LiberalJustice
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 Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 2:01 am Post subject: Anyone else angry about the disappearance of cheap BAR soap? |
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| LiendaBalla wrote: | Anyway, I have no problem with body wash soap, but I need to have the squeezy ball to use it correctly. ...  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) |
Those are called Loofahs.
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| Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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| 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. |
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hartzofspace
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| Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 1:33 am Post subject: Re: Anyone else angry about the disappearance of cheap BAR s |
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| LiberalJustice wrote: | | LiendaBalla wrote: | | Anyway, I have no problem with body wash soap, but I need to have the squeezy ball to use it correctly. ... 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) |
Those are called Loofahs. |
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.
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| Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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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!
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. |
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0_equals_true
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 6:48 am Post subject: |
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| happymusic wrote: | | 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! |
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.
| happymusic wrote: | | 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. |
In the UK they are generally called "latherers".
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 9:25 am Post subject: Re: Anyone else angry about the disappearance of cheap BAR s |
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| LiberalJustice wrote: | | Those are called Loofahs. |
| hartzofspace wrote: | | 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. |
| 0_equals_true wrote: | | In the UK they are generally called "latherers". |
I call 'em poufs. Look up "pouf" in Google and check out the second image result. (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.
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. |
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0_equals_true
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poufs are things you sit on
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| strapshoechris wrote: | | Also Castle soaps do lather well and I suspect that's why they're popular for bag enema cleansings. |
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LukeInFlames
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i agree with the original poster here - i loathe soap-goo and stinky soaps generally.
I prefer soap to smell of itself - that is, of not much at all.
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.
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?)
http://www.greekinternetmarket.com/1950-03022.html
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).
my two cents,
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strapshoechris
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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.
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