Solid soap or shower gel: who really wins the eco-friendly battle?

Are you wondering which is the better choice for the planet: your good old liquid shower gel or that magical little bar of soap ? At Nolla, we love asking ourselves these kinds of questions 💚 Because deep down, every little bit counts, especially when it comes to your beauty routine 🌸

Let's dive in (no pun intended 😇) to decide between these two everyday challengers.

1. Packaging: Solid soap scores a point 📦

Conventional shower gel often comes with a lot of plastic: bottle, cap, sometimes even an extra cardboard sleeve. And even if recyclable versions exist, let's be honest, all that plastic rarely ends up in the right place… 😢

In contrast to shower gel, solid soap offers a zero-waste solution: at Nolla, our solid soaps are packaged in cardboard, which you can then dispose of directly in the appropriate recycling bin. 🌍

Nolla round solid soap placed on a brown and beige background

2. The composition: team natural simplicity 🍃

A good bar of soap is like a grandmother's recipe : simple, effective, and clean. At Nolla, our bar soaps are made with love using natural ingredients, without any of those weird, unpronounceable ingredients you wouldn't even know you'd find in a shower gel. 😅

Shower gel ? Lots of water, preservatives, sometimes sulfates… and a heavier environmental impact. We say yes to transparency and respect for your skin ✨

a man preparing a solid soap in his saucepan, stirring with his wooden spoon

3. Shelf life: solid soap 1 – shower gel 0 🧼

A bar of soap can last two to three times longer than a bottle of regular shower gel. And because it's concentrated, you only use what you need , without wasting any.

So, solid soap or shower gel ? With the former, you're doing good for the planet and your wallet 💸

A used round bar of soap and next to it, an almost empty plastic shower gel bottle.

4. Practicality: solid soap has more than one trick up its sleeve 🎒

Compact, lightweight, leak-proof… Solid soap is the perfect companion for globetrotters and light travel enthusiasts 👜

You can take it everywhere, even on a plane, without the hassle of liquid shower gel ✈️

round solid soap in a pouch

Verdict? Solid soap wins this match 💪

Eco-friendly, economical, practical, and healthy: it's hard to beat solid soap . At Nolla, we don't just see it as an alternative, but as the real solution 🌿

a round solid soap on a podium, in first place, with a crown on its head

💬 And you, team solid or team liquid? 😉

Tell us on our social media, Instagram and Facebook , what you use every day! And if you want to try something different, take a look at our collection of Belgian solid soaps made with passion 💚

👉 Discover Nolla solid soaps

four hands lifting a round bar of solid soap upwards

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