Boring question - soap dishes

[AngelDog]

Is there a design whch doesn't leave you with a wet sludgy mess at the bottom of your bar of soap?

[squaredog]

Imperial Leather.

The paper insignia on each bar isn't just there for 'pretties'. As the bar becomes 'used', the soap actually sits on the paper.......

Difficult to explain, but basically, you simply always put the bar back upside down.

[Primrose123]

My parents used to have something (back in the seventies). It was a soap holder. They fastened the holder to the wall and it was magnetic. It came with a magnetic disk about the size of a 10p which was pressed into the soap. The soap then stuck to the holder. :)

[AngelDog]

Ah, my parents used to have one of those magnetic things; I'd forgotten about them. I've just googled and found a cheap one with - exactly what I'm looking for. :)

Imperial Leather is no good as we use a special soap due to DS's eczema.

[AngelDog]

But thanks for the idea. :)

[HoHoBrandyButter]

Why does nowhere seem to sell dishes with holes in the bottom? It seems so obvious!!

[Iheartpasties]

linky please! sounds good, but i do not know what to google.

[Iheartpasties]

actually dont worry i have googled it

[gobbin]

Ha we had one of those magnetic soap holders in the 70s lol!

[dishwashervodkaanddietirnbru]

we use hand wash instead of soap. We used to have those magnetic things too when I was wee

[dishwashervodkaanddietirnbru]

cheap and cheerful

[Asinine]

They sell them with holes in the middle in wilko?

[AngelDog]

Liking the cheap & cheerful one. :)

[Icelollycraving]

I use a teeny bit of oil across the soap dish so it doesn't stick if that helps.

[Bonsoir]

Liquid handwash is so much better than soap in every way.

[twentythirteen]

My soap dish is nearly flat so not much water at all stay in the dish.

[IWipeArses]

With many liquid handwashes you are paying for water. And because of that will also contain preservatives, many of which can cause allergic reactions. It's also extra packaging to dispose of and looks messy imo. A bar of soap is classy.

I remember those magnetic soap holders. Grandma used it with Imperial Leather soap.

[Bonsoir]

There is no more packaging to dispose of with a liquid handwash than with soap - you buy a pretty dispenser and then fill it with large refills (I buy one litre bottles). It looks a million times prettier than a bar of soap!

[IWipeArses]

I've never seen refills. The additives are the main problem. Soap is just soap, whereas the ingredients lists on liquid cleansers are always extensive and include things I don't want near my skin.

I don't like pretty, I like simple, classy.

[Bonsoir]

There is nothing "classy" about a bar of soap . I buy refills of high quality liquid savon de Marseille

[IWipeArses]

Oh, that looks nice and it's just soap so no nasties. That's quite different to the liquid handwash in a plastic bottle one picks up in Tesco Bonsoir, you need to be more specific in the first place.
I imagine our definitions of classy are different. I like simple.

[twentythirteen]

(a debate on which is classier, bar or liquid... )

[LadyMetroland]

You can get plain white soap dishes with holes in from Zara Home.

I now use bars of soap - mainly cos of all the packaging waste with bottles, even if you use refills that's still a massive plastic bottle wasted. We get through a lot of soap though - 3 toilets and frequent visitors.