Reigning Confusion

One of the things involved with moving house is buying new household products since, I for one, will not schlep half-empty bottles of detergents and dishwashing liquids across the ocean.

I have a friend who raved, as one does, about the new Dawn foaming dishwashing liquid. I took this opportunity to try it myself.

After a couple of uses, I thought to myself that my pots still kinda feel greasy. I took a closer look at the bottle. Here it is (I must admit, the bottle does look rather snazzy compared to its peers):



Wait, a closer look:


"Antibacterial HANDSOAP" followed by "Citrus Kick Dishwashing Foam"

I got confused. Is this handsoap or is this dishwashing liquid?

I thought, surely, there's gotta be more info on the back of the bottle. What I found, however, confused me even more:


Now, I clearly remember picking up this bottle in the aisle with other dishwashing liquids in the supermarket. How could it be, that on the back of the bottle, all it mentions is the use and directions for washing hands? No mention of dishes, pots and pans?

So which is it, is this a handsoap or is it a dishwashing liquid? Is it interchangeable? If so, why does the bottle not mention anything about dishwashing on the back?

I thought it was just a fluke from the Dawn brand. Imagine my astonishment when I found the exact same on a bottle of Joy!?





I feel like I'm totally pulling a Jessica Simpson (is it chicken or is it tuna?) - but honestly, is it handsoap or is it dishwash?