I am a soap girl. I grew up using it to wash my hands, and I continued to use bar soap after liquid soap became really fashionable for hand-washing.
I have used Dove bar soap off and on throughout the years. I know they say it is actually a “beauty bar”, not a soap, so you can use it as a cleanser on your face, but I am going to review this just as a bar soap for hand-washing.
Dove soap comes in a blue and white cardboard box. The soap is white and oval-shaped, and feels almost ergonomic to hold. It is impressed with Dove’s logo, which is a symbol of a dove. It smells mild and slightly sweet, like soap!
Dove soap is very soft. Much softer than traditional cake soap. It says it is ¼ moisturiser on the packaging, so that must be the reason. Unlike other soaps that I have used for hand-washing, Dove cake soaps wear away until there is basically no soap left. Some cakes of soap I have used wear away until all that is left is a small, dry, hard lump of soap that is no longer able to lather, so must be tossed out. Dove does not leave soap-scum behind either. Although Dove is more expensive than some soap brands, I feel that it is more economical for this reason as it causes less waste. It is also the most moisturising hand soap that I have ever used. My hands get very dry, especially in winter, and using Dove soap always moisturises them and makes them feel better. I love using it at home.
I think I've tried almost every supermarket bar of soap and the Dove Beauty Bar sits top of my list!
It actually does what it says on the front of the box. It hydrates and leaves my skin feeling moisturized.
My skin can be quite sensitive to some other soaps but I've never had a problem with this.
It's a bit pricier than normal soap, but it's also far better than normal soap.