Soap bars -going back in time

Yes, it's Dove for me. Simple soap is anything but 'simple' and brings on all sorts of skin problems for me. My soap dish joins me in the bath every couple of days, so I get the residue of soap giving more lather!

I use a lemon in the hot rinsing water after washing dishes too.

My mother always used Camay and had beautiful Skin. She also used 'Oil of Ulay' (at least I think it was called this) lotion on her skin and wouldn't use anything else. I think this became Olay, but not sure.

I use either Palmolive original or Imperial Leather original and they go in a see through plastic perforated soap dish which attaches with suckers to the tiles behind the sink, £1 from The Original Factory Shop. I've never had a problem with slimy soap.
Those two particular soaps are, according to a 2017 scientific study, the most effective way of cleaning your hands of bacteria. Far more than anti bac gels and handwashes or any other soap on the market.

We had horrible soap when I was growing up I think it was Lifeboy carbolic, I wanted Camay but I wasn't indulged, anyway presumably it did the job.

I love soap, I like to buy a bar or two in NT type of places, I mentioned that to friends when we were out with them at such a place to which one of them responded "sounds like a good clean habit" . I do agree fairview TKMaxx have some lovely ones, not too expensive either.

I use Pears because it doesn't leave scum marks like other hard soaps - which is the only advantage of using liquid soap.

I use a variety, olive oil soap from Greece for my face, as well as soaps bought & given from travels aboard. To help with the plastic issue I have gone back to a doorstep delivery of milk, my milk is delivered three times a week. It’s worked out very well & it’s lovely to see glass bottles in my fridge rather than plastic bottles.

I never stopped using soap bars but have found them increasingly difficult to find. I found Nivea green tea and cucumber, which I loved. Then they stopped making it. Tried the Dove (green tea and cucumber) but it goes all soft in our water.
Finally found a soap from Inis. It’s an Irish company and their ‘Energy of the sea’ bar smells gorgeous and lasts really well. That’s a good thing as it isn’t cheap.
Let’s hope that there will more bar soaps again when the manufacturers see that there is more demand.

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Shield rings a bell!

...always use soap..TK Maxx sell huge, beautiful soaps,about. £3 but last for weeks&weeks!!....

We have vegetable soap made in Yorkshire - there are two varieties and it is wonderful for the skin. I've used it now for about three years (not the same bar of course although it lasts weeks and weeks unlike the gloop in plastic bottles) I have said on here previously, so sorry to repeat myself but evidently tea bags have an element of plastic so we are now having leaf tea, and it's so much nicer. I think of my three dear grandchildren and hope that my small efforts will make a better world for them; every little helps!

I do associate different soaps with family coal tar reminds me of my father when he came in from work getting washed at kitchen sink pears takes me back to my children when they were babies and imperial leather my ex husband my personal favourite was always Bronley lemon in the shape of a lemon my sister still buys me this it reminds me of when I was a teenager

Son No: 2 bought me a beautiful White Company gift set Verbena, Orange and Lemon .... it smells just divine and I just cannot stop smelling the bar of soap .... I must get out more !! But it has started me using soap bars again and yes, it so helps with the reduction of plastics.

Shield rings a bell!

I use traditional Aleppo soap which I buy off Amazon. Bit pricey (£8-9) but a bar lasts ages - the one I bought mid-March is still going strong and will continue for another month I think. Aleppo soap is made from a mixture of olive and laurel oil (apparently the more laurel, the better; I use 50%) and is cured in a low humidity, warm, environment for several months (a Middle Eastern desert is ideal!) I find it quite mild enough to use on my face and it takes off my makeup reasonably efficiently.

I use posh handmade soap bars in downstairs loo as we have nowhere to keep a pump soap and cheap unscented Aldi bar in the shower....I prefer the cheap one for keeping skin moisturised.
Been trying to remember the one we had in the 70s...blue,marbled and advertised it's deodorising properties. .....?

I went back to soap after being told by a plumber what a mess they make of the pipework and clog it up.
I found a rubber soap dish with a lip, I think in Lakeland although it could have been TKMax. I see Lakeland also do a small plastic one with a drainage shelf in the bottom.

I’ve always used bar soap. I like a strong scent and spend an embarrassing amount of time (according to the family) sniffing the beautiful soaps at farmers’ markets and TK Max before stocking up there. TKM’s are all reduced after Christmas. I’ve had to cut some of their massive Italian bricks in half though, after a couple of near misses for my toes when I’ve dropped them. Jo Malone’s are lovely and last ages, but are very expensive. Pears is still nice. DH likes the Dead Sea soaps - they’re really creamy on your skin, but don’t smell of much. He bought the black version once, but has promised not to do it again!

I’ve used Pears since the 80’s Greyduster and I don’t think it has changed in the slightest. If it is smaller it must be only fractionally as it still fills my soap dish .

My DGC associate the distinctive smell with grandmas house !

I use one of those magnetic soap holders that were trendy in the 70's - they sell them on ebay - mine came from china and although it's plastic it's lasted years. I also use beer bottle tops if the magnet that fixes in the soap gets mislaid.

I use Dove these days, but also used to love Pears, Wright's Coal Tar and Imperial Leather. I use the sort of soap dish that drains into a bottom tray which can be easily emptied and cleaned. Also available in chrome to suit any décor.

I've never stopped using bars of soap, although I do use liquid in the cloakroom as I know some folk are funny about bars.

M&S do a nice range of inexpensive soaps and both Sainsbury's and Tesco sell bigger bars of fancy paper-wrapped soap. I also ask for nice soaps for birthdays/Xmas.

Like the OP I've just bought soap in Greece and it's lovely!

I searched for ages for a good soap dish and am finally happy with this. It's plastic, but doesn't look like it, and will last forever. www.lakeland.co.uk/24847/Silicone-Soap-Saver-Dish-With-Draining-Spout?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIlffM0-jm2wIVT0PTCh0vHwDsEAQYASABEgLKm_D_BwE&src=gfeed&s_kwcid=AL!49!3!246750933050!!!g!46401506674!&ef_id=WxUevgAAAHEDRrYV:20180622080857:s

Camay is alive and well. My sister uses it all the time. I'm not sure where she gets it from though.

Greyduster I switched to Pear's soap recently (from Imperial Leather, which always dries out and cracks, grrr), and I agree - it does indeed wear away much quicker than I remember from years ago. I love the feel of it when it's new, that raised edge all around, but that shape is smoothed off within just a day or two! I do love it though