Bar soap is superior to liquid soap

Twistybranch · 2024-08-16T00:04:58+00:00

- feel you have it in your for hands longer and have to scrub longer to get the squeaky feeling off the skin- thus feels cleaner - less waste of packaging - less waste of product. I feel you use so much more than needed with liquid soaps and bar soap lasts an age - much much cheaper than liquid soap (standard bar soap vs standard liquid soap, not the fancy stuff) - looks pretty in a soap dish - can get really beautiful smelling and looking handmade bars - hands feel softer I do keep liquid soap in the bathroom too (for guests to use) but I never see bars in peoples bathrooms anymore.

opalring · 24/08/2024 13:15

I have bathroom sinks with soap dish depressions built-in so the water drains.

Torcentre · 18/08/2024 10:46

BettyBardMacDonald · 17/08/2024 22:26

Agree. Liquid hand and shower soap is just petrochemicals dressed up with laboratory made fragrances and packaged in harmful plastic.

When I see it in someone's home, my opinion of them plummets.

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I’m obviously a total lowlife, little did I know how scummy I appear from having liquid soap 😂😂

HoppityBun · 18/08/2024 08:47

BettyBardMacDonald · 17/08/2024 22:26

Agree. Liquid hand and shower soap is just petrochemicals dressed up with laboratory made fragrances and packaged in harmful plastic.

When I see it in someone's home, my opinion of them plummets.

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Castile soap is not petrochemicals dressed up https://realizebeauty.wordpress.com/2017/03/27/castile-soap-yes-indeedie-it-contains-chemicals/ and nor is soapnut liquid soap. There are other liquid soaps not made with petrochemicals though they might contain sodium laureth sulfate

Castile Soap – Yes indeedie, it contains chemicals.

Yes I am a chemist and yes I know that everything contains chemicals but I am in the minority here OK? So earlier this month I got involved in a conversation about Liquid Castile Soap and more spec…

https://realizebeauty.wordpress.com/2017/03/27/castile-soap-yes-indeedie-it-contains-chemicals

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greenmarsupial · 18/08/2024 08:43

I quite like bar soap but it does leave a residue. When I visit my friends who have a water softener fitted I have to take my own liquid soap as I wear contact lenses and it's almost impossible to get all of the bar soap off your fingers - ouch!

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 18/08/2024 08:41

Re: the clogged pipes, it may depend on the soap. I've had problems with my shower not draining away properly, but I'm now pretty sure it's only when I use certain soaps. I used Nesti Dante for years and it was fine, and after I went back to it I had no further problems.

I wish I could use lovely handmade soaps, but they just turn to mush in my soft water. I need proper triple-milled hard bars!

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 18/08/2024 08:35

GivingitToGod · 16/08/2024 20:23

That's the advantage of liquid soap, no cross contamination. Germs lurk on bars of soap, not in liquid soap that is washed down the plughole

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Someone said upthread that they'd done a science experiment, taking swabs from things and seeing what bacteria grew from the swabs. Absolutely no bacteria grew from the bar soap swab.

SquigglePigs · 18/08/2024 08:35

DoublePeonies · 16/08/2024 06:55

If you visited me, you would probably assume we just use liquid soap.
And in places where visitors might wash their hands, we have liquid soap
Enter my bathroom, and there is bar soap at the sink, and bar soap in the shower. So, soap that doesn't get shared is bar soap.
Where it's a free for all, liquid, as they feel less personal.

It's exactly the same in our house!

ComeTheFckOnBridget · 18/08/2024 08:18

Thank you @UnaOfStormhold 😊

shockeditellyou · 18/08/2024 08:14

We have wickedly hard water and bar soap, whilst lovely, is a pain in the arse. We get horrific soap scum everywhere and most bars go cracked, dried and nasty very quickly, no matter what dish we use.

Normal use absolutely clogs up the drains with scum.

WolfFoxHare · 18/08/2024 07:54

Simple bar soap in the shower/bath (I have sensitive skin and that’s the only thing that doesn’t make me break out in a rash - not on my face, though, I use a special face wash there. I’d love to be able to use fancy soap), liquid soap in bottles on the sink for handwashing in our house. We get one of those massive bottles of Cussons handwash in Costco and refill, so not too much plastic waste.

KimberleyClark · 18/08/2024 07:48

Ted22 · 17/08/2024 22:14

I love Dettol bar soap. It’s antibacterial. Make me feel so clean. Comes in cardboard.

Liquid soap/shower gel is just sloppy fragrances in plastic imo. Terrible for the environment.

I bet half of the stinky people on the tube on a summers day wouldn’t smell if they’d had a proper wash with a Dettol bar of soap.

Antibacterial soap is no better at killing germs than normal soap is. It’s just a gimmick.

HotCrossBunplease · 18/08/2024 07:46

BettyBardMacDonald · 17/08/2024 22:26

Agree. Liquid hand and shower soap is just petrochemicals dressed up with laboratory made fragrances and packaged in harmful plastic.

When I see it in someone's home, my opinion of them plummets.

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😂😂

BettyBardMacDonald · 17/08/2024 22:26

Ted22 · 17/08/2024 22:14

I love Dettol bar soap. It’s antibacterial. Make me feel so clean. Comes in cardboard.

Liquid soap/shower gel is just sloppy fragrances in plastic imo. Terrible for the environment.

I bet half of the stinky people on the tube on a summers day wouldn’t smell if they’d had a proper wash with a Dettol bar of soap.

Agree. Liquid hand and shower soap is just petrochemicals dressed up with laboratory made fragrances and packaged in harmful plastic.

When I see it in someone's home, my opinion of them plummets.

Ted22 · 17/08/2024 22:14

I love Dettol bar soap. It’s antibacterial. Make me feel so clean. Comes in cardboard.

Liquid soap/shower gel is just sloppy fragrances in plastic imo. Terrible for the environment.

I bet half of the stinky people on the tube on a summers day wouldn’t smell if they’d had a proper wash with a Dettol bar of soap.

oakleaffy · 17/08/2024 22:10

UnaOfStormhold · 17/08/2024 20:41

@oakleaffy judging by the amount of scale that builds up on every surface we definitely don't have soft water. Normal soap doesn't lather very well which is why I notice this one - I think it's the castor oil.

This is the recipe I use https://lovelygreens.com/honey-oats-and-beeswax-soap/ @ComeTheFckOnBridget @FlyingUnicornWings Though I don't add the oats - that does seem like asking for a clogged sink!

Thanks!
That’s very interesting that it lathers well in a hard water area.

Soft water feels so silky in comparison.

Snackpocket · 17/08/2024 22:06

Bar soap all the way for hand washing in this house, preferably Pears!

UnaOfStormhold · 17/08/2024 20:41

@oakleaffy judging by the amount of scale that builds up on every surface we definitely don't have soft water. Normal soap doesn't lather very well which is why I notice this one - I think it's the castor oil.

This is the recipe I use https://lovelygreens.com/honey-oats-and-beeswax-soap/ @ComeTheFckOnBridget @FlyingUnicornWings Though I don't add the oats - that does seem like asking for a clogged sink!

How to Make Honey & Beeswax Soap

Recipe for how to make honey and beeswax soap. Includes tips on how much beeswax to use in a soap recipe, and how to use honey to tint soap caramel-brown

https://lovelygreens.com/honey-oats-and-beeswax-soap

BettyBardMacDonald · 17/08/2024 16:57

Liquid soap gives me the rage. Was looking at the display innTesco yesterday and all that plastic! Why??

Does no one care about the planet?

We even switched to bar shampoo and conditioner to avoid plastic.

suburburban · 17/08/2024 16:51

I have both at each sink

I tend to use bar soap and shower gel in shower

RubberyChicken · 17/08/2024 16:49

Without out bar soap the two nuns in a bath joke just doesn't work

Livingtothefull · 17/08/2024 16:39

I have a French olive oil soap in my bathroom which has been there for at least 6 weeks, it started out huge and still has at least a couple of weeks to go. It looks & feels fine, no cracking, mushiness or sloppy residue at all. It is in a granite soap dish with a perforated bottom. I use it all over apart from my face.

A good solution esp for those who are out & about a lot is soap leaves. They can just be tucked in your handbag and forgotten about until you are faced with skanky looking soap/liquid soap (or none at all) in public toilets.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Incutex-boxes-leaves-sheets-travel/dp/B07JHZ8ZT3/ref=sr_1_11?adgrpid=160270321105&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.pRF3Cr_YCaPjspJxgmGhISOOhITav9ehBEfWImhtmHlDCyO8eyeyJHB_vIV-JME5mx7H3-FTPJimbVoAD0MMfSxR7OJER8XEwut7TuhN0J7RHZqoKR3t0Bbq7nb26pvG_KJuX1EINc28AEMiLOV9SjCmIF_yV0cE5mu1FXcfyIehPbO8JhmctVmkHNAvFieuKbt_lDLO8TtKgmorlU0faDi3ObwkeNzMTANK01QdZriwmKQmN5-mjmEcBX6zC5GxmD9FrGjInxnZRXwdaYP7eWL8UrUwYsMFiyfkPLHlOxI.J9eIl9jBa8MJ1le78pLy_y7lXfCzxqLiicy6UTl65LM&dib_tag=se&gad_source=1&hvadid=696199880790&hvdev=c&hvexpln=69&hvlocphy=9045932&hvnetw=g&hvocijid=3450579537687286966--&hvqmt=e&hvrand=3450579537687286966&hvtargid=kwd-1427242455&hydadcr=28146_2253979&keywords=soap+leaves&qid=1723908834&sr=8-11

Incutex 10x boxes (total 200 leaves) soap sheets travel, paper soap : Amazon.co.uk: Sports & Outdoors

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Incutex-boxes-leaves-sheets-travel/dp/B07JHZ8ZT3/ref=sr_1_11?adgrpid=160270321105&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.pRF3Cr_YCaPjspJxgmGhISOOhITav9ehBEfWImhtmHlDCyO8eyeyJHB_vIV-JME5mx7H3-FTPJimbVoAD0MMfSxR7OJER8XEwut7TuhN0J7RHZqoKR3t0Bbq7nb26pvG_KJuX1EINc28AEMiLOV9SjCmIF_yV0cE5mu1FXcfyIehPbO8JhmctVmkHNAvFieuKbt_lDLO8TtKgmorlU0faDi3ObwkeNzMTANK01QdZriwmKQmN5-mjmEcBX6zC5GxmD9FrGjInxnZRXwdaYP7eWL8UrUwYsMFiyfkPLHlOxI.J9eIl9jBa8MJ1le78pLy_y7lXfCzxqLiicy6UTl65LM&dib_tag=se&gad_source=1&hvadid=696199880790&hvdev=c&hvexpln=69&hvlocphy=9045932&hvnetw=g&hvocijid=3450579537687286966--&hvqmt=e&hvrand=3450579537687286966&hvtargid=kwd-1427242455&hydadcr=28146_2253979&keywords=soap%20leaves&qid=1723908834&sr=8-11&tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-am-i-being-unreasonable-5143216-bar-soap-is-superior-to-liquid-soap

user556453 · 17/08/2024 15:27

MoreHairyThanScary · 17/08/2024 08:24

We were strongly advised by our Cystic Fibrosis team not to use bar soap as bugs can grow ( when it's left in all soggy ) particularly pseudomonas, so I have avoided ever since and stuck to liquid soap!

I was curious about this, so looked it up, and the research seems to say that liquid soap is equally, if not more, likely to be contaminated.

CherryVanillaPie · 17/08/2024 12:01

I use soap dishes like this as they let air get to the soap all round

Ilovecleaning · 17/08/2024 09:12

MichaelandKirk · 16/08/2024 09:34

Water is NOT enough to clean you!

Correct. I can’t remember the science, but I think it’s the combination of ions in the water and something in the soap which work together to get rid of dirt and germs.