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Short answers about The Contour BarTM and With Grit: what it is, how to use it, and what is in it. For orders, shipping, Club, and refunds, use the Combined FAQ.
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The Contour Bar
The Contour BarTM is a flexible cleansing bar. It bends in your hand, wraps around your body, and springs back to shape. It's not a jelly that melts, and it's not a soap that's harder than your wall.
It means you can bend it. Squeeze it, curve it around your shoulder or shin, and when you let go it springs back. We measure that on the F-Scale, which runs from F0 (a pourable liquid) to F10 (a rigid bar). The Contour BarTM is F5, halfway between the two.
No. It flexes the same wet or dry, in hot water or cold. Warm water is for lather, not for waking the bar up.
It bends, it lasts, and it's less mess. A regular bar is hard, so it slips, cracks, and wears down into slivers. In our testing, The Contour BarTM rinses clean without leaving a scummy film, and most people get 30 or more washes from one.
No. The Contour BarTM is a cleansing bar, and it doesn't meet the US definition of soap. Under FDA rules, a product counts as soap only if it's made mainly of the salts that form when fats or oils react with lye, and those salts do the cleaning. The Contour BarTM cleans with synthetic cleansing agents (surfactants) instead, so it's classed as a cosmetic. You use it the same way: wet it, lather it, rinse.
Smooth is the everyday bar for washing your body. With Grit adds natural volcanic pumice for rough skin and post-workout days, and it's made for below the neck, hands, and feet. Both are flexible, and you can mix them in one order or Club shipment. Neither bar is for the face.
One: Original Scent. Both Smooth and With Grit use it, so the choice stays about how the bar feels. We don't offer an unscented bar right now.
Clean. That's all it's meant to do. We didn't want a scent that stands out, because The Contour BarTM is about how it feels to use, not how it smells. We added a scent so you can smell the clean as you wash.
In our testing, most people get 30 or more washes from one bar, which is about a month of daily showers. How you store it makes a big difference.
It's made not to. It wears down gradually as you use it instead of falling apart.
Approximately 3.5 inches tall, 2.5 inches wide, and 0.75 inches thick, just a little smaller than the box it comes in.
SAWNZ-nik (/ˈsɔːnz.nɪk/). Like the plural of “sawn,” plus nik like the end of sonic. It comes from sans (without) and nik (pain). The idea is that everyday things should not hurt, even a little, starting with a better bar.
Using and Caring for It
Wet the bar, work it between your palms to build lather, wash as you normally would, then rinse. Afterward, set it somewhere it can drain and dry.
Set it out where it can dry between uses. You can use a soap dish if you like, but you don't need one. Keeping a bar constantly wet is what softens it, so don't leave it sitting in a puddle.
No. You can use one, but the bar is fine just set out where it can dry between uses. If it stays wet for long stretches it may get softer. Let it dry a bit and it returns to its original feel and size.
Probably not. A bar softening while you wash is normal, and if it's kept wet continuously it may soften more. Let it dry a bit and it returns to its original feel and size. If it still doesn't feel right, tell us and we'll look into it.
Work the bar between your palms a little longer before you wash. Cold water and a short lather can mute the foam.
Yes. Let it dry first, then pack it in something that won't hold water against it. A dry bar travels better than a wet one sealed in a pouch. Open the case when you arrive so it can dry.
When it's worn thin and the wash no longer feels like enough. Most people get 30 or more washes first. If you'd rather never think about it, The Contour Club sends the next one before the last is gone.
No. The Contour BarTM and The Contour BarTM With Grit are body bars, so please don't use either one on your face.
Ingredients and Your Skin
The Contour BarTM (Smooth) contains Glycerin, Water, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Corn Starch, Carrageenan, Potato Starch, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Fragrance, Phenoxyethanol, and Titanium Dioxide.
The full ingredient list is on The Contour BarTM With Grit product page. The grit is granulated pumice.
Yes. Fragrance is on the ingredient list, so this isn't a fragrance-free bar.
Yes. Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES) is one of its two cleansing agents, along with Cocamidopropyl Betaine. Together they clean and build the lather. If you avoid sulfates, this isn't the bar for you.
Natural volcanic pumice, not plastic microbeads.
We can't promise any cleanser is right for sensitive skin, because skin varies so much. Read the ingredient list, test a small area first, and stop using it if your skin reacts. If you have a specific concern, ask us and we'll answer plainly. SANSNiKTM products are cosmetic cleansers and aren't intended to treat any skin condition.
Close to neutral.
No. We don't use any animal testing, and as far as we know, our suppliers don't either.
Orders, shipping, refunds, and Club live on the Combined FAQ. Care habits are in Cleaning & Care.