Let’s talk about one of the most common, most unassuming ingredients in your beauty cabinet: sodium chloride. Yes, babe. That’s salt. The same thing you shake onto fries and cry into during your third rewatch of Bridgerton. But in your shampoo? In your cleanser? In your exfoliating face scrub that costs more than your monthly coffee budget? Turns out, sodium chloride has been moonlighting as a cosmetic multi-tasker, and I, your nosy little ingredient detective, have thoughts. Many of them. Let’s dive in. 🧂 Origin Story: Salt, the OG Mineral Diva Sodium chloride is literally one of the oldest and most widely