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Body Washes outstrip soap for the first time!
I listened to NPR yesterday while cleaning the bathroom and during that "Story" or whatever show they ran a twenty minute segment on some guy who found some lady his dad saved when he was a fireman and brought her to a party. This is all well and good but the story in no way, shape or form sustained over 20 minutes. Oh, and I'm not even sure what a body wash is.
gels. I'm soap all the way.So where's this majority? Huh?
Sarah Pi wrote: "It's liquid soap."Body wash just sounds cooler, then?
During the summer at the local farmers market this lady sells her own soap, and I get the...I don't know, broken ones...for a buck each. They rule.
The report said that body wash was mainly water, which I thought, well, sure. No WONDER the soap companies would like us to buy it!
I like natural soaps and Zu likes body wash, and then I notice how good hers smell, and sometimes I sneak some.
I was a body wash person, but ever since my skin started acting ridiculously sensitive, I gave all my body washes away and now use Dove for Sensitive Skin soap... that's all. Plus, I use a scrub brush when I bathe (always have) - the bar soap's much less wasteful.
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I use body wash. Nutrogena Rain Bath. I used to use bars but now I have trouble finding the glycerin soap. All the other bars I've tried make my skin feel all dry and skwudgey. Why is that, if the only difference is added water?
Gretchen wrote: "I use body wash. Nutrogena Rain Bath. I used to use bars but now I have trouble finding the glycerin soap. All the other bars I've tried make my skin feel all dry and skwudgey. Why is that, if the..."
OMG, Gretchen!!! I looove the smell of Neutrogena's RainBath - I had 2 HUGE bottles of it that I had to give away... I kept reminding myself that someone else would get to enjoy it, even if I couldn't. I can't find the body spray, otherwise I'd drench everything I own in it.
Gretchen wrote: "All the other bars I've tried make my skin feel all dry and skwudgey. Why is that, if the..."They have alcohol-containing ingredients... dries skin out.
I love the smell of it, too. And it doesn't make my skin feel all tight.
I like the smell of the sesame bath stuff they make, too. I miss smelly stuff!!! Like craaaazy!
I get all natural soaps too. Nice and smelly ones. Sorry Heidi!I find the bath lotions wasteful myself - they slide off into the water before I've had a chance to spread it. Do you use a washcloth?
Also I don't use much soap myself, since I usually scrub with a loofah.
I use both and I have a hard time finding a scent that I can live with...all that fruity/floral crap makes me gag. Does the Rain Bath smell fruity?
I likelove my body wash, it smells heavenly & leaves a lovely subtle scent behind. I squirt it into my loofah-wash-clothy-sort-of-thing, it doesn't run away. It's called dreamy skin, it's supposed to have smells that help you sleep. I have only been using it for about six months prior to that I was always a soap girl.
NOOOOOOOO! It's...it's...I can't describe smells. But it's the opposite of fruity. It's maybe kind of herbal or spicy or something. Heidi can tell you. She's better at this.Lori, I don't use a washcloth. The rainbath stuff I use does't slide off. It's real sudsy.
I like body washes and the nice scents but they do tend to be wasteful compared to soap. I only buy them when they had those "free-after-rebate" deals at Walgreens. I always used a washcloth.I also like Neutrogena Rain Bath but the smell is hard to describe. But it's not fruity.
These days, soaps with nice scents are available.
The Rainbath scent could be better described as smelling like something you'd get at a luxurious hotel. That's how it smells... luxurious, indulgent, spa-like. It's a light spicy (a bit of a peppery bite), fruity (light tangerine and lemony notes), herbal scent (just... green). It reminds me of vacationing on Sanibel Island in Florida. I can't tell you why, though. Just - for some reason, that's where my mind goes immediately when I smell it.It's been around for a LONG, long time (at least late seventies/early eighties). My stepmother would use the rainbath glycerin soap (which, I think, has since been discontinued) back then... Rainbath or Jean Nate (love that one, too). It's the precursor to this scented-everything craze. I think it's a dignified scent and even though there are fruity notes to it, I'd definitely say it would not fall into the "fruity/floral crap" genre. :) Gretchen, Mona... would you gals agree with me on that?
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My favorite bar soaps that I'd use before the sensitive skin onset were Oil of Olay Original bar soap and MOST MOST favorite - Dove Pink.I suspect being allergic to Robby may have triggered the onset to this sensitive skin thing, but I could NEVER give him up so that I could have nice smelling stuff because it was around the time that I moved into a house with a roommate when it all started - literally a month and a half later.
Before I had my daughter, I used to layer my fragrance: body wash followed by body lotion in the same scent. Now I'm lucky if I can finish my shower in relative privacy.I used to work with someone who used to use the Victoria's Secret fruity body lotions. You could smell her as soon as she walked into the bank and the scent lingered. It didn't smell bad but it was a little over-powering.
I've used only one soap for five years, and that's the Cetaphil antibacterial soap. My skin is really sensitive, and it's the only thing that works for it.The "body wash" is just like water, so I have to use the bar soap.
Thank you Heidi and Gretchen...I'll be checking it out next time I buy body wash, it sounds like I'll really like it. :)
I bought 2 bottles today. I also love that it has a PUMP! Glorious.
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I've really been noticing, when I'm out in public, how soapy some men smell. Yes, extravagantly, overwhelmingly soapy. It's not a good thing.
I remember the first time some saleslady told me I should be "layering" my scents. I thought, are you fucking kidding me?? There is nothing that is going to make me buy seven of your various products and spend 7x as much money so I can smell 7x as potent.
OK I'll have to check out that Rainwater stuff. Heidi - when I was a tween I was all about the Jean Nate! Loved it. Is it even still around? I'm wondering what my reaction would be now - what was I thinking or Oh I still love this stuff.
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Lori wrote: "OK I'll have to check out that Rainwater stuff. Heidi - when I was a tween I was all about the Jean Nate! Loved it. Is it even still around? I'm wondering what my reaction would be now - what was..."
I've seen it in Walgreen's... I think? I'm pretty sure I did.
Sally... I've had the same thoughts you have. :) Lobstergirl, I always love your posts. Your av definitely adds to the entertainment factor.
i use individual body parts washes. i have a hand wash, arm wash, torso wash, face wash, leg wash and feet wash. the "special parts" wash is super sudsy.
My CVS definitely sells Jean Nate in the HUGE economy size bottle. hee hee. It's "after-bath splash!" Lori, RainBATH not rainwater.
Because of this thread I tried what I thought was a glycerin soap I found at the store. It was clear. Verdict=NOPE. made my skin feel sqwudgey. I'm sticking w/the shower gel.
geesh, what is wrong with a guy having good showering/grooming methods. i have three kinds of shampoo that i use
I forget Jean Nate's scent. I just remember that I liked it.
I smelled it recently. It's just really clean and fresh smelling. It's light.
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wait...one brand of shampoo is called Nair...
Kevin "El Liso Grande" wrote: "wait...one brand of shampoo is called Nair..."I bet it smells bad.
DANGIT!!! just read the bottle. now i know why i feel so silky smooth all the time and keep subconsciously saying "it puts the lotion on."on the positive tip i seem to be a much faster swimmer
spazz: 1.) adj. word used to describe someone who you think is completely idiotic, and is acting immaturely or retarded. guess you coulda meant spazz
Heidi wrote: "The Rainbath scent could be better described as smelling like something you'd get at a luxurious hotel. That's how it smells... luxurious, indulgent, spa-like. It's a light spicy (a bit of a peppery bite), fruity (light tangerine and lemony notes), herbal scent (just... green). It reminds me of vacationing on Sanibel Island in Florida. I can't tell you why, though. Just - for some reason, that's where my mind goes immediately when I smell it.It's been around for a LONG, long time (at least late seventies/early eighties). My stepmother would use the rainbath glycerin soap (which, I think, has since been discontinued) back then... Rainbath or Jean Nate (love that one, too). It's the precursor to this scented-everything craze. I think it's a dignified scent and even though there are fruity notes to it, I'd definitely say it would not fall into the "fruity/floral crap" genre. :) Gretchen, Mona... would you gals agree with me on that?"
HMMPH! No one answered my question. I protest!
>: /
This past week I painted and cleaned the FUCK out of my upstairs bathroom. I also added a new medicine cabinet and mirror. Now, I know you haven't seen the old bathroom, but trust me, this is 1000 times better, even if I still should do some touch up work on the corners:
Painting a bathroom sucks.
Anyway, I bring this up because a major facet of cleaning the bathroom was throwing out tons of old, dusty bottles. But, as I've said before, Bath and Bodyworks rules, and I kept all my bubble bath, just in case Kevin wants to come over.
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Love the color, RA! Very pretty!
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There are now body washes for men, which I'm sure you're all really excited to hear. They then went on to interview the manliest man they could find who uses a body wash, a guy who works in a pit crew at a race track.
And then there's concern about the plastic bottles, which may be recycled, but could end up in landfills.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/st...
And, have you seen THAT ad? You know the one, with the football player?
So, what about you? Are you a soap person, or a body wash person? I use soap. I don't understand the appeal of a body wash...