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Tianga

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Hard water

💧 Hi wonderful people. Let’s talk about hard water. Can you tell the difference between hard water and soft water? I have a water softener and we routinely need to add salt in order to keep the water soft. 💦 Soft water helps soap lather well and cleansing products work well. When the water is hard, soap or cleansers do not lather and ones skin feels dry, hard and even drier. When one uses hard water there can be an increase in clogged pores, irritation and itchiness. One also uses more soap/ cleanser when water is hard and that exercerbates the problems. 💧 if you notice your cleanser or soap even while showering is not lathering, your water is hard. Make changes and protect your skin. When using hard water, you feel squeaky, when water is soft, there is a soft silky slip to the skin. That is what it should feel like. 💦 Hard water does not cause skin problems, but it is worsen existing ones that you are trying to heal or improve. For those of you with water softeners, check your salt levels from time to time. Take care! ♥️
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mochiface

Dry/Sensitive

We use hard water at home. We use loufah to lather our soaps but then I only find it hard to lather when there is not enough moisture to make a lather. Not sure if it makes skin drier but I don't see any difference from using chlorinated water in the city.
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Tianga

Dry/Resilient

as long as it is working well for you then it’s good. for some areas the water is just plain hard, making it hard to gently cleanse our skin and bodies. then one can be drier and more irritated.
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myrinA

Oily/Resilient

I am clueless of this hard water and soft water. Do we get to change the condition of our water?? 🤔 And will the condition of water changed by itself from day to day?? 🤔 but thanks for this eye opening topic. I will never know if I didn't come across here 😉
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Tianga

Dry/Resilient

Hi there. one can only know if they just find their products not lathering. If you’re in the city then your water may be fine. Sometimes we can think our cleansers are not working well for our skin, when the issue might be the water. one may not be able to do anything about it because of where they live, but it may help answer the question as to why our soap may not be lathering. thanks for reading.
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skincarebychin

Oily/Sensitive

Oh I didn’t know there’s such a thing! Thanks for the info ❤️
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Tianga

Dry/Resilient

you’re welcome. thanks for reading.
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