Bar soap: which one do you use?

When I use bar soap ....Dr Bronners usually peppermint, almond a close runner up.
 
Dial.... Mountain something or another...

Green colored bar.

I stopped using those gel container soaps awhile ago.

I strongly believe those gel soaps are a rip off. They don't last long at all. Easy to pour a lot or too much out of those containers. More money for them.

I use Ajax 53 oz container of orange scented dish liquid and pour 2 ozs in a foaming hand soap container and mix it with water... Use that for hand soap in the kitchen. And it smells very good too. That 53 oz container costs $3 at Dollar General. Way, way, way, way cheaper than even the store brand foaming hand soap run $2-3 on sale. Huge money saver there on good kitchen hand soap that in a foamer.
 
Just received a package with an assortment of Dr. Squatch soap for my birthday, but I'm currently finishing off a bottle of Bath & Body Works Freshwater gel from their men's line. It's a smaller bottle than what's on the regular store shelves, but the stuff lasts a long time because it doesn't take much to get a lot of lather.
 
Given the choices I see for soap. I don't trust ANY oil recommendations on here anymore - ever again.

Imported British Pears (made in India)

Thanks for reminding me that I have to order up some. But I may have to swim out to a container barge to get it.

pears.webp
 
Almost all bar soaps from the stores are actually detergents.* So, I gave up Dial a few years ago and started using locally made soap. Kind of expensive, so this a year or so ago I started making my own. I had some failures, but you can still use even the failures. I have a personal recipe I like now. A little bit on the oily side, one half cup dry measure of lye, 10 oz of distilled water, 3 cups of liquid oil, 1 cup of melted coconut oil, plus a little essential oil for flavor. Makes ten bars. Using lye is NOT for the careless. I mix it outdoors, very carefully.

*Edit: I should have said most.
 
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2005jettatdi said:
Almost all bar soaps from the stores are actually detergents.* So, I gave up Dial a few years ago and started using locally made soap. Kind of expensive, so this a year or so ago I started making my own. I had some failures, but you can still use even the failures. I have a personal recipe I like now. A little bit on the oily side, one half cup dry measure of lye, 10 oz of distilled water, 3 cups of liquid oil, 1 cup of melted coconut oil, plus a little essential oil for flavor. Makes ten bars. Using lye is NOT for the careless. I mix it outdoors, very carefully.

*Edit: I should have said most.
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Actually pretty much all bar soaps are actual soap using a saponified fats. Most of the commercial stuff is using beef tallow, coconut oil, palm oil, or palm kernel oil. Some specialized soaps like Dr. Bronner's uses a combination that may include these, plus jojoba oil, hemp oil, or olive oil.

It's possible to mix detergents with fillers to make a bar, but water is a lot easier.

Here's the label for Dial Gold:

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This is kind of an old one, but traditional Ivory soap is still made with beef tallow.

PGC32136.pdf
 
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