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September 11, 2005
GWM seeks clear, scentless, glycerin-based bar soap for lifelong partnership
Drove up Friday night to State College to stay overnight for our first rugby match of the season against the Penn State old boys team The Happy Valley Barbarians. To drive up Saturday morning would have been a drag, and it's not fun to arrive all stiff and tired from the 3 hour drive. We played better than I expected with all the new players, having lost so many due to typical DC turnover. This is a transient town, and turnover is a major issue with recruitment on our team. I was not mentally in the game for sure, but will write that off due to having been away all season and I will be more focused in the next match. Cold showers always feel sooo good after a match, and are required not only to get clean but to cool off from the woofy scenery as we played right after the mostly-shirtless Penn State College team was loitering hotly on the sidelines. Sorry, I forgot my camera.
Speaking of showers, a minor crisis is underway as the soap of my life, Dial Clear Bar Soap, is now missing from all outlets in The District. It was last spotted at the New York Avenue Giant, but is now reported as a missing skin care product, featured on the back of milk cartons in The District at my request. It's a translucent orange bar soap and came in a clear plastic container. I went to the Nancy Boy website to try some kind of alternate, likely expensive, to replace my long lost love. I don't like the standard solid bar soaps or shower gels for showering, as they leave my skin too dry and they are usually too perfumed. An inferior replacement bar soap is currently exuding an overpowering flowery stench from my shower stall, burning my throat and eyes as I write. I prefer scentless glycerin-based bar soaps, and Dial Clear was the only one that produced enough suds to get me clean, especially after rugby. I've tried Tom's of Maine and generic glycerin bars form Whole Foods, but they did not compare. Any suggestions?
FYI: while Nancy Boy is a body care company, the owner has a blog featured on the company website. At first I thought the combo of a company and a blog wasn't a good idea, but the guy is a good writer, especially his description of his time with Up With People, good for a laugh.
Posted by jimbo at September 11, 2005 11:59 AM
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Jimbo - Try Chandrika soap. You can pick it up at Whole Foods Market. It's the "bomb biggity." Was turned on to it and haven't been able to let it go. :)
Cheers!
Shawn
http://www.chandrikasoaps.com/
Posted by: Shawn at September 11, 2005 1:50 PM
Dial with Vitamins. Its scented, but not in a flowery, make you wanna hose someone down sort of way.
http://dialsoap.com/index.cfm?page_id=259&search_organization_id=122
Posted by: Jim at September 11, 2005 2:04 PM
I dunno.
Your prior soap seems kind of weak and nelly.
Personally, i enjoy something with a bit more umph! to it. I don't buy my household anything but the following:
http://www.dialcorp.com/index.cfm?page_id=56
It's sure to give even the dirtiest body a nice, pinkish-red glow --- the true sign of a healthy, clean epidermis. Warning, though, it's not for the weak or thinned skin.
;-]
Posted by: rob adams at September 11, 2005 8:31 PM
This is a slightly girly solution... several years ago I moved from bar soap to shower gel. I buy the big Alba mint shower gel from Whole Foods. It's not flowery (actually pretty nice after running or gym), doesn't leave a lingering smell, doesn't dry your skin, and doesn't leave a film in the tub. (half as many tub scrubbings with half the effort)
Posted by: JD at September 11, 2005 8:56 PM
Real men use GoJo:
http://automotive.gojo.com/products/product.asp?cat_id=20
Posted by: Markie at September 11, 2005 10:10 PM
Dr Bronners Peppermint Castille soap is pretty neat if you don't mind a minty smell with a little zing on the skin - Trader Joe's makes a good version too.. Gives you a nice squeaky clean feeling and biodegrades easily.
Posted by: TOS at September 11, 2005 10:12 PM
neutrogena might work for you. and there's a ton of them here ...
http://www.drugstore.com/qxc64339_333181_sespider/glycerin_soaps/glycerin_soaps.htm
Posted by: bob at September 12, 2005 5:35 AM
There's always Huggies Baby Wipes. And you don't even have to use water.
Note, if you'd like, I'll check at Target this week. I have to go anyway. What strikes me as just a little odd; however, is that you wouldn't be the first carless person in D.C. for whom I've checked on the availablity of personal hygeine products outside the District. In fact, I have the name of some Nuetrogena product I have to find this week. I never expected life in the city would be so complicated.
Posted by: Boo Augustus at September 12, 2005 9:12 AM
Believe it or not, I have had great results with the Yardley soaps...usually found in dollar stores and chain drug stores for about a buck a bar. Almond is good for the face, if you're prone to "blemishes" (ok...zits), the cucumber & aloe cleans well without scent and doesn't dry out, and the English Lavender & Rose smell nice (if a little sissy) and moisturize.
Posted by: Neil at September 12, 2005 8:03 PM
May i recommend that you never (never) break out the Huggie Wipes in the lockeroom after a hard game of rugby. If you do, please film the whole scene and ensuing reaction. I'll pay top dollar for it.
rob@egoz.org
Posted by: rob adams at September 13, 2005 7:08 AM