Which is less expensive?

[Natalie]

Bar soap or liquid soap? You can refill (most) containers of liquid soap...

[MisaLady]

You can use the bar soap, then with the leftover soap, make liquid soap.

[McD]

I haven't done a cost analysis on which is more benefical, but I think bar soap is gross. To me, it seems like a breeding ground for germs.

[Denvergirlie]

I only buy either when it's free, so to me they are equally non expensive. (Walgreens & Rite-Aid with coupons). However, when I do "buy" the liquid I make sure that it is NOT anti-bacterial.

[Patty A]

I use both, don't think one is better than the other. I do water down the liquid so it lasts longer. I also do this with shampoo too, and you can get some great deals on soap at the dollar stores. I buy 3 and 4 packs of bar soap for a dollar, and the liquid comes in big jugs too. I never pay more than a dollar for soap, liquid or bar.

[BlessedMomof2]

I use both liquid and bar soap. I only buy what is one sale and usually with a coupon too.

[Ali Lee]

This is what I do. For the pump bottles to wash hands, I use CHEAP dish detergent, bubble bath, shampoo I didn't like, body wash, shampoo samples--all watered down a bit. (to pump easier) Soap-I keep all slivers, goes into a cut off knee high that has been closed with a rubber band. Reuse/recycle.

[WV_mom_of2]

This is what I do. For the pump bottles to wash hands, I use CHEAP dish detergent, bubble bath, shampoo I didn't like, body wash, shampoo samples--all watered down a bit. (to pump easier)

This is what I do too. I bought some big bottles of off brand dish liquid for .69 a bottle. I put it in my liquid soap bottles and water it down at least half. It works and it lasts forever!

I also use bubble bath or body wash that I don't like or am tired of.

[cab54]

I think bar soap is.

But my family acts like they've been gut-shot if I don't have liquid at every sink. They don't know that I fill it with 'whatever'. Cheap dish soap or whatever I have. The 'liquid soap craze' came out about 10-15 years ago. Before that, we all used a bar. I didn't die, did any of you?

I buy Ivory, and the last time I checked it was .33 a bar. DH wants some Lava in the house for when he gets really dirty, but other than that, it's ole' Ivory. It's what mom used on me when I was little.

[MomToTwoBoys]

I won't touch bar soap at all. That's disgusting. It's even worse when it's been sitting in a soap dish and/or left in the shower on the little dish thing that's attached to the side of the shower. I end up finding pubic hairs on it from DH and I won't even go there with it!

I use liquid soap partially because I don't use a whole lot of it when I wash my hands and I can make it last a long time. I find that bar soap ends up dissolving pretty fast and it's used up quicker than liquid soap. I also buy my liquid soap in refill bottles and I spend about $2.50 for a two-month supply of it. I can spend $2.50 on an 8-pack of Jergens bar soap and it's gone in a month with four people.

[zakity]

I use liquid at the sinks and bars in the showers. Well, except one son changes to liquid during the winter because he has really dry skin. I buy the stuff with all the moisterizers in it for him.

The liquid hand soaps are whatever I can get for cheap. Usually, it is dish soap or bubble bath. I can get large bottles at the dollar store.

I do have antibacterial dish soap in the kitchen. I keep it under the sink and use a dab of it when I wash my hands when I am working with meat. I also have a germ issue though.

[monkeywrangler71]

I grate bar soap and mix it with boiling water, then when it is cooled and congealed I pour it into my liquid soap dispensers. A package of soap bars lasts about a year, so a lot cheaper than buying liquid or using the bar (most of which dissolves in the dish anyway, as commercial soap manufacturers remove the glycerin from bar soap to make it lather easier and disappear faster)

[Lori Biever-Launder]

This is what I do too. I bought some big bottles of off brand dish liquid for .69 a bottle. I put it in my liquid soap bottles and water it down at least half. It works and it lasts forever!

I also use bubble bath or body wash that I don't like or am tired of.

Me too! I often use the samples I get to refill the soap pump. One good squirt lasts an entire week.

FWIW, I get the foaming soap at the dollar store and then just refill the bottles rather than buying the expensive one from Pampered Chef. After my initial dollar investment, the bottles generally last about a year before they die. Since I get free (or better than free!) shapmoo and dish washing liquid, I don't find it expensive at all.

[momof2joys]

I buy liquid soap for me and the kids, dh only likes bar soap, but a 12 pack of that lasts about a year. I also put his bar of soap in one of those soap saver pouches that you can buy at wal-mart for a $1 or so. When he is down to the little sliver that is left he gets a new a bar and the sliver stays in the pouch, it all eventually gets used up. I don't personally like bar soap because it leaves a film on my skin, but I do use liquid soaps at all sinks and body wash for the shower.

Cost wise, I spend about $2 on bar soap a year and about $7 for the liquid soap for a year, so it pretty much balances itself out but the time you add in spending about $5 for the soap saver pouches a year too.

I think its really all in how you use it!! We can make a family size thing of body wash last 3-4 months and a refill of hand soap can go about 7-8 months or sometimes longer!!

[Luv2BeFrugal]

Bar soap seems to last longer... We've switched back and forth between the two over the years and the bars always last longer... They leave more residue on the sink, though.