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Just wondering what everyone prefers. My friend gave me a bar of soap and I had forgotten how nice bar soap can be. I've been buying shower gel for years so I don't have the soap mess to deal with. But, now that being frugal is a #1 priority, bar soap seems less expensive.
What do you say?
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It depends on what is more frugal that doesn't dry out my skin. Shower gel is easier to find that isn't drying. But then I started to use some homemade/artisan soaps that are great. And now I've found a decent bar soap (Yardley) that I can buy that's cheaper than shower gel and isn't drying.
We're in a very dry climate so it's a big consideration and the things I could use when we lived in the moist coastal climate are horrid to use here.
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Bar soap is even more frugal if you store open bars in a cupboard or drawer for awhile before using ~ the bars harden and last longer. I like to unwrap bars and use them like a sachet in various drawers. While I enjoy using shower gel, bar soap definitely lasts longer here!
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Bar soap for me. I tend to like a lot of suds and it seems like the gels don't get as sudsy as soap. Bath gels are more of a treat for me.
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Bar soap here, too - primarily for the price factor. I feel like people use way more gel so it goes faster.
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Bar soap for DH and I; he prefers lots of suds. The boys use shower gel. I make sure we all have shower gel for camping. Years ago I dropped my bar soap in the campground shower. Ended up with ringworm on my neck. Never, never, use bar soap in anything but my own shower!
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For camping.. take a leg off panty hose and tie the soap into the end of it and make a loop for holding onto it.. you use the soap right through the nylon.
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Oh and if you use the bath puffs with the gel, you can get loads of suds out of them.. but the bar soap will give you a heavier layer of soap when you wash than the gel will.. bar soap is much nicer for using as a shaving lubricant than the sudsy gel puff.
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Bar soap. Plain old Dial. I've used Dial, literally, forever. Not very exciting! 
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