Bar soap … an ecological choice?
It’s funny. Ever since method came out, I’ve been a die-hard customer. I even did a review a few years ago. And you know what? I still love their products! I love their liquid soap and their bathroom cleaner and their hardwood cleaner.
But now that I don’t shop at Shopper’s Drug Mart as often, and it’s one of the only store that carries the line, I’m finding it hard to buy.
And the other day, as I was shopping at my local health food store, I noticed some bar soaps. And since we were out of handsoap, I thought about it. And dismissed the idea and started looking for a liquid soap.
And then I thought about it some more.
Was I sticking with method because they’re trendy and cool? Does buying a handsoap that comes in a plastic bottle that I have to recycle afterward make sense when I could pick up a bar soap with NO PACKAGING at all?
So I went back to the display of Soap Works bar soap and picked up two - Bee Pollen for the bathroom, and Pumice for the kitchen. And you know what? I’ve enjoyed using these soaps. They smell yummy and don’t dry out my hands. And I love that I brought home soap without having to throw anything away!
Now, I need to find to soap dishes that I really like …
Jen said,
October 23, 2009 @ 2:33 am
I agree - I like bar soaps although I find sometimes they can be drying for me. Isn’t the other reason people moved away from bars the germ factor? Although not such a huge issue in a private home unless someone is sick, for example…
wordygirl said,
October 23, 2009 @ 4:39 am
Yeah, I get a little wigged out by having a bar of soap sitting there, collecting germs … and hair … and heaven knows what else. It may not *actually* be any dirtier, but that’s my perception, so I just can’t stomach it.
kim said,
October 23, 2009 @ 4:58 am
LOL - I don’t think *soap* can be dirty. I mean maybe the immediate surface, but as soon as you scrub a little bit, that first layer is gone anyways …
Shannon said,
October 24, 2009 @ 1:38 am
oh my goodness, I love method products. I actually reuse the handsoap bottles though; I buy the huge refills and refill my bottles
I looooove handmade bar soap for the shower though. Bar soap is hard for potty-going kids to use by themselves, so we use liquid soap for handwashing.
Sarah said,
October 25, 2009 @ 10:47 pm
LOL…I switched to liquid soap because we tend to use less of it. I know that sounds odd, but we seriously wash just as much, but use less. Reason being…I can’t stand icky soap bottles or icky soap. So I tend to “wash off” the soap too often with bar soap, and well, that just wastes the soap faster…lol. With bottled soap I can wash the bottle often and keep it gunk free without wasting soap.
I have thought often about making my own liquid soap though, just haven’t ventured into that just yet.
Brandy said,
October 28, 2009 @ 12:35 pm
A forums friend of mine made me some goat milk soap from her very own goat last year that I LOVE.
I will be very sad when my bars run out since she has no milkers right now.
I love it. Leaves us soft and it’s so gentle for Isabel’s skin. But I don’t use it outside the bath/shower. It’s special
For hand soap in bathroom we use Mrs. Myers soap in yummy Baby Blossom.