"The best hack ever." Redditor shares clever method for keeping soap bars dry with only two household items: 'I did this two years ago, and it's still going strong' first appeared on The Cool Down.

For years I avoided bar soaps because I only associated them with my skin feeling tight and dry, something I wanted to avoid at any cost. Instead, I relied on liquid body washes or shower oils ...

It didn’t dry soap nearly as quickly as I expected, but in practice fast-drying wasn’t really what I wanted. Bar soap from the Matador bag was always dry by my next shower.

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