Can shampoo be used as soap?

[pkbites]

I used the 3-in-1 VO5 product from the dollar store.

I liked it but my wife claimed it doesn’t have the same “deodorant” properties of regular soap and if I had been sweating heavily I should also use regular bar soap, like that stuff made to clean the dirty Irish.

Any truth to her assertions?

[Hypno-Toad]

@DrCube

Works fine for my when I have short hair (in fact, in the Army I never used shampoo – it was easier to just carry a dry bar of soap in my rucksack than a bottle of something goopy that could make a big mess). But when I have longer hair I find that bar soap leaves my hair dry and prone to static.

One good thing about being bald, a bar of soap is all I need. Just start washing my face and keep going up my forehead until I get to the back of my neck.

[gigi]

@Hypno-Toad

One good thing about being bald, a bar of soap is all I need. Just start washing my face and keep going up my forehead until I get to the back of my neck.

For some reason this reminds me of Maya Angelou’s telling of instructions on bathing which were discreet about private parts. “Wash as far down as possible, then wash as far up as possible, then wash possible.”

[Foggy]

I’ve use Paul Mitchell shampoo as soap for years. I now have the shininess & bounciness pubic hair going. You should see how it bounces when I spin around.

Because I’m worth it!
I whip my hair back and forth!

[CookingWithGas]

@yellowjacketcoder

I would guess most soaps are similar - if you washed yourself down with some Dawn dish soap in the shower you’d come out cleaner than if you were only using water (although you might have an odd lemony scent ;))

Clean, yes, but maybe too clean. Dish detergent is a pretty aggressive degreaser and strips the hell out of your natural skin oils.

[TruCelt]

@yellowjacketcoder

I have for many years used an “all-in-one” liquid soap that advertised itself as shampoo, body wash, laundry detergent, dish soap, hand soap, and toothpaste :eek: in one. Of course, I only used it while long-term camping because I was cutting down on weight. Plus, I never tested the toothpaste feature. But it was serviceable for all it’s other functions and kept me “trail clean” when I used it.

I would guess most soaps are similar - if you washed yourself down with some Dawn dish soap in the shower you’d come out cleaner than if you were only using water (although you might have an odd lemony scent ;)) Not a good long-term solution - after all, there are moisturizers and body enhancers and whatnot in different kinds of soaps - but shampoo would work in a pinch as a body wash.

@Telemark

Dilute! Dilute! OK!

BTW, it’s awful as toothpaste. And it always left my hair feeling like cardboard.

@Ike_Witt

Dr. Bronner’s sucks as shampoo and even worse as toothpaste.

Essene & Chinese birth controls must reduce birth or Easter Isle type overpopulation destroys God’s Spaceship Earth! God’s law prevents all conception below pH3. Therefore, Essene contracepted for 400 years with rosehips, pH2! So, absolute clean, apply vaseline, oil, butter or cream, insert teaspoonful juicy lemon pulp, pH2. O.K.! Next day, douche with qt. soapy water, pH8, restoring pH5 balance God made! Eggwhite is pH9, Dr. Bronner’s Soap, pH8, guaranteed the mildest made;

Ahh, the crazy. I do miss it! I do not recommend douching with it, but if you must DON’T buy the peppermint. : shudder :

@Max_the_Immortal

Do you know if it’s made with sodium lauryl sulphate? I’m given to understand that a lot of those products are made with sodium lauryl sulphate, so they should be reasonably interchangeable.

@CookingWithGas

Clean, yes, but maybe too clean. Dish detergent is a pretty aggressive degreaser and strips the hell out of your natural skin oils.

I have very sensitive skin, and have to be really careful which soaps I use. Dial (especially the liquid) practically strips the skin off of the back of my hands, leaving them cracked and bleeding. It’s been my experience that dish soaps are actually the best. Every since the whole “You’re Soaking in It!!” campaign, they are very careful to make it gentle for skin. I do not recommend Dawn though, it left my hair strangely dull.

I’ve been using Ajax dish soap for hair, face and body wash for almost five years now. It works a treat and doesn’t over-dry. My hair needs conditioner a couple of times per week, but it’s never stripped or over-dry.

You can water it down by half to refill hand soap pumps, or fill with water and add 3-4 drops for the foaming ones. A 90-ounce bottle costs $4.99 at Target and will last about five months. It’s worth the cost to buy a cheap bottle of shampoo that has a good pump to it, then use that pump bottle for refills. I’ve got an old Silkience bottle that I’ve been using for years now.

Life is a great deal cheaper when you read the ingredients!

[Philster]

I use whatever Men’s Shampoo/Conditioner-in-one is on sale as a body wash, and I am single and dating and get compliments on my smell. Which sound silly when written/read.