Scarcity of Soap

I make my own liquid soap from a bar.
You tube, of course, will show you how to do it.
I am very cross, however, at how many bars have palm oil products in them. I was in Waitrose yesterday and not only did their lovely looking own brands have it in but so did a bar that cost about £8.

When my children were at Primary school I had very little money. My partner at the time took us to a well-known Emporium in Manchester. I could smell the most wonderful scented soaps and could see little baskets filled with small soaps in one of the shops. I ushered the children in so we could choose some but my OH was trying to get us out. I thought he was just being mean with his money. The small soaps were actually scented condoms!

I find L’occitane soap leaves very little mess on the basin, and doesn’t go soggy either. It also lasts well, and doesn’t disintegrate when you get near the end.

I do use their liquid soap for the downstairs loo basin though.

You can buy Yardley Lavender soap from Boots.
£7.99 for three bars .
Hope this helps.

The Body Shop.

And of course one of these....

Haven’t used soap for several years .Much prefer liquid soap and there are so many to choose from now. Ordinary soap just gets slimy and dirty and makes a mess on the sink. The only one I would consider using is Pears. -love the smell.

I quite agree with ElaineI.

With bars of soap, it’s a hygiene issue.

Re-use and re-fillable bottles if you can find the products that offer this.

Wasn't there a thread about this not long ago? Like other GNS, I no longer buy "bottled" soap, because of the plastic issue. Someone on that thread recommended olive oil soap (ordered online) so I ordered some and it's wonderful! Very "plain", with no palm oil or "nasties", and the one I bought (not costly) comes in a big bar (like the good old carbolic soap used to!) So you have to cut it up. (A knife heated in hot water did the trick.) Recommended.

Always have used bar soap. In the kitchen we have an old enamel soap dish that seems to keep the soap dry and in the bathroom we have a wee magnetic holder above the basin.
We use Imperial Leather, but I think might have a rootle at TKMaxx next time I'm there, for something a bit more exotic.

whywhywhy Breeze!!! I had completely forgotten that one. I remember now, using it for quite a while. (Blast from the past that)

We use Wrights Coal Tar soap. I don’t know if it actually contains coal tar which may be less environmentally friendly than liquid soap which contains palm oil but I love the smell!

JackyB Lush shops exist in Germany I am sure, at least they used to.
I remember standing on a pavement in East Berlin several years ago and that instantly recognisable “scent” wafted over me.
Sure enough, there was a Lush shop about 50m away.

My son, who has gone 'green' in middle age, always has soap in his bathroom as well as solid shampoo which can be found on line. I like Lush solid shampoo which is quite expensive but lasts for ever.

I'm not going to buy any more handwash in plastic bottles, even if visitors like to wash the soap before they use it.
I do regret that Pears soap doesn't smell as it used to. I wonder why.

Didn't Imperial Leather use to have a label that went right into the bar of soap to hold it together? Now its only a stick on label.

My OH has only ever used bar soap. I use a mix of bar soap and moisturising shower gel.

The soap dish I’ve photographed avoids the soggy soap scenario. It was only about a pound from Wilco or Poundstretcher.

I remember Camay. My newly married cousin had it in her bathroom and it seemed quite exotic when I was a child. I can remember that but not what soap my family used.

I bought some Yardley lavender soap from House of Fraser recently and they had a good selection of rather old fashioned products.

I only use bar soap as liquid soap makes my skin very dry.

Liquid soap is less likely to harbour bacteria. We are recommended to use it on district for infection control as some bars of soap are very dirty and slimy.

Funnily enough, we have just made the decision to do away with liquid soap, I do like it, it is easy to keep clean and all that, but the plastics issue made our decision. At the moment, have a lovely bar from Lush, but for lovely ones visit TKMaxx, unwrap them and put them in your clothes drawers if you are stocking up. Farmer's markets usually a good source of non palm oil ones too. Haven't yet changed the shower gel though as I hate wrestling with a bar of soap in the shower, so may investigate the L'Occitane refillables as I love their products.

Ditto what crystaltipps suggested - TK Maxx and keep the soap in your undies drawer.

crystaltipps what a great idea!

My DS2 makes his own soap and gives it to people as Christmas presents. Funnily enough, last time I was on this thread there was an ad for a soap-making kit at the bottom.

I can't find any soap bars shampoo to buy here in Germany, not even online. I found one Swiss make but the postage would probably make it too expensive to buy.

I was given a present of Isle of Skye lemongrass soap this afternoon . It smells so good that I want to lick it . I used to lick soap when I was a wee girl apparently , did/does anyone else want to do that ?

Won’t buy any of the brands you mention as they contain palm oil. There are some lovely ethical hand-made soaps around which are cost effective as they last forever.

I noticed that as well and I love proper bars of soap. I used to love a one called Breeze, such a lovely smell, alas I havent seen that in ages. Also can anyone remember a very lemony one - was it called Zest? I go to Savers and buy Pears or Wrights coal tar soap. mmmm lovely. Thank you for reminding me of some of the others.

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