Skin and personal care, scored on published evidence
What goes on skin rather than on a plate: hand soap, and konjac sponges for body and face.
Comparisons
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Hand soap and hand wash
Seven hand soaps, six criteria, and nothing washed at a basin.
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Konjac body sponges
Six body sponges, six criteria, and an order we chose rather than calculated.
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Konjac face sponges
Six face sponges, six criteria, and an order we chose rather than calculated.
Reading on skin and personal care
Fragrance-free, unscented and no added fragrance are three different claims
Three phrases that sit beside each other on the same shelf, one of which permits a fragrance to be in the bottle.
Hand sanitiser: a buyer’s guide to the label
Hand sanitiser is not a cosmetic in the United States, it is an over-the-counter drug, and that single fact decides what has to be printed on the bottle.
What changed
Hand soap and hand wash
Cost per use now reads the cheapest published pack of each product; every price on this page was re-read on 26/08/2026 and the method version moves to v1.3.
Hand soap and hand wash
The order of this page is now our editorial choice and can differ from the score order; every score stays computed from published evidence and printed.
Hand soap and hand wash
Certifications now count 5 per cent instead of 10 and ingredient transparency rises to 25; the method version moves to v1.4 and the reasoning is dated on the methodology page.
Konjac body sponges
Cost per use now reads the cheapest published pack of each product; every price on this page was re-read on 26/08/2026 and the method version moves to v1.3.
New comparisons and price checks
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