Good Bloke Co.

Bar soap is commonly used to wash hands. It’s found sitting on a soap dish by a sink in a restroom. If a bar soap is made with natural oils, butters and lye using cold process method you can:

Use bar soap as a body wash.

Natural ingredients in a bar soap nourishing our skin with nutritions from oils and butters. Also, cold process soap has tons of glycerin that is a natural moisturizer (it’s not your ‘1/4 moisturizing cream’ that was added to a bar detergent. It’s 100% glycerin that was naturally produced during soap making process.) Don’t let it get into your eyes and apply more water if used for intimate parts.

Use bar soap as a shampoo.

Although there is a popular trend to switch to a shampoo bar, I use the same bar soap for my hair. Either way it is good and sustainable, also using one bar for all you cleaning needs make it best for the minimalists. Can you use a bar soap as a shampoo? Yes. The common misconception is that the bar soap strips all oils from your scalp leaving it dry and flaky. It is a misconception though. Not every bar soap made equal. Some brands use more coconut oil in their formulas that makes more cleansing soap. Coconut based soap removes more oil from your skin, others use olive oil that makes softer soap that moisturises your skin. We recommend using Good Bloke 100% olive soap for those who is switching from a conventional shampoo or our clay soap for those who has normal to oily skin.

At first, it will fee strange, your head will need to adjust to the change. One big thing you’ll notice, is that after a month or so, your hair will feel less dirty. The truth is, not that it’s less dirty, but your own scalp produces less moisturizing fat to replace the one removed by a shampoo. So if you’re to give it a try, you need to use it for a month to see the results. Your body needs to adjust to a ‘no-abuse’ mode from abusive detergents you’re putting on your hair.

Use bar soap as a conditioner.

If you started using a bar soap as a shampoo, then go ahead and use it as a conditioner. Which means just use the soap and don’t apply anything else on your hair. Natural bar soap has so-called ‘super fat’. It’s a remaining butters or oils that didn’t combine with lye to produce soap. It’s practically oil in a form you know it.

What super fat does is stays on your skin or hair when soap is washed away. Super fat remains on your skin to add silkiness. If you use it on your hair, it’s absorbed by hair leaving them conditioned. Instead of clogging your newly washed hair with synthetic wax – that’s spelled out as a ‘conditioner’, you are leaving your hair with natural oils that penetrate hair and enriches its color and texture.

If you’re running into your shower already to try that, keep in mind, the soap needs to be well formulated for that AND you will feel the quality of your soap after the hair is fully dry. People with long hair may prefer to apply a little of liquid oil or natural hairstyling wax when hair is wet to add some weight and control of your hair.

Use bar soap as a shaving cream.

Shaving creams (foaming) dries your face, we all know it. That’s why it comes with an after-shaving cream or gel to cover the damage shaving cream does.

– Can I use a shaving soap instead of a shaving cream? – I say you should because I do that and it works. Shaving soap needs to be lathery and creamy in order to stay on your face with tiny bubbles that stay close to your skin protecting it from a gliding blade cutting hair at their root.

– Can any bar soap be used as a shaving soap? That is a NO. You do need to read the soap ingredients OR just ask a seller. Before you ask, almost all of our soap is formulated to be suitable for shaving. My personal favorite would be Salt Bar Soap or Clay Bar Soap. If you see soap with coffee grounds or other exfoliating additives that will not be a good shaving soap for you.

There you have it.

As minimalists we prefer to have less with more value. That’s why we believe that bar soap should be a choice of a modern minimalist who values true toiletries quality.

As practitioners of sustainable eco-conscious living we believe that a bar soap is the cleanest form of cleaning. After you used up a bar soap there’s nothing left to recycle – not even packaging – because Good Bloke Soap is delivered package free.

Choose a bar to start your change:

Thank you for reading. Please subscribe to our blog for periodic post updates or checkout out store for eco-friendly minimalist products.