Any 3 soaps for £22
Mix and match both bars, any way you like. The saving comes off automatically in your basket. That is £7.33 a bar instead of £8.49, and three bars is about three months of training.
Handmade soap bars for people who train hard and shower after: BJJ and jiu jitsu, MMA, wrestling, rugby and the gym. Two bars, both cold-process, both made in Britain by the same small soap maker, with no synthetic fragrance and no colourants. They lift sweat, mat grime and the smell of a session without leaving your skin tight.
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Athlete Soap Bar - Natural Everyday Cleansing Sports BJJ Soap
Regular price £8.49 GBPRegular price -
Heavy Session Bar: Neem & Tea Tree BJJ Scrub Soap
Regular price £8.49 GBPRegular price
Which soap bar is right for you?
Most people who train more than twice a week end up with both: the everyday bar in the shower at home and the heavy one in the kit bag.
| Athlete Soap Bar | Heavy Session Bar | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | After every session. The everyday bar. | Camp weeks, double sessions and the days you leave the mats looking dragged round them. |
| What is in it | Tea tree oil and Dead Sea mud | Neem, kaolin clay, peppermint, citronella and tea tree |
| How it feels | Rich, dense lather that rinses clean | A deeper clean with a light scrub from the clay and a cold peppermint finish |
| Scent | Light and herbal | Strong: earthy neem, sharp citronella, cold mint. It fades quickly after rinsing. |
| Made | Cold-process, handmade in Britain. No synthetic fragrance, no colourants. | |
| Price | £8.49 each, or any 3 soaps for £22 | |
Any 3 soaps for £22: how it works
- Pick any three bars. Three of one, or a mix of both. Add them to your basket in the usual way.
- The saving is automatic. Three bars come to £22, which is £7.33 a bar instead of £8.49.
- One parcel, about three months of soap. Let a bar dry between showers and it lasts three to five weeks of daily use after training.
- Good for sharing. One for the shower, one for the kit bag, one for the training partner who keeps borrowing yours.
Soap for your sport
BJJ and jiu jitsu soap
Grappling means an hour of skin on skin and skin on mat, in a gi that soaks up everyone's sweat. A good BJJ soap lifts all of that off quickly without stripping skin that is already taking friction. Start with the Athlete Soap Bar. Our guides go deeper: the best soap for BJJ, the jiu jitsu soap buyer's guide and what to look for in a grappling soap.
MMA, boxing and Muay Thai soap
Gloves, wraps, shin pads and clinch work leave a particular kind of grime, and glove smell follows you home on your hands. The Heavy Session Bar is the one for it. See our MMA soap guide, the best soap for boxers and soap for Muay Thai and kickboxing.
Wrestling soap
Singlets leave more skin on the mat than any gi, and a season means practice most days. Wrestlers need a bar they can use daily without drying out. Read choosing a wrestling soap for the mats, and for judo players, the best soap for judo.
Rugby soap
Mud, grass, 3G rubber crumb and whatever was at the bottom of the ruck. Rugby needs a bar with some scrub to it, which is what the kaolin clay in the Heavy Session Bar is for. More in the best soap for rugby players and soap for footballers.
Gym and weightlifting soap
Chalk, shared bars and benches, and a quick shower before work. You want a gym soap that lathers fast, rinses clean and does not leave you smelling of perfume at your desk. See the best soap for the gym and weightlifting, soap for CrossFit and the best soap for sweaty athletes.
Any sport, sensitive skin
Showering after every session is hard on skin. Both bars are made without synthetic fragrance or colourants, and the natural oil base is there so your skin does not feel tight afterwards. Read sports soap for sensitive skin and why harsh, stripping soaps are bad news for athlete skin.
What goes into the bars
- Tea tree oil. The ingredient grapplers ask for by name, and the reason the everyday bar smells clean rather than perfumed. More in tea tree soap for grapplers.
- Dead Sea mud. A mineral-rich mud that gives the Athlete Soap Bar its dense lather and deep-clean feel.
- Neem. Combat sports have sworn by neem soap for years. Ours is saponified into the bar itself rather than dripped on top.
- Kaolin clay. A fine natural clay that gives the Heavy Session Bar grip in a wet hand and a gentle scrub.
- Peppermint and citronella. The cold, sharp finish after a hot session.
- The base. Plant oils, cold-processed and cured properly. No synthetic fragrance, no colourants.
For the full picture, see the sports soap ingredients that actually matter and the ultimate guide to sports soap.
Why we don't call our soap antibacterial
Soap does not need to be. Ordinary soap works by lifting sweat, oil and dirt off your skin so the water rinses them away. In 2016 the US Food and Drug Administration took triclosan and 18 other antibacterial ingredients out of consumer soaps, because manufacturers could not show they were safe for daily long-term use or worked any better than plain soap and water. Its advice to consumers is simple: skip the antibacterial soap and use plain soap and water.
What no soap is allowed to promise. A cosmetic soap cannot claim to treat or prevent a skin infection. If a bar tells you it treats ringworm, staph or any other condition, that is a medicine claim, and a soap making it without a medicines licence is breaking the rules. If you think you have an infection, see a pharmacist or GP, not a soap. There is more in natural vs antibacterial soap for combat sports.
Soap is half the job
Soap covers the shower. The gap between the final bell and that shower is covered by Full Guard, our rinse-free hypochlorous acid skin spray. The two together are the routine most of our customers settle on, which is set out step by step in the post-training shower routine.
The Soap + Spray set
One Athlete Soap Bar and one Full Guard spray, bundled at a saving. Our best-selling line by units, and the simplest way to start.
See the Soap + Spray set · £21.99Soap FAQs
What is the best soap for BJJ and jiu jitsu?
One that cleans properly and that you can use every day without your skin drying out, because the habit matters more than the label. Ours uses tea tree and Dead Sea mud. We compare the options honestly in the best soap for BJJ.
Is this an antibacterial or antifungal soap?
No, and we do not want it to be. These are cosmetic soaps: they cleanse your skin and leave it feeling fresh. Ordinary soap works by lifting sweat, oil and dirt off the skin so the water can rinse them away, and you do not need an antibacterial label for that. No cosmetic soap is allowed to claim it treats or prevents a skin infection, so be wary of any bar that says it treats ringworm or staph. The full reasoning is further up this page. If you think you have a skin infection, see a pharmacist or GP.
Which bar should I choose?
The Athlete Soap Bar for everyday use after training. The Heavy Session Bar when you want a deeper clean, a scrub and a colder finish. If you train most days, take both, which is what the 3 for £22 offer is for.
How does the 3 for £22 offer work?
Add any three soap bars to your basket, in any mix. The saving comes off automatically, so three bars cost £22.
How long does a bar last?
Three to five weeks of daily use after training, if you let it dry between showers on a rack or a draining soap dish. Left sitting in a puddle, less.
Is bar soap better than body wash for athletes?
A bar is more concentrated, cannot leak in your kit bag and comes without a plastic bottle. Body wash is fine if you prefer it. The honest comparison is in bar soap vs body wash for athletes.
Where are the soaps made?
In Britain, by hand, by the same small soap maker since the start.
More reading in the sports soap guides.
Cosmetic soaps for cleansing the skin. They are not medicines and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any condition. If you have a skin problem that is worrying you, see a pharmacist or GP.
