Ew. You guys share bar soap with random houseguests?? I’d be grossed out as a guest (and maybe a little creeped out) if people offered their used bar of Ivory. That’s like offering your loofah full of dead skin for guests taking a bath.

On the rare occasion I use bar soap, like in a hotel, I rub the bar on my arms and then lather elsewhere with my hands.

So gross

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Anonymous wrote:My late father who’d be 87 only ever used Dial yellow soap and no washcloth, ever. He used the bar soap as shampoo. And, he talked about learning this technique in the Army. We tried to get him to use shampoo but he thought it unnecessary.

I could have written this, except my dad would be 79. I was shocked when I found out my dad used bar soap instead of shampoo. He had beautiful hair anyway.

PP and this made me smile to recall that my dad had gorgeous, shiny, white hair that glimmered. Maybe the fathers do know best.

Anonymous wrote:The advantage of a washcloth is that it is rough so can remove stuff with its slightly abrasive action. You people that lather but don't use the bar directly, how are your slimey hands able to remove anything stuck on that needs exfoliation?

It works the same way as washing your hands.

The advantage of a washcloth is that it is rough so can remove stuff with its slightly abrasive action. You people that lather but don't use the bar directly, how are your slimey hands able to remove anything stuck on that needs exfoliation?

Anonymous wrote: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

Of course it is. And you can see how they have brainwashed people. Body wash did not exist when I grew up or even in college.

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Anonymous wrote:Bar to body contact

Same. It’s soap. I don’t understand the fear that someone else might have let it touch their body before I did. I just want to put y’all in a time capsule and send you back a couple of hundred years and see how long you last.

Did they even use soap? They definitely didn't wash more than once a week unless you were royalty.

according to google, soap was invented 2800 BC. learn something new everyday.

Sure, but soap was used for cleaning things other than bodies. Europeans thought that bathing regularly exposed one to disease and illness. That's why perfume was invented--to cover up the reek!

It would not have been Europeans who invented it. My impression is that eastern cultures regarded Europeans as pretty filthy and unwashed due to lack of bathing.

Yep, I stick the bar of soap right up my butt. Then I rinse it off. I also use it on my lady parts. DH and I share a bar. No cloths.

Lather up a washcloth with bar soap. If someone used it before me, then I just rinse off the top layer first.

I sometimes wonder how people here exist.

Bar on body. Besides not using so much plastic for body gels, washcloths to me are more disgusting than soap (seriously, please google how soap cleans!!). So, every day you sand every member of your family uses a brand new washcloth? That's a lot of laundry. If you use the same washcloth - THAT's where all the dirt and grime stays once you use it, so completely gross. Sorry, but those that use washcloths are the gross dirty group.

And I'm another one who leaves out new individual, small soap bars for guests.

Anonymous wrote:We only use bar soap. All those plastic bottles ending up in landfills are such a scourge. Everyone has their own bar since we all have different kinds we prefer. And yes I do use mine directly on my body. My skin has never needed all that much exfoliations.

But we do all use the same hand soap bar.

For guests we put out a brand new bar still in box.

I’ve been wanting to try shampoo bars but haven’t found one yet that gets great reviews.

I’ve been using Hi Bar shampoo and conditioner for the last year or so and really like it!

Bar to body. I don't want to wash washcloths or deal with moldy poofs. I bring soap when I go to someone's house. If someone doesn't want to use my soap, they should bring their own or stay elsewhere.

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.

+1 to both.

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Anonymous wrote:I use bar soap and rub all over my body. However, I rub the soap between my butt cheeks last.

But where do you use it first, the next time you shower? Your face? So essentially you are putting fecal matter on your face.

You people are insane. Do you even know how soap works?