Here is a bar of my homemade soap (sitting on a slice of luffa gourd so it can drain.) This is what I almost always use to wash my hands and face at the bathroom sink. Now here is an extremely tiny tip. This time of year where we live it gets very warm and humid and the soap absorbs water and can become so soft it will fall apart. When it gets a little soft, all you have to do is just take the bar up in your dry hands and rub it on your skin a little. THEN add water and lather up. It saves the soap!