Discussion Bar soap vs. shower gel/body wash. What do you use?

[Motoko]

What do you use in the shower? Bar soap or shower gel? Do you switch between soaps/showers gels, or maybe you've been buying and using same products in the last couple of years? Do you have any favourite brand/fragrance?

 

[DyingToDie123]

Thank you for the wholesome topic lol.

Much prefer shower gel, can't really explain why other than bar soaps are weird to me.

I like lavender and eucalyptis but I'll take whatever I can get .-.

 

[damyon]

Using both. Switching whenever I feel like it.
I'm not picky about the brand of shower gel; I just use whatever smells nice.

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But shampoos, conditioners, products... it is a different story...

 

[Forveleth]

Whatever I feel like using at the time. I am a sucker for homemade soaps/gels so I always buy way too many at local markets.

As for fragrance, something fruity or earthy. Never big on floral smells.

 

[gingermacie]

Gel is best for use but I find bars have a wider variety of scents. Honey smelling stuff is underrated.

 

[moshimoshi]

Body wash with a loofah. I have to do everything in the shower using my wrists instead of my hands, because i have a skin condition on my hands that is triggered by them being wet for an extended period of time/any soap that isint for eczema ive gotten really used to it over the years though. I love any sweet/baked goods scentsss *w*

Gel is best for use but I find bars have a wider variety of scents. Honey smelling stuff is underrated.

i agree i love honey scent!! so relaxing, my shampoo is honey scent

 

[psp3000]

I use gel but I am thinking about going back to bar and still also using gel

I see so many soap making videos now with scents that I actually like and a bigger bar

I like anything food scented when it comes to hygiene products or perfume/colognes

but I know that it will make my shower routine a lot longer than it already is if I start collecting bar soaps because if I have multiple shower gels available I wash separately with each one I have and then I exfoliate separately with each one I have

I think this is now called an "everything shower" but I doubt it since I am not doing either of these routines



*insert Patrick Bateman morning routine video*
(I am too lazy to add it)

 

[Meteora]

I use body wash gel, mostly organic products.

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

I use shower gel though I only try to do so sparingly because I don't want to waste it. When I'm in a hotel I make sure to waste all the soap and shampoo that I can.

 

[damyon]

i have a skin condition on my hands that is triggered by them being wet for an extended period of time/any soap that isint for eczema ive gotten really used to it over the years though

I can feel you...
I developed eczema on my hands 5 years ago seemingly out of nowhere. I always get it whenever it is windy or I am in a dry climate...
(Thank you for reminding me to put cream on my hands lul)

 

[Tesha]

Crate 61 soap bars (in a soap bag) and Faith in Nature shampoo bars.

I also jazz the shower up occasionally with a nice smelling shower steamer!

 

[EvisceratedJester]

I use scented shower gel to clean most of my body and I use a non-scented bar of soap to clean my nether regions.

 

[GreenOctober]

Unscented bar soap for sensitive skin. The world is already harsh the soap doesn't have to be.

 

[untothedepths]

Shower gel is very much preferred. I drop things a lot, especially now. its out of my control. I've slipped on one too many soap bars and busted my body up, but I will sometimes be forced to use soap bars if i dont have money.

 

[eatantz]

shower gel with fruit scents>>>

 

[leavingthesoultrap]

Unscented shower gel.
Bar soaps get soaked and become messy

 

[astonishedturnip]

BABW shower gel, get it on sale for cheap. Bar soap is a pain and harder to direct.