♪ (dramatic music) ♪
- (React) Here it is. - Ahhh!
- (gasps)
- I told you I have [censored] luck.
- That's the most luck I've ever had in this past year. (laughs)
♪ (upbeat techno intro) ♪
♪ (playful music) ♪
- Is that soap? - (gasps) Money soap!
- Oh, I've seen this guy on TikTok a lot.
- I wonder how much the actual bar of soap is.
- Oh, $10. There we go. - There better be money inside.
- (gasps) What if he cut the money and just sliced it in half?
- What's the maximum amount you can get? 50?
- What? - Oh, there's no way.
- (React) So, that's a video that was just recently trending actually
on YouTube and currently has over 15 million views.
The guy in the video is doing the Money Soap Challenge,
which was HUGE on TikTok back in 2020,
but for whatever the reason, the trend is bubbling up again now.
♪ (rim shot) ♪ - (crowd groaning and jeering)
- [Censored]. (laughs) - I get it. I get it. Okay.
- I wonder what the ratio is of bills and how much people
get screwed over by that. - (teen) Chuck made me buy it.
I got it on Amazon. It was like 10 bucks.
- (laughs) - (teen) I can't help
that the price went up from what I paid,
but here it is. And you can see how much money I got.
- She sounds mad already. She probably got a quarter.
(laughs) - But does the soap smell good?
- I wonder if people actually use the soap.
You're so invested in the money part. You know, wash your hands!
- $1, $5, 10, 20... (coughs)
- (woman) You really fall
for everything. - (teen) Or 50. I don't care!
- FOR REAL! Like, does she not know?
- It's kind of fun. I like it. - I love how no one actually
uses the soap to rinse it off until it gets to the point
where the money is. - (woman) Open that soap!
Open that soap! - She left all this in video?
Does she not know how to edit? What the [censored]?
- (teen) I think a dollar. Who cares? - Aww, she's so happy.
- (girl screams) - I really hope it's more than $5.
- (girl) Five bucks! - Oh. I was gonna clap.
I thought she was gonna say 50. I was like, "Wooo!"
- (laughs) You spent 10, sweetie. - I mean, that's not 20,
but it's something. It's more than a dollar.
- (man) So, I don't know if you guys have seen it, but...
- Why did he start with the toilet? - (man) This money soap
has been trending on TikTok lately, so I decided to order a couple
of them and try my luck. After opening up the first one,
I realized that you actually don't have to wash your hands
with the soap to get to the money pouch in the middle.
- I feel like that's cheating. You have to continuously
wash your hands with it. - (man) So, after doing that,
I was able to separate and pull the money pouch out.
- (squeaks) - This man seems
a lot more instructional. I appreciate him.
He's giving you all the hot tips, how to make this more efficient.
- Wow. - I feel like he put
his own money in there. - (man) Just my luck,
a $1 bill. - What? Oh!
- (man) Not a huge winner for this one.
- He was narrating that [censored]! (laughs) I can't.
- I don't like that there's no background music.
I like TikToks to have background music.
It keeps me entertained. ♪ (upbeat band music) ♪
- (React) All right, one more. - Okay.
♪ (relaxing music) ♪
- Oh, this house has a fancy sink. - What is it with everyone
and their fancy ass sinks? - He's cheating again.
- I'm mad that no one's using the soap.
This money hungry society we live in!
- Fair enough. Maybe this person wins?
- Turn off the-- oh my god. That makes me so mad.
Maybe it's a California thing to be mad about that,
but he needs to turn off his faucet now.
- Is that a 50? Woo-hoo! - Fair enough.
So, it proves it can happen. Seems fun. Why not?
- I think it's really interesting when people open things.
I don't know why. I just feel it's just
kind of satisfying. - We need little things
to keep our little minds going. I don't know.
I feel like this is maybe the adult equivalent
to the little kid slime videos or the toy opening things.
- (React) The trend features this money soap that costs about $16.
And it has a random amount of money inside the bar.
It could be $1, 5, 10, 20, or 50 bucks.
And it apparently has a lovely pear raspberry scent.
- Strange. - (React) Why do you think
people buy this? - The same reason they buy
lottery tickets. It's the hope.
- I have [censored] luck, so knowing-- if I bought
one of those, it would probably be a dollar,
and I'd be like, "Cool." - I think it's just adrenaline.
You're just like, "Ooh." No, like, out of excitement kind of.
It's like there's a chance you could win.
And even if you don't, it's fun.
It's like a guessing game, you know? It's a surprise.
- Content-wise, you could post on TikTok,
'cause it seems like most of these people
only buy it for the TikTok, 'cause, I mean, there are so many
TikTok trends that I've even bought just to try 'em out.
But I never really posted them. But I feel like it's really
interesting and fun to do what everyone else is doing.
- (React) "TikTok made me buy it." - Yeah, exactly.
- Do you wanna know how to make this beautiful
poison apple from Disney's Snow White?
- Oh, a poison apple? - Ohh.
- End my [censored] right now. - So, you're gonna murder us?!
- (voice-over) On our brand new show, Kitchen Vs on People Vs Food,
we'll show you how to make all the foods we serve
on Try Not To Eat. Click the link
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for some devilish delights. (snaps)
- (React) All right, well, we wanted to see
why so many people are obsessed with these soap bars.
And we thought it would be fun to have you actually try
one of these out today
and see what the hype is all about! - Fantastic! Oh my god.
So exciting. - I'm a little nervous.
♪ (dramatic music) ♪
- (React) Here it is. - Ahhh!
- (gasps) - Thank you.
- All right. - This is a premium Danny Wang design
right here. - It's pretty nice. It's not...
I'm not mad at this. - It smells sour, like funky.
- It smells good. - I mean, it just smells
vaguely fruity. - (grunts) It feels gross!
- I feel like it's not soap texture. - Look at that bending!
Soap doesn't do that. - Yo, guys, I haven't--
(choked up) I'm not very... I never get drawn in raffles.
I never win the prizes. I always drop everything
in the little catchy-catch. So, I'm really...
I'm really...
excited.
- So, they open it and then they crack it.
- How did that man break it in half?
- This thing ain't crackin'. - Oh.
- How do you open this? - I don't know what the hell to do.
- Oh, there's some little tabs.
- Oh, maybe-- - I can't even get to the money!
- Oh. Ew.
- I'm afraid it's gonna swing across the room.
- Sick. - This is literally so weird.
- Yeah, that was bad. - It feels rich.
- Just gonna bring home a bar of wet soap. (laughs)
- Okay, here we go. - I'm excited,
but I'm kind of nervous. - I don't wanna cut the money.
- This is like a packet of those flavorings for your water.
- I'm gonna open it towards you, so...
- No way someone already got $50 out of this.
- Okay, I wanna look good when I open my money. Hold on.
- I think I got a dollar.
I told you I have [censored] luck!
- Is-- (laughs) - [Censored]!
- It's okay. A dollar is a dollar. (cash register chimes)
- Here's my dollar! (cash register chimes)
- This is a scam. (cash register chimes)
I want my money back! - I got it.
I think I have $5. (cash register chimes)
- No way. I got 10 bucks! (cash register chimes)
That's the most luck I've ever had in this past year. (laughs)
- (React) That's the most anybody's gotten!
- Really?!
- (React) All right. So, what'd you think?
Is it worth the hype? - Hell no.
- Definitely not worth it. - Why are you gonna spend $16
for $5? - This is like
when I play the claw game and I spend $20 to get a bear
when I could've went to the damn store
and bought it, you know? - It's like the excitement
of not knowing, 'cause what if there was
a $50 bill in there? You never know.
- I feel like if I got a 50, the answer would be different.
But for my dollar, I don't know.
If I paid 16 for this, and then this is what I got,
I would be so angry. - I mean, it is fun
when you didn't have to spend the money to buy it! (laughs)
- I feel like the money part is the part that's, like--
people are talking about the most, but the soap actually smells
really good too. - I guess it smells nice.
And you might get 10 bucks out of it. - I thought it was gonna be
like Willy Wonky and I was gonna be Charlie.
- Thanks for watching this rich episode.
- Subscribe to our channel! You won't make any money.
- Would you buy money soap? Let us know in the comments.
- Hey, guys. It's Sierra, React producer.
Thanks so much for watching this episode.
If you want to try the Money Soap Challenge yourself,
then we'll put a link down in the description,
so you can buy the soap. All right. That's it. Bye, guys!