Bar Soap/Body Bar

I assume that most people will know a soap bar. A bar of soap is usually meant to wash your hands, but there are also soap bars that are formulated for your body and then they are called body bars. You can use those when you are in the shower. Just a good soap bar is getting more popular to use and sometimes replaces a regular body wash.

Are bars of soap sanitary?

There is a lot of myths circulating around bar soap, like it not being sanitary, for example. A body wash comes in a bottle, but a body bar does not. When you let your bar of soap dry after you used it, then bacteria do not get a chance to multiply. It is important to put your bar soap in a tray that allows water to escape.

The pump of a body wash or the bottle usually contains even more bacteria than a soap bar, so you do not have to worry about a body bar not being hygienic.

Benefits of body bars

One of the many benefits of soap bars is that they last for a long time. One body bar can last for months. Another benefit is that bar soaps sometimes contain tiny particles that provide a light scrub as well, so you can exfoliate your skin for a deeper cleansing. It also kills germs and has antibacterial properties of course.

Nowadays the environmental concerns are more important than ever. A natural bar soap usually comes in a cardboard packaging and does not contain any plastics. Also, the production of body bars is more environmentally friendly compared to body washes or liquid soaps.

How do you use a soap bar?

When you are showering it is always important to quickly rinse yourself with some warm water. That helps to remove some dirt and sweat already, so that your soap bar has more effect and cleanses your skin well.

Make sure your skin is wet and make your soap bar wet as well. Massage the body bar directly on your skin in circular motions, especially when it is an exfoliating body bar. Rinse the soap off your skin and rinse your soap bar as well. Let the bar of soap dry in a tray where the water can escape, so that it dries properly and all the bacteria, germs and fungi get killed and cannot multiply.

I would recommend using a natural body lotion when you are done using the soap bar, so that your skin will get hydrated again and the moisture balance restored.

Best body bars for men

In the Moquer shop we have a few bar soaps for men available. Some of them contains scrub particles to exfoliate your skin. Other bars contain activated charcoal to pull dirt from your pores to help prevent inflammations that can cause impurities or acne.

Especially the bar soaps of Baxter of California are popular because they contain healthy ingredients and they have a decent size, so they last a long time!