Comments on: Rid your shower of bottle clutter

By: Kathy

Kathy — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 21:11:06 +0000

What I like to do is try and find products that I like that come in cool colors so that even though they are taking up space they make the space look nicer. Pretty and practical. The Bath and Body works shower gels work great because they come in so many colors and scents. If you can’t minimize, beautify. As I like to say.

By: Ailene

Ailene — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 03:01:01 +0000

I like the idea of it… but haven’t found a convenient way to install one yet. We live in an apartment so we can’t use the screw-in option for those that have them. Many of them come with sticker strips. The one we originally purchased had sticker strips and the unit fell off the shower wall because the unit was too heavy for the sticker strips to hold it up. Not to mention, but when we moved from our apartment into a new one, the glue from the strips was impossible to get off, and there was nasty residue.

I’d reccommend it to people who have a home where they can screw it in and won’t want to move it for 25 years.

By: xf

xf — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:34:05 +0000

Already have one of these in my shower (was there when I moved in). Don’t use it – reminds me of a condom dispenser.

By: hp

hp — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:50:46 +0000

We just eliminated all other products from our bathroom and use only products from Lush.
Yes, they are more expensive than buying just something from Walmart but I think, the products are worth their money.
Nothing better than start the day with the smell of some nice soap…

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:05:59 +0000

@Anne

My skin is too sensitive for bar soap. It dries it out and I am itchy all day. Body wash on the other hand does not do this. Likewise, no conditioner makes it impossible to do anything other than put on a hat. Needless to say, my shower has all 3 of those things in it, but that is all.

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:28:40 +0000

Can someone please tell me why a bar of soap and a bottle of shampoo won’t do?

By: George K.

George K. — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:06:59 +0000

As Stacy and others have said, it would be better to simplify your family’s shower products and simply use the containers they come in rather than bringing this monstrosity into your shower. Shampoo, conditioner and soap/shower gel add up to 3 items. What else do you need? Tell your teenage daughter she can get 100 different products when she moves out of the house.

By: Tal

Tal — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 03:32:13 +0000

Erin: Just a clarification. Lye soap is soap made with lye as one of the ingredients, but (if it’s made right) does not have any lye left when you use it. Lye + fat = Soap. The lye reacts with the fat and turns it into soap. (Google saponification if you’re a geek like me.)

With all that said, lye by itself is very dangerous. It’ll cause severe burns if it contacts your body. (Not to mention turning the fat in your -body- into soap. Which is kinda gross and more than kinda fatal.)

Tal

By: Erin

Erin — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 13:06:06 +0000

Stacy and others,

Lye is, by its definition, a caustic substance. It can been extremely harmful to humans if not properly used or stored. I do not suggest that our readers put lye anywhere near their showers to use as shampoo or body cleanser. Most importantly, lye should not be used as a teeth cleaner.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_hydroxide

Erin at Unclutterer

By: stacy

stacy — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 12:54:17 +0000

I’ll admit I have not replaced all of my cleaning supplies, but I have cut down to using a solid old-fashioned lye soap made by a local soapmaker, dr bronners liquid castille soap, baking soda, and lemon juice. These products work as well if not better than most commercial products, and do not contain harmful chemicals or fragrances to which I am particularly sensitive. We do still use toothpaste, I have kids who would never agree to using baking soda for that purpose.

By: missdona

missdona — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:35:06 +0000

@ Chris– I know of this “miracle” soap

http://www.drbronner.com/drb_faq_6.html

I don’t know about the replacing toothpaste thing, though

By: JB

JB — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:51:16 +0000

Another option is to consider some of the solid shampoos, conditioners, and soaps from http://www.lush.com. (They also have storefronts in large cities all over the world.) I’ve been able to replace all my bottled products with solids, mostly because they last longer and travel better.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:54:27 +0000

@Stacy

Would you mind telling all of us what the name of this “miracle” soap is and why you believe its better than specialized products.

By: stacy

stacy — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:36:01 +0000

this product does not help you rid the clutter from your bathroom, it only stores it away in one place (or two, if the above commenter is correct and you still have half-full bottles of product after filling the dispenser). In order to declutter, one must simplify. How many different kinds of soap and shampoo does one person, one family need? Another question to ask yourself is what ingredients are in those products you put on your body? Your skin is your body’s largest organ, perhaps the most important one of them all. (I equate chemical toxins with body clutter.) What if I were to tell you that you could very effectively clean everything in your house, including yourself, with the one simple kind of soap? How much clutter would that eliminate from your bathroom?

By: Jeannette

Jeannette — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:22:13 +0000

I had one of these for a while. It mildewed, molded, and made my soaps and shampoos smell like plastic. Everyone hated it, and when we ripped it off the wall, it damaged the shower wall too.