Soap instead of shower gel

[Firstaidnovice]

Just wanted to say that based on a thread I read on here probably a few months ago, I swapped my shower gel for soap (I think the original thread was about deodorant, as OP felt a bit whiffy not long after showering, but lots of people recommended switching shower gel for soap instead).
Anyway, the difference is remarkable! I went to a stupidly hot soft play with DS at the weekend, where I had to follow him round the bloody playframe for an hour, (which is a whole other thread!), and still felt pretty fresh that evening, which I never would have been before. Same for the mornings, I usually wake up feeling a bit stinky because I seem to get very hot overnight, but no more! I'm just using Simple soap bars, two for £1. Amazing!

That's like saying fairy liquid is just water. Or wine.

PickAChew no. It isnt. It is completely different and so is the water content percentage. Why are you splitting hairs??

PollyPerky only just saw your reply no i didnt actually, your response to my post just pissed me off. And what am i saying that isnt correct? Please enlighten me. I wasnt patronising you. I think you will find it is you who is trying to be patronising. Fuck off with your woo hoo. And please what misinformation on my behalf? Yeah good for you i couldnt give a toss what you wash with all i was saying was that Regular soap can help those who are wiffy! And i wont do one just because you tell me to thanks so no and bieng stupid? Please. I cant even.

Well, this is turning into a soap opera.

😂

I think you'll find that the glass of wine I had at bedtime definitely contains a higher percentage of water than shower gel. It was still extremely winey.

You're 70% water, too, flatbum🤔

Flatbum Please enlighten me

Okay well here goes. You said that shower gel is mainly water and doesn't do 'the job'. Maybe as you are clearly an expert on this, you could choose one type of shower gel, list the ingredients and prove that it has nothing which acts as a surfactant. (As in the same way that washing up liquid is mainly water as a PP said.)

You should find that most shower gels contain SLS / SDS which is a highly effective surfactant.

So I'm really not sure where you are coming from with your opinion.

I also don't know why you are so rude and aggressive when someone says they don't find shower gels ineffective and that telling them to fuck off is the way to have a discussion. Are you like this in real life?

Don't live in UK but in a country where bars of soap are quite the norm. Shower gel / liquid soap really is considered a bit of a luxury for the majority of households. Our soap aisle in the supermarkets have far more bars of soap on offer than liquid soaps. And new ranges are coming out on a regular basis. When family visit from UK, they pack their cases with Lifebuoy to take back home (Lifebuoy does come in more than just that red one that stains the bath these day )

We use Dove or the moisturizing type in winter only, as where we are is very very dry, so it just helps with the dryness. But in summer, definitely bar soap, otherwise you feel like you haven't washed your pits by 9am.....

Just as an aside, even the bars of green clothes washing soaps are still very popular too. I am sure that I read that Sunlight still sell more green bars than their washing powder here.

We get Imperial Leather in some stores, but it is imported. I don't think it sells all that well, as it's expensive for what it is, and we get so many locally made ones that are half the price, and in my opinion, much nicer.

I always use shower gel but DH prefers soap. However, the last time we went to Greece we were trying to cut down on the weight in the case so we bought some local olive oil soap when we got there. It was great! Really washed off all the suncream, which I find shower gel doesn't always do, and it was really moisturising.

Whilst I still use shower cream at home (mainly because I had a massive Le Petit Marseilleis hit in France), I will definitely be changing once I've used up my stash.

I buy Savon de Marseille in France every year

Also love a Bronley soap www.bronnley.co.uk/

I even use soap to wash my hair these days (keep forgetting to take bicarb to the bathroom) - followed by a scrunch of leave in conditioner and my hair's fine (and my scalp is happier).... might only work in soft water areas though - I tried it in hard water and my hair was terrible.

We don't have your soap selection where I am Murphys, but plenty of solid laundry soap - I'll have to do some googling to see what it's good for since I'm not going to stop using the washing machine!

This is style and beauty, so it's not really fitting here, but when I lived in Costa Rica they had pots of solid dish soap which I much much preferred to washing up liquid - no other place I've lived has had them though.

Can anyone recommend a Lush soap that smells lovely??

Pure, unscented, liquid soap, no palm oil. Cheap as chips

www.biggreensmile.com/products/dri-pak-liquid-soap-flakes/dpsoapflake.aspx?productid=dpsoapflake

I use it for washing delicates and for handwash dispensers (I add a few drops of perfumed oil) Also have used for face and thinking of using on my hair.

In the shower I love scented bar soaps, usually from L'Occitane but these soap threads have resulted in a long list for me to work through now!

I never switched to shower gel so can’t compare but I buy lovely soaps from here. I buy however many I can get for the best postage rate at a time 12 or so from memory. Two orders a year for two bathrooms. DH loves it too - there are some nice ‘manly’ flavours!

Lovely stuff and I barely ever use moisturiser because the soap isn’t drying.

Doesnt the soap get stuck in your rings? Hand rings, jewellary rings. Not that ring.

No,not at all.

Anyone make their own soap - I'm tempted to suit up like Walt and have a go!

If you want cheap, rowlands pharmacy has johnsons honey baby soap - a 4 pack for £1!

re laundry soap.
my nan used a bar of soap & veg peeler to scrape of flakes to use in her normal (not twin tub) washer.

This thread is making me think of converting. Sorry if this has already been asked but is it 1 soap for everywhere or a separate one for your bits delicate areas?

PurplePillowCase my granny used to grate bars of sunlight soap to make soap flakes for laundry. Wide side of grater for flakes small side for soap powder!

BoredOnMatLeave I use one for everywhere. Always have done, except for a brief and unsatisfactory dalliance with shower gels a few years ago.

Dare I ask again --- does anyone find any problems with glass showers with using soap?

I owe DH an apology - he has recently gone back to soap only in the shower, and swore that it helped him be less sweaty throughout the day, and I was very very skeptical...

Not here Five.