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I really liked Lux dishwashing liquid and was bummed when it was discontinued.

I can report that Praise soap is excellent. It seems much milder than other deodorant soaps of the day such as Dial or Safeguard. It’s kind of the granddaddy of Lever 2000, the excellent soap that came out in the 1980s and is still around, although the current Mexican-made bars are lousy.
 
Am actually working through a large stash of vintage Zest

Mother's brand and was always in our bathrooms at home, so had to go for it on fleaPay.

Like the scent and fact Zest like Dove is a syndet: https://www.stephensonpersonalcare.com/blog/2014-12-09-soap-vs-syndet

So just like Dove, Zest can't dry one's skin like soap. *LOL*

Which is rather good since with this continued damp and hot water am in and out of shower several times a day it seems.

 
Great minds!

I've also been using a stash of Zest recently. In my case, the scent reminds me of an aunt I used to visit. Adolescent me was instructed by a dermatologist to use only Ivory, Dial, or Safeguard, so that's all we had at home.

The Zest they sell today is okay, but nothing special.

Man, they had leisurely commercials back then, lol.
 
@liamy1:

Ah! Thanks! I hadn't seen Lux since the early 2000's, when they came out with the versions of orange, and blue, in the clear plastic wrap (nothing like the proper Lux).

It's no longer a Unilever product. It's owned by Cert Brands Ltd.
 
@Rolls

Good news for you, the Lux at Morrison’s IS Unilever (I have just taken the attached pics now)

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And...

I’ve just now read the back of the soap pack (and I’m seriously confused) can indeed see CERT brands on it, so why on Earth is the Unilever logo on it? Is CERT a division of them?
 
Quick

Look on the web, they’re not a division of UL. But they are a sales, marketing and distribution company. They list all the PEARS toiletry products on their UK site.

So looks like (to me anyway) that UL still have ownership of these selected brands, but outsourced the “running” of them (I don’t know if that extends to manufacturing them)

https://www.certbrands.co.uk
 
Stan, a real Syndet is based on man made surfactants only and usually labeled as soap free and neutral in pH.
A Hybrid contains both soap and man made surfactants as well to prevent the formation of soap film or soap scum.
I`m not entirely sure how it can be done but I think some Hybrids even are altered to a neutral pH or at least one that is lower than that of real soap. Others are just soap with a chemical surfactant added to improve rinseability but still high in pH like ordinary soap.[this post was last edited: 8/29/2018-03:48]
 
Being as that may

After an extensive internet search cannot find any mention of what exactly is a "hybrid" soap.

OTOH there are scores of pages on syndet (short for "synthetic detergent") bar, and DOVE along with others fall under that category. This despite their soap content.

At least in the United States the word "soap" is regulated by government when it comes to consumer goods. Dove, Zest and other syndet products are *NOT* labeled soaps because far as US government is concerned they aren't. Thus they call themselves beauty, face, cream, body, and other "bars", but not soap.

https://www.fda.gov/cosmetics/productsingredients/products/ucm115449.htm

Early Lever Bros. patents disclose reasons for including soap in their detergent bars. It had to do with giving product certain qualities and production.

https://patents.google.com/patent/US2894912A/en

https://patents.google.com/patent/US3376229A/en
 
After an extensive internet search cannot find any mention..

Gosh, somebody really has to have the last word on everything.

Try the terms "combar" or "combination bar" if "hybrid" doesn`t work out satisfactorily enough for you.
It may be that syndets and soaps are clearly defined by trade laws in the USA and elsewhere around the globe. Apparently this does not prevent insiders of the toiletries` industry to use even more specific technical terms.
But let`s not be too fussy now, sometimes for example the term soap powder in the right context is just as good as the term detergent, don`t you agree ?

https://www.verywellhealth.com/types-of-bar-soaps-1069542

https://books.google.de/books?id=KJ...#v=onepage&q=soap vs syndet vs hybrid&f=false
 
@liamy1:

"Unilever outsourcing"...

Yes, that makes sense - think back to the conversation on here last year(?) about Fairy Oxy-Booster and Stardrops. And Persil Dishwasher detergent made by McBride. I think there was also something about P&G licensing a detergent in Europe to local firms.
 
Yes....

I remeber, I did put my two pennies worth the in on the thread IIRC :)

You’re right, it does make sense, they keep the brand (and of course some revenue it generates) but don’t have to worry about running the product.

If fact, just today come across (and was very surprised by seeing) Ariel professional washing powder and instead of where it would show P&G professional on the box, it instead had “Blue Sun” professional. - linked the webpage below.

It made me even question was the product genuine?

I have seen the “introducing A+“ on some Ariel pods too. No idea what it is though.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ariel-Acti...=1535667127&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=Ariel&psc=1
 
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