"A penny saved is a penny earned."
- English proverb
Ivory soap was the "gold standard." Bars of Ivory soap are still available today, typically costing about 50 cents each in reasonable quantity.
A bar of Ivory was great for washing your hands, and even better in the tub because it floats. I remember carving little boats out of a bar of Ivory soap.
Soap now comes in a pump, in pretty much any fragrance and flavor your heart desires.
@creatrThere are probably several on your pantry shelf right now. If you bought them at Walmart, you paid about two dollars. If you were lucky enough to find them at a dollar store, you paid... well... about a dollar.
Liquid soap came on the market in 1980 as Softsoap. Some years later, I was amazed at the ingenuity of the soap companies when they brought out the foaming soap dispenser.
Imagine. They could now charge the same price for a similar size dispenser, but fill it with a very dilute mixture.
Today I'll tell you how to learn from it, and drastically reduce your soap expenditures.
I'll recommend Dial, simply because I know this life hack works with Dial dispensers.
don't discard the dispenser. Simply peel off the label and unscrew the pump.
@creatrFor example, try a bottle of Alpine Xtreme body wash (available at Walmart for about $4). Or, use your own favorite, economically priced liquid soap.
@creatrNow add about eight pumps of soap to the water in the dispenser. Depending on concentration of the liquid soap you choose, you may want to add more or less than that.
Don't stress, this isn't rock-it science. Just experiment a little, it's almost impossible to get this wrong.
@creatrThe reason for putting water in first is to avoid excess foaming. For the same reason, once your concentrated soap is added to the water, pick up the dispenser base and gently swirl the water and soap in order to mix them together without foaming. Shaking the container would add air and froth things up.
here's what it will look like.
@creatrFill the container, but be sure to leave enough room at the top for the pump mechanism to fit in without overflowing. As long as you're doing this over the sink, running over a little bit really won't matter.
Here's what it will look like when you're done.
@creatrBelieve me, those dollars add up.
It's time to wash your hands and laugh all the way to the bank.
Thanks for your time and attention.
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