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 our Dry Skin collection narrows it to the ones formulated for exactly that. Start with our Olea bar — the simplest and most olive-oil-forward of them all, a comforting place to start when your skin feels thirsty.
If your skin is changing with age
Skin in your 40s, 50s and beyond needs richer oils and gentler cleansers than what worked in your 20s. Our Mature Skin collection is where we point you — bars rich in olive oil, calming botanicals, and aloe in every one. Start with Youthful Glow, our rosehip-forward bar built for exactly this.
If your skin is "normal" and you just want a great bar
Lucky you. Start where most of our customers do: our Everyday collection. 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 made by two of us in our Chilliwack studio — small enough that we know every bar that goes out. Backed by our 90-day Worry-Free Guarantee: prepaid return label, no questions. 1 return in 3,200+ orders, because it works.
Still not sure which one’s yours? Here’s where most people start:
