Hello,

I am now very passionate about bar soap. I will be posting various reviews of bar soap based on shape, scent, frothiness, and visual appeal.

Thank you for following.

This round lavender soap I got for free from a sample party sadly idk the name of the company:
Shape: 4/5 round is nice
Scent: 5/5 like fresh flowers
Froth: 2/5 few suds here
Visual Appeal: 2.5/5 hockey puck, turmeric gathering ahh
Total: 3.375/5

Elderberry Energy Scrub from Jones Goat Farm in NC.
Shape: 3/5 for the natural edge
Scent: 1/5 very light, nonexistent
Froth: 5/5 the most bubbles. Wow. I think this is the energy scrub.
Visual Appeal: 4/5 looks like a dessert I want to eat
Total: 3.25/5

French-milled lavender cube soap (People send Jo a lot of soap samples and I’m a beneficiary)
Shape: 1/5 not practical for washing
Scent: 3/5 I love lav.
Froth: 2/5
Visual Appeal: 3.5/5 is that a mini GameCube in your bathroom?
Total: 2.375/5

Fulton & Roark’s 3 Milled Soap made with Moroccan Red Clay, Eucalyptus, Sage, & White Spruce Oils
Shape: 3/5 thicc but left me wanting more
Scent: 4.5/5 amazing
Froth: 5/5 so frothy
Visual Appeal: 2/5 v standard
Total: 3.625/5

Kinsman Charcoal Soap handmade by refugees & IDPs in Iraq.
Shape: 4.5/5 not too thick not too small
Smell: 2.5/5 fragrance free but made with olive oil so some hints of flavor
Frothiness: 3.5/5 pretty frothy
Visual Appeal: 5/5 sexy, black and grey marbled
Total: 3.875/5

Rain Breeze America’s Best Value Inn Soap made from vegetable oil
Shape: 1/5 so smol. Is this a chocolate?
Scent: 2/5 your typi hotel bar soap smell
Froth: 4/5 surprisingly frothy
Visual Appeal: 1/5
Total: 2/5

Really excited for today's #haul #soaphaul

I'll be getting on my Soapbox soon.

Sisterhood Sunset Soap made by refugee women in Iraq
Shape: 4.4/5 round is nice, softest soap I’ve felt
Scent: 3/5 like someone whispered sunset to you in a field
Froth: 3/5 medium bubbles
Visual Appeal: 2.5/5 it exists
Total: 3.225/5

Mistral Verbena FANCY FRENCH Soap. Body/hand soap
Shape: 3.75/5 thicc & nice
Smell: 4/5 Idk what verbena is but she smells good.
Froth: 4/5 v sudsy
Visual Appeal: 4/5 some people hate green but not me
Total: 3.94/5 whoa

Kinsman Lemongrass Soap handmade by refugees & IDPs in Iraq.
Shape: 4.5/5 gr8 hand size
Smell: 4/5 citronella if I were a mosquito, I’d be disgusted.
Frothiness: 3.5/5 pretty frothy
Visual Appeal: 4/5 nice but unexpected given scent
Total: 4/5

Unidentified soap at my friends house
Shape: 3/5 a lil bent outta shape
Smell: 3/5 lavender with something else idk
Frothiness: 5/5 whoa bubbles
Visual Appeal: 2/5 she’s curvy and she knows it but has been through some things
Total: 3.25/5

Patchouli & Orange Soap made by IDP and refugees in Iraq:
Shape: 4.5/5 great hand size
Smell: 3/5 idk what patchouli is but I love her. She’s a bit faint
Froth: 3/5 not the bubbliest
Visual Appeal: 3/5 I want to eat it but also kinda reminds me of vomit chips
Total: 3.375/5

Vanilla Bean Peppermint Beeswax soap from central TX
Shape: 1/5 trapezoid y?!
Smell: 3.5/5 strong and interesting
Froth: 3/5 standard
Visual Appeal: 0.5/5 it was molding and I’m confused
Total: 2/5

White Rock Soap Gallery Citrus Splash
Shape: 4/5 round is great
Scent: 3.75/5 imagine a Sprite with a Tang packet mixed in
Froth: 3/5 mid bubbles
Visual Appeal: 3/5 nice branding but it’s gone now.
Total: 3.4375/5

Cranberry Orange Soap from @megs_fitzy’s stocking!!
Shape: 2/5 hip to be square?! Nah
Scent: 4/5 surprisingly refreshing
Froth: 5/5 settle down, bubbles
Visual Appeal: 2/5
Total: 3.25:5

Soaps on vacation. Frankincense & Myrrh.
Shape: 2/5 square & large but good for body soap
Scent: 4.75/5 it’s grown on me. I feel like a Magi. I just need some gold.
Frothiness: 4/5 a wild lather
Visual Appeal: 1.5/5
Total: 3.0625/5

Soaps on vacation. Wild Date & Fig soap made by Iraqi IDPs
Shape: 4/5 partial to round
Scent: 3/5 light. Idk what a fig smells like but I like it
Froth: 2.5/5 v standard
Visual Appeal: 2/5 I would rather eat this than look at it
Total: 2.875/5

Soaps on Vacation. Awkward Moments from Luis&Alexia
Shape: 3/5 bar is typi
Scent: 2/5 expected soap smell
Froth: 5/5 whoa bubbles galore
Visual Appeal: 4/5 nice layers
Total: 3.5/5

Soaps on Vacation. White Rock Soap Gallery Sandalwood & Patchouli
Shape: 4/5
Scent: 3.5/5 so nice but I need more
Froth: 3/5
Visual Appeal: 2/5 it’s there
Total: 3.125/5

This was some Lavender soap at my friend in Houston’s house
Shape: 1.5/5 so smol
Scent: 2/5 someone whispered lavender
Froth: 2/5 left me wanting more
Visual Appeal: 2/5 kinda cute won’t last long
Total: 1.875/5 dang

Sandalwood soap my mom bought to help my aunt’s muscle aches. Who knew!
Scent: 3.5/5
Shape: 3.75/5 big and round
Froth: 5/5 so bubbly
Visual Appeal: 2/5 idek
Total: 3.5625/5

Some rock soap in a friend’s bathroom.
Scent: .75/5 unscented but some natural she’s butter
Froth: 1/5 so hard2hold
Shape: 3/5 is this a real rock!?
Visual Appeal: 3.5/5 I want to eat you.
Total: 2.065/5

Pure Michigan Clean Water bar soap.
Scent: 4.5/5 idk what clean water smells like but it’s pure Michigan and so right
Froth: 5/5 whoa
Size: 3/5 almost too big
Visual Appeal: 3.5/5 is that a mitten or PURE MICHIGAN, sorry UP.
Total: 4/5

Spruce & Cedar Salt Soap from Alaska! Thnx @BrooksMWhite
Scent: 5/5 pine forest. I love conifers
Froth: 4/5 v exfoliating
Size: 3.5/5 clunky yet chunky
Visual appeal: 4/5 sleek n fierce Idk
Total: 4.125/5

This isn’t a review but just know I’m in a warehouse with thousands of bars of soap.

Anthro soap with hints of bayberry, cranberry, and woods (how’d they get that in there?!)
Scent: 4.5/5 I’m bathing in a winter wonderland.
Froth: 3.5/5 sufficient
Shape: 3/5 v standard
Visual Appeal: 2.75/5 not as pretty as the scent it puts off
Total: 3.4375/5

Magnolia Lavender scented soap with the Magnolia logo stamped in it
Scent: 4.75/5 I love lavender and magnolia pairs really well
Froth: 4/5 so much foam
Shape: 3/5 chunky, clunky but a heart so kinda here for it
Visual appeal: 3.5/5 heart
Total: 3.8125/5

Rose Geranium Mint Charcoal soap
Scent: 3/5 I can’t tell if I love it or hate it. Am I brushing my teeth? Or in a flower?!
Shape: 3/5 nice idk
Froth: 2.5/5 very average.
Visual Appeal: 4/5 I love black and nice floral design
Total: 3.125/5

Refreshing Citrus Hotel Soap
Scent: 3.75/5 citrus but also like a crayon but I’m pleasantly impressed
Froth: 3.25/5 bubbly but also a crayon
Shape: 2.5/5 small rectangle is expected for hotel
Visual appeal: 3.75/5 an inviting grey cream color Idk.
Total: 3.3125/5

Lori Brown’s Apple soap
Scent: 4.5/5 a fresh
Froth: 2.5/5
Shape: 3.75/5
Visual appeal: 4/5 she’s got all the bells and whistles: colors, sparkles & more
Total: 3.6875/5
@MissJoelleBrown

Lavender Soap from the same people who made the Rose Geranium Mint
Scent: -1/5 it smells alright at first but then hits you like elderly BO.
Shape: 3/5 nice idk
Froth: 2.5/5 very average.
Visual Appeal: 2/5 the visuals can’t make up for the scent. I threw it out.
Total: .65/5

Lemon Zest soap made by refugees in Iraq.
Scent: 4.75/5 I’m obsessed. It’s like I’m in a lemon grove.
Froth: 2.5/5 it got some bubbly
Shape: 3.75/5 luv round
Visual appeal: 3.5/5 very there
Total: 3.625/5

This isn’t a review but I found my face wash in bar soap form so I’m goinggreen by using less plastic !

You can too!

Chamomile & Olive Oil Soap made by refugee women in Iraq
Shape: 4/5 you know round is my fav
Scent: 3.5/5 like a fresh, calming cup o’ tea.
Froth: 3/5 medium bubbles
Visual Appeal: 3.25/5 it exists. I love the chamomile flowers as exfoliant.
Total: 3.4375/5

Tiny olive oil hotel soap I got from Texas.

Shape: 1.75/5 smol but serves a purpose
Scent: 2/5 normal, generic soap smell
Frothiness: 4/5 sudsy
Visual Appeal: 2.5/5 it’s so smol I can’t find it and it fell down the sink

Total: 2.5625/5

Young Living Essential Oils Thieves & Goji Berry soap

Shape: 4/5 quintessential soap bar
Scent: 2/5 if you like thieves, you’d like it.
Froth: 4/5 much suds
Visual appeal: 2/5 kinda looks like cheese :/
Total: 3/5

Sandalwood & Bourbon Soap made in Iraq
Shape: 3.75/5 standard good
Scent: 3.75/5 I love woodsy & that hint of bourbon
Froth: 3/5 it functions
Visual Appeal: 3/5 idk
Total: 3.375/5

Sweet Orange & Cream from a local maker!
Shape: 3/5 not sure how I feel about layered soaps :/
Scent: 4.5/5 y’all know I love citrus
Froth: 4/5 it’s got that bubbly
Visual appeal: 4.75/5 I want to eat it
Total: 4.0625/5

Schmidt’s Cedarwood and Juniper Bar with charcoal
Shape: 4.5/5 substantial and curvy
Scent: 3.75/5 not woodsy enough for me but still good
Froth: 5/5 so bubbly
Visual appeal: 3/5 sexy but don’t like how the froth dries :/
Total: 4.0625/5

Champagne soap from Mike’s AirBNB in Austin (only a lil turnt here)
Shape: 1.75/5 round but so smol
Scent: 3/5 how’d you capture champagne in a soap
Froth: 4/5 excellent sure yeah idr
Visual appeal: 3.5/5 nice marbling

Total: 3.0625/5

Some lemongrass lavender soap my mom got me
Shape: 3.5/5 some great ridges for a rectangle idk
Scent: 3/5 more so bubblegum than lavender lemongrass but good
Froth: 4/5 amazing exfoliants
Visual appeal: 3/5 a lil freckley bb

Total: 3.375/5

Some mysterious orange soap in my great uncle’s bathroom

Scent: 1/5 barely citrus
Shape: 3.5/5 Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Froth: 2/5 left me wanting more
Visual appeal: 0.5/5 made me think of jellos at potlucks

Total: 1.75/5

Dove’s Men aqua fresh bar from a friend’s house

Scent: 3/5 idk how aqua has a scent but it does & it’s refreshing
Shape: 3.5/5 slightly used
Frothiness: 4/5 so many bubbles
Visual appeal: 3/5 a pop of color in the bathroom is nice

Total: 3:375/5

Blackberry Good soap bar

Scent: 4.5/5 blackberry goodness
Froth: 4/5 so frothy!!!
Shape: 4/5 substantial
Visual Appeal: 3.75/5 might make me want to eat it instead of wash with it

Total: 4.0625/5

Papaya Mango Good Soap bar

Scent: 4.5/5 i want to eat this
Froth: 4/5 bubbly
Shape: 4/5 round and substantial
Visual Appeal: 3.5/5 the color kinda makes me think of cheese but I still wanna eat it

Total: 4/5

Lemongrass and Mint Soap

Scent: 3/5 a unique combo that could be gum
Froth: 1.5/5 lacking
Shape: 3.75/5
Visual Appeal: 3/5 a lot going on

Total: 2.8125/5

“Spruce Willis” gifted to me by @will_har & @lisa_chung

Scent: 4.75/5 big pine fan
Froth: 3.5/5 bubbles
Shape: 4/5 looks smol here but was originally substantial
Visual Appeal: 3.5/5 the colors confuse me but I’m not mad

Total: 3.9375/5

Schmidt’s Lime Bergamot

Scent: 4.5/5 refreshing, citrusy
Froth: 3/5 standard
Shape: 4/5 substantial
Visual Appeal: 3.25/5 has dulled upon use don’t we all?

Total: 3.6875/5

Cedarwood soap my mom sent me

Scent: 3.75/5 woodsy but also a bit like oil
Froth: 3/5 average
Visual Appeal: 3.75/5 I just wanna eat it
Shape: 4/5 standard and usable but goes quick

Total: 3.625/5

Peppermint soap

Scent: 4/5 smells v good
Froth: 1.25/5 it takes a hit here bc these flower petals are too much & are everywhere
Visual appeal: 4/5 swirly doesn’t match flowers but once they’re gone it’s cool
Shape: 2/5 square this is frivolous

Total: 2.8125/5

Papaya Aloe Vera soap from Ecuador that my mom got me

Scent: 2.5/5 fruity but strong play dough smell
Froth: 3/5 sufficient
Shape: 4/5 a nice oval shape idk
Visual Appeal: 2/5 needs more flair

Total: 2.875/5

Tea Tree Oil Soap

Scent: 3.5/5 y’all know the tea tree
Froth: 4/5 I’m using it as a shampoo bar!
Shape: 4/5 substantial
Visual Appeal: 4/5 i like green

Total: 3.875/5

#WashYourHands

This bar is called Memphis AF.

Scent: 3/5 idk how to describe it but it’s there
Froth: 3/5
Shape: 4/5 substantial
Visual: 2/5 a lot going on here

Total: 3.125/5

Was I ok when I took this photo? #WashYourHands

I haven’t posted my old soap reviews so here’s a soap dump. Remember when I got a haircut

This was cherry blossom from my mom

Scent: 3.5/5 floral and nice
Shape: 3.5/5 substantial
Froth: 3/5 standard
Visual appeal: 2/5 boring af

Total: 3/5

Lemon Zest made by refugees in Iraq

Scent: 4.5/5 y’all know I’m partial to citrus
Froth: 3/5 standard
Shape: 4/5 I love round
Visual appeal: 3/5 almost cheese like

Total: 3.625/5

Sweet Pea soap

Scent: 2.5/5 Idk what a sweet pea is supposed to smell like but like wut
Froth: 3/5 sudsy this is all subjective and fake ando the old and I don’t remember
Visual appeal: 3/5
Shape: 3.5/5 substantial

Total: 3/5

Cedarwood rose soap

Scent: 3.75/5 a great surprising combo
Froth: 2.5/5 again I don’t really remember its bubbles
Shape: 1/5 too thin “SO YOU THINK IM SKINNNNNY”
Visual appeal: 3.25/5 I like the two tone

Total: 2.625/5