It's been a while since we made a blog post like this. Many people have asked what the pH of our cleanser is. We chose to have it around 7-8 and not 5.5 because of this. When it comes to cleansers, the surfactants/cosurfactants are more important than the pH: The skin will return to its baseline pH within an hour or so, using a toner can speed up the process MUCH drastically. Even using bar soaps with a pH of 9-10 for a long time will not change the skin's ability to stabilize its pH. Surfactants that are easier to denature the protein and get into the skin are easier to irritate and affect the skin's pH from returning to its baseline. Again, a toner can help with taking off residual surfactants. While the studies about pH and its effect on the skin are valid (such as its effect on microbiome flora), even using water to cleanse the skin will affect its pH, so we can't really conclude that using a neutral pH cleanser or even soap (after all people have been using soaps for thousands of years) will impact skin negatively solely because of its pH. Conclusion: use a pH balanced toner to help skin get into a more acidic state after wash, and pick cleansers with gentle surfactants! . . . . . . . . . . . #skinbarrier #skincarecommunity #cleanser #skincarejunkie #makeupremover #skincaregeek #oilcleansemethod #skincaretips #skincarelover #skincareblogger #skincarescience