What the hell is it with the "body wash" nonsense?

[Redstone]

At the drugstore today, I saw about two dozen plastic bottles of something called "body wash."

Huh? I thought people washed their bodies with SOAP, at 59 cents per bar, not with "body wash" at three to six bucks per 12-ounce bottle.

Yet again, it seems I've underestimated the gullibility and stupidity of a large percentage of Americans. Yeesh.

Redstone

[LeftyFingerPop]

1. I just use shampoo, for everything. n/t

[vard28]

2. Is that why

you use the extra volume kind? :evilgrin:

[rug]

19. So that's why your balls smell like cantaloupe.

[Skittles]

22. SCHEDULING RUG FOR AN EMERGENCY ASS-KICKING

[rug]

23. Lol.

:hide:

[trof]

84. We haven't had a serious ASS KICKING in a while.

Where ya been?
Us old timers seem to be fading away.
:hi:

[LeftyFingerPop]

38. Please don't call me "Cantaloupe Balls". You know what that does to me.

[rug]

62. Oh, you know you like it.

[B3Nut]

57. BWAHAHAHAHAAHAA!

:spray:

[CreekDog]

74. so ignored!!!!111!!!1!1!!!11

:rofl: :yoiks:

[mwdem]

3. Soap's always good..

and I use "shampoo" for my hair. I guess I'm just a maverick.

[rockymountaindem]

4. I have the same question about body spray

After shave not good enough anymore?

[greendog]

5. The crazy thing is...

...those 2 dozen different brands of bodywash probably come from two or three companies.

[Generic Brad]

6. You haven't met my kid

She refuses, absolutely refuses to use soap. It has to be body wash. Apparently it is a girl thing I will never comprehend.

If Lava is good enough for me, it should be fine for her too.

[PassingFair]

9. I, too, have become addicted to bodywash over the years.

Soap leaves me with a filmy, scuzzy feeling now.

I needs my bodywash.

[JVS]

40. Is rinsing the soap off that difficult?

[PassingFair]

66. It doesn't rinse off completely...

It leaves a filmy feeling on my body that
body wash doesn't.

My husband still uses soap, but the girls
and I use body wash now.

Preferably French...

[demmiblue]

48. I don't use body wash, but I know what you mean!

I tried a different soap recently, perhaps a 59 cent bar of soap, and I got that same feeling. I tend to have dry skin, so those cheaper soaps only cost me more when buying lotion (especially in the colder weather)!

[Jamastiene]

54. Yup.

Body wash feels so much cleaner and smells better. :D

[Critters2]

24. Apparently not. Last time I was home, there was body wash in my dad's shower.

My 73 year old widowed dad now uses body wash. He's either splurging now that my mom's not watching the pennies, or he doesn't realize that body wash does the same thing as soap. My guess--he had a coupon. It's like he's discovered coupons now that he does the shopping. Every coupon he cuts out is like a little victory for him. :)

[haele]

7. Body wash is supposed to be the soap glycerin and light oils without the potash and lye

Some people get psoriasis or rashes from soaps and prefer the body washes. Also, a real body wash will transfer and retain scents a bit longer than soaps will.

Of course there is always going to be marketing involved, so you gets the purdy smells added that have nothing to do with otherwise natural skin care ingredients...

Haele

[SeattleGirl]

8. I use Aveno body wash. My skin has gotten a bit drier as I've

gotten older, and that stuff really works well on my skin.

I've tried different bar soaps, but they don't work as well.

[TreasonousBastard]

33. Ever tried clear glycerine soap?

[TroglodyteScholar]

10. I actually found myself pondering the body washes when I was at the store earlier this week...

I felt kind of ashamed, but I've tried several different kinds of bar soap lately and they all seem to dry my skin out. Really, I was hoping to find some kind of gentle bar soap, but no luck. Hell, even the aloe stuff bugs me.

And no, I didn't end up buying any body wash. I was fully overwhelmed by the absurd number of different washes as well as the fact that they all seem to be heavily scented. Pheh.

[supernova]

11. Body washes don't leave scum

around the tub, so you spend less energy cleaning the tub.

Also, they are a little less drying on my skin.

[HEyHEY]

16. Yeah, I won't go back

My sisters bought me some one Christmas, and I'll never use soap again.

[Lorien]

50. Yep. Sometimes a LOT less drying

olive oil soap isn't drying, but it can be just as expensive as body wash. Nothing like being kept awake at night because your skin itches like mad after using a soap that dried it out!

[Shakespeare]

55. Precisely.

Those are the two reasons I switched years ago, and I'll never go back to bar soap.

[Midlodemocrat]

12. I LOVE body wash.

I love all kinds of nice smelly body type things.

:rhumbsup:

:loveya:

[jobycom]

13. And have you heard how loud music is now? Why it's not even music anymore!

And get those kids off your lawn!

[ghostsofgiants]

14. What the hell is with all these kids on my lawn?

[HEyHEY]

15. Dude, that stuff's been huge for like a decade

[DainBramaged]

17. I uses it, I R A real mens

[bicentennial_baby]

18. Even my rarely-showering Ex loves the BodyWash we have here...

it's Cucumber and Green Tea or something. Smells yummy. :)

"hi:

[u4ic]

20. Soap leaves a layer of film on my skin

at best; at worst I get eczema. One soap brand I do like, but it's a natural one. Not only is it costly, but it wears down very quickly; I don't think there's much of a $ saving with that one vs my body wash.

[GirlinContempt]

21. Get over yourself.

All of these posts just reek of puffing up your own ego.

You claim to be smarter than all of these people, yet you don't even know the differences that exist.

Seriously, get over it. People all over the world use and enjoy products that benefit them that you don't use or need or understand. That doesn't make you a superior big-brained winner. What's next? Shaving cream? Tampons? Antibiotics?

Back in MY day we didn't pay $30 for a bottle of penicillin! Heck no, we went on down to the ol' waterin' hole and got ourselves a toad and made a stew of it's there liver for FREE by gum!

:eyes:

[Critters2]

25. Penicillin is made from bread mold. Sulfa is made from toad's liver.

Penicillin is WAAAY easier to make.

[GirlinContempt]

27. I'm

making up some crazy home remedy off the top of my head :P

Easy to make isn't the issue here :P

[PeaceNikki]

34. .

:rofl:

You = wind beneath my wings.

[PVnRT]

35. And we use shaving "gel" today. Warm water was good enough for him!

Damn kids need to get off his lawn.

[KG]

42. i think he shaves with the sharpened edge of an oyster shell.

[JVS]

93. Shaving? What a crock!

[JVS]

43. zOMG! GinC an apologist for rampant consumerism!

You know that these products are a frivolity. Hell, we're lucky enough not to have to use that Fel Naptha stuff.

[GirlinContempt]

92. ppft get over it

Most soaps, I can't use. I haven't been able to since I hit puberty basically, maybe a little before. I always have to buy like $7 bars of soap, and I've used body washes, and I think they're fine. Some of them still bother the fuck out of my skin because they're full of perfumes and weird stuff, but others don't. Sure as hell beats spending almost $30 to get a special liquid soap from the dermatologist like I had to do when I was young.

There are bigger problems in the world than body wash, and frankly, gung-ho capitalism roolz 4 lyfe Redstone sure isn't promoting the 'cause', he's promoting crotchityness. Belch.

[IndianaJones]

51. heh. nt.

[SammyWinstonJack]

68. !

:evilgrin: :thumbsup:

[fudge stripe cookays]

88. .

:rofl:

I adore you.

[KitchenWitch]

26. I love my lavendar scented body wash!

:D

[Jamastiene]

56. My favorite is the lavender and sweet pea scented body wash.

Ever tried it in a bubble bath? OMG, it's delightful. :D

[Tom Kitten]

28. Body Wash is such old news!

OK I get it a lot of us stink like an old piece of carrion but body wash will not help us, nor anyone else in our position (which lately has us been stuck on the toilet reading old copies of Sunset magazine)...The fact of the matter is almost all of us have two to fourteen feet long masses of fecal matter stuck to our insides that can only be dealt with by watching half hour long infomercials aired between 4-5 pm on your local TV station and ordering their product with alarm but without question. That's all you really need to know.

[JVS]

45. Have you seen the websites for those products? You'd think...

the people had eaten bike innertubes!

[kentauros]

29. I'm weird

I use bar shampoo (J.R. Liggett's) and peppermint liquid soap (Dr. Bronner's Liquid Soaps.

I found out about Dr. Bronner's from the SubGenius book "High Weirdness by Mail" in the late 1980s and was introduced to the bar shampoo as a Christmas gift from my sister. Been using that for the last seven years or so and don't care for the liquid shampoos any more. Oh, Dr. Bronners can be used for the hair, too. Even as a floorwax :P but not as a dessert topping ;)

[Genevieve]

79. You'r not weird - those are great products. nt

[kentauros]

97. Okay, then I'm wyrd

:P

I love those products, too, though I will have to mail-order the shampoo because Whole Foods isn't carrying Liggett's any longer :(

Dr. Bronner's is wonderful stuff. You can use it for general cleaning as well as your "body wash" in addition to many other uses (detailed in their FAQ) :)

"It's a dessert topping! It's a floor wax!"

[LSdemocrat]

30. I prefer body wash to soap

Most soaps I've tried tend to leave a slight, but noticeable film on my skin. Body wash doesn't. Additionally, you need surprisingly little body wash for a daily scrub, so that 12 ounce bottle can easily last much longer than a bar of soap.

[Lucian]

31. I love body wash.

I use the Axe body wash with the detailer. I'll never use soap again.

[TreasonousBastard]

32. Liquid "soap" does have some advantages...

like leaving less soapscum on the tub, tiles, and body, being gentler on plumbing and cesspoools (to say nothing of skin) and easier to make and package.

(I have limited my cleaning products largely to liquid laundry soap and dishwashing liquids-- they take care of 90% of all cleaning)

[PVnRT]

36. I hope you're making your own soap

Otherwise, you've bought into the media lie that you need to buy it at a store.

I won't bother listing the advantages of body wash, as plenty here have already mocked you, rightfully, for your attitude and ignorance.

[Redstone]

85. You take the concept of "body wash" THAT seriously? Seek help.

Redstone

[PVnRT]

86. LOL I need help?

You're the one who took the time to bitch about it in the first place. Don't get huffy when people call you on being a jackass.

[DarkTirade]

37. And why do people settle for shampoo...

when they could use real poo instead?

:shrug:

[JVS]

39. It's a huge ripoff!

[KG]

41. i loves my body wash and nylon scrubby thing. much better than bar soap and wash cloth

but feel free to continue to be an ignorant curmudgeon. the world has has a serious shortage of those that would keep us on the straight and narrow. :eyes:

[JVS]

44. "But Ironhead, it's got this thingy!"

[Jamastiene]

65. I always call those bath scrunchies.

I love those too. :D

[Crazy Dave]

46. Dial Gold since I was a kid

Damn...that's too long to talk about :cry:

I do switch brands for a couple of weeks out of the year though because I read or heard some bullshit a long time ago that said the germs and stuff can get immune to a soap that's been used for too long over and over. For that it's usually Lever 2000

[Gormy Cuss]

47. I don't get it either.

I've tried body washes when staying with friends and while they were fun and easy to use, I'd rather use a simple bar of soap. I guess that I'm one of those people who doesn't have sensitive skin -- Ivory works for me. I buy a locally-made vegetable oil soap most of the time -- it costs more than that 59 cent bar but it's still fairly cheap per use and has no harsh ingredients.

[TZ]

67. Most regular soap has lye in it.

I've got some skin problems with rashes in the winter and dry flaky skin as well. I've found that the body washes are much better for my skin. I think it has to do with the ingredients that hold the soap bar together I think.
Even the "gentle" soaps like Ivory aren't that great to me.

[LanternWaste]

49. Hah!!!

Hah!!! Every year when my birthday rolls around, I get a gift basket from my Avon-rep aunt. The past three years, the basket's had a bottle or two of that crap in it.

Used it a few times, but DAY-UM (sp?)-- it's a serious chore to rinse that stuff off. Takes a piece of sandpaper to get it off-- and there's still this.... nasty feeling alien film of goop it leaves.

[Jamastiene]

60. You weren't doing it right.

You are supposed to use some of the body wash on a bath scrunchie, rinse the bath scrunchie, then use the bath scunchie to wash it off. It comes off nicely when you do that. :D

[LanternWaste]

61. Now I know I'm getting old...

Now I know I'm getting old-- instructions for soap? E-gads! Zounds! By-Gum! and any other out-dated exclamation.

But thanks for letting me know-- I hate letting anything go to waste, and by now I've got about seven bottles of the stuff under my bathroom sink. :hi:

[Jamastiene]

64. It exfoliates naturally if you use the bath scrunchie.

I use it in my bubble bath, believe it or not. But then again, I have always rinsed off some after a bubble bath. It leaves just a hint of the bubble bath/body wash scent there and you feel much cleaner. That way those of us who don't like to feel the residue feeling can enjoy things like body washes and bubble baths. :D :hi:

[SmokingJacket]

52. It's in a fucking plastic bottle.

That's what pisses me off. We had a perfect product with low-impact package -- just a paper wrapper -- and now it's slowing being replaced with MORE plastic bottles!

I think for some people it's that the idea of sharing a bar of soap with a family member is gross.

[cboy4]

83. Yup. Do you think I looked forward to washing my face

with a bar of soap that could have been between one of my brother or sisters ass cracks?

Nope. I'm still scarred.

[Jamastiene]

53. Why are you calling me gullible and stupid?

:cry:

My body wash only costs $2 at the dollar store and I use it as part of nice long bubble baths for relaxation and the nice smell. It lasts about as long as the bars of soap, because I only use a dab in the bubble bath and I can't exactly afford to take bubble baths every day. I take showers in between and deal with plain old soap then. It's not as much fun though. I guess that makes me gullible and stupid. I thought you liked me. :cry:

[Writer]

58. I don't know, but I sure would like some. I just got back from my morning jog.

Some nice scented cream lather to rub all over my body would be in very good order.

[Jamastiene]

59. The dollar stores carry the same body washes, only much much cheaper.

I get mine for $2 or $1.50, depending on which one I get. They are nice on occasion.

[marzipanni]

63. I have noticed that I can always find large refill bottles of liquid hand soap

at sale prices, shampoo at sale prices, but body wash always seems to cost about 3X more, yet I doubt if the formula is that different.
An R.N. who specializes in skin care recommends glycerin soap, that's what we've been using. It's transparent and doesn't leave a white film all over the bathtub/shower, or our skin.

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=glycerin+soap&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2

[bigwillq]

69. I wash with soap and body wash

:bounce:

[yardwork]

70. Good lord, half the respondents on this thread sound like a bunch of ninnies.

Next thing you guys will admit to drinking latte.

[trackfan]

71. See you at the Water Store.

[Mojambo]

72. I have to use the anti-bacterial body wash or I get bad boils in bad spots.

Regular soap just isn't an option.

[Genevieve]

76. That's because bar soap can clog your pores.

and I can't believe I'm reading a hostile thread
about people who prefer bodywash to soap.

[cboy4]

73. I'm oooooold! And I'm not happy! And I don't like things now

compared to the way they used to be. All this progress -- phooey!

In my day, we didn't have these cash machines that would give you money when you needed it. There was only one bank in each state -- it was open only one hour a year. And you'd get in line, seventeen miles long, and the line became an angry mob of people -- fornicators and thieves, mutant children and circus freaks -- and you waited for years and by the time you got to the teller, you were senile and arthritic and you couldn't remember your own name. You were born, got in line, and ya died! And that's the way it was and we liked it!




HA!

[SammyWinstonJack]

77. ...

:spray:

[Redstone]

78. Yeah, right, that's what I said. I have a suggestion for you:

Hey, you don't like me? Why don't you just take the easy option and put me on your ignore list, and then you won't have to be inconvenienced by my opinions anymore.

We'd both be happier if you did. Unless, of course, you get some kind of perverse pleasure from the fact that I annoy you.

Redstone

[cboy4]

81. You don't remember the Grumpy Old Man character on

Saturday Night Live, portrayed brilliantly by Dana Carvey?

You sound just like him. LOL


Life was a carnival! We entertained ourselves! We didn't need moooovin' pitchurrrres. In my day, there was only one show in town -- it was called "Stare at the sun!" ... That's right! You'd sit in the middle of an open field and stare up at the sun till your eyeballs burst into flames! And you thought, "Oh, no! Maybe I shouldn't've stared directly into the burning sun with my eyes wide open." But it was too late! Your head was on fire and people were roastin' chickens over it. ... And that's the way it was and we liked it! :rofl:

[Zavulon]

75. If you're ever in the DC area,

you can see one of the best-ever contrasts between male and female bathrooms.

Mine has whatever was on sale the last time I was at the grocery store for soap (currently working on my second of three bars of Irish Spring this time) and shampoo (which at present is the generic equivalent of something called Pantene Pro-V's combined shampoo / conditioner, which was buy one / get one for free). Oh, I have a Montreal Expos magazine basket, too, but I digress.

My girlfriend's bathroom has (and I just counted this minutes ago after reading your post):

* Three separate bars of soap, all different

* Five types of body wash

* Eight brands of shampoo, which she "rotates" like tires

Note that this does not count perfumes and moisturizers.

A tax break on this shit would benefit her a lot. Wouldn't do jack for me.

[AwakeAtLast]

80. I happen to have extremely dry, itchy skin

With body wash, I don't itch as bad. :shrug:

[Rising Phoenix]

82. my sis in law

makes soap.....she makes a special bar just for me......no fragrence, no preservatives, no nothing

[Zomby Woof]

87. Body wash...

The new Olive Garden? :o

[Lex]

89. Do you remember when an onion on your belt was the style of the day?

nt

[doc03]

90. I haven't figured out the bottled water nonsense yet n/t

[grannylib]

91. I love my body wash, and my nylon scrubbie thing! Clean, exfoliate,

and moisturize...without any icky drying filmy shit left on me.

[TK421]

94. First time I tried the stuff was last year and I've been using it ever since

and I thought I wouldn't be converted. One thing is for certain; the stuff lasts WAY longer than a bar of soap. I never paid more than four dollars for a bottle of it.

You should give it a shot, and if you don't like it just don't get it again

[alison]

95. I prefer bar soap, but bodywash doesn't leave soap scum.

Regardless, I get most of my toiletries for very little moola (thanks to coupons and various deals), so I tend to stock both. Most of the time, I'm able to get bodywash for as much, if not less, than bar soap.

[Deep13]

96. Body wash leaves a plastic bottle as waste.

Soap leaves a small wrapper.