soap
Many women come home from foreign destinations with jewels.
Some return with porcelain.
Or crystal.
I brought home a chest cold -
and soap.
Sadly, I did not purchase Beep.
And, no, we were not in a Spanish speaking nation.
Nor did I buy Breeze - though I am intrigued with detergent in plastic bags - and Vida and I washed dishes with pinches of it last year.
No. I purchased Super Sud.
Made in Trinidad (which is not where we were either) it is a heavy blue block of laundry soap. And I would appreciate any information as to how to use it.
And though I swear that Ribena comes in this same bottle, I didn't buy any of this either.
It was the bar soaps that intrigued me.
I had perused them one day at the market and then got distracted by the lack of produce. Yes, we were on a tropical island with NO produce. Anywho, I walked away from the two aisles of SOAP and made a mental note to return later in the trip.
And return I did...
and soap I bought -
some was just over a dollar a bar, some was a full three bucks.
I bought a few baby soaps - not the oatmeal though. I don't like soaps and washes or candles, for that matter, that have anything to do with food.
I bought these -
The Lux and Palmolive are both rose scented - I've long looked for something rose scented that I liked.
Two bars of the Johnson's lavender baby soap as I have their lavender baby lotion and like it very much - a nice combination of the lavender scent mixed with their trademark baby product scent.
I've no idea what the Duru or Refresh will be like but look forward to finding out, and I was truly surprised (though I don't know why) that the African black soap was really black! A shopper next to me heard me gasp and told me that the soap is great.
We'll see.
I usually buy stuff like this in far away places, and often enjoy the apothecary or food mart more than the tourist shops or department stores.
I bought sponges too.
It's what I do.
Some return with porcelain.
Or crystal.
I brought home a chest cold -
and soap.
Sadly, I did not purchase Beep.
And, no, we were not in a Spanish speaking nation.
Nor did I buy Breeze - though I am intrigued with detergent in plastic bags - and Vida and I washed dishes with pinches of it last year.
No. I purchased Super Sud.
Made in Trinidad (which is not where we were either) it is a heavy blue block of laundry soap. And I would appreciate any information as to how to use it.
And though I swear that Ribena comes in this same bottle, I didn't buy any of this either.
It was the bar soaps that intrigued me.
I had perused them one day at the market and then got distracted by the lack of produce. Yes, we were on a tropical island with NO produce. Anywho, I walked away from the two aisles of SOAP and made a mental note to return later in the trip.
And return I did...
and soap I bought -
some was just over a dollar a bar, some was a full three bucks.
I bought a few baby soaps - not the oatmeal though. I don't like soaps and washes or candles, for that matter, that have anything to do with food.
I bought these -
The Lux and Palmolive are both rose scented - I've long looked for something rose scented that I liked.
Two bars of the Johnson's lavender baby soap as I have their lavender baby lotion and like it very much - a nice combination of the lavender scent mixed with their trademark baby product scent.
I've no idea what the Duru or Refresh will be like but look forward to finding out, and I was truly surprised (though I don't know why) that the African black soap was really black! A shopper next to me heard me gasp and told me that the soap is great.
We'll see.
I usually buy stuff like this in far away places, and often enjoy the apothecary or food mart more than the tourist shops or department stores.
I bought sponges too.
It's what I do.
Comments
Our foreign shopping habbits are eerily similar.
Happy to hear that you were able to locate some sponges to commemorate this vacation!
I too would be intrigued by the black soap. I have long wanted to make Black Cake, which is some sort of Jamaican/West Indies fruitcake soaked in raw rum, which is actually black. But I need burnt sugar essence to do it and can't find it here in the States so far....I think I need to travel now....to do the grocery shopping.
We do this too; soaps are affordable and portable. Two important features in a souvenir. I have a basket open for perusal in the guest room. Some of the soaps are quited aged - nobody has picked them!
no fruit? no veg? What kind of place is this?
Amen.
You shave off slivers (the size of matchbook matches) with a vegetable peeler in the case of a machine, or you RUB a laundry brush (looks like a non electric iron with bristles) on it to make a lather and then apply the brush to the garment.
HTH,
-J.
I'm feeling clean & refreshed :)
Whenever we venture I generally buy a Christmas ornament, a cheesy deck of playing cards and some homemade jam, cheese or pie.
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I buy Fels Naptha soap in a bar and occasionally use it for really grimy stuff. Harkens me back to my 'ute in Min na sote a.
I love how things that are so ordinary are so interesting to others. I remember standing agape in supermarket aisles in the US, alternately giggling and gasping.
Also I read on a blog yesterday that in Canada they have 'Homo Milk' and no one turns a hair.
And ditto on the washboard.
I usually bring home mugs or sachets.
I found this article during a search for the same blue laundry bar soap my mom found in Fiji in 1984. We've been looking for it in the USA since, with no luck. She doesn't remember what it was called, just that it does a really good job & can be used in rivers & streams, and that it's readily available in third world countries.
I found this article during a search for the same blue laundry bar soap my mom found in Fiji in 1984. We've been looking for it in the USA since, with no luck. She doesn't remember what it was called, just that it does a really good job & can be used in rivers & streams, and that it's readily available in third world countries.