The relief supplies include household cleaning kits, mops and family emergency kits, which contain tote bags stocked with soap, shampoo, toothbrushes and other personal care items.

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Alternatively you can pack solid shampoo and soap bars (Lush has a good range, www.lush.co.uk), and remember to remove any extraneous packaging.

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Most pools are very affordable, towel and swimsuit rentals are available, and the larger pools will have locker rooms with free locks as well as shampoo and soap in the showers.

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By late March, shoppers in some Chinese cities were clearing supermarket shelves of soap, laundry detergents and shampoo based on the media reports.

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They also will receive a bar of soap, a squeeze bottle of shampoo, a toothbrush and toothpaste, and flip-flop sandals for showers.

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Not only bar soap has been banned but also body wash, shampoo, hair conditioner and even shaving cream.

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He said each is given a canteen with water, shampoo, toothpaste, a toothbrush, soap and two buckets, one for hygiene and one for washing.

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