People have different skins, so the reactions to a single bar of soap may be different.
Some people are prone to dry skin, while others have more oily skin.
Some people live in a dry climate while others live in a humid climate.
For these reasons, selecting the right type of soap can be so important.
Today, this article is going to look at two different types of soap brands: Dial and Irish Spring Soap.
Specifically, we will explore the similarities and differences between their soaps offered in bar form.
This will not only help you decide which soap brand is best for you but also which type of soap you should get.
Dial vs Irish Spring Bar Soap
Style
Both of these soap companies offer different types of soaps for the modern consumer. But the way that they market these soaps is very different.
For Dial, they tend to market their soaps to families.
And many of their soaps are intended to be antibacterial in nature. To help you fight germs and become more hygienic.
The packaging itself is colored in lighter tones and has images that connotate a more relaxed state.
These terms tend to connotate a soothing. And a greater emphasis is placed on bacterial elimination is seen in their approach to skincare.
You use the cleaning soaps and get the soothing sensation, as though you’re washing away the stress and relaxing after a long day.
Irish Spring Soaps, on the other hand, seems to be going for a more gender-neutral tone.
They have names like ‘Moisture Blast Bar Soap’ and ‘Sports Strength Bar Soap’.
This is punctuated by their green packaging and water graphics.
Thus, making the customer believe that these soaps are, at the very least, more gender neutral. And that they can be used by anyone.
Price
These soaps come in a wide variety of types, and package sizes.
For the sake of this article, we will be looking at one specific price for one type of soap and package size for a proper comparison.
A 12-pack of Dial Antibacterial Bar Soap, where each bar weighs about 4 oz, is priced anywhere from $4 to $8, with prices and availability varying online.
A 12-pack of Irish Spring Original Clean Bar Soap, about 3.75 oz per bar, is the better value at $6.99 at Target.
Currently, it is not available through Amazon.
Other products sold by both companies tend to vary in price, so you may want to adjust your budget and check for yourself, considering what your needs are.
Varieties Available
Another way that the two products are different is in the variety of soaps that are on offer.
Irish Spring has just 7 sents on offer, including one for sensitive skin (Aloe Mist Deodorant Bar Soap) and for those who are competitive in sports (Sports Strength Antibacterial Bar Soap).
However, Dial has a myriad of soaps on offer, with over 11 different options, ranging from different sents to care for different types of skin.
This means that the end user can have as many or as few options as they like.
Ingredients
Going by each of the company’s basic bar soaps, they each have similar ingredients.
Dial soaps have the following:
Active Ingredient
Benzalkonium Chloride 0.10% . . . . . . . . . AntibacterialInactive Ingredients: Soap [Sodium Tallowate*, Sodium Palmate*, Sodium Cocoate*, Sodium Palm Kernelate*], Aqua (Water, Eau), Coconut Acid*, Palm Acid*, Palm Kernel Acid*, Tallow Acid*, Glycerin, PEG-6 Methyl Ether, Parfum (Fragrance), Sodium Chloride, Tetrasodium Etidronate, Pentasodium Pentetate, CI 77891 (Titanium Dioxide), Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Linalool, Hexyl Cinnamal, Amyl Cinnamal, Limonene, Benzyl Salicylate, Citronellol, Benzyl Alcohol, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone
*Contains one or more of these ingredients
And Irish Spring has the following:
Sodium Laurate/Linoleate/Oleate/Palmitate, Water/Eau, Glycerin, Fragrance/Parfum, Sodium Chloride, Charcoal Powder, Tetrasodium EDTA, Etidronic Acid, Green 8, Green 3.
As you can see, the ingredients between the two soaps are quite different.
That of Dial is geared more toward killing bacteria while Irish Spring is more for its cleaning properties and special scent.
Final Words
In the end, each company has soap that is different in areas such as marketing, the number of products on offer, and the value of the packaging.
Yet, there are differences, such as the ingredients used, and where they are sold.
What really matters is your skin, and how you feel based on where you live and what you need. We hope you now have a better idea what each brand offers and what you can do