Can Safeguard soap be used for bathing? Why do many people use Safeguard soap?

Safeguard is one of the daily necessities brands of Procter & Gamble. Its products include shower gel, soap, hand sanitizer, etc. So, can I use Safeguard soap for bathing?

Can I take a shower with Safeguard soap?

Can. Safeguard has both shower gel and soap, both of which can be used for bathing. Safeguard soap contains antibacterial active ingredients that can effectively remove temporary microorganisms on the skin surface. Safeguard soap is an old brand. In the early days, Safeguard represented the highest quality soap sold in the country and had a group of loyal users of its own.

Why do many people use Safeguard soap?

1. Early Safeguard products had excellent quality

During the last decade of the last century and the first five years of this one, Safeguard represented the highest quality of soap sold domestically. Both the soap particle screening process and the comfort of use are excellent. However, domestic soaps of the same period would break into pieces or split in two if dropped. Overall the quality is really average. This made Safeguard a synonym for affordable and high quality.

2. Safeguard was the first to play the card of mildness and sterilization

In terms of sterilization, domestically produced phenol soaps (represented by Shanghai Medicinal Soap) actually came earlier, but the problem with phenol soaps is that, although phenol (later replaced by cresol) has an excellent sterilization effect, its odor is too prominent. It gives people a very strong sense of smell, but it cannot be used in daily life. The emergence of Safeguard can be said to have opened up this market segment. Although all soaps can remove 99% of bacteria, at that time only Safeguard vigorously promoted its antibacterial effect, so it quickly occupied the market. It’s not that domestic brands haven’t followed the trend before, but one reason was that the technology behind domestic soaps at the time was so poor that the washing feel was completely inferior to Safeguard, so they lost in quality.

3. P&G’s channels are doing very well

While domestic brands were still immersed in the planned economic model in which manufacturers delivered goods to department stores in prefecture-level cities, P&G salesmen had already been supplying goods directly to county department stores and would soon begin supplying small shops in villages.

4. The explosive growth period of daily chemical market

Soap became popular in my country in the 1980s. It was not until the late 1990s that soap was widely used in the rural areas. Toothpaste came earlier, but definitely not before the early 1990s. Shampoo came even later than soap. With the cooperation of P&G's channels, it can be said that P&G caught this wave of favorable conditions and laid a solid foundation for its own brand. Therefore, many people have a very strong affection for the brand Safeguard and have formed a habit of using it, so many people use Safeguard habitually.

Soap or shower gel, which is better for bathing?

1. Washing effect. Soap is an alkaline product. Compared with shower gel, soap has better cleaning effects in terms of dirt removal and oil removal.

2. Security. Since soap is highly alkaline, it is not suitable for people with allergic skin. Shower gel is much less harmful to the skin and can lock in the body's moisture.

3. Skin care effect. The main function of soap is cleansing, while shower gel not only cleans, but also has functions such as moisturizing, whitening, and locking in moisture.