Johnson's pH 5.5 Body Washes Review

Spot.ph say it's a tita thing but really who doesn't enjoy a nice bath?

I don't feel like a tita but I am literally one since I have nephews and a niece. Still, I am part of that group that hangs on to stuff that may be deemed for the younger set. I'm not letting go of my stationeries. Same with some skincare/bath products.

We often equate Johnson's and Johnson's or Johnson's products with babies but some of their products also work well for us older folks. My mom uses Johnson's Baby Shampoo, the yellow one, for cleaning her eye lashes as recommended by her doctor. My sister likes their baby powders. Me, I'm for their body washes and lotions.

For years now, I have been using Johnsons's pH 5.5 Body Washes on and off: Johnson's pH 5.5 Nourishing Body Wash with Honey, Johnson's pH 5.5 Nourishing Body Wash with Almond Oil and Johnson's pH 5.5 2 in 1 Body Wash with Moisturizers.

All three Johnson's body washes have a pH of 5.5, the same pH of healthy skin. According to a diagram at the back of the Johnson's pH 5.5 Nourishing Body Washes bottles, normal soap has a pH of 10, soap with moisturizers pH 7.3 while normal shower gels pH 7.3. Pure water has a neutral pH, 7. From what I've gathered  from this post by Women's Health Magazine, our skin has a pH of 5.5 and it is generally best to get skin care products which has this pH to keep the skin's pH level at 5.5. Skincare products with too high or too low pH affect our skin's pH level, causing skin irritations. Too high is too drying, resulting in wrinkles. Too low and you get oily skin.


Johnson's pH 5.5 Nourishing Body Washes have the same blurbs and ingredients except for the obvious, Johnson's pH 5.5 Nourishing Body Wash with Honey has honey and no sweet almond oil and Johnson's pH 5.5 Nourishing Body Wash with Almond Oil has sweet almond oil and no honey.

It conditions your skin as you cleanse, leaving it feeling soft, smooth and moisturized. Carefully formulated to respect your skin's natural pH level to optimize your skin's natural moisture balance.

Ingredients: water, sodium laureth sulfate, sodium lauroamphoacetate, cocamidopropyl betaine, glycerin, polysorbate 20, citric acid, sodium citrate, styrene/acrylates copolymer, hydroxylpropyl methylcelluloce, honey, tetrasodium EDTA, polyquaternium-7, avena sativa (oat) kernel extract, hydrolyzed oat protein, potassium palmitoyl hydrolized oat protein, fragrance, butyl paraben, sodium benzoate


Johnson's pH 5.5 2 in 1 Body Wash with Moisturizers is especially formulated to respect your skin's pH level and optimize it's natural moisture balance. The added moisturizers give your skin extra softness.

Ingredients: water, sodium laureth sulfate, glycerin, sodium cocoyl isethionate, ammonium lauryl sulfate, lauryl betaine, lauryl glucoside, sodium chloride, polyquaternium-39, polyquaternium-7, fragrance, citric acid, sodium citrate, propylene glycol, PEG-55 ptopylene glycol oleate, styrene/acrylates copolymer, phenoxyethanol, sodium benzoate, tetrasodium EDTA

Up until now,  I still could not differentiate one Johnson's body wash from the other except for how they smell. My favorite happens to be the Johnson's pH 5.5 Nourishing Body Wash with Honey which seems to have floral tones, jasmine I think. Johnson's Nourishing Body Wash with Almond smells sweeter than the other two.  The scents of all three body washes are not intrusive but last for few hours.

Even if they're supposed to be soap-free, a small amount of Johnson's body wash lathers up good. Skin feels soft and smooth, not taut (unlike the initial sensation I get after using Johnson's Top to Toe Wash) or sticky, after bath but is slippery when wet much like when you use other body washes and shower gels The sensation is easily rinsed away just like the suds. Afterwards, I am able to slough off grime effortlessly.

What I like about Johnson's pH 5.5 Body Washes is that they're reliable.  Like a favorite tita. The only problem with them is availability.

Manufactured in Malaysia, Johnson's pH 5.5 Body Washes might be available at the imported aisle of local supermarkets and at stores selling imported goods. ASFAIK, they're not locally distributed by Johnson's Philippines. Fairprice Singapore has them. I think there are Watson's branches in other Southeast Asian Countries that carry them. They come in refill pouches and pump bottles.