Bar Soap Pouch (Tutorial) No More Loofahs!

A few months ago I stopped buying shampoo and conditioner. It was an easy decision for me considering the skin is our biggest organ and most commercially made soaps (in our price range) contain numerous questionable ingredients including formaldehyde and other carcinogens. 

Since then we've been really smelly.

Just kidding! We switched to locally made goats milk soap. I've also been experimenting with being no 'poo with decent success.

The only problems with our bar soap (other than the fact that I want to eat the delicious smelling oatmeal butter bar) is that:

• Evelyn loves to break it apart into tiny little pieces in the bath tub
• It's slippery and awkward to use with my plastic-y/gross loofah

I hate floppy wash cloths so I decided to make a pouch to not only save my soap bar from toddler destruction but also make it easier to use in my five-minute-showers. Also it hides the bar so I don't think it's a giant oatmeal brownie. Mmmmm...

Bar Soap Pouch  

Grab a wash cloth, a bar of soap, and old button.

Lay it on out and fold two corners in so that the points meet.

Tuck the bottom "point" up and behind so that the bottom and top point are on top of each other. Then sew up the sides and trim the extra fabric off (you probably don't have to trim it but it makes it less bulk so.. I did).

Turn it right-side out to hide the seams.

Slide your little soap bar inside and tuck one point in. Fold the other point over to determine where the button hole should be placed.

Remove the soap, add button hole and enjoy! This can be thrown right into the washer when you need to and you will never buy loofahs again.

What do you think? Does anyone use bar soap anymore?

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