“How long will a bar of your soap last?” a new customer asked me a few weeks ago. The thing is, being a soap maker, I always have a few different soaps in my shower at one time. Usually, these are the odd pieces and scraps I don’t sell. So I couldn’t answer her question. However, I believe “I don’t know” is not an acceptable answer unless it is followed by “but I will find out for you.” So I did.
When I got home I unwrapped a bar of my Lavender Lemongrass soap (because it’s my favorite) and I weighed it before using. I weighed it randomly during the next few weeks. Below are my results.
Since I shower once a day, a bar of my soap lasts me 30 days. To be honest, I felt I needed more data and I enlisted in help. I asked twenty people I knew to keep track of how many showers they got with a bar of my soap. The only two requirements were to keep the soap out of water when they weren’t showering and not to let anyone else in their family use the soap. Eleven people told me they were unable to stop family members from using the soap. I’m happy they loved my soap, but these people were eliminated from my experiment. Now we are down to nine people and here are their results.
Jess 21 showers
John 21 showers
Joe 22 showers
Sophie 26 showers
Linda 26 showers
Tony 29 showers
Liz 29 showers
Mary 30 showers
Patty 32 showers
If you do the math you can see the average number is showers from a bar of my soap is 26. Keep in mind how long the bar lasts also has to do with how you wash. (Do you use a washcloth or rub the bar in your skin, do you use warm or hot water and how long is your shower?) That will be another blog post.
Yours in gratitude,
Angela
That is interesting that the numbers are all pretty close, I’d expect them to have more variation. Glad you did the study though! I’ll have to try it.
I need to do another one, 11 people wasn’t a really large pool. But it was fun to see the results.