soap

We've come a long way when it comes to toiletries. Our folks used to use bar soaps back then to clean everythang. I'm not even talking about fancy *add your fruits/vegetables here* soap. I'm talking the dirty looking block soap you can still get if you look carefully at the supermarket.

Face. Body. Hair.

That bar right here, is like a like F.I.L yo. It like a friggin' spa in your hands.

rub me all over ya bodayyy!

Then came the fancy soaps. Remember Imperial Leather? Course you do. They carved this figurine from the soap and put it under running water in their ad. Back then dissolving soap was an issue. But aren't they suppose to dissolve? I've always thought it was lather. Leather? Really? Why?

who can forget that sticker?
why would they put a sticker there?

But, alas, the soap era did not last. Shower foam came in and it was all the rage. Soon simple shower foam was not enough.

We need more moisture!
Says Dove.

They crammed so much 'moisture' (ain't it just water then?) in there, it's almost not 'shower foam' no mo. More like just 'shower'.


We need to put all kinds of fruits in there! Says the late Anita Roddick. She can go into a supermarket, pick a fruit/vegetable and make a whole series of products from it, complete with story of how that products helps children in countries we never heard before get education, prevent the parents from selling them to child prostitution, and... em WORLD PEACE!

Whats that fruit over there?

Dragon fruit, Ms Roddick.

I see... What is the most ghetto country country where we can get dragon fruit and exploit I mean help the poor people there?

That would be Sri Lanka, boss.

Good. Spin the story bitch!

Now now. I'm sure some ancient tribe used to wash their face with some fruits and they all have like super smooth skin. But surely some fruits/vegetables are bad for your skin? I mean c'mon!

Body foam kicked off in a great way and became mainstream. And we know what happens when things go mainstream?

Yes.

People want to be special and hop off the bandwagon. We want handmade soap now. Long story, same ending. It can be totally explained by the bar of manuka honey + kelp + oatmeal soap lying in my bathroom right now...