Soap

TheEnglishman
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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.
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I use this - I get really bad excema and it works a treat.
http://www.sanex.co.uk/sanex-dermo-intensive0 -
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.Raymondo
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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.0
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Don't start me on Soap. "Simple"? Yeah right.0
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Pure vegetable oil soap, just veg' oil and no other ingredients.Giant XTC Pro-Carbon
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My missus use "simple" products as well and "Cidal" Soap.
She swears by Cidal."If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."
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+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.Commute: Chadderton - Sportcity0
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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)
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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 mouthKeeping it classy since '830 -
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:-0 -
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.Commute: Chadderton - Sportcity0 -
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
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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.
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This: http://www.boots.com/en/Sanex-Zero-Show ... l_1229296/
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This: http://www.boots.com/en/Sanex-Zero-Show ... l_1229298/Food Chain number = 4
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+1 on the Sanex suggestions (all varieties seem to work well).
The Original Source stuff smells good, but seemed to exacerbate my dry skin.0 -
I like Original Source mint (makes your bits tingle hehe).
Ms DDD said that I reminded her of an after dinner mint.
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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.Nobody told me we had a communication problem0 -
DonDaddyD wrote:Ms DDD said that I reminded her of an after dinner mint.
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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.Seneca wrote:It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
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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 )FCN 5 belt driven fixie for city bits
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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?Nobody told me we had a communication problem0 -
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!Do not write below this line. Office use only.0
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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.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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