Lava Hand Soap- new bars have moisturizer

By Joan Young on
  • 4.9
Reviewing: Lava Heavy Duty Hand Soap 5.75 Oz
Purchased at: Meijer     Price: $1.49 USD

Lava bar soap has been a standard for heavy-duty hand cleaning for decades.Now moisturizer is added to make it less drying.

Ive always kept a bar of Lava hand soap by the kitchen sink, as did my parents before me.It is known as a hand soap with pumice, for heavy-duty hand washing, and has been manufactured since 1893!Unless your hands were exceptionally greasy (in which case you probably need some specialized grease cleaner), Lava would do the trick and clean them up well.However, the trade off was that it was very abrasive and drying to the skin.

Now the company has added moisturizers to the bar, and I think it actually makes a difference.The soap seemed to clean the gunk off my dirty hands as well as ever, but it did not leave my skin quite so dry as previously.And the bar smells noticeably better too.I never cared much about that... I mean if you wanted to clean really dirty hands the scent wasnt the main issue.But if it is on your list of concerns this is an improvement.

I recommend a bar of Lava in every kitchen and laundry/mud room!It really works, and now its even better.

I notice that Lava soap is now owned by the WD-40 company. The site says that it is a member of the WD-40 company brand family.

WD-40.com

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Candida Eittreim

I love Lava soap!!! My in-laws always kept bars of it around every sink at the farm. Boy does it clean too! I'm happy to read they've added moisturizer, cos Lava can totally wonk up your hands.

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Aiman Amir

What a UNIQUE name for a soap,lol .dIDNOT TRY IT YET !!Thanks for the info!!

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Ally

I've used this for tough laundry stains too.

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