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Full guides for The Contour Bar, The Contour Bar With Grit, and the Contour Bundle. Select the product you have, then read the matching guide below.

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Product guide

The Contour BarTM

The world’s first flexible cleansing bar. It holds its shape on the shelf, bends in your hand, and follows your body as you wash. For most people it lasts 30+ washes, and it wears down instead of falling apart.

$20 · 30+ washes for most people

Overview

Your body has no flat surfaces, yet traditional soap is a flat, unyielding block. When you press a hard bar against a rounded shoulder, ankle, or knee, only a small edge actually touches your skin.

Under light pressure, The Contour BarTM yields in the hand and bends along its length to follow a shoulder, ankle, or knee. Set it down, and it springs back to its classic shape.

Smooth is the everyday bar for washing your body. Not for the face.

For longer reading, see Articles & Notes. Care habits alone live on Cleaning & Care.

At a glance

Flexibility
F5. Halfway between a pourable liquid and a rigid bar.
Finish
Smooth
Scent
Original Scent. One scent, so the choice stays about how the bar feels.
Washes
30 or more for most people, in our testing. About a month of daily showers.
Use
Daily body washing. Not for the face.
Care
Keep it out of standing water. A soap dish is optional. Pat dry for travel.
Guarantee
Feel It to Believe It Guarantee™ on paid orders. See Our Guarantee.
Origin
Designed and made in the US, ingredients and packaging included.
Packaging
Plastic-free.
What’s included
The bar, plastic-free protective packaging, and a quick-start care guide.
Shipping
Free on two or more bars. A single bar has a flat $7 shipping fee. Club plans include shipping.

Your first wash

Wet the bar, work it between your palms until you have a lather, wash, rinse, and set it where it can dry.

  1. 01

    Lather.

    Wet it and let it follow your hand.

  2. 02

    Pat dry.

    A towel is enough.

  3. 03

    Pack it or set it down.

    Gym bag, dopp kit, or any dry spot.

Everyday use

Traditional bar soap (F10) is a relic of factory stamping. It shoots out of wet hands, dents when it hits the tile, turns into a paste in a wet dish, and cracks into sharp slivers before you can finish it.

The Contour BarTM keeps the concentrated, plastic-free simplicity of a classic bar and leaves those problems behind. Drop it, and it absorbs the impact without denting the bar or bruising your foot. Leave it out of standing water, and it stays a bar.

Wet the bar and work it between your palms, or on a cloth, until you have a lather. Then wash as you normally would.

It flexes the same wet or dry, in hot water or cold. Warm water is for lather, not for waking the bar up.

Care and storage

Keep it out of standing water. Set Smooth or With Grit on a ledge, a wire rack, or any dry surface between showers. A soap dish is optional. If it stays wet it may soften, then returns to its original feel once it dries.

For travel: rinse, pat dry with your towel, and put it in your bag. You do not need a slotted plastic case. Replace the bar when it is worn thin and the wash no longer feels like enough. Most people get 30 or more washes first.

Full care notes live on Cleaning & Care.

What’s inside

The Contour BarTM is built on glycerin, corn starch, potato starch, and carrageenan, a gel made from seaweed. It’s designed and made in the US, ingredients and packaging included. We did that on purpose. The packaging is plastic-free, too.

  • Glycerin. Holds moisture in the bar.
  • Water (Aqua). Listed on the label in this order.
  • Sodium Laureth Sulfate. Cleans and builds lather.
  • Zea Mays (Corn) Starch. Listed on the label in this order.
  • Carrageenan. A seaweed gel that helps the bar hold together.
  • Solanum Tuberosum (Potato) Starch. Listed on the label in this order.
  • Cocamidopropyl Betaine. A second cleanser that softens the lather.
  • Fragrance (Parfum). Listed on the label in this order.
  • Phenoxyethanol. Keeps the bar fresh.
  • Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891). Listed on the label in this order.

Skin varies. Read the list, test a small area, and stop if your skin reacts. Health & Allergy Disclaimer

If something feels off

Questions and help

  • How do I use it for the first time?

    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.

  • How should I store it between showers?

    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.

  • My bar feels softer than usual. Is something wrong?

    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.

  • Can I use it on my face?

    No. The Contour BarTM and The Contour BarTM With Grit are body bars, so please don't use either one on your face.

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