Far from the slightly old-school soap used by our grandmothers, solid soap is getting a makeover to target our hygiene from head to toe. Take a closer look at this ultra portable format, ideal for the summer, which, as a bonus, plays a part in the zero plastics movement. Say goodbye to plastic bottles: the solid format is the leading beauty product of the moment for all travelers or those who wish to adopt a zero-waste beauty routine. In contact with water the...

By now washing your hands often should be on auto-pilot mode in your hygiene routine, but if you’re going to do something multiple times a day, it wouldn’t hurt to make the chore a little more enjoyable and pleasant. You don’t have to box yourself in with boring bar soaps that dry out your hands or smell like cheap perfume. We’ve rounded up some of our favorites below that will make you want to get your hands (and body!) dirty...

Plastic bottles are the scourge of the ocean. By 2050, if humans don't make major changes, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish—it’s a statistic widely quoted in media. Yet even supposedly environmentally-conscious consumers like myself continue to buy personal hygiene products like shampoo and lotion in plastic bottles, because there doesn’t seem to be much of a choice. Outdoor-loving sisters Tessa and Davia Rose-Scheeres, who are 13 and 11 and live in Albany, California, found themselves in...

These new-generation facial bar soaps might just change your mind about liquid cleansers. There was a time when using the same bar of body soap on your face was a thing. But as we now know, different areas of the skin require very distinctive attention. Consequently, bar soaps were blacklisted from our skincare regime for its harsh detergent constituents and skin drying factors. Since then, beauty brands have realised that it isn’t the bar itself that is the culprit, but the formulation. Thus began the...

If you're anything like [checks notes] pretty much every dude I've ever met in my life, there's a good chance that there was some point in your formative years when you decided that you had crossed the rubicon into adulthood and were now a Body Wash Guy. In all likelihood, it happened in your teens, because we're all a little gross and very terrified and deeply susceptible to the kind of marketing that says shit like, "Bar soap is fine...