In recent years, the age -old soap started a revival. The many natural vegan variants in particular now have a lot of fans. A standard supermarket shower gel is then not a party. To make an honest comparison with artisanal block soap, we assume quality shower gel with a high percentage of natural ingredients.
Fortunately, the producers have also seen the light here and put a lot of innovation in producing excellent Shower Gel. This means you can now purchase very good natural variants that offer an organic soap bar great party due to their cleansing and nourishing ingredients.
What are the biggest differences?
Of course there are enough differences between a soap block and shower gel. Let us put the most eye -catching among themselves.
Block soap
- Inconvenient
- Hardly contains any water
- Is made from Vet & Loog
- Mild perfumed
- Unlimited shelf life (if in a dry environment)
- Antibacterial
- Lots of natural (vegan) variants available
- Lots of scrub and exfoliant versions
- Can provide relief with psoriasis and eczema
- Lasts longer
- Cheaper
Shower gel
- Liquid
- Main component is water
- Stronger perfumed (sharper/deeper scents)
- Limited
- (Natural) preservatives
- Thickeners
- Fluid regulators
- Goes up pretty quickly
Which product is better for the skin?
In general, a soap with chemical ingredients (mass -produced factory soap with sulfates, phthalates, parabens and synthetic dyes) can dry and damage the skin more. This also applies to chemical shower gel.
A qualitative natural soap, which we are talking about in this battle, can well hydrate and feed the skin in addition to cleaning the skin. Often these are soaps that contain natural ingredients such as olive oil, coconut oil, hemp seed oil, aloe vera, cocoa butter or clay components.
Good shower gel Equipped with the correct components nourishes, hydrates and protects the skin excellently. Often these qualitative shower gels contain a mix of natural oils, essential fatty acids, bamboo extracts, minerals & vitamins. So a good shower gel is not inferior to soap.
Current score = 1 - 1
What is the longest?
Soap lasts longer than a body wash. A good soap bar can just last a month while a shower gel is up a lot faster. It sometimes wants to happen that when your shower gel on your hands, it immediately flows away again. You immediately lose the liquid soap. Or you just use too much suddenly and your bottle is quickly empty.
You don't have this discomfort with a soap block. Incidentally, it is important that you always have the soap on one soap tray Laying because then you don't lose it and it is dry. Unless you use a soap on a rope. You just hang that up.
Current score = 2 - 1 for soap
Which product gives the most foam?
As a rule, a soap block generates more and finer foam than a shower gel. That is of course very nice for the feeling. So here too the soap scores points.
Current score = 3 - 1 for soap
Which product scrubs best?
Without a doubt you can do with a scrub soap Best in the shower scrub the skin. There are shower gels who have scrub crystals as an ingredient, but they generally disappear faster in the shower drain. This may be the reason that you choose a scrub soap because then your skin feels silky soft. Another tip for the soap.
Current score = 4 - 1 for soap
Which product is more sustainable?
The packaging of a soap block is generally much easier to recycle. It usually concerns a paper wrap or a cardboard box. Unless you use soap on a rope, although the rope is not always sustainable. There is soap on a rope with nylon paracord to cotton versions of the famous Portuguese Claus Porto.
Shower gel is actually always packed in plastic bottles. In addition, you use more shower gel than a soap block, so you purchase a vial more often. And that is also less for the environment.
Current score = 5 - 1 for soap
Which product is easier to use?
Well, very honest? That is the bottle. Provided you understand the art not to let all the liquid soap slip through your fingers immediately. A soap can be dropped out of your hands more easily, so you have to bend more. A point for the body wash!
Current score = 5 - 2 for soap
What is cheaper?
You can make it as expensive if you want, but we can generally say that a soap is much cheaper in relation than the vials with shower gel. That's because you need much less from a soap block than from shower gel.
As a rule you use (wastes ...) unfortunately much more bodywash, making the bottle empty faster. A block soap lasts 2x longer. And that's pretty cheaper.
Current score = 6 - 2 for soap
The winner?
If you look at the point position like this, soap is the glorious winner. However, we do not want to say that you could not (also) go for a good shower gel. Today they are in excellent qualities, luxurious scents and with refined natural ingredients that spoil your skin. Brands such as Doers of London, Firsthand Supply and Grown Alchemist can also be found at the top of our top 10 Best shower gel.
In addition to the good cleaning properties, the natural vegan soaps often also have an exfoliating character. With this you clean and remove the dead skin cells which produces a clean and soft feeling. So all in all, the block soap strokes the honor. Convinced? Then view our top 10 dear soap.
Good luck!
Your friends, The Alpha Men.