This morning I used some vintage Colgate "Cup" soap that I'd picked up. This should probably be considered a completely different soap that the later "Mug" soap variety, which I've also used. Neither has a list of ingredients, but it was obvious that the Cup variety was much older, and emphasized the tallow much more heavily. I liked them both, but if you think of the difference between vintage and modern Williams, you'll get the idea. And yes, I like both vintage and modern Williams too. And why would this be a milestone? I've actually used every brand of soap that I own, now, including some that had been sitting there for a while. I won't say how many that is, exactly, but I find that I actually don't want to buy any more. There is enough variety to keep a big rotation going for years, plus plenty of extra pucks of the cheaper brands. Okay, I do have two unused "flavors" of KMF cream, that I'll get to after the Cool Mint is gone. I'm kind of moving away from creams anyway, though. I'll use up what I've got, but after that, don't know if I'll buy more.
Yeah, I know what you mean. I'll certainly buy more soaps again eventually, if I live long enough, just not interested for now. I may or may not ever buy creams again. They're convenient and good, but I just like soaps better. Still, it will be a while before I run out.
Actually, it's not quite as bad as I thought. My soap and cream list is pretty long, but when I look, a lot of them were sample sizes that have already been used up. Still, twenty different types of soap and four creams would seem pretty ridiculous to anyone who doesn't hang around forums like this one. It probably seems ridiculous to a lot of people who do hang around forums like this one.
The first time I went to Florida to visit my parents, (a long time ago!) I bought a Colgate mug soap. I had so much of trouble to make it lather well. I also found it had no skincare or protection.
To paraphrase Douglas Adams... "The History of every major Galactic Civilization tends to pass through three distinct and recognizable phases, those of Survival, Inquiry and Sophistication, otherwise known as the How, Why, and Where phases. For instance, the first phase is characterized by the question 'How can we make lather?' the second by the question 'Why do we make lather?' and the third by the question 'Where did all this soap come from?"
