Jill, I keep a decorative tray of paper handtowels in the guest bath. I have a cloth towel there also, but that's just for dh and I. I think they sell paper hand towels now at Walmart, but online you can buy the most beautiful colors and patterns to match any bath. And as soon as company leaves, almost before they're out the door, I put the cloth towel in the dirty clothes so neither of us uses it. I'm with you, it grosses me out. My DIL does the same now. Cam, I bet it's the perfume in the liquid soap. Most of them are scented so I wonder if you tried scent free it would be okay? I say this because one day my ds (in high school at the time) showe me his hand and they were peeling really bad. Then I saw him sprinkle his cologne in his hands and not washing them afterwards, and we figured out it was the cologne. It was kind of a funny moment. Last year I tried to save money by buying a name brand liquid soap from the grocery store, after using B&BW for so long, and they don't even compare. So I went back to B&BW. With just the two of us, they last quite a while. Except my SIL always begs for a bottle when she comes over. lol

Thanks everyone... after posting here, I went to Wal-mart (right across the street and open 24 hrs, thank goodness) and got some Benadryl. I also checked their price on scallops (just for "fun") and realized that Publix raped me on that price... Wal-mart 3 difference sized scallops and none of the bags were over 10 dollars! Of course these were probably from China... the Publix ones were from Canada. Of course I won't ever worry about that again... I can't eat those things anymore! It's no fun to itch all over at the same time, but at least the reaction wasn't more severe. Rob333, don't feel bad. Who knew this was going to happen? The only other thing I'm allergic to is salmon, which is OK since I don't love it. Guess it's crab cakes and shrimp for me from now on! Thanks for your concern everyone. I'm OK this morning (or afternoon), and finally got to sleep. Last night when it happened, I took a hot bath with oatmeal because I didn't know what was going on. I was so confused and I thought that would help the itching. I thought I got something on my skin or something! I promise I will not start a thread asking for scallop recipes! I still have half the bag left that I've got to throw away or give to someone... I even vacuum sealed the extra so they wouldn't get freezer burn!

That depends on how you want to make it. If you want to make it from scratch, it is kind of like making Cold Process soap bars. So if you find that too complex (as I do) it may not be for you. But converting an existing bard of natural soap into liquid is much easier. There are loads of recipes on the net. I must admit I haven't tried this yet, but the recipes look simple enough that I probably will.

Ok its been a few days so I can give more opinions on Dove baby. By the way I also bought the lotion. I love the soap, it doesn't leave a feeling on my skin like some moisturizing soaps do including Dove White, but does leave it very smooth, soft, and supple...the scent left on the skin is extremely light. Pat you might like this soap. The lotion I do not like not at all except for the very light almost no fragrance. It leaves a very sticky feel, even into the next day its sticky. However I have an area below my elbow about the area of an egg that's very dry, red, itchy, and sore..I'm a leaner so I tend to put my elbow area on my knees and lean forward a lot anyway I've been using this lotion several times a day for 3 days now on that area...I can still see a pinkish area, but its now smooth and the itch is gone as is the iirritating pain so I'd say it did a great job on a problem area. I will not use this as an all over lotion but will use it for problem areas...I'd suggest you try it Pat. Chip my 8yo has some eczema around both ankles, I've used the soap and lotion on him since Thursday applying the lotion to the eczema areas 3 times a day..the eczema is not cleared up, but well on its way. Just for this alone its a keeper. I haven't ask Amiee today for her thoughts yet. Tim my 9yo wouldn't use lotion for love or money lol, I should probably insist as its part of healthy skin care. so in a nutshell the soap is lovely and the lotion great only for problem areas.