Bar soap… do most people rub the bar all over their body or lather in hands or washcloth?

[Anonymous]

We use one of those scrubby puff things. Rub the bar into that to get a good lather, then scrub with it.

[Anonymous]

Washcloth with bar soap. Hands cannot exfoliate.

[Anonymous]

for those that use body wash/gel, do you find that you go through it faster = spend more than if you bought bar soap and simply lathered up a wash cloth? I can't get past the feeling that its just a big marketing scheme to get people to use something that they go through more quickly and therefore spend more on

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can't remember the last time we had bar soap in the house. It gets so gross.

What kind of people do you live with that your bar soap "gets gross"? Also, if you shower daily, this shouldn't be an issue.

It gets gross sitting there, not from being used.

[Anonymous]

DH. I use bar soap, including on my butt. I’m pretty sure this is how my parents bathed us, because I remember thinking it weird that my grandma’s house had “wash cloths.”

[Anonymous]

I lather bar soap on my hands and use that. I don’t like the feel of wash cloths or loofahs and I don’t actually like any body washes. I love my cetaphil moisturizing bar soap. I put it on little soap trays (those are easy to wash in the shower) and it stays decently not gunky.

Guests get a new bar, and all hand washing is done with pump soap dispensers.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's gross? Do people in your house leave pubes buried in the soap? Do you not have a good soap dish that drains?

Mine always got gummy, even on a soap stand. Plus it dried out my skin, but that was the bar soap that my dad always bought, so admittedly, it was probably the cheapest one off the shelf.

Agree, I hate the way bar soap makes my skin feel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I lather bar soap on my hands and use that. I don’t like the feel of wash cloths or loofahs and I don’t actually like any body washes. I love my cetaphil moisturizing bar soap. I put it on little soap trays (those are easy to wash in the shower) and it stays decently not gunky.

Guests get a new bar, and all hand washing is done with pump soap dispensers.

I’ll add that I’m a woman. My husband uses a wash cloth. I don’t really know what my kids do, but the bar soaps do steadily disappear so that’s a good sign.

[Anonymous]

Each person has their own bar of soap. I put it directly on my body.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm trying to break my teen of using bar directly on his body (if soap is even being used at all). Do people rub the bar right up their derriere crack? I'm team washcloth all the way.

Ew. I hope not. I only use bar soap, but I don’t think people put the bar into the butts. Lots of anxiety on here 😂

Op here. I would think that the full body lather-ers would, no? In the same way I would use the washcloth, wouldn’t they be using the bar?

[Anonymous]

I reverted to bar soap because of all the plastic used for liquid soap. Can’t stomach throwing away so much plastic.

[Anonymous]

I prefer bottled body wash/cleanser but when I do use a bar, I just lather 🧼 it w/warm water on a washcloth then return it to its dish.

And I NEVER share it w/anyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I lather in my hands then return to soap dish. I can’t imagine rubbing the bar all over my body without dropping it multiple times. Then again, we don’t share soap bars in our house. Everyone prefers different types.

Same. I would never rub it on my body.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who just rubs the bar on their body? This baffles me!!

Me. It feels good. Massages the body.

[Anonymous]

Lifetime bar soap user here and thanks for asking: Dove original.

Lather in hands. Sometimes I will use a washcloth “pre-sudsed” with soap as an exfoliant or for shaving my legs.