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Six Ingredients to Boost Your Shower Routine

Glowing, healthy-looking skin starts in the shower – and your body wash ingredients are a key part of this. From skin-loving stearic acid, to hydration-boosting glycerin (no wonder glycerin soap is having such a moment), we’ll spotlight 6 incredible ingredients in body wash and our Beauty Bars, and explain exactly why you need them in your routine. 

August 20, 2026
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    Glycerin

    Glycerin
     
    If there was a competition for best ingredients for body wash, Glycerin would be a strong contender. A hydrating humectant (meaning it attracts water and retains moisture), it keeps your skin hydrated and improves your moisture barrier function. Not just found in glycerin soap, this multitasking ingredient goes into our Serum+ Oil Body Wash. Choose from Dove Serum+Dewy Oil Body Wash for moisture, Dove Serum+Radiance Oil Body Wash for glowing skin, and Dove Serum+Soothing Oil Body Wash for nourishment. Powered by 50% glycerin serum, our Serum+ Oil Body Wash collection was co-created with dermatologists and is gentle enough to be used every day.
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Serum+ Dewy Oil Body Wash

Six ingredients to boost your shower routine
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Serum+ Radiance Oil Body Wash

Six ingredients to boost your shower routine
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Serum+ Soothing Oil Body Wash

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    Glycinate

    Glycinate
     
    Keeping things as mild as possible, Glycinate works just like soap – but it’s much more gentle to skin than typical cleansers used in body wash. This ingredient gives our cleansers their perfect creamy lather, and also helps skin retain its moisturizing fats (lipids) better – so even the best soap for dry skin is no match for it. Made with Glycinate, our Restore Body Wash lathers up to help leave dry skin touchably soft.
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Restore Body Wash

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    Stearic Acid

    Stearic Acid
     
    Stearic Acid is another top contender for the best body wash ingredients to look out for. It’s a lipid naturally found in the skin that helps keep moisture levels balanced, leaving your skin smooth, hydrated and happy. Cleansing often ends up washing some of it away, so using a product that replenishes Stearic Acid – like Dove Sensitive Skin Body Wash or Dove Original Beauty Bar – will help to keep that balance just right during every bath and shower.
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Sensitive Body Wash

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Original Beauty Bar

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    Glycine Soja (Soybean Oil)

    Glycine Soja (Soybean Oil)
     

    We promise it’s for your beauty routine – not your next recipe. Soybean oil helps skin look healthy: it’s great for soothing dry, damaged skin and boosting your natural glow. Enriched with soybean oil, our Dove Dryness Relief Body Wash with Jojoba Oil with Moroccan Argan Oil is one of our best moisturizing body wash for dry skin formulas. It gently washes away dead skin to leave it feeling smoother and softer after just one wash. The perfect addition to your shower routine.

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Dryness Relief Body Wash

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    Amino Acids

    Amino Acids
     
    Here’s a phrase we like to hear: skin replenishing. Often an active ingredient in body wash, amino acids work with other ingredients in your favorite products to restore skin with every wash. With some even containing antioxidant benefits – helping to give your skin a youthful boost – amino acids are the perfect match for mature skin, too. For a post-shower treat,  apply our Targeted Serum Concentrate to visibly restore skin’s natural tone and luminosity.
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Targeted Serum Concentrate

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    Sodium Lauroyl Isethionate

    Sodium Lauroyl Isethionate

     

     

    No, we can’t pronounce it either. But the impossible name shouldn’t put you off. A lot nicer than it sounds,  Sodium Lauroyl Isethionate is one of the best body wash ingredients for cleaning your skin with minimal irritation. That’s why we’ve made it one of the key ingredients in our Deep Moisture Body Wash.

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Deep Moisture Body Wash

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