Zero Waste: under the shower
Bathing, poodle, showering, delicious! And especially with a wonderfully fragrant shower or bath foam. We have quite a few of them, after all we are girls 😊. Zero Waste under the shower? Well no, and so let’s see if we can change that.

Clean up first
It just so happens that on 1 September I ask my eldest daughter to remove all unnecessary shower foam, shampoo etc. from our shower. While cleaning up, I can already hear her calling that we really have quite a lot. Happy she is noticing that in this case too😊. We should be ashamed … The shower is almost boring. I bought 2 nice soap dishes (made of wood!). They are necessary if you want to switch to soap, the soap will last longer. We are adding another plant et voilà ! Our shower is now completely zen.
Soap bars
Alternatively, I have several bars of soap. 2 bars that I had already taken from a holiday in France and 1 soap bought at bag-again. I have the feeling that soap is on a come-back, or is that because I am working on Zero Waste now? Lush I know for a while now but you see more and more beautiful (handmade) soaps being offered. I think you can find some nice webshops in your country where you can order nice bars of natural soap. There is also a lot to be found on Etsy. Choosing is not getting any easier.
We also have a bar of soap to wash our hair with and a bar of soap to shave with, but more about that later!

Getting used to it
The girls are not used to anything else than just a blob of shower gel or foam from a tube or bottle, so washing with a bar of soap is a bit different. Fortunately I still have a pile of washcloths (washandje in Dutch), they too had fallen into disuse. Did you know that a “Washandje” is something typically Dutch? It’s similiar to a washcloth but I think a bit more practical cause you can put your hand in it.😊
I get used to it fairly quickly, with the girls it takes a bit longer mainly because your skin feels a bit stiffer after washing with a block of soap. Maybe we haven’t found the ideal soap yet. Very curious what we will do with this after this month and what we choose. I suspect that the girls do not want to switch completely to blocks of soap. In addition, we still have some inventory to make …
Click here for my blog about plastic I posted yesterdag…