My dad is a simple man with but one indulgence: a beautiful bar of soap. I never fully understood why this was his luxury of choice and the only thing he ever asked for when my family was stuck on what to gift him. At least not until these times of social distancing, when my daily shower took on a new significance, transformed into a serene act of self-care that I came to cherish at the end of the day. When, for...

One day I looked in my shower and realized that there were five half-used shampoo bottles next to three almost-empty conditioners, one lonely scalp scrub and a very large bottle of body wash. Considering the fact that I live alone, you can imagine why I had a…moment. It’s an unnecessary amount of products for one person who isn’t afraid to admit that she sometimes forgets to recycle too. Consider my transition to a routine composed of the best beauty bars long overdue....

Jimmy Gould came up with a product designed to help keep soap from slipping When Jimmy Gould came up with the idea for his business, he didn’t have an “Aha!” moment, he says. “It was probably more of an ‘Oh, damn’ one.” Back in 2014, Mr. Gould, who had been an institutional bond salesman in Memphis, Tenn., for 30 years, was suffering through a bad hip, probably the result of too many dives onto gym floors playing basketball, he says....

Shampoo is one indispensable beauty product, much like soap or body wash. As long as people have hair, it's here to stay. The average person is estimated to go through 800 bottles of shampoo. You do the math. There is no sign of this market slowing down, and you know what else is here to stay? Longer than all of us? Shampoo bottles.  Although recycling shampoo bottles is something that everyone should be doing, some find it cumbersome to do so. You...

AS PEOPLE look to reduce their environmental impact, soap bars, including shampoo bars, are starting to replace plastic bottles in our bathrooms. The best shampoo bars not only reduce waste, but they'll also save you money in the long run, since one shampoo bar is roughly the equivalent of three bottles of shampoo. Shampoo bars - also known as solid shampoos - have other benefits too: since they're usually made with all-natural ingredients and no nasty chemicals, they're healthier for...