Comments on: Loofahs and body wash http://sallyhuang.com/2006/01/loofahs-and-bodywash/ Alive and Kicking! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:52:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Lisa http://sallyhuang.com/2006/01/loofahs-and-bodywash/#comment-614 Lisa Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:31:35 +0000 http://www.sallyhuang.com/2006/01/loofahs-and-bodywash/#comment-614 I second maroon tiger, washcloths work great. Also, they are washed after each use, as opposed to loofahs, which retain the body wash long after the shower is over (and are therefore less sanitary...ew!) and are far more difficult to thoroughly clean than washcloths. And although I would like to agree with you that women are indeed smarter than men, I agree with Pam's semi-boyfriend that you need more facts to back it up. I second maroon tiger, washcloths work great. Also, they are washed after each use, as opposed to loofahs, which retain the body wash long after the shower is over (and are therefore less sanitary…ew!) and are far more difficult to thoroughly clean than washcloths.
And although I would like to agree with you that women are indeed smarter than men, I agree with Pam’s semi-boyfriend that you need more facts to back it up.

]]> By: T http://sallyhuang.com/2006/01/loofahs-and-bodywash/#comment-613 T Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:48:55 +0000 http://www.sallyhuang.com/2006/01/loofahs-and-bodywash/#comment-613 I like using the body wash with poof because I get softer skin. I can't say it's more time-efficient since I will use the soap bar when I am in a hurry. :) I like using the body wash with poof because I get softer skin. I can’t say it’s more time-efficient since I will use the soap bar when I am in a hurry. :)

]]> By: maroon tigress http://sallyhuang.com/2006/01/loofahs-and-bodywash/#comment-604 maroon tigress Sat, 27 Jan 2007 02:16:10 +0000 http://www.sallyhuang.com/2006/01/loofahs-and-bodywash/#comment-604 personally, i think body washes dont wash clean enough for me. i feel like there's a film left afterwards and to me that doesn't feel clean. i use a wash cloth when i shower, so i don't touch the bar with my hands to often. i quick lather with the cloth gets my whole body. and as far as using the whole bar of soap, when i get low, instead of throwing it away, i combine it with a new bar. why waste? what do you do with that little bit of body wash at the bottom? dilute it with water which means you have to use more to get the same affect?... personally, i think body washes dont wash clean enough for me. i feel like there’s a film left afterwards and to me that doesn’t feel clean. i use a wash cloth when i shower, so i don’t touch the bar with my hands to often. i quick lather with the cloth gets my whole body. and as far as using the whole bar of soap, when i get low, instead of throwing it away, i combine it with a new bar. why waste? what do you do with that little bit of body wash at the bottom? dilute it with water which means you have to use more to get the same affect?…

]]> By: Pam's Semi-Boyfriend http://sallyhuang.com/2006/01/loofahs-and-bodywash/#comment-600 Pam's Semi-Boyfriend Sat, 04 Feb 2006 00:41:06 +0000 http://www.sallyhuang.com/2006/01/loofahs-and-bodywash/#comment-600 I have used bar soap, body wash, and body wash with a loofah. I can say that body wash does have some of the advantages that you mentioned (the number of washes/unit, the soap is bundled with many other useless things like scents and moisturizers). However, none of your other comments bear any weight to me. Bar soap is much faster because you just put it in your hand and anywhere your hand goes is washed. Your analogy about detergent without a sponge is poor, and is much more applicable to body wash without a loofah than bar-soap. Bar soap naturally foams and coats much faster than body wash. The other hand can spread the lather simultaneously. Body wash elaborates on this process and imposes many additional steps that require a finite amount of time, and decisively prove body wash is less efficient while in the process of showering. In the case without a loofah, you need to resqueeze an additional amount to cover your whole body. In the case with a loofah, you have to warm up your loofah and get it to foam first. However, I personally don't like using a loofah. If I use it like bar soap, I find that it is much more abrasive to the skin (maybe Pam's loofah isn't high grade enough). If I just get the foam and wash with my hands, it takes much more time and any of the cases described above. That being said, I am currently a fan of body wash without a loofah. It's not as inefficient as you state. I can wash my whole body just fine with two aliquots of body wash after lathering in my hands. For me, the loss of efficiency in using body wash per wash is outweighed by the number of trips to the store to refill on personal hygene products. However, I think that your final claim to the intelligence of girls is unjustified. I would like some hard statistics to prove that body wash is more efficient based on costs, volume, materials, time in shower, time spent in stores, storage space, percentage of the population that is using bar soap to body wash, percentage of males to females using the productand the same analysis based on geography and age groups to name a few before you can truly make such a bold claim. Back to lab for me. I have used bar soap, body wash, and body wash with a loofah. I can say that body wash does have some of the advantages that you mentioned (the number of washes/unit, the soap is bundled with many other useless things like scents and moisturizers). However, none of your other comments bear any weight to me. Bar soap is much faster because you just put it in your hand and anywhere your hand goes is washed. Your analogy about detergent without a sponge is poor, and is much more applicable to body wash without a loofah than bar-soap. Bar soap naturally foams and coats much faster than body wash. The other hand can spread the lather simultaneously. Body wash elaborates on this process and imposes many additional steps that require a finite amount of time, and decisively prove body wash is less efficient while in the process of showering. In the case without a loofah, you need to resqueeze an additional amount to cover your whole body. In the case with a loofah, you have to warm up your loofah and get it to foam first. However, I personally don’t like using a loofah. If I use it like bar soap, I find that it is much more abrasive to the skin (maybe Pam’s loofah isn’t high grade enough). If I just get the foam and wash with my hands, it takes much more time and any of the cases described above.

That being said, I am currently a fan of body wash without a loofah. It’s not as inefficient as you state. I can wash my whole body just fine with two aliquots of body wash after lathering in my hands. For me, the loss of efficiency in using body wash per wash is outweighed by the number of trips to the store to refill on personal hygene products. However, I think that your final claim to the intelligence of girls is unjustified. I would like some hard statistics to prove that body wash is more efficient based on costs, volume, materials, time in shower, time spent in stores, storage space, percentage of the population that is using bar soap to body wash, percentage of males to females using the productand the same analysis based on geography and age groups to name a few before you can truly make such a bold claim. Back to lab for me.

]]> By: Omar Ismail http://sallyhuang.com/2006/01/loofahs-and-bodywash/#comment-599 Omar Ismail Sun, 22 Jan 2006 19:48:54 +0000 http://www.sallyhuang.com/2006/01/loofahs-and-bodywash/#comment-599 I should admit that I've never used a loofah or sponge before. I've just used other people's body washes in times of need like sleeping over at another place. It's so frustrating that I just hate the entire body wash world, loofah or not. Though the nature of my body makes ME the loofah... I should admit that I’ve never used a loofah or sponge before. I’ve just used other people’s body washes in times of need like sleeping over at another place. It’s so frustrating that I just hate the entire body wash world, loofah or not. Though the nature of my body makes ME the loofah…

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