I have been using Ivory pure bar soap. Is this not good?

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Your call on that.


http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/dec97/873290777.Ch.q.html

"Proctor and Gamble advertises Ivory Soap to be 99-44/100% pure. It contains vegetable oils, animal fats, fragrance and, of course, the whipped air that provides its famous buoyancy ("The soap that floats!")."



http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a930820.html

"Actually it consists of 'foreign and unnecessary substances,'...It all started in 1881 when Harley Procter, son of Procter & Gamble co-founder William Procter and a legendary soap salesman in his own right, decided he needed a new angle to hawk Ivory soap. Then as now people were impressed by scientific testimonials, and Harley decided if he could come up with a lab test showing Ivory was "purer" than other soaps, he'd win sales...The impurities consisted of uncombined alkali, 0.11%; carbonates, 0.28%; and mineral matter, 0.17%. Total: 0.56%. Thinking that "99 and 44/100% pure" had just the right touch of technical authenticity to appeal to the great unwashed, so to speak, Harley began sticking the phrase in Ivory advertisements, and another classic marketing slogan was born. Trouble was, there wasn't a standard for purity in soap, so Harley hired an independent scientific consultant in New York to concoct one. The consultant concluded that a 100% pure soap would consist of nothing but fatty acids and alkali, the somewhat yukky sounding substances that nonetheless are the chief ingredients of most soap."

According to Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory_(soap)


"Ivory soap is more caustic than some milder bars, such as Dove, a non-soap syndet bar. Some consumer investigations have found that Ivory's antimicrobial activity is better than other skin soaps, even those containing antibacterials such as triclosan. A postulate for this effectiveness is the ability of the soap to lyse bacteria efficiently, and to rinse cleanly. The drawback to the soap is its drying effect on the skin, as it easily dissolves natural oils."

You notice, though, that Dove is a non-soap syndet or Synthetic Detergent.

I use Ivory. I think it does a good job. The p.h. is very high. these are the ingredients. Fragrance(s)/perfume(s) 000000-00-1
Magnesium sulfate 007487-88-9
Sodium chloride 007647-14-5
Water 007732-18-5
Sodium tallowate 008052-48-0
Sodium cocoate 061789-31-9
Sodium palm kernelate 061789-89-7
Sodium silicates (unspecified) I totally don't know what any of this is, but I WAUN'T it.

Thanks for all the replies!
They were very informative!
However, I am still looking for the answers to my two original questions please...

Here is my experience with Ivory Soap: Quite a few years ago I heard of doing this, and so I decided to try it. I bought Ivory Soap and began to brush. After about three days, I got terrible canker sores in my mouth. I was so miserable and it took a week or so before I cleared it up. I am now afraid of trying any soap.

If you have been brushing with Ivory Soap and you have no problem with it, then it's probably okay.

gg