Body washes come in a terrible, non-biodegradable plastic container! I will NEVER use one!
Body washes come in a terrible, non-biodegradable plastic container! I will NEVER use one!
Get a magnetic soap holder off AliExpress or Amazon - like we had in the '80s.I have only used bar soap. Big 200g bars last a while. Thing is to put them in some type of dish that allows that water to drain and dry.
For that I could buy an 8-pack of Dove Men bar soap, which would last me at least 8 months. Wheres the value in that?Plain , unscented body wash. Store brand. Big bottle. Less than 8 $. Lasts me at least 3.5 mos.
Never said it was more economical than bar soap. It is an alternative to smaller , over priced name brand body wash.For that I could buy an 8-pack of Dove Men bar soap, which would last me at least 8 months. Wheres the value in that?
Irish Spring ingredients: Soap (Sodium Tallowate, Sodium Cocoate, and/or Sodium Palm Kernelate); Water; Hydrogenated Tallow Acid (Skin Conditioner); Coconut Acid; Glycerin (Skin Conditioner); Fragrance; Sodium Chloride; Pentasodium Pentetate; Pentaerythrityl Tetra-di-t-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate; Titanium Dioxide; D&C Green No.
So I'm not sure what you mean by "saponified fats went out of style ages ago".
Soap is soap and "industral" soap like irish spring is mostly saponified tallow and cocos/palm oil like above. To get hard/curd/"marseille" soap, salt is used to separate the glycerin - which is often re-added to the soap base with other moisturizers/skin enhancers and/or fats making toilet soaps plus some water softeners (like EDTA).
Irish spring doesn't contain any (excess) fats it seems but it looks quite "clean" to me. So it's basically a curd soap with fragrance - of course it dries the skin. It's just that some people need lotion.
I know very little about soaps, but was wondering if it was possible to get a purely saponified soap that was extremely moisturizing? What is it about the soap that is irritating.... The high pH? It seems the link you posted indicates maybe not.
For some reason, I thought the Marseille soaps were considered very gentle. Would you agree with that? Are they also considered moisturizing? If so, what are they doing better than other soap making styles? Thanks!
Nope--every day! The first bar I had didn't last that long, but then I read that lathering up with a loofah or washcloth helps soap last longer (something to do with oil on the skin dissolving soap faster). I spent a dollar for a loofah and the soap went from last a few weeks to a few months.I love that PdP 63 soap but it doesn’t last anywhere near that long for me.
Do you shower once a week?