I don’t get it. What’s the deal? What am I doing wrong that makes me convinced that the technologically advanced body wash is not nearly as good as old-fashioned bar soap?
I’m going through my 2nd trial of such a product. The first was years ago. The commercials had their “see how much lather you get from just a small amount” message. I figured it could be a small money saving route to try. So I bought in — I even picked up one of those stupid little fluffy things. It was not nearly as advertised. A small amount was enough for about my arm. The bottle and frilly thing were gone in a few weeks, much to my delight.
The conclusion at the time was that bar soap lasted longer, was cheaper, and lathered better.
For some stupid reason, I decided that by the year 2006 the bugs would have been worked out and things would be better. No. Nope. No way. No chance in hell. I’m just a gullible idiot.
As far as I can tell, they just put shampoo in a different bottle. Ever not had soap and had to use only shampoo in a pinch? Well I have. It’s exactly like using body wash. Except now instead of dealing with it from desperation, I’m paying extra to be pissed off.
Now I fucking hate myself — and those marketing fuckwads.
That shit was a prime contributor to the Hi-Five skin thing I had going senior year. Bar soap is much cheaper IF you can keep it out of the main water stream when you aren’t lathering. Otherwise it goes in a hurry. I find a stick-on soap/razor holder helps for this. Especially good as it seems to keep the typical ledges from getting as gross and needing to me cleaned as much too as nothing sits on them.