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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (8 children)

There are probably some with sand and other hard minerals, I think Dove had some soaps with aluminum oxide in it?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

i've definitely seen things like that, i think mostly "artisanal" soaps with like ground coconut shell or something, but the thing is that it tends to look like shit.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I would much rather use that bar of soap than the mysterious liquid gels full of dyes and other junk. If natural tones are somehow gross and icky but a blood red goo that faintly smells of petro chemicals is fine then maybe we really are doomed as a species.

You go back a century or so, that bar of soap would likely have been considered a luxury product.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

i don't think soap with grit added would have ever been considered a luxury product, low-quality soap still looks way prettier

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

The grit exfoliates and makes your skin softer by removing dead skin. Definitely luxurious before soaps were more common.

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