The After Shower Quiz Show

[Artephius]

I've become intolerable to live with. I lurk outside the bathrooms, waiting until I hear the trickling sound of the shower being turned off. I position myself, armed with a notebook, just outside the door. They cheerfully step out, wrapped in a towel, completely unaware that they are about to be subjected to a level of questioning that would break most hardened criminals:

Me: Soooo, how was your shower?
Hapless Family Member: Fine...
Me: Great! What soap did you use?
HFM: Uhm, the...pink one?
Me: Which pink one?
HFM: It was kinda square.
Me: The one that smells like rice flower and shea butter?
HFM: You made a soap that smells like rice?
Me: Did you lather by hand, washcloth, or bath poof?
HFM: I'm dripping on the carpet--
Me: HAND, WASHCLOTH, OR BATH POOF?
etc...

Please tell me I'm not the only one to do this.

 

[Rosey]

no you're not!!!!!!

I ask my husband the same thing: which one did you use? do you like it more than the other? How was it different than the other?

 

[krissy]

i was ecstatic the other day when my DH walked out of the bathroom and said he really liked one of my soaps! he liked my lemongrass one, and he even took one of them to his business partner for him to use too.

i do ask the questions like you do, but i am worse, i wait INSIDE the bathroom and and ask while they are still using it! lol

 

[luxurious bubbles]

Ha ha that is hilarious! I'm still waiting for my first batch to cure. I may be doing the same thing.

 

[Dixie]

yes I do it too

 

[xyxoxy]

Unfortunately my question is more like...
"So did you ever use those soaps I gave you or are they still sitting on top of your toilet in the pretty basket as decoration?!"

But I was thrilled recently when my old redneck dad asked me what I put in that blueberry soap to make it have so much lather.

 

[artisan soaps]

..

 

[madpiano]

I am the same, but the problem is, I don't really get any answers.

Which soap did you use ? The brown one
How did it feel ? Fine
Was it better than the others? Don't know
What made it feel fine ? Don't know
Did it lather ok ? Yeah
Did it lather better than the others or worse ? Don't know....look it's soap, ok. I have no idea....

end of conversation.... :roll:

 

[kittywings]

Lol, I do that too, unfortunately... I realized the other day that my DH judges them pretty much only by fragrance! (sigh)... MEN!

 

[MsBien]

That's nice of you to let people choose. I have a nasty habit of telling my family which one to use.

"You need to try the pink one, it's grapefruit."
or
"Haven't you even tried the Man Soap?"
or
"You'll love that Castile soap, it will feel good on your dry skin. Let me know how you like it.... So, did you like it? What did you think about the smell? What do you mean you didn't notice?"

Stacie

 

[heyjude]

I usually wait until my family is dressed before I drill them!

Went to visit my Mom for a few days and noticed the soap I had mailed a few months earlier still unused on the side of the tub. I told her that soap was meant to be used and I'd get it started for her!

I do think that people without particularly dry skin do tend to concentrate on the smell and the look more than how it makes their skin feel.

Jude

 

[carebear]

I'm the only adult in my house, and my kids don't use soap unless I'm standing over them in which case I already know the answers...

 

[heyjude]

I'm the only adult in my house, and my kids don't use soap unless I'm standing over them in which case I already know the answers...

Jude

 

[LJA]

ROTFL!!!! That is seriously funny....

 

[oldragbagger]

Absolutely........ almost every morning.

 

[LJA]

Unfortunately my question is more like...
"So did you ever use those soaps I gave you or are they still sitting on top of your toilet in the pretty basket as decoration?!"

But I was thrilled recently when my old redneck dad asked me what I put in that blueberry soap to make it have so much lather.

Mine are in boxes that you have to untie to open, and I sent my mom some (at her request, no less) and she never even untied the ribbon. It's sitting in one of her bedrooms as a decoration too. Which means she never even saw what the soap looked like....lol.

 

[gekko62]

I am the same, but the problem is, I don't really get any answers.

Which soap did you use ? The brown one
How did it feel ? Fine
Was it better than the others? Don't know
What made it feel fine ? Don't know
Did it lather ok ? Yeah
Did it lather better than the others or worse ? Don't know....look it's soap, ok. I have no idea....

end of conversation.... :roll:

Im trying to come up with some questions that can't be answered yes or no....by the looks of it,my efforts are futile!
I have 2 friends that give fantastic,helpful feedback. My family are HOPELESS!!! Gave my mum 6 soapies 2 months ago.She started using one last week.Im like,what,you saving for a soap drought or something???
sheesh!!! :roll:

 

[Guest]

I just quizzed a friend...all I got was...it was nice...and he's a soap maker too...I wanted details good or bad...

 

[dagmar88]

:shock: recently my hub started stealing them from the curing rack... He showers with them and then out of the blue I get these comments like 'you know that soap that's in the shower, that orange one?'
and I'm thinking am I crazy or what, I don't have orange soap in the shower... 'well, it hurt my eyes when I accidentally rubbed it in'. :roll:
Found out after a lot of questioning he's just a sucker for suds; so anything bubbly, doesn't matter how harsh, what scent or whatever, is perfect

 

[Milla]

After reading your posts and some of DH's comments I realized that most men care about suds and fragrance. They don't give a hoot if there's shea butter in there or olive oil. As long as their skin doesn't crack and they don't smell like sweet pea, they're content. Oh and if you put beer in it, it's a hit!

DH's comments just aren't cutting it for me. He kind of mocks me when I ask how my soap was and says stuff like "oh, it was amazing!" and smiles.

I'm going to email my friend that sells soaps to become my tester. She's been making soap for 9 years.