What is the actual difference between shampoo and body wash?
In: Chemistry
Mostly nothing. In fact there isn’t much difference between all soaps and regular old hand soap. We bought some dial body wash because the regular have soap was sold out. Right there on Amazon they list the ingredients, that are/were exactly the same thing, just in a different sized bottle. Same thing with Excedrin, all the formulations (except for the extra strength which simply has more of the ingredient) are exactly the same. Motrin and advil are the same thing. Companies bet that people are too lazy to turn the bottle around and read, and they are basically correct in that assertion..
Very little. Shampoo, shower gel, bubble bath and liquid hand soap all have the same basic ingredients. One you’ll often see in there is PEG (polyethylene glycol) with a number after it. The number is how long the polymer chain is and therefore how gloopy or runny the stuff is, and that’s often the main difference.
Shampoo may have some additional ingredients to condition your hair or whatever, some hand soaps have different scents etc. but they’re all just variations on the same thing.
Shampoo takes away essential oils that your skin needs to stay moisturized. Don’t use shampoo on your body or your skin will dry out.
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