How Do I Use and Care for My Bar?

Overview

Some mornings want a fast, cushioned wash. After a workout, a long run, or time outside, you want a scrub for sweat and rough skin.

Smooth is the everyday bar. With Grit puts fine volcanic pumice in the same flexible bar, so the scrub wraps the curve instead of landing on one spot.

Smooth is for washing your body every day. With Grit is for rough skin below the neck, hands, and feet. Neither bar is for the face.

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At a glance

Flexibility

F5. Halfway between a pourable liquid and a rigid bar.

Finish

Smooth and With Grit

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

Smooth for daily body washing. With Grit below the neck, hands, and feet. Neither 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 the bar and let it follow your hand. With the With Grit bar, use even pressure where you want more scrub.

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

Both bars are F5. Neither is a rigid brick (F10) or a pourable liquid (F0). Both yield in the hand, bend around shoulders, knees, and ankles, and spring back when you set them down. They do that in a hot shower and at a cold sink.

A crowded shower often holds a bottle of body wash, a tub of scrub, and a loofah. This pair is two bars. They can sit on the shelf together. Let each one dry out of standing water. In our testing they left no soap scum.

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.

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What’s inside

Both bars are built on glycerin, corn starch, potato starch, and carrageenan, a gel made from seaweed. The With Grit bar adds natural volcanic pumice for the scrub, so there are no plastic microbeads. Everything is designed and made in the US, ingredients and packaging included, and the packaging is plastic-free.

• 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.
• 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.
• Pumice. The grit. Natural volcanic stone, not plastic.
• 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.