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How Long Does a Bar of Soap Last?

 

 

Alegna Soap® how long does a bar of soap last

“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.

Day     Weight
1          4.2 ounces
8         3.2 ounces
15       2.5 ounces
24      1.1 ounces
28      0.3 ounces
30      Last shower

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

Filed Under: Soaps Tagged With: Alegna Soap, Bar Soap, Lavender Lemongrass, Soap

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  1. Cindy Jones says

    June 12, 2019 at 10:25 pm

    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.

    Reply
    • Angela Carillo says

      June 16, 2019 at 12:16 pm

      I need to do another one, 11 people wasn’t a really large pool. But it was fun to see the results.

      Reply

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