity, wrinkles, inflammation and acne
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Put that black soap down and get a good cleanser sis!
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The black soap I am referring to is the original one found in west African (that looks brown) and the many that still claim to be black soaps(like pictured above and are actually black). They all have the same effect.
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You can watch the IGTV video I did on this same topic here:

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-clS36F_Zh/ 

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