How much do you spend on soaps / bodywashes a year?

[Deactivated] on 24/08/2019 - 10:51
Last edited 24/08/2019 - 11:54

Just going thru my receipts and i worked out i spend close to $1000 on body washes soaps in the last 12 months

Mostly buying the $20 coconut liquid body washes

I also love the Sapoderm or Dettol soaps , great for face and underarm cleans

Anyone just use the cheap Aldi packet of soaps and if you do whats it like ?

How about Palmolive ?

Im going to have to strictly budget this year so may have to go without Soap !!😳

I wonder if there is any real difference in soaps ?

Liquid soaps are great just they are expensive , but im hooked on them.

Do u guys use the same soap to watch your face or you have a different soap, i prefer the sapoderm for my face

Health & Beauty Body Wash Soap

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  • elgrande on 24/08/2019 - 10:53
    +2

    $46.55 ex gst

  • Flying Ace on 24/08/2019 - 10:58
    +6

    WTF? $1000 on just soaps etc alone?

    I spend about $5 on a big bloc of Thank You goat's milk soap which lasts about a month. Combined with hand wash for the sink I guess I would spend about $75/year. Probably less.

  • Yummy on 24/08/2019 - 11:13
    -1

    i spend close to $1000 on… underarm cleans

    Ooh, the curry fold.

    Using Original Source Green Tea. Always buys it on special $2, then broden the shelves.

    • [Deactivated] on 24/08/2019 - 11:53

      Yeah i love Original Source , the green mint is my favourite although im not sure if u can use on face

  • Hithere on 24/08/2019 - 11:24
    +2

    Whatever's on special.

    Currently Priceline has boxes of 10 x 90g Palmolive soaps reduced to $3.99

  • [Deactivated] on 24/08/2019 - 11:31

    We usually buy dove body wash when on half-price. Not sure how much that works out per year.

    • ectogammat on 24/08/2019 - 21:37

      Same. I think one 1L bottle lasts me ~3 months, so at around $7 per bottle on sale, my total spend for body wash is ~$30/year.

  • Nugs on 24/08/2019 - 11:37

    less than $50 per year for me
    body wash
    https://naturesorganics.com.au/brand/spa/
    about $3 a bottle, last months for a single person
    I use their shampoo too and coles home brand hand wash
    .

  • harveyworld on 24/08/2019 - 11:41
    +3

    One of the most lucrative transformation in terms of profits over the past 30 odd years must be from bars of soap to liquid soaps.

    A bar of soap lasts anywhere between 4 - 10 times longer than any that are sold in liquid form and yet now this the preferred norm.
    Admittedly you don't get all the variations of smells/flavours in the bar varieties but purely from an economical point of view the average person pays many times more for their soaps than they did say 30 years ago.

    I recently reverted back from the liquid form and tried the goat soap bars sold in Aldi and have been very impressed with them. Good lather and reinforcing my theory that these are lasting a great deal longer.

    Personally, I wouldn't take a bar of soap in a communal shower for fear of dropping it - but its all about choice of course and there certainly is plenty out there :-)

  • [Deactivated] on 24/08/2019 - 11:52

    The Goat soap seems to have positive comments

  • [Deactivated] on 24/08/2019 - 11:57

    Are you saving for dental work?

  • Hybroid on 24/08/2019 - 11:58
    +1

    Daily morning shower, sometimes twice a day in summer.
    Dettol Sapoderm Soap lather - 3 bars for $4 last a month each
    Followed by Dettol Profresh Lemon and Lime Shower gel wash - $6.50 lasts 2 months+
    Nothing else makes me feel clean.

    So $50 a year sounds about right.

  • mskeggs on 24/08/2019 - 12:53
    +4

    Woolworths 8 pack is $2.29. I suppose I might buy 2 a year?

    • AlienC on 18/04/2020 - 17:57

      I just subscribed and save for some boujy Palmolive Gold Soap 4 Pack from Amazon AU.

      Normally I see this only for the rich and fancy so now I guess I'm gonna dip my toes into above bare bottom territory and see how it is.

      Doesn't mean I cant still grab somea home brand no frills stuff every now and then but yeah I wonder what is effective as I assume the liquid has a better chance of getting deep into those pores but then again the soap can kind of also embed itself in those crevices and skin pores if rubbed around correctly.

  • ranap on 24/08/2019 - 13:35
    +1

    Just going thru my receipts and i worked out i spend close to $1000 on body washes soaps in the last 12 months
    Mostly buying the $20 coconut liquid body washes

    Wow you need 50 body washes every year? more than 4 a month. Is this just one person using it OR do you have a family of 6 using this everyday?
    Are you sure you are using the body wash correctly. I use a loofah/scrubber and hardly need a few blobs of body wash on them for a single time. A bottle easily lasts a month or more if Its just me using it Or around 15-20 days if my spouse too uses it. - to wash her feet, only. She thinks my bodywash is not good enough for her face and body. :)
    my household of 3 (each having different preferred body wash ends up stocking up 6-8 body wash each a year all when we have the Colesworth half price sales. So approx 25 bottles at $ 4 each - There $ 100.

    • [Deactivated] on 24/08/2019 - 14:43

      Lol , 😁no i tend to splash it on, probaly a bottle lasts 3 washes, I shower twice a day because i go to the gym.

      • Masteraal on 27/08/2019 - 01:33
        +1

        Lol wtf 😆

        Go and buy a foaming pump. 20% soap and 80% water. It'll make it last a lot longer

  • ihbh on 24/08/2019 - 13:53
    +1

    Try white vinegar - $1.20 for 2L if you're into liquid soaps. You can even put in a sprayer and dilute with water to make it last
    longer. :)

    • [Deactivated] on 24/08/2019 - 14:44

      Someone else told me this , but i think they said to mix it with something, cant remember what now ,

      • Some Human on 24/08/2019 - 18:08
        +1

        Bicarb? It’s usually bicarb.

  • pistachio1 on 24/08/2019 - 14:55
    +1

    $1000 on bodywash alone? Oh my God. I buy the 1l varieties from Aldi for my household of six, and they last usually about two weeks. I think they're about $4-4.50. So with my household of six at 24 bottles a year, I am spending let's say $108 a year on body wash. How tf are you spending a grand?

    • Yummy on 24/08/2019 - 16:47
      -1

      Maybe OP eats avocado sandwich every morning?

  • Placebo on 24/08/2019 - 16:23
    +2

    Jeepers, I thought my preference for Lush soaps was decadent.

  • brad1-8tsi on 26/08/2019 - 09:52
    +1

    nothing. i just take all the soap from the hotels I stay at.

    • [Deactivated] on 26/08/2019 - 11:44

      Lol😁
      I admit i do too

  • lainey13 on 26/08/2019 - 23:07
    +1

    You're not supposed to swim in it, you're supposed to take a bit, lather it up and spread it around thoroughly. You should only be using maybe a handful each shower. Not a cupful!

  • Tames71 on 27/08/2019 - 23:15

    Holy shite that's a lot you're spending on body wash. That brand must love you. I spend no more than $20.

  • esty on 28/08/2019 - 09:49

    i use whatever brand name is on sale or cheapest.

    Also, i only shampoo my hair every 2nd or 3rd day.

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