Looks like bar soap is going the way of VCRs, at least where I live. Last time I bought some, both grocery stores I go to only had maybe 6 kinds to choose from.
Except for a display of handmade soaps! Which I'd buy, but haven't found a scent I like.
So I've adapted to body wash and one of those net scrunchy-like scrubby things for bathing, and liquid soap from Trader Joe's for kitchen and bathroom sinks.
You?
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Bar soap. Better for the environment; no bottles. I never share my bar and I have a soap dish with a rack that airs it out so it dries between showers. Savon de Marseille is the gold standard. The absolute best soap on the planet. For drugstore brands, Tone will do.
shareYou have me curious. What is it about Savon de Marseille soap that makes it so wonderful?
I bought a few bars of handmade soaps from a seller on Etsy, and do have to say it left my face unusually clean and soft. Are those two of the factors that you love about Savon de Marseille?
It is a good point that the packaging of bar soap is better for the environment than plastic bottles.
It is fantastic. Skin feels so clean and soft after.
Here is a history of it: https://savondemarseille.com/. The French have been perfecting it from the 9th Century!
L’Occitane shops sell it in the US, as well as on Amazon.
So the same qualities I liked about the handmade soap I got. Impressive they've been making it since the 9th century!
shareJust lol @ bar soap
shareCoal Tar soap for me, It smells great.
shareThat's real good for dry skin, no?
shareIs that the black soap? Or maybe there's more than one.
When I was a kid my friend's father had this black soap they used to wash their dog. I'd never seen it before, or since, come to think of it. I thought that was pine-based, but I could be wrong and it was coal tar.
My grandmother made the best smelling bar soap. I don’t recall what she used for fragrance, but the compounded soap included lard (from pigs) and lye. That stuff was used for *everything*. No stain was left on clothing when used as a pre-treatment. Bathed, washed hair, did laundry, etc.
No it's an orange bar, I know the black stuff that you mean though. ⤵️
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wrights-Traditional-Coal-Soap-Pack/dp/B001RYUD7S
Huh. Never seen an orange bar before, but I did remember it was pine tar soap my friend's father used to wash their dog.
shareBar. Gotta figure it's cheaper, and I don't know about slimy. It's soap !
Also, we don't need all this anti-microbial stuff. Our bodies need to know how to fight off germs.
Do people wake in the A.M. and need to wash away all the microbes they acquired from their own bed?
I'm with you on the anti-bacterial stuff. I never use it when I can avoid it.
shareThe following ordered from Amazon is what we are currently using for hand washing. I’ve had so many surgeries to the point the anesthesia has destroyed my nails, cuticles, and hair. Anesthesia robs the body of keratin which is vital for healthy skin, nails & hair. Also my husband has open lesions all over his body from the cancer so I decided to cease using harsh antibacterial soaps. I purchased bar soap made from goat’s milk and lavender for him.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HMYBFLY/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&th=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00469V5QO/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I read somewhere soap used to be made from pig fat. Some small, artisanal soap makers still do it the old fashion way.
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Well, you obviously want nothing to do with me, but I will say this....
Since you live alone, it really doesn't matter if you use bar soap.
You obviously understand that if there are other people in the house, it's wise and far more sanitary to go with the liquid.
I agree, Miss Margo! When I think of bar soap used by more than one person in the household...I think of hairs left behind on the soap! 🤢 I don’t know where that damn bar of soap has been! To me it’s like using someone else’s toothbrush! Gross!😝
shareWas "you obviously want nothing to do with me" directed at me?? If so, I don't know where you'd get that idea, but that isn't the case. If it wasn't directed at me, never mind! 😀
shareBar soap. Dove for sensitive skin. Anything else makes my skin itch. I learned the hard way.
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