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[quote="gemstone123"]No I don't miss them. I see them often enough in tesco and I much prefer the new body washes. Then again I do have sensitive skin. At least the body wash doesn't keep slipping out of your hands. :lol:[/quote]
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<table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="100%" class="forumline"> <tr> <th class="thCornerL" width="22%" height="26">Author</th> <th class="thCornerR">Message</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>strapshoechris</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 8:42 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I haven't tried places like Pier One or Cost Plus Imports lately. I had totally forgot about that possibility. That is a good idea as I used to find good European soaps at those stores ten to twenty years ago. Would love to find bars of Dettol soap or Roberts Medicated soap here in the U.S. at a reasonable price. <br /><img src="http://img.smallflower.com/i/26260.jpg" border="0" /></span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>LukeInFlames</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 12:30 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">i agree with the original poster here - i loathe soap-goo and stinky soaps generally. <br /> <br />I prefer soap to smell of itself - that is, of not much at all. <br /> <br />i got in the habit of using olive oil soap bars back when i lived in Winnipeg, they have many ethnic groceries there (YAY!) that sell inexpensive, foreign toiletries. <br /> <br />One of my faves is: Papoutsanis: comes in a giant block. it's just saponified olive oil, and salt as a stabiliser. doesn't dry my skin out, very hard, lasts a long time. here's a webpage selling it (is this OK?) <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.greekinternetmarket.com/1950-03022.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.greekinternetmarket.com/1950-03022.html</a> <br /> <br />Also, in the same vein is Aleppo soap from Syria (still traditionally made by a few family factories) and Savon de Marseille (which comes in huge blocks the size of softballs, often shaved into slivers and used for doing laundry). <br /> <br />my two cents, <br /> <br />-Luke</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>LukeInFlames</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 12:25 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>strapshoechris wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"> Also Castle soaps do lather well and I suspect that's why they're popular for bag enema cleansings.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br /> <br />EEEEEK</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>0_equals_true</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 12:45 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">poufs are things you sit on</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>sketches</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 9:25 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Anyone else angry about the disappearance of cheap BAR s</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>LiberalJustice wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Those are called Loofahs.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>hartzofspace wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">I think that the poster is referring to something different than a loofah. A loofah is a sort of dried gourd, which has a rather strong exfoliating action on the skin. The colorful scrunchie things are made of nylon, and lather up wonderfully when used with a liquid soap. The loofah does too, but is a little harsher on the skin, than is the scrunchie thing.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>0_equals_true wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">In the UK they are generally called "latherers".</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />I call 'em <span style="font-style: italic">poufs</span>. Look up "pouf" in Google and check out the <span style="text-decoration: underline"><a href="http://images.google.com/images?q=pouf&hl=en" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="postlink" >second image result</span></a>. (Better yet, look up "bath pouf.") I'm fairly certain I remember reading instructions for bath gel and they used a term for those scrunchies, but I forget what word it was. <br /> <br />Anyway I'm posting here to add in my comment about bar soap. I miss it, too. My family has been using Zest for as long as I can remember.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>0_equals_true</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 6:48 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>happymusic wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">yes, soap, plain bar soap without fragrances - and true soap, rather than detergent - is hard to find. Well, they carry it in natural food stores but it can get expensive. The person above who mentioned the detergent thing was right - I learned this in a textile conservation lab class in grad school. That's why if you notice, few soaps actually have the word "soap" on their packaging. They usually use the word bar - they can't use soap unless they're truly a soap which has a different chemical composition and action than a detergent, which most of our soaps are. I love that I'm posting on a thread about bar soap...and that I have a lot to say about it! lol! Seriously, this all goes through my mind every time I have to buy soap!</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br />Hee I tend to analyse things a lot too. Napalm-like incendiary devices are considered to have a “soap”/fuel composition. Modern napalm has a polystyrene, benzene and gasoline composition. <br /> <br /></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>happymusic wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">And those squishy things that aren't loofahs, I can't remember what they're called either, but one of the first ones made is in the museum of modern art in nyc. It's funny, because you're looking at all this cool stuff and then you see this little thing that you've got nearly rotting in a closet somewhere sitting on a pedestal, lit and with a placard.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br />In the UK they are generally called "latherers".</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>happymusic</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 9:21 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">yes, soap, plain bar soap without fragrances - and true soap, rather than detergent - is hard to find. Well, they carry it in natural food stores but it can get expensive. The person above who mentioned the detergent thing was right - I learned this in a textile conservation lab class in grad school. That's why if you notice, few soaps actually have the word "soap" on their packaging. They usually use the word bar - they can't use soap unless they're truly a soap which has a different chemical composition and action than a detergent, which most of our soaps are. I love that I'm posting on a thread about bar soap...and that I have a lot to say about it! lol! Seriously, this all goes through my mind every time I have to buy soap! <br /> <br />And those squishy things that aren't loofahs, I can't remember what they're called either, but one of the first ones made is in the museum of modern art in nyc. It's funny, because you're looking at all this cool stuff and then you see this little thing that you've got nearly rotting in a closet somewhere sitting on a pedestal, lit and with a placard.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>hartzofspace</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 1:33 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Anyone else angry about the disappearance of cheap BAR s</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>LiberalJustice wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>LiendaBalla wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Anyway, I have no problem with body wash soap, but I need to have the squeezy ball to use it correctly. ... <img src="modules/Forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif" alt="Smile" border="0" /> The liquid hand wash, doesn't go into the squeezy ball things (those colorful things that look like balled up scrunchies, with a white rope loop handle)</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> Those are called Loofahs.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />I think that the poster is referring to something different than a loofah. A loofah is a sort of dried gourd, which has a rather strong exfoliating action on the skin. The colorful scrunchie things are made of nylon, and lather up wonderfully when used with a liquid soap. The loofah does too, but is a little harsher on the skin, than is the scrunchie thing.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>subliculous</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 10:25 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">just go to Dollar Tree or Big Lots. plenty of cheap 3 packs there. i especially love the Pure & Natural or whatever it's called now that Dial took it over. also like the Yardley English Lavender and this one Mexican brand called Rosa Venus. big old fashioned pink bars of soap. that one you can get at Family Dollar.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>LiberalJustice</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 2:01 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Anyone else angry about the disappearance of cheap BAR soap?</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>LiendaBalla wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Anyway, I have no problem with body wash soap, but I need to have the squeezy ball to use it correctly. ... <img src="modules/Forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif" alt="Smile" border="0" /> The liquid hand wash, doesn't go into the squeezy ball things (those colorful things that look like balled up scrunchies, with a white rope loop handle)</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> Those are called Loofahs.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Francis</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 8:00 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I have a hand washing compulsion. I can't use cheap bar soaps. My hands dry, crack and bleed. Its got to have aloe or something in it.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>conan</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 5:01 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">i do quite like the bar soaps. their production is considerably better for the environment too. I've forgotten why though!</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>gemstone123</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 10:53 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">No I don't miss them. I see them often enough in tesco and I much prefer the new body washes. Then again I do have sensitive skin. <br />At least the body wash doesn't keep slipping out of your hands. <img src="modules/Forums/images/smiles/icon_lol.gif" alt="Laughing" border="0" /></span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>0_equals_true</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 10:15 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Soap is bad for the skin. <br /> <br />Most shower gels and a good number bar soaps are in fact detergents with a gelling agent. <br /> <br />Animal soap is rarely used in developed countries. I had the unfortunate experience of see large blocks of soap being made in Africa (for washing clothes). It is the rankest spell imaginable, and a mosquito paradise.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>strapshoechris</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 9:28 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">"Dial For Men" is a decent NEW deodorant bar soap, but it is on the expensive side although I've bought it a few times on sale. I've seen the Kirk Castle soap before and given the choice I'd go with Ivory as Hartz pointed out the Kirk's leaves the skin too moisturised. Also Castle soaps do lather well and I suspect that's why they're popular for bag enema cleansings.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> </table>
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