What do you mean Ivory Soap doesn’t float any more?

What's the point if it doesn't float anymore? That was their whole gimmick, "so pure it floats".

It's kind of like how Zest doesn't leave you "fully clean" anymore, and how how Irish Spring doesn't have a pleasant smell anymore.

I'm tired of them all changing their formulas for the worse.
 
Pablo said:
Where is it made?
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Columbia
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I used to be a hardcore user of Ivory soap but got tired of cleaning the mess it leaves behind in the shower. moved to Dr. Squatch stuff and never looked back. absolutely melts grease off after a day playing fleet mechanic and you can get all different smells/levels of grit.
 
burbguy82 said:
Many products have removed the word soap, as they are not soap. Many just use the word "bar" and the assumption is made that it is a "bar of soap"....but it is not real soap.
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I made soap for a while. It can be fun!

Your wife's cold-process soapmaking using lye - even with excess fat and emollients in the formula - often ends up with a percentage of un-reacted NaOH which can be harsh and drying. Her coconut fat provides great lather and a more complete reaction - but can also strip fats.

Tell us more about her formula? what other oils. fats and materials does she add? Oat "milk"? Seaweed?

What I don't like in commercial bar soap is titanium dioxide "white paint" also hate it in toothepast and avoid using product that include it.

- Arco
 
Patman said:
Does anyone actually buy soap in bars anymore?? 😵‍💫
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Yes, although I'm currently using shower gel. The soap dish in the shower is recessed with a removable plastic tray that fell out of the metal part that it's hooked to one time too many and broke. No one, *no one* in the area stocks them anymore so I'm waiting for an Amazon order to arrive.
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ARCOgraphite said:
I made soap for a while. It can be fun!

Your wife's cold-process soapmaking using lye - even with excess fat and emollients in the formula - often ends up with a percentage of un-reacted NaOH which can be harsh and drying. Her coconut fat provides great lather and a more complete reaction - but can also strip fats.

Tell us more about her formula? what other oils. fats and materials does she add? Oat "milk"? Seaweed?

What I don't like in commercial bar soap is titanium dioxide "white paint" also hate it in toothepast and avoid using product that include it.

- Arco
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she does hot and cold process, but like the cold process better the soap lasts longer, give me a bit and will get back to you on the ingredients.
 
This stuff I use (below) rinses clean and fast and doesn't leave tons of scum like Dr. Bronner's castile "stuff".
It's not just plain old Glycerin soap, it is sort of a hybrid - with ancient Egyptian plant oils.

I have to import my preferred 125g bar soap by the case. Hard to get the "Made in England" bar




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alarmguy said:
Ivory

Yes, Ivory is real soap and labelled as such.
However a perfect example I like to use is the American public thinks Breyers is Ice Cream. In fact supermarkets falsely advertise it as ice cream. They lost that designation a few years back as it no longer qualifies as Ice Cream by the US government and must be called "Dietary Dessert"
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Party pooper
 
alarmguy said:
Ivory

Yes, Ivory is real soap and labelled as such.
However a perfect example I like to use is the American public thinks Breyers is Ice Cream. In fact supermarkets falsely advertise it as ice cream. They lost that designation a few years back as it no longer qualifies as Ice Cream by the US government and must be called "Dietary Dessert"
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Blue Bunny does this too. One thinks it's ice-cream but it's labeled as a "Frozen Dairy Dessert"
 
I started making soap about 5 years ago because I did not like the cost of tea tree oil soap. Olive oil, coconut oil, vegetable oil, water, lye and scents or tea tree oil. Because I make it ever so slightly on the oily side, it is not drying. It works great. Totally worth it.

Of course, the stuff I bought for mixing, cutting, etc. wiped out any savings I was looking for. Still worth it.
 
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