Xarpolis
Life's a Dream
So I've been a loyal fan of Lever 2000 for probably the past 20 years (since it was first released). It's always been great to me. However, the end of last year it suddenly shit the bed. They moved manufacturing down to Mexico. They changed the soap formula, as well as the overall length/width/height of the bars. They also changed the packaging from individual boxes to these wax-paper wrapped shit.
The issue with the "new" Lever 2000 is that it's completely different. It doesn't lather up the way the old stuff did. And the soap doesn't harden up between uses. Instead it gets almost like paste. So the life of each bar is cut down drastically.
I've tried a few types of soap since the change, and I'm not really happy with any of them. Dove is pretty much the same as new Lever. IE - shit.
Irish Spring is okay, but the scent is WAY too strong. It also doesn't fully harden between uses.
Ivory is the closest that I've come up with, but the scent is very strong at first. It reminds me a lot of a citronella candle, which isn't great. Also, it seems to affect my eyes more so than previous soaps. IE - Scrub my face and rinse off in the water, but when I open my eyes again, they burn. It must leave some type of residue on the skin, even though it doesn't feel like it does.
Any of you have a bar soap that you use and like? I'd love to hear some new suggestions.
PS - That pump soap sucks, in my opinion. I don't want to use a loofah or whatever. I just rub the bar on my skin and call it a day. Also, I like standing in the stream the entire time I'm showering, and the liquid pump soap quickly goes away when you do that. So... pass.
The issue with the "new" Lever 2000 is that it's completely different. It doesn't lather up the way the old stuff did. And the soap doesn't harden up between uses. Instead it gets almost like paste. So the life of each bar is cut down drastically.
I've tried a few types of soap since the change, and I'm not really happy with any of them. Dove is pretty much the same as new Lever. IE - shit.
Irish Spring is okay, but the scent is WAY too strong. It also doesn't fully harden between uses.
Ivory is the closest that I've come up with, but the scent is very strong at first. It reminds me a lot of a citronella candle, which isn't great. Also, it seems to affect my eyes more so than previous soaps. IE - Scrub my face and rinse off in the water, but when I open my eyes again, they burn. It must leave some type of residue on the skin, even though it doesn't feel like it does.
Any of you have a bar soap that you use and like? I'd love to hear some new suggestions.
PS - That pump soap sucks, in my opinion. I don't want to use a loofah or whatever. I just rub the bar on my skin and call it a day. Also, I like standing in the stream the entire time I'm showering, and the liquid pump soap quickly goes away when you do that. So... pass.
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