In my quest to increase bar soap longevity I broke down and battled my bias and ignorance towards the shower pouf. I was a long time believer that these things were a women's grooming and hygiene product. Looking for the things in the store and the thought of taking them to register had me feeling like I was buying tampons or maxi-pads. I've been a bar latherer and wash cloth user my whole life and believed it was working just fine except my bar soap lasts about 1 week. I went so far as to ask an aunt to accompany me to Walmart to purchase the shower pouf for me. I didn't know where look for them but my aunt said she knew and made a bee line for them in the women's grooming isle. The assorted colors of white, pink, purple, lime green and powder blue "Shower Poufs" were before me. The price for the first ones we looked at in the women's isle was $2.69 each. I grabbed two and then decided I needed some male grooming supplies so I went and started looking through the men's section. While looking at some products I found another display of poufs on the shelf of the men's isle but these were labled as "Men's Shower Sponges". There were white ones but someone decided to make some dark gray ones that made the Men's Shower Sponges look a bit like steel wool or a metal pot scrubber. There were also some mixed color ones that were gray and dark blue, gray and maroon and gray and dark green. The Men's shower sponges were priced in at $1.00 each. I quickly put the "shower poufs" back in the woman's sections and grabbed four "Men's shower sponges". I also bought some Nivea Sensitive aftershave balm, some mouthwash and 2 soap dishes. I decided I didn't need my aunt to take my purchases to the register after all.
I have to admit that the Men's poufs I bought do wash extremely well(better than a wash cloth) and with significantly less soap. I rub a bar of Stirling soap on the pouf for 5 seconds and it explodes with thick rich lather. I only have to do that twice a shower. At the rate I'm going I may actually see the fabled bar of soap that lasts 3 or 4 weeks of daily showers. I'm pleased and impressed. I feel like I'm getting cleaner and I'm saving money. Its a win all around. I don't feel weird using a shower poof at all now.
I have to admit that the Men's poufs I bought do wash extremely well(better than a wash cloth) and with significantly less soap. I rub a bar of Stirling soap on the pouf for 5 seconds and it explodes with thick rich lather. I only have to do that twice a shower. At the rate I'm going I may actually see the fabled bar of soap that lasts 3 or 4 weeks of daily showers. I'm pleased and impressed. I feel like I'm getting cleaner and I'm saving money. Its a win all around. I don't feel weird using a shower poof at all now.
