Most "how to choose soap" advice starts with figuring out your skin type. We'll get there, but here's the honest version first: if your soap is stripping your skin, your "skin type" might just be your skin reacting to a bad bar. Fix the soap, and a lot of so-called skin problems calm down on their own.
That said, different skin does want different things. Here's how to find your Fresh Suds match.
If your skin reacts to everything
This is the big one, and it's who we built Fresh Suds for. If new products sting, tighten, or turn you red, you want the gentlest bar possible. The Serenity Calendula bar is the one we point sensitive skin to first: calm, simple, and made with soothing calendula. Browse the whole Sensitive Skin collection for more like it. And aloe is in every bar we make, so even our scented ones are built to be kind.
If your skin feels dry and tight
Dry skin needs a bar that feeds it instead of stripping it, and nothing does that like pure olive oil. Every Fresh Suds bar leads with 40%+, but the Olea bar is the simplest and most olive-oil-forward of them all, a comforting place to start when your skin feels thirsty.
If your skin gets oily or congested
Oily skin doesn't need to be scrubbed raw. It needs a gentle deep-clean that won't trigger even more oil. Our clay bars do exactly that. Browse the Gentle Detox Bars, or reach for Purple Mallee, our deepest-cleaning clay bar.
If your skin is "normal" and you just want a great bar
Lucky you. Start where everyone else's favourites are: our bestsellers. Same 40%+ olive oil and aloe in every one, so just pick the scent you love.
The one rule that beats all the others
Whatever your skin type, a bar should leave you feeling clean and comfortable, never tight. If a soap leaves your skin squeaky or stinging, that isn't "clean," that's stripped. The right bar feels good while you use it and after.
Still not sure? You don't have to gamble. Every Fresh Suds bar is backed by our 90-day Worry-Free Guarantee: prepaid return label, no questions. 1 return in 3,200+ orders, because it works.
