Soap

TheEnglishman

Can anyone (perhaps this is one for the ladies?) recommend a soap/shower gel that's not going to try to take the top layer of my skin off and remove every last bit of grease? I'm getting really dry skin using my usual wash and go stuff and there has to be something 'better' out there.

clarkey cat

I use this - I get really bad excema and it works a treat.

http://www.sanex.co.uk/sanex-dermo-intensive

raymondo60

I'm a sensitive skin type - used to have issues with eczema as a kid - I only use organic cosmetics now, have done for a few years, and don't get any problems. Holland & Barrett do a range of 'Dr Organic' shower gels, deodorants and lotions etc that I would recommend, and they aren't that much more expensive than conventional products.

Morgan_le_Fay

Shower gels can be very harsh. I avoid anything with the ingredients SLS or SLES. Make sure you rinse them off carefully. Unscented soap like Simple is OK for me. +1 for the Dr Organic stuff too.

SteppenHerring

Don't start me on Soap. "Simple"? Yeah right.

Ginjafro

Pure vegetable oil soap, just veg' oil and no other ingredients.

gtvlusso

Simple Object Access Protocol?!

Spot the geek!

rick_chasey

Dove? Or not soft enough?

Sharkyssurfers

gtvlusso wrote:

Simple Object Access Protocol?!

Spot the geek!

well I thought it was going to be about the old American sit com

mudcow007

gtvlusso wrote:

Simple Object Access Protocol?!

Spot the geek!

i cant really see some xml taking your off the top layers of your skin....but it is mind numbingly boring though

Original Sauce - lime an chilli flavour is the best i have used

rubertoe

My missus use "simple" products as well and "Cidal" Soap.

She swears by Cidal.

msmancunia

+1 for Dove from me, or if you can hold your breath to go into Lush, some of their soaps dont smelly too pongy and are nice on my skin.

twist83

I just use whatever is on offer at the supermarket. At the moment Original Source. I believe it is located next to the MTFU tablets which are on offer (Awaits the sensitive skin brigade)

mudcow007

msmancunia wrote:

+1 for Dove from me, or if you can hold your breath to go into Lush, some of their soaps dont smelly too pongy and are nice on my skin.

hwo in gods green earth do people work in Lush or The Body Shop

them places reek of (admittingly nice) smelly stuff but you can still smell it hours afterwards after going in there

also....has anyone else ever bit a bath bomb? i can tell you know its not pretty an it makes you look like you have rabies with all the froth outta your mouth

TheEnglishman

mudcow007 wrote:

Inspired! Certainly a way to MTFU. I can't cope with Lush as a store - going in in an NBC suit will most likely get me a strip search at Hammersmith nick.

So Dove or I'll pop into H&B at lunchtime to try their offerings and get a couple of casesof these:-

msmancunia

mudcow007 wrote:

msmancunia wrote:

+1 for Dove from me, or if you can hold your breath to go into Lush, some of their soaps dont smelly too pongy and are nice on my skin.

hwo in gods green earth do people work in Lush or The Body Shop

them places reek of (admittingly nice) smelly stuff but you can still smell it hours afterwards after going in there

also....has anyone else ever bit a bath bomb? i can tell you know its not pretty an it makes you look like you have rabies with all the froth outta your mouth

Why would you even want to bite a bath bomb?!

One of my friends used to live above the Lush on Carnaby Street. I couldn't stay more than 30 mins because the smell gave me such a bad headache. He ended up moving because it had such a detrimental affect on his personal (read: sex) life.

mudcow007

msmancunia wrote:

Why would you even want to bite a bath bomb?!

it was one of them moments "i wonder what this will be like" i dunno i was young an impressionable

i can tell you they dont taste as good as they smell though

TheEnglishman

msmancunia wrote:

.... if you can hold your breath to go into Lush, some of their soaps dont smelly too pongy and are nice on my skin.

Early birthday present hints, huh?

DonDaddyD

This: http://www.boots.com/en/Sanex-Zero-Show ... l_1229296/

or

This: http://www.boots.com/en/Sanex-Zero-Show ... l_1229298/

Monkeypump

+1 on the Sanex suggestions (all varieties seem to work well).

The Original Source stuff smells good, but seemed to exacerbate my dry skin.

DonDaddyD

I like Original Source mint (makes your bits tingle hehe).

Ms DDD said that I reminded her of an after dinner mint.

#racial....

walkingbootweather

Clearly I'm not a sensitive type, but if I've been near my bike then anything less than

and I remain a grimy (albeit sweet smelling) urchin.

walkingbootweather

DonDaddyD wrote:

Ms DDD said that I reminded her of an after dinner mint.

She probably meant cheap,unfulfilling and lacking in taste

ToeKnee

I have used http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarfega for majorly greasy hands ... followed by lots of soap (Dove) and water.

Nowadays I try to avoid grease in the first place and either use barrier creams or gloves prior to tackling greasy jobs. My saddle bag contains disposable gloves (food hygiene types) which I wear when undoing the fairy's work or sorting mechanical/drive chain issues.

SimonAH

I think I've mentioned this before, but if hands are very greasy wash with a good glug of olive or cooking oil (no water) then a squirt of washing up liquid (still no water) then rinse (now with water obviously). Works a treat and always available by the kitchen sink.

For those of you with nails (laydees and guitar stranglers such as myself) then barrier cream is indeed your friend. I have it in squirty cans from RS (free from work :-D )

walkingbootweather

SimonAH wrote:

if hands are very greasy wash with a good glug of olive or cooking oil

Should that be before or after using it to cook my chips?

Headhuunter

I just use a normal bar of cheap soap and then moisturise properly afterwards with sweet almond oil (usually used in massage) keeps my skin supple and moist!

rjsterry

SimonAH wrote:

I think I've mentioned this before, but if hands are very greasy wash with a good glug of olive or cooking oil (no water) then a squirt of washing up liquid (still no water) then rinse (now with water obviously). Works a treat and always available by the kitchen sink.

For those of you with nails (laydees and guitar stranglers such as myself) then barrier cream is indeed your friend. I have it in squirty cans from RS (free from work :-D )

Alternatively, washing up liquid and a handful of sugar really good at getting the grime out of the 'grooves' of your finger prints. Whilst these may be near the sink, one does not generally get bonus points for grimy hand prints on the sugar/cooking oil, so an assistant is handy. As for nails, get a good stiff nail brush -short plastic bristles, none of this natural fibre nonsense - and set about it with some vigour. Actually, the nail brush works well for the hands in general, although my hands look about 10 years older than the rest of me, so maybe ignore this.

navt

Real men don't use soap. Come to think of it, we don't wash either.

TheEnglishman

navt wrote:

Single men don't use soap. Come to think of it, we don't wash either.

Edited for truth

Sharkyssurfers

Chuck Norris doesn't use soap and water, he just looks at himself in the Mirror and says "I'm clean" and the dirt just falls off him :roll: