When I do laundry with detergent, my hands are not comfortable. In addition,I have to use a lot of tap water to clean clothes. So I change detergent with soap. Then the situation changed. I only use less water to clean my clothes. That's because soap has different constituents with detergent. Soap is mainly made up of sodium soap; detergent is chiefly made up of DODECYL BENZENE SODIUM SULFONATE. They do their work in totally different ways. I like the soap because it is safe to my skin and it is easily to clean clothes. You maybe have a try.