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Body Soap or Bar Soap-How Do You Choose?

Updated on September 24, 2008
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The average person goes through more than 200 bottles of liquid soap
The average person goes through more than 200 bottles of liquid soap
 

Body wash, or bar soap? That is the question, or so we thought. With the average person tossing out over 200 bottles of liquid soap in their life time, the question becomes ‘which is more green, liquid or bar soap'. Standing in the soap aisle can be intimidating. Do you go with what you've heard on the commercials, do you try something new, or do you stick with old faithful? Let me help you by shining some light on the plight of soap purchasing consumers everywhere.

What it comes down to is knowledge. In the 21st century, you have more to think about than the difference between bar soap or liquid soap. What are the ingredients? There are components in most shower gels that take 800 years to disappear from our water system. We choose what we put in our bodies carefully, eating organic vegetables and free-range meat, but we don't think twice about what we put on our bodies.

Skin is our largest organ
Skin is our largest organ
 

Skin covers up to 20 square feet of your body, is your largest organ. It's your first line of defense against toxins and when you slather it with sweet smelling commercial body soap, you're waging war on your skin with toxic biological weapons. Not only does your skin secrete waste, but it absorbs substances such as vitamin D from the sun, and essential oil. It also absorbs every product you put on it and sends it to your organs, and even your cells. How do you find products that work and are good for you? The answer is research. Look at the ingredients. There are both bar and bottled soaps that contain only natural ingredients and a lot of them smell amazing.

 

Not only do we have to think about what we put on our bodies, but we have to think about how it effects our environment. Are the bottles recycled? Are they recyclable? Is there excess packaging that will go to waste in a landfill somewhere? You can look at the bottom of a bottle, and if it can be recycled, there is a recycling stamp on it. Most labels will tell you if the packaging is made from recycled materials, and some will even tell you what percentage. Are you going to recycle packaging? Is the packaging around your bar of soap something you can recycle? Most all-natural bar soap comes with a cardboard or paper packaging that can easily be tossed into your recycle bin.

 

Now that you've considered ingredients and packaging, it comes down to personal preference. If you use a puff sponge, and you like the lather of liquid soap, then liquid soap is the choice for you. If you use shower gloves because you like to exfoliate, bar soap is a better choice to use. It's up to you, but in the age of ‘going green', being aware that even the soap you choose can have a negative effect on your body and the environment.

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