Palmolive Bar Soap

[Deltaboy]

Palmolive Bath Bar soap is here at my HEB in DFW TX! It come in that 1970's retro packaging.

 

[urr-lord]

After reading this thread I stopped by the Dollar tree and picked up a 3 pack.It is very slick in the shower,watch your step!I tried it shaving and got a nice shave with a Gem Se Featherweight,lather was a bit airy but that could probably be corrected with a change of technique.The scent is pleasant,very reminiscent of the Palmolive cream,without the irritation that stuff gave me.A kind of clean soap-detergent scent,I can live with it.Good for those days when you plan on wearing a light scent.

 

[Bobtrumpet]

The 3 for $1 Palmolive bar soap smells a lot like the Palmolive tube shaving cream they used to sell in the US (CVS carried it until about a month before I started DE shaving - April 2008).

 

[chuck81]

Still rockin' the Palmolive, still lovin' it. I add three drops of vitamin E oil to the lather. Beautiful.

 

[mftoms59]

We used this soap growing up, still love it in the shower, though I wouldn't shave with it.

 

[CharlieFoxtrot]

Next on your list should be Ivory soap. It used to be advertised as a shave soap.

I followed the advertised instructions back in January and it works. It's boring but it is as good as a lot of other products out there.

 

[mharris127]

I can get the Palmolive soap from Family Dollar, and Dollar Tree here in Michigan, so I wouldn't say it's exactly rare. Pretty sure I have seen it at Big Lots too. It normally goes for the bargain price of 3 bars for $1.

It's a pretty good bath soap, but has a rather unique scent. I would much rather use Yardley at $1 per bar, as the scents are way better.

Haven't found Palmolive bar soap around here but I did find Yardley at Dollar General and that is a wonderful bath soap. The scent leaves something to be desired but that scent doesn't pass on to the lather so I am happy.

 

[SliceOfLife]

Yep, the old Ivory ads used to say that while it was insufficient to use as a shave soap normally, if you rubbed the bar on your beard like a shave stick, it would suffice for shaving. I never tried it myself.

What is passable and what is good are not always the same thing.

 

[mach3avelli]

Here in the UK there's a little used and very underated soap called "Fairy". It's a laundry soap.
It's green, very hard and used for getting collars and cuffs clean, but my old Dad used nothing else for shaving for as many years as I can remember, and he never sliced himself. I tried it once but couldn't get with scent.
This brings back memories.......I wonder if it's still available?

 

[SliceOfLife]

Google found some eBay auctions that mention it being discontinued. The number of such auctions suggests this happened recently.

 

[chuck81]

I hope not! I haven't had trouble finding it in store, and Dollar Tree still sells it by the case on their website ($24 for 72 bars, shipped-to-store free). I've been using a glycerin soap lately and miss my Palmolive.

 

[dparish1952]

But using it to wash out a kid's mouth can lead to blindness!

Dennis

 

[chuck81]

Ha! Classic....