What kind of foam do you like?

[mbarker]

Now that was odd. One of the lunchtime variety shows had a short piece about research going on here in Japan to provide improved body soap -- you know, that stuff you use to wash your body with in the shower or bath?

Anyway, they showed us a researcher putting a dab of new, improved soap in the palm of his hand, then adding a little water, and rubbing. Moment later, he had two hands full of suds. And, for the highlight, they showed us that the suds are so solid, you can put a one yen coin (aluminum, and very light) on them, and it just sits on top without sinking in at all.

They also did a side-by-side comparison with current generation soap -- about three times as much suds from the same amount of soap and water.

The reporters got into the act, taking a dab of soap, adding water, and rubbing their hands together to produce mounds of soap. And commented that it felt good.

But, I have to wonder, do I really want lots of suds, stiff enough to hold up coins? I'm not quite sure that I ever thought of that as a desirable quality in my shower...

Comments

[dialyn.livejournal.com]

When I was little I liked to pile foam on my head to make a bubble wig (do only little girls do that?) so it might be great for that. Or for those times when you want to be decorously covered with foam as a concealment (okay, I can't think of any occassions I'd use foam for that but there might be one). Otherwise, it doesn't seem that useful, but I could be wrong. I can't wait until it comes here and comes under the scrutiny of the enviromentalists.