If you are used to not paying any attention to the soap that you use at home, then you probably buy relatively inexpensive soap. However, if you are a health enthusiast, and you should be, then you know that good skin care needs you to pay attention to the ingredients that are used to make the different soap products. You will also come to realize that these healthy skin products generally come at a premium cost. It will be naïve to expect that a bar of soap that is 100% natural, contains goat milk, essential oils, nourishing oils and other healthy elements will cost the same as a soap with standard ingredients and an okay perfume. Well, if you are like most health enthusiasts you will also know that not using the healthy product is not going to be the point of contention, it is not an option you want to opt out of. What you should be thinking about is, how can I afford to use this soap? The answer is to not use the soap as you would any ordinary soap. You will need to know some tips and tricks that you can use to extend the life of the soap. Below are some of the tips and tricks that you can use to make soap last longer than it ordinarily would.
If you have a bar of natural hand washsoap and you are concerned that it will become mushy after you have put it into contact with water for the first time, then the solution for this is to cure the soap before you start using it. To cure the soap, you will simply need to unwrap the soap from its packaging and let it sit in the open for about six to eight weeks before you can start using it. You may be thinking what if you need to use it immediately? Well, then the obvious answer would be to buy and extra bar of soap and cut your losses by using it immediately just this once and then to have this in mind the next time you buy soap. Alternatively, you could buy a bar of soap that is already cured and ready to use. You will find that most hand crafted soaps are already cured and this allows them to last significantly longer than uncured soaps.
Another good tip to have in mind if you want make your hand wash soaps last longer is to lather a hand towel or a loofah with the soap and not to directly lather your hands with the soap. This is for the simple reason than our bodies do not retain lather as well as towels or loofahs do. This will mean that if you try to lather you hand well enough for a good cleaning job, you will tend to use more soap than if you lathered a towel well enough to use it to your hearts content. Sometimes, with the right washing technique, you may even be able to use the lathered towel several more times than the single cleaning session.
