Using up old soap

Dippypud

We save all the slivers until we've got a few, then cut off the foot from a pair of tights, put all the bits down into the 'toe', tie a knot to stop them coming out...

Voila, a scrubby with built in soap...

PipneyJane

Does anyone have any ideas about the best way to use up bars or soap when you never user bars of soap to wash? (We never use bars of soap because I can't stand them turning soft and squishy on the side of the sink and becoming a breeding ground for bugs. We use liquid soap in a pump dispenser.)

As well as the hotel freebees my husband has acquired, I was given a lovely smelling bar of L'Occitaine's Verbena soap, which is too nice to chuck out.

zippychick

we have a thread on using up old soap which should have loads of ideas

liquid soap - OS version may also help

Ill merge this later on with the first link. Verbena is a lovely smell.

Zip

themull1

Why don't you give them to someone who uses soap?

rachbc

The L'occitaine soap doesn't go soft - its fantstic stuff.

I've grated soap and turned it into hand wash before

lostinrates

We do use soap, but if you really won't they make super drawer fresheners/fragrance. Also, with winter clothes when packed away.

valk_scot

Soap doesn't breed bugs, it's the dirt from your hands that breeds the bugs. If you have really dirty hands use the soap, rinse your hands then use the soap again to get both your hands and soap properly clean. and if you use a good draining soap dish then the soap won't go squshy. Modern sinks don't have decent soap draining indents on them, that's why all you young things think soap is doomed to go squishy.

Anyway, that stuff in the pumps isn't liquid soap, it's detergent, same as you use on the dishes as a degreaser. Great for the dishes, not so good for the skin as it dries it out horribly and makes it crack. That's why sales of body remoisturiser and hand cream have gone up at the same rate as these of body and hand wash. The person that thought up the idea of adding a nice smell and perfume to runny washing up liquid and sticking it in a fancy bottle probably got a knighthood for services to the toiletry industry tbh.

But if you want to get rid of it, put it between the sheets in the linen cupboard. Then you won't need to buy fabric conditioner (another triumph of advertising over actual need) to add a scent to your laundry.

Caterina

Check this link from Susun Weed (American herbalist) re. putting a bar of soap in the bed to help restless legs syndrome: https://www.susunweed.com/Article_Restless_Legs.htm

I have tried it and weird as it sounds, it works! HTH

PipneyJane

zippychick wrote: »

we have a thread on using up old soap which should have loads of ideas

liquid soap - OS version may also help

Ill merge this later on with the first link. Verbena is a lovely smell.

Zip

Oohhhh.... Thank you Zip. Apologies for not searching first.

Swan_2

valk_scot wrote: »

Soap doesn't breed bugs, it's the dirt from your hands that breeds the bugs. If you have really dirty hands use the soap, rinse your hands then use the soap again to get both your hands and soap properly clean. and if you use a good draining soap dish then the soap won't go squshy. Modern sinks don't have decent soap draining indents on them, that's why all you young things think soap is doomed to go squishy.

Anyway, that stuff in the pumps isn't liquid soap, it's detergent, same as you use on the dishes as a degreaser. Great for the dishes, not so good for the skin as it dries it out horribly and makes it crack. That's why sales of body remoisturiser and hand cream have gone up at the same rate as these of body and hand wash. The person that thought up the idea of adding a nice smell and perfume to runny washing up liquid and sticking it in a fancy bottle probably got a knighthood for services to the toiletry industry tbh.

But if you want to get rid of it, put it between the sheets in the linen cupboard. Then you won't need to buy fabric conditioner (another triumph of advertising over actual need) to add a scent to your laundry.

:T :T :T

I wish I could thank you more than once!