This Radius soap holder is 100% recyclable, made “on high efficiency electric injection molding machines” (I have no idea what that means, but they apparently use 75% less energy) and holds a bar of Kiss My Face pure olive oil soap perfectly.
See, I’d finally made it through my craptastic Alba body “wash”, and was looking for a different brand. Then I remembered one Thistle reader (I think it was GreenYogini) saying she loved this bar soap and used it not only for her body, but her face and hair and teeth (OK, maybe not teeth).
But I was hesitant: ever since I was a teenager I’ve been a body wash devotee because I love how it foams up and doesn’t leave a sticky residue. However, now that I no longer have a petroleum pouf and am using natural products, there’s not much lather to be had anyway.
In the end, despite my dislike towards that “squeaky clean” feeling, I decided to give bar soaps another try — after all, they do get a bit foamy, and come in less packaging (sometimes none, in fact). Plus, even if I purchased a bottle of body wash and refilled it, I’d still be refilling it from another, bigger plastic jug that would eventually have to be replaced. And finally, correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe it requires more energy to manufacture the wash as opposed to the bar.
So as you can guess from all this sudsy rhetoric, I’ve now switched to bar soap, and am adjusting rather well. The only thing I didn’t consider was that I’d need something to carry it in when I go travelling, hence the Radius holder above (except mine’s pink), found at a local health food store for under $5, which, even with the cost of soap, still amounts to less than most body washes. I think this officially qualifies as a win-win-win — and possibly another win — situation.
Yep, the green yogini was on my side with the Kiss My Face soap. She uses pure olive oil, I use olive oil & verbena (I really like that word, plus it smells pretty!).
I think you will end up liking it a lot. The only thing I *don’t* like? That they don’t make matchy-matchy soap & lotion smells. For example, they don’t have an olive oil & verbena lotion, so I use honey & calendula… really bugs me for some reason! LOL!
YAY! Welcome to the club!
Actually, I hadn’t seen this type of container before…thanks for the tip!
This soap is so great it eliminates the need for lotion, too. That’s another plastic bottle that bites the dust!
Hi there,
You may want to try felting your soap to make it last longer and help with ceating losts of suds.
http://www.mielkesfarm.com/felt_soap.htm
hi there. i just wanted to mention that i, too, have given up the almighty body wash i was so enamored of. i use the scratchy shower gloves you can buy at whole foods and rub bar soap in my hands and a SURPRISINGLY lot of foam is created, it’s great.. plus the exfoliating gloves feel real good.
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