on the depressions 20 affixing it to the anchoring core 10 in preferred embodiments the anchoring core 10 will be formed of resilient plastic to prevent flexing and disengaging from the bar soap 112 while maintaining rigidity it is preferable to use as little material as possible to keep manufacturing and delivery costs low and avoid unduly increasing soap size in developing the anchoring core 10 although a thickness of at least 0 25 inches was presumed optimal a thickness of between 0 1 and 0 2 inches including 0 15 inches yielded the unexpected result of effectively preventing the anchoring core from flexing even when the bar soap 112 is substantially worn away or missing from the top face 12 or bottom face 14 referring to fig4 and 5 a second embodiment bar soap anchoring core u201c anchoring core u201d 100 is shown this anchoring core 100 is also oval to correspond to an oval shaped bar soap 112 not shown and includes a top face 102 a bottom face 104 and a perimeter wall like the first embodiment the second embodiment anchoring core 100 also includes a curved area 108 between the top face 102 and the perimeter wall 106 and the bottom face 104 and the perimeter wall 106 to avoid scratching in order to the anchor bar.