This was an impulse buy. Often we get bored in our office and the best way to kill the time is to do online shopping! ... ah... just kidding. But yes, me and couple of my office colleges do some online shopping together. It is a terrible habit and lets not talk about this. In one of our small online shopping trip we ordered a but-load of soap... from this website: http://cosmospa.com.pl. In my shopping basket there was also well renown Savon Noir. |
Savon Noir is well renown black soap that has been made since forever in the south and south-east coast of the Mediterranean Sea. I am quite sure about two places were this is produced and that is: Syria (Aleppo) and Morocco.
You maybe heard of Hammam? The 'Turkish baths'? Here is a hint from Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres:
You maybe heard of Hammam? The 'Turkish baths'? Here is a hint from Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres:
That looks cool or what! :)
Any case, this soap was heavily used in these kind of places (before people actually got to have bathrooms at home. Actually Europeans were considered terribly stinky people in comparison to people from Middle and Far East).
Women would sit in steamy peaces, and rub this soap all around heir bodies, then use a special glove/sponge called kessa, to exfoliate all impurities from their skin. What a great way to detox your skin.
OK, so now let`s take a look at my product.
The ingredients:
- It is mainly the black olive, laurel oil, and the rassoul clay (red clay). My soap was a quite cheap product, and it does not contain the rassoul, but - next time I`ll buy something richer in ingredients. The big plus is that this is made 100% from organic stuff.
The packaging:
- it comes in a plastic super average jar. No sophisticated label design or anything like that. I am sure that there is plenty of pretty well designed Savon Noir products available, but this one is just fine. I keep it under the shower, cause I use it daily for my face routine (morning and evening), so it is quite nice. Just wish that the able was not paper (it peels of and looks shabby).
The consistency:
- well... it is somewhat gooey... it is something between gel and soap that lied down too long in water. But when you just overcome this, the texture is really OK. I don`t think that this can get any better...
The smell:
- that is the biggest question mark for me. I ordered a version that has lavender oil as an addition to the ingredients, and had high hopes... well, this product is organic, so there is no added perfume (and good). It smells 'healthy' I guess :) (like herbal stuff from pharmacy).
The application:
- you just pick up a little, smudge it all over your body, and wait for few minutes, then rub your skin with kessa glove. It goes quite well, and you don`t need a lot of product to cover everything. And this stuff does not produce the foam!
The after-effects:
- the immediate effect is that your skin is clean, and you literally feel this!
The efficiency:
- this is good efficiency in my opinion - you really don`t need much.
How does it work in long terms?
- When regularly used - the skin is soft and firm, the imperfections go away, and if used on face - like in my case- helps to control sebum and lighten the acne scars (due to a very light and natural exfoliation. Oh, and of course I don`t use kessa glove on my face!)
I will repurchase this soap, however probably not this brand - I`ll go for something with richer composition as I mentioned.
You can read more about this stuff for example here: amaanaliving.wordpress.com
Definitely recommend!
Let me know if you used it, and what are your favorite brands, so I can check it out!
XXX
Maria
Any case, this soap was heavily used in these kind of places (before people actually got to have bathrooms at home. Actually Europeans were considered terribly stinky people in comparison to people from Middle and Far East).
Women would sit in steamy peaces, and rub this soap all around heir bodies, then use a special glove/sponge called kessa, to exfoliate all impurities from their skin. What a great way to detox your skin.
OK, so now let`s take a look at my product.
The ingredients:
- It is mainly the black olive, laurel oil, and the rassoul clay (red clay). My soap was a quite cheap product, and it does not contain the rassoul, but - next time I`ll buy something richer in ingredients. The big plus is that this is made 100% from organic stuff.
The packaging:
- it comes in a plastic super average jar. No sophisticated label design or anything like that. I am sure that there is plenty of pretty well designed Savon Noir products available, but this one is just fine. I keep it under the shower, cause I use it daily for my face routine (morning and evening), so it is quite nice. Just wish that the able was not paper (it peels of and looks shabby).
The consistency:
- well... it is somewhat gooey... it is something between gel and soap that lied down too long in water. But when you just overcome this, the texture is really OK. I don`t think that this can get any better...
The smell:
- that is the biggest question mark for me. I ordered a version that has lavender oil as an addition to the ingredients, and had high hopes... well, this product is organic, so there is no added perfume (and good). It smells 'healthy' I guess :) (like herbal stuff from pharmacy).
The application:
- you just pick up a little, smudge it all over your body, and wait for few minutes, then rub your skin with kessa glove. It goes quite well, and you don`t need a lot of product to cover everything. And this stuff does not produce the foam!
The after-effects:
- the immediate effect is that your skin is clean, and you literally feel this!
The efficiency:
- this is good efficiency in my opinion - you really don`t need much.
How does it work in long terms?
- When regularly used - the skin is soft and firm, the imperfections go away, and if used on face - like in my case- helps to control sebum and lighten the acne scars (due to a very light and natural exfoliation. Oh, and of course I don`t use kessa glove on my face!)
I will repurchase this soap, however probably not this brand - I`ll go for something with richer composition as I mentioned.
You can read more about this stuff for example here: amaanaliving.wordpress.com
Definitely recommend!
Let me know if you used it, and what are your favorite brands, so I can check it out!
XXX
Maria