Some time last month when we were at the Little Penang Street Market, we met another Malaysian Etsian. She makes totes and yoga mats in her shop here. When I was browsing her blog I noticed that she makes soap too! How cool is that! I’ve been looking for handmade soaps in Penang for like, very long. Now I did get to know more and more people who are actually doing it locally, but WHY CAN’T I FINISH THOSE COMMERCIAL SOAP BARS that Wah had bought since months ago?!
Anyhow. She was very kind and gave me a sample bar for free! *wink wink* A mung bean soap bar, with all natural ingredients like mung bean, coconut oil, palm oil, and olive oil. Sounds good – and yummy. That’s the best part about handmade soap for me – they always sound so yummy!
It stated on the package that I should only use it after 18 Jan 2010 – which I believe is for the complete curing purpose. So on 19 Jan, I opened it up and almost fell in love immediately with the lather! And you think the shape of the soap bar looks familiar? Well I can tell you, it fits just nicely in your palm and you could just rub and rub and rub – although with the rich lather, you really don’t have to. LOL!
So why is this a green step? Green because all natural ingredients were used in the making of the soap (probably except lye which is a must?). Green because it’s less harmful to the nature. Green because, well, lesser chemicals and additives mean better for the skin. :)
You can find her selling her soaps on Etsy here, or on her blog here.
the shape reminds me of those jelly molds my mother use to make jelly with. Heheheheeh.
I should pick some up when I go home in June I reckon.
Celeste: Exactly! LOL! Yeah you should. Handmade soaps are so nice to use!
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