DH and I disagree about Soap 😳

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DH has put a fresh bar of soap out today, his trusty Imperial Leather. He thinks it’s a classy soap based on his childhood perspective in the late 1970s. I think it’s one step up from carbolic. I want Jo Malone soap 😢

AIBU - imperial leather is pure luxury
AINBU - what next, waxy toilet paper?

We clearly live in pure luxury all have our own soap dish…! It’s the way to go. No more disputes over which soap to buy…! I agree with you on the imperial leather. If you want fancy soaps, pick one out from TX maxx!
Soap is so much better for one of my children’s exzema and liquid soap doesn’t really clean you properly and just leaves you feeling a bit gross. Can’t beat soap and a flannel!!! Especially in summer when you’re so sweaty etc…

Both are leaving harmful residues on your hands. Get a minimalist soap that just does the job of cleaning.

Ooh, those look lovely, I'm definitely going to be ordering some, thank you.

Mine too! OP, it seems getting a cat might be the answer to getting it banned from the house.

I grew up in the 70’s with Imperial leather. Always hated how the little badge would stay there stuck in the soap getting mankier and mankier until the bitter end so yanbu.

I love a ‘perfumed’ soap and like to collect (and use) all different rose scented ones.

My partner and I each have a bar of soap. Works much better.

Yanbu

I suspect you have to do all the interior design as he'd be happy with a single leather seat and a massive tv!

We're a Pears household but IL is in the same sort of genre I think - a classic.

Bars in the bathrooms but I bought a bottle of the hand-wash for the downstairs loo.

DH was a shower gel man but now the hot weather has arrived he prefers the squeaky clean sensation of a bar of soap. Converted!

I would and do wash my hair with our cat shampoo (Nootie Sweet Pea) as its gorgeous and I had to buy a literal gallon of it, but I believe you should never use human toiletries on pets.

Cat being cat.
Who knew?
(They’re all weirdos. Probably why we love them)

We use a glycerine soap to wash at the sink (zero packaging), and a local shop stocks The English Soap Company's Kew Gardens Collection which we use in the shower (paper wrap). That started as a treat at Christmas a few years back, but then I just decided (think L'Oreal adverts) I was worth it!

Is this why it has the label????

That is still around now.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=knights+castile+soap+original&crid=3QHGWM4EQWFEV&sprefix=knights+castile+so%2Caps%2C126&ref=nb_sb_ss_fb_1_18_mvt-t11-ranker

I’ve rediscovered bar soap recently after purchasing some magnetic holders to stick the soap to the wall so no gammy residue!
I went to buy some Pears and found out that they now do different fragrances! My bathroom has never smelt better.
Still have hand soap in the guest bathroom but I’m a happy bar soap convert😊

I don't like Imperial leather it was what my parents always bought though. I prefer Dove or a nice handmade soap. I've never tried Jo Malone soap so I couldn't say about that.

I read this as 'pre-reformation Pears' and I thought, blimey that's a long time to have had soap hidden away...

Do you not understand how soap works or something? Why would you be disgusted at someone else using the same soap? How strange.

Yes. We used bar shampoo but I just buy supermarket conditioner. The shower would be a bit cluttered if everyone had their own.

Pears is the childhood memory soap for me, but it smells different now and dries out my skin.

I bought Japanese persimmon soap when we were going on a hiking holiday in a very hot country and have used it ever since. The brand I bought is lovely and creamy but still leaves me feeling super clean (we both use it).

And Acqua di Parma hand wash in glass bottles. Amazing scents and they use glycerine in place of a lot of the ickier ingredients.

I don't understand why anyone would be 'disgusted' at using the same soap bar, even though it is far less disgusting than handling a liquid soap dispenser straight after people who have touched it right after being on the loo.

I'm just intrigued. No food is safe around my cat. I'm just wondering what his reponse to IL would be 😂

Germ carrying either way. Always use liquid soap, far healthier.

😂😂

Is this where we are now?

I know right! Imperial Leather all the way…
down the plug hole.

We buy this for in the kitchen and for DS2, who has learning difficulties and can't manage to "work" a bar of soap. We have that alongside actual soap by the bathroom sinks.

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