Bar soap is superior to liquid soap

Doesn’t a soap bag also need washing and rinsing to stay looking presentable? Doesn’t still need a soap dish otherwise you get wet soap residue from soap leaking from
bag onto sides of sink?

We have bar soap only in the downstairs loo, both liquid and bar in the main bathroom and liquid only in the en suite!

I don't mind using either, but DH prefers bar and the kids prefer liquid!

Bar soap all the way here apart from at the kitchen sink where I keep a liquid Aesop hand wash as its easier for washing messy cooking hands etc

In the bathroom we use L'Occitane bar soap by the sink & a large bar in the shower too.

We also have L'Occitane shower gel in the shower.

I love nice bar soaps & buy them in italy & france when we're away.

I'm sorry but I absolutely do not think using just water on armpits, groin & feet etc will keep you clean & I couldn't bear that.

I have dry skin on my legs & arms & I use good soap & a couple of times a week some body lotion- I find Aveeno Skin Relief v good.

Oh so many of them do this! Squeaky clean only for me 😄 The faith in nature shower gel is good, and somehow achieves this without SLS!

Its a weird one, right?! I think I went with water only as I couldn't bring myself to even pick it up. It looked so uninviting 😳

Years ago I switched to using bar soap in the shower (usually a Faith in Nature one). I now find shower gel a bit annoying as it doesn’t feel like it’s all rinsed off. I think it’s deliberately designed to leave a ‘moisturising’ residue on your skin but I don’t like it, it doesn’t feel as clean.

Yes, @WatermelonSugarLow , I can remember the cracked mingin soap in the community centre where I took dc to activities 🤢🤢

I'm glad you said that. I was coming on to say I think bar soap is better because it avoids excess packaging but it doesn't half dry my skin out. I have a problem with cracking skin on my fingers and it gets much worse when over exposed to soap or any cleaning products. I was told by a dermatologist to only wash with water. Covid was a nightmare for my skin with all the hand santitiser.

I like liquid soap. But the packaging is so wasteful. I like a bar of soap when freshly unwrapped. I wish it didn’t go slimy though

I hate bars of soap! Hate the thought other people have used them, hate the way they stick to the basin and look grubby. Liquid soap all the way!

Oh, I didn't realise this, we have to use bar soap in the touring caravan and I did think the outlet pipe from the plughole might be a bit blocked but then thought that's not possible as only soap, toothpaste and water goes down there.

I have both. Bar soap is very useful if there is a dirty mark on clothes it's good for a spot wash, or for rubbing on before it goes in the washing machine.

YANBU, I do have liquid soap for hand washing as it’s more convenient and keeps the sink cleaner, but you cannot beat bar soap for washing. DH and I are massive fans, and it is better for cleaning your body than shower gel.

my biggest disappointment is that the supermarkets stock so few types these days that I tend to buy just Imperial Leather (DH’s favourite) or Wrights Coal Tar (mine).

Love bar soap. One of my many luxuries is the Kew Gardens soap range. Lasts forever and always lifts my spirits a bit.

Not that along ago (maybe two years ago) I remember coming across a bar soap in a public toilet. I know the reason for soap in itself is to kill the germs, but using a cracked bar sat there looking very sorry for itself in the recessed dip of the basin in a public toilet really had me torn of whether I should just stick with water. I didn't know if I'd be picking up more germs on my hands by using it or not...

I use bar soap in the caravan, (Dove) it does make a bit of mess though, I stick it on one of those suction things as space is very limited.

Soap is a scam. A shower with water everyday has always been fine but no-one was making money out of that. It's a hangover from when we didn't have such easy access to water and corporations love it because it creates a problem (dry skin) you need to fix by spending (moisturizer). It completely disrupts your skins balance making it MORE prone to smells than without. The amount of co2 and plastic to just complicate people's lives and make shareholders rich is horrific really. This is probably controversial to many but it's completely true. Water is enough to keep you clean. (Though I still use soap on my hands).

Ive recently started using bar soap more, in place of handwash and before showergel/body wash (so using much less bodywash). Soap makes me feel cleaner. I love the pale green Pears soap.

I use a soap bag.

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.

I switched to bar soap and never even think about other people using it.
It's soap, not my toothbrush.

Guests can use what you use when they are guests in your house. If they don't like your soap that's not your problem.

Bar soap is horrible, looks ok to begin with but leaves a slimy mess in the soap dish and looks messy and loses shape as you use it up. You constantly have to rinse the soap dish and soap after use. No way would I go back to it. Just extra cleaning effort compared to liquids.

I gave up on liquid soap years ago. Bar soap is so much nicer. I use magnetic soap holder s which are brilliant. (no manky soapbar in my house).

I would prefer guests to use liquid I don't want their germs all over my soap.