>>10527640thank you for your feedback.
the shape of the final product is not necessarily dependent on if the main surfactant in the product is "true" soap, or a synthetic detergent. there is a great number of compounds in each group, with different physical characteristics, that are usually combined with many other ingredients.
as you can see on the list of ingredients (@ Amazon for example), all of the listed cleansers in bar shape are mainly (or entirely) composed of synthetic detergents.
based on the table in the picture (from the article linked in the pastebin), the cleansers I listed have a pH around, or below, neutral pH. the important aspect here is the resulting irritation index, which is also included.
syndet cleansers are generally lower in pH than ordinary soaps (regardless of if the soaps are in bar shape or not). but there are of course exceptions depending on how the final product is formulated, as you can see from the list.
>>10527792please note that
cosdna.com is pretty useless as it doesn't take the concentration of the ingredients into account, and not how the ingredients interact with each other in the final product.
I would still use a product with ingredients rated "5" (in both acne and irritant severity) if the product was recommended in dermatological literature and online reviews.
