Recently, I have been traveling and staying with friends
who are gracious enough to provide me with towels and wash cloths for
bathing. I had brought my own towel and
loofa for when I was staying in hostels, but have opted to take advantage of the
kindness of my friends and use that things they offered. This posed a problem. People have moved from bar soap and wash
cloths (the bathing system I used while growing up) to body wash and
loofas. The problem occurs when you try
and merge the systems. How do you get a
good lather using a wash cloth with body wash?
This has plagued
me on previous journeys, yet they have always been brief enough that repeated
applications of the body wash to the wash cloth has sufficed for overall
washing coverage. It was only today that
I mastered the art of proper wash cloth/body wash lather!
For this, I have been awarded a Life Skill Level Up! When using bar soap, you usually envelope the
soap in the wash cloth until you work up sufficient lather, then release the
soap to whence it came. Body wash is
trickier. To reach full lather
potential, I applied an ample amount of body wash to the cloth (approximately
the size of a Canadian Loonie – the size of a quarter just won’t cut it) and
then went about the same process of rubbing the wash cloth until it was
frothing with lather. This was enough to
remain sudsy for the entirety of the shower (well, at least the part where I
was washing myself).
I now feel like I am the Master of the Bath!
(PS – Random Observation: Mint Body Wash is really
popular in the UK!)
