What's with this body wash?
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How about what's living in the water you are washing either the soap or body wash off with? 
Just some food for thought... Maybe a nice bank of UV lights lining the shower would help some of the germophobes feel better about which ever method they choose... And you can get a suntan at the same time
Just some food for thought... Maybe a nice bank of UV lights lining the shower would help some of the germophobes feel better about which ever method they choose... And you can get a suntan at the same time
Loofahs dude, loofahs. Those things become stank city in no time flat. I think it has something to do with the organic substrate - a petri dish for funk!
I have banned them from my bathroom forever.
But seriously, I think ya'll are getting too wild with this whole debate about what can or can't live on a bar of soap.
Them bugs are GOOD for you. Keeps your immune system on its toes. People who live in germ-free bubbles are just infected hosts waiting to happen...
Same here on the loofah and the nylon "scrubbie things"
However, we do use the nylon "scrubbie gloves"
We each have our own gloves, and they are replaced monthly so they don't get a lot of detritus build up.
However, we do use the nylon "scrubbie gloves"
We each have our own gloves, and they are replaced monthly so they don't get a lot of detritus build up.
The most terrifying thing that can happen to me in the shower is accidentally bumping into someone else's nylon pouf. I am no germophobe, hell, I think it's fine that people pee in the shower, SO and I share a toothbrush, but I have a totally irrational disgust for other people's poufs.
I use Ivory. That is all.
Finally found a soap I like - Pre de Provence lavender. PdP has a very good selection of scents, although the lime, green tea, and lavender struck me as being the most masculine.
Body wash all the way. However is there anything that is economical? The cost is adding up...
bar soap...
Now they have conditioner and shampoo plus the soap......time saver I guess.
I've been working on my PdP Lavender (stuff with the lavender pieces in it - gives a nice scrubby feel) for the past 6 or 7 weeks... I like the stuff a lot.
PdP soap is good stuff, with the shea butter, and amazingly long lasting. I've got the verbena one, haven't tried any of the other scents.
If you must use a bar, then La Roche Posay's Lipikar bar soap is pretty decent. Hate to admit it, but I tried it after arguing the exact opposite in this thread
At home our bathroom is shared with siblings, so I prefer a liquid soap for sure. But when I travel I'm carrying the LRP soap. It's pretty good for my sebum-overproducing skin, and it's ratings online are high so I'm not the only one liking it.
Btw, it's a moisturizing bar soap.
At home our bathroom is shared with siblings, so I prefer a liquid soap for sure. But when I travel I'm carrying the LRP soap. It's pretty good for my sebum-overproducing skin, and it's ratings online are high so I'm not the only one liking it.
Btw, it's a moisturizing bar soap.
And yet it suffers from the same problem most soap bars do: 5-6 times after using it, it's one squishy mess. The LRP soap I mentioned stays absolutely solid even if I leave it in a bit of water in my soap dish. One of its many virtues.
How are you storing your soap? I have 3 or 4 bars going in the shower right now, none of them are remotely squishy or messy.
+1
I also have three bars of soap in my shower that I rotate through. I took a shower this morning and all three bars are clean and dry, ready for my next shower. I wonder what condition someones bathroom would have to be in for a bar of soap to be in a gross, dirty puddle.
You know, this thread really piqued my curiosity because I switched to body wash almost a year ago and really like it. However, my elbows and particularly my calves seem to be very dry in the past 2-3 months. I have passed this off as me getting old, but I think there might be something to it drying out your skin. Maybe I'll have to mix it up or something... now I'm curious.
It's old age. There isn't a soap around that will cure it. I tried.
