Thread: Williams Shave Soap Care

It doesn't matter whether it's Williams or MDC it's all the same. If you use the one soap each day it can be left out open. However, if you rotate it's best to cover it so no nasties get in and it helps prevent drying and loss of scent.

Wet soap that isn't going to be used the next day, and stored in a dark place - can breed bacteria. Yes - bacteria can live and breed on/in soap.
Whether or not this will happen or be a problem is another story; one that disallows anyone to take a sure-footed stance on either side of the fence.
I would imagine that creams and soft soaps would be more suceptible to any possible problem due to their moisture content but I don't know that for a fact.
My basic feeliing is that wet soap that's rinsed off, then dried - then stored - should be fine indefinitely.
I usually shave with Williams - and that bowl is out all the time.. uncovered. The rest of my soaps are in a cabinet, covered. After using one of them, I rinse it off and dry it out for a day or so. Then it goes back into the cabinet. The exception is MDC - I snurdle a portion into a bowl when I use it, so it never gets soaked.