These solid soaps are raising the bathroom bar

These solid soaps are raising the bathroom bar

Forget your micro-bead milks and mousses — the simple, humble bar of soap is making a welcome return this summer. Here are the best bars to buy…

Words: Jonathan Wells

Photography: Tom Hartford

When did soap become such an opera? There are so many micro-beads and unpronounceable emollients floating about in our creams, milks and mousses these days that it’s no wonder we keep getting ourselves into a lather. Our showers are busy with bottles, our skin is weary with scrubbing and our bathroom cabinets barely close.

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