Scarcity of Soap

The storage is because all the soap is in my bathroom, every time DH goes shopping he buys a pack of four and seems to put a new one out and throws the old one away (there are only two of us on the house)

Well, it's heartening to hear you all say that real soap is returning to the shelves. Perhaps it will reach the Midlands soon!

One thing that made me smile recently - Aldi are selling a bar of soap just called, "SOAP". No frills there, then!

Yes. Never thought to look there. But I do have a shedfull good stock of it now.

DH works in the Co-op. He says they sell Camay soap. Do you have a local Co-op?

I find Waitrose soaps run out of lather power halfway through. Camay is the only one that doesn't.

The only soap I really like is Camay. I get it online. Never see it in shops anymore.

Yes. The Save the Planet ones are encouraging us to go back to soap instead of plastic bottled hand cleansers. Lush have launched a range of solid hand cleansers that needs no plastic but isn't soap. I find that a bit [confusing]

There seems to be an ever-increasing array of soaps in the shops I go into! M&S do a selection of soaps that match their flower scented ranges such as magnolia, lily-of-the-valley and so on.

Waitrose do packs of three, the pink Grapefruit is particularly nice and they have bluebell and camomile, too.

Independent chemists often have Yardleys and Bronnley and I noticed Boots also had a wide range of Yardley's recently.

Home Bargains sells Pears, IL, Wrights Coal Tar and Dettol soaps, amongst others, and Sainsbury's has their own luxury range which is a bargain at £2 a bar.

NT properties always sell nice soap, and some museums too. I always buy soap on the continent, it’s a nice souvenir to bring home. Marseilles soap is especially nice.

Soap is making a comeback, although I noticed that L'Occitane do refill bags of liquid soaps, maybe others will follow suit. The only problem with bars of soap is the messy soap dish, but that's a tiny inconvenience for contributing to saving the planet from choking on discarded plastic.

I was about to point you to TKMaxx but crystaltipps beat me to it. Nice gift boxes too.

Three or four years ago I noticed that our preferred bar of soap was becoming rather difficult to find. I stocked up with loads of bars when I tracked it down in Wilko (other shops are available, just). Still have a pile at the back of the wardrobe. Now the shops seem to be selling soap bars again. Something about getting away from too much plastic, the bottles used for liquid soap. Not exactly rocket science is it? If only they had asked me........

Go to TKMaxx - lots of lovely French and Italian and organic soaps. I keep my spare ones in my clothes drawers as they’ve such a lovely fragrance. Or try farmers markets.

I buy mine from Amazon or various small internet companies, never use shower gel now. I've got some lovely smelling ones.
I find my skin is better after changing to bar soap and there is a real movement towards using proper soap. Have a look on Mumsnet in the Style and Beauty section, there are loads of threads giving recommendations.

On the contrary - soap seems to be making a comeback after nearly disappearing to hand wash/shower gel etc over the past few years!
If you want to try some of the hand milled or more unusual scents try shops like l’Occitane. And of course there is always Lush.

Bars of soap are making a comeback (plastic) so you might find more choice eventually.