Soap and other personal grooming items - because guys can be clean too

[biggacracka]

For me, it's the green labled ivory soap bars

 

[Rick Nekieta]

Coincidentally, I can just copy/paste what I threw in the "Grinds My Gears" forum.

The global bar soap market was valued at about $31.15 billion in 2023. The global body wash and shower gel market was valued at about $46.7 billion in 2023.

This means the average person on earth consumed less than 4 dollars in soap and less than 6 dollars in body wash, meaning the average person spent less than 10 dollars on soap, body wash OR shower gel.

Thanks India for bringing down the average.

 

[Hey Johnny Bravo]

I like Caswell-Massey bar soaps, but they're a prestige brand and thus expensive. Most cheap bar soap dries out my skin and/or clogs drains, but I go through so much of it that I can't justify buying high-quality, triple-milled soap all the time.

 

[Uncle Tom's Condo]

I've been using Dr Bronner's soaps for the last couple of years (bars one the shower, heavily diluted liquid at the bathroom sink). Their peppermint is a nice simple scent that doesn't trigger my sensitivities the way so many other complex/artificial scents do.

Gotta go with Dr. Bronner's liquid soap diluted down for general body cleaning purposes, except hair. Peppermint is my go to, although tea tree was a nice deviation when i had to do a last minute travel-size bottle and the non-scented version for allergy cucks seems to get good marks.

Bonus points for the skitzo rants on the larger sizes of soap packaging.

 

[Jason Wynn]

Lately I’ve been using Oars Alps exfoliating bar soap. Tried the Squatch soap awhile back but just didn’t care that much for the scent, and never really felt clean either when using it.

As far as shampoo and conditioner, I’ve stood by Harry’s for some time now.

 

[Kim]

Personally, I prefer Dove Deep Moisture which you can often find at Costco in a three pack. I would avoid anything with scents and especially anything with "exfoliating beads" which are microplastics.

I bought some of the Dove stuff to try after reading your comment since I'd never heard of it. Even after a single use I can tell it's much, much better than anything I've bought before.

 

[Day of the Cope]

I bought some of the Dove stuff to try after reading your comment since I'd never heard of it. Even after a single use I can tell it's much, much better than anything I've bought before.

Depending where you live, it might be worth also getting a shower head filter if the water in your area has a large number of mineral deposits. I've tried a number of different options off Amazon, but they tend to be pretty bad quality. The only one I can put my money on is the Nebia VivaSpring Compact Shower Filter made by Brondell. I get a good 6 months out of the filters and the difference is night as day. Again, this depends on the quality of your water, but it really does help since I notice my skin breaks out a lot less when I use a shower head filter.

 

[Town Drunk]

I also use Dove soap to avoid dry skin. Too bad they went woke, but whatever. I also don't buy shaving cream but use a foaming hand soap. Leave it on while you take a shit in the morning, reapply and shave. No issues with razor burn.

 

[Xarpho's Return]

I also use Dove soap to avoid dry skin. Too bad they went woke, but whatever. I also don't buy shaving cream but use a foaming hand soap. Leave it on while you take a shit in the morning, reapply and shave. No issues with razor burn.

Remember that Dove was the one that launched Dove Campaign for Real Beauty back in 2004, and however innocent it might've been or promoted, it was one of the prototypes for "beautiful is black Jabba the Hutt women" (which is what it turned into).

By the way, I like the heavy grit Pine Tar scent from Squatch and the lather is fun, reminds me of river mud (despite being heavy grit, it's no Lava and even then I wish for something grittier sometimes). The Wood Barrel Bourbon has too strong of a smell yet I don't feel that clean after using it. Neither of them are worth the price.

 

[Town Drunk]

Remember that Dove was the one that launched Dove Campaign for Real Beauty back in 2004, and however innocent it might've been or promoted, it was one of the prototypes for "beautiful is black Jabba the Hutt women" (which is what it turned into).

By the way, I like the heavy grit Pine Tar scent from Squatch and the lather is fun, reminds me of river mud (despite being heavy grit, it's no Lava and even then I wish for something grittier sometimes). The Wood Barrel Bourbon has too strong of a smell yet I don't feel that clean after using it. Neither of them are worth the price.

Yeah, I know, just don't think me not buying a bar a week is going to stick it to them and cause a change. If someone else has a soap reccomendation that doesn't dry my skin out, I'd buy that instead.

 

[Xarpho's Return]

Yeah, I know, just don't think me not buying a bar a week is going to stick it to them and cause a change. If someone else has a soap reccomendation that doesn't dry my skin out, I'd buy that instead.

My own distaste with Dove is just how terrible the pink ones (rose) smelled.

 

[Day of the Cope]

Remember that Dove was the one that launched Dove Campaign for Real Beauty back in 2004, and however innocent it might've been or promoted, it was one of the prototypes for "beautiful is black Jabba the Hutt women" (which is what it turned into).

Ah, the days before people started to realise that Dove is owned by Unilever which also owns Axe/Lynx. You know, the company that runs adverts to teenage boys saying "use our product and women will sleep with you".

If someone else has a soap reccomendation that doesn't dry my skin out, I'd buy that instead.

I mentioned it earlier, but Caprina Goat Milk Soap is a good choice if you have a Costco membership.

 

[Nameless One]

I use Irish Spring too, great soap. All sorts of Dove are probably my favorite though, they have the nicest scents that don't just smell like straight up chemicals. The charcoal and sandal wood are great and have a gentle scent that can pair nicely with a smidge of cologne (let's say... Ralph Lauren Roman Silver, sadly expensive)