I have very sensitive skin and I think I might even be somewhat allergic to soap. If I don’t rinse off every little bit of residue it dries my skin out horribly and irritates it. What’s the most “clean rinsing” brand of hand soap. By this I mean that it easily rinses off without leaving behind any residue. For the record I have found that most soaps that have moisturizers added to them leave tons of residue on my hands. In particular “softsoap” brand does this. I am looking for liquid hand soap, I hate bar soap.
If you think you’re allergic to soap, I’d suggest Cetaphil cleanser. Pricey, though. Maybe a less expensive option would be liquid baby wash - that’s what I use for darned near everything (face, body wash, hand soap,) because I have dry, sensitive skin. (Usually the store-brand version of Baby Magic, in the yellow bottle. Never Johnson’s or it’s generic equivalent, because the fragrance irritates my skin.) If plain old baby soap hadn’t worked so well for me, my next option to try was going to be Dr. Bronner’s unscented baby soap.
I actually tried baby wash and it was extremely difficult to wash off. In fact I can’t believe they say to use this stuff on babies. Cetaphil is very expensive and it also has sodium lauryl sulfate in it, which is what I think I might be allergic to. Sodium laureth sulfate on the other hand has been clinically proven to be less irritating, and it is. That’s what is in the shower gel I use. I am not looking for “special products” like baby soaps just recommendations on if you ever used a certain hand soap and found it to “rinse clean” easily.
I suggest trying Dr. Bronner’s, particularly the peppermint or eucalyptus versions.
I have a great deal of difficulty with soap residue and also the residual smell causing respiratory irritation. These soaps are the only ones I use, for hands, for shower, and for shampoo.
I have never tried Dr. Bronner’s myself but a roommate once got it and I remember the peppermint smell being very strong and causing respiratory irritation. They also said it was very concentrated which I think would be a problem with rinsing.
To answer your question about clean rinsing, Meyer’s. It’s not a special product, and IMO neither is baby wash.
The label on Dr. Bronner’s recommends you dilute it - but considering how crowded the label is, I can see how that would be overlooked. Guidance from the company; Dilute! Dilute! OK! It also comes in a variety of scent options, including unscented.
The Cetaphil facial cleanser for normal/oily skin does not contain sodium lauryl sulfate; I see the dry version does.
Personally, my recommendation would be that you see a dermatologist.
I put Dr. Bronner’s in a foaming pump dispenser (just re-used one from Bath and Body Works after the old soap ran out) because I don’t like the slimy way liquid soap usually feels. It works pretty well, and that probably does make you use less each time. I can’t remember if I diluted it in the pump bottle or not.
You can use any liquid soap in a foaming dispenser if you dilute it. If the soap is naturally more “runny” than standard types, it probably wouldn’t need much dilution.
Dr. Bronners always makes me feel like I have something on my skin after I rinse it off.
Are there any liquid dish soaps you can use without irritation? I often use Greenworks “free and clear” in my bathroom dispenser. It’s just a clear fragrance-free liquid, so it doesn’t seem like dish soap if it’s in a dispenser. Looks like that one has sodium lauryl sulfate but similar products might not.
I use Ivory liquid hand soap. No perfumes, no antibiotics, just hand-cleaning goodness.
I just recently started using liquid hand soap in my bathroom and I agree that Softsoap is a bit difficult to rinse off. I am currently using Dial Antibacterial hand soap with Moisturizer and it is much easier to rinse off.
Please consider discontinuing antibacterial soap. It’s not needed (hand washing is about mechanical cleansing, not disinfection), and there’s some questions about the long-term effects of triclosan (the usual antimicrobial agent in such handsoaps) on the environment.
I love Dr. Bronner’s soaps and I love reading their funky, hippy-dippy labels. Some health food stores have big containers of it that you can refill your old bottle from. It’s nice having one less plastic bottle to send to the recycler.
I find that Softsoap, Dial and even Ivory irritate and dry my skin. Oddly, the cheap Dollar Store type soaps don’t, maybe because they tend to be more diluted.
The Safeway and Kroger versions of Dial, which I buy in the large bottle to refill my own pump bottles don’t bother my skin either. I also put my dish soap and shampoo in pump bottles because I do believe I use less that way.
I agree. I wasn’t looking for antibacterial soap particularly, but when I finally remembered to buy some pump soap that was about the only kind available wherever I was at the time. Bugs are our friends 
(in moderation)
Yeah, I think I tried the Dr. Bronner’s in the old pump after reading that suggestion on here somewhere. I just mentioned it because it’s a way of making a very plain soap have a more appealing texture, since the op said it was too thick. I don’t like “slimy” hand soaps either.
That’s what I use too and I buy it by the truckload whenever it’s on sale. I work from home so all of my hand-washing is done here, and I am pleased that my hands are never dry when I use this soap. I’ve never noticed that it’s hard to wash off.
They make like 3 scents of the Dial & mousturizer with antibacterial properties, and 3 without.
I do have water in my tap that is very good at rinsing. Some people’s water is not.
Can your hands handle dish detergent? That’s what I’d try. A dish soap without moisturizers and other stuff. In the breakroom at work we have a brand called GreenWorks by Clorox. I use it to wash my hands all the time because I can’t stand the scented crap in the bathroom. I see it contains sodium laurel sulfate though.
I was just in the market for some hand soap myself. Like the OP, I have extremely sensitive skin, plus eczema, and lavender and eucalyptus give me migraine. I am looking on drugstore.com and see Kiss My Face hand soap, fragrance free, no SLS, 17.5 oz. for $9.99. That’s a big bottle. Refill size so no pump, but you probably have one. It does have lavender, so I’m going to keep looking, but the OP might like it.
I recently fell in love with Kirk’s Castille soap. It has a nice clean scent and I haven’t noticed any residue, but my skin isn’t sensitive particularly.