Pumice, Exfoliating Glove & Savon Noir, A Traditional Exfoliating Set

Exfoliation is essential for really healthy skin. This kit includes traditional Moroccan savon noir exfoliating soap, a handsome Lebanese black pumice and a coarse Moroccan exfoliation glove.

£15.00

An exfoliating glove, handsome volcanic pumice and two sachets of traditional soap for the ultimate exfoliation!

Why exfoliate the skin?

The first principle of skin care is to remove any dead skin. Dead skin looks dull, can appear flaky, dry, inflexible and may become prone to itchiness and infection. It is impossible to moisturize dead skin and excessive dead skin can impair the function of the underlying living skin. The body also send toxins to be encapsulated in the dead skin layer, so that they will be assured of leaving the body. Animals also exfoliate in the wild. Here is a link to the BBC News website showing beluga whales exfoliating during their annual moult.

The discomfort of carrying around dead skin is our body’s way of telling us to remove the dead layer from the outer surface of the skin, so the underlying living layers can perform their health enhancing functions. Mammals will frequently roll on the ground, groom and rub against trees to exfoliate and still among humans exfoliation is the first principle of skincare. In the past, walking barefoot would have kept the excess hard skin on the feet in balance but extra care would have been given to the rest of the body. Everybody likes to have comfortable skin!

Used all over Morocco on a weekly basis by both men and women, Savon Noir soap deep cleans the pores and prepares the skin for a tingling exfoliation: For the soles of the feet, use the pumice, and for the rest of the body use the characteristically coarse grained exfoliating glove. In Morocco, savon noir exfoliation forms the first stage of the traditional hammam ritual, where it is followed with a skin detoxifying treatment of clay and then moisturization with argan oil.

However, the Savon Noir and Exfoliating glove can be used on its own for an exhilarating exfoliation. No wonder the Moroccans look so cool even in the hottest of days. Men with itchy backs caused by excessive oil production, blocked pores and thick dry skin rave about savon noir exfoliations and people with psoriasis and eczema greatly benefit from a natural exfoliation routine. All adults benefit from having a well exfoliated skin.

What is Savon Noir?

Made originally to an ancient Berber tribal recipe, traditionally over the campfire, Savon Noir has natural ingredients – water, olive oil and lye. Traditionally, lye was formed by peculating rain water through potassium rich wood ash. No modern soap works quite like this, and no other exfoliating glove feels like quite like this.

About the Exfoliating Glove, also known in Morocco Kesse or Kessa

The kit comes with a spa quality blue crepe nylon exfoliating glove. A thinner version of these is sold in markets in Morocco, but the thin ones are regarded as biodegradable. By supplying the thicker, more durable spa quality exfoliating gloves, the gloves are washable and can be used over again.

In spa tests, clients have always preferred this glove to any other exfoliating gloves on the market and even some of the most reluctant male volunteers have reported that they love the sensations of the treatment and can really feel the before and after difference in their skin.

We also commission the manufacture of the original goat hair exfoliating gloves, starting out by grooming goats to collect the hair. These exfoliating gloves are extremely durable and eventually fully biodegradable. They are listed separately in the shop.

How Savon Noir is Used in Morocco

Savon Noir is essential for bathing in the public steam baths of Morocco. Everyone arrives with their own supplies of Savon Noir. At first hot water is poured over the body, and in the steamy atmosphere, the skin pours open, the body temperature rises and the natural cleansing process of sweating begins unaided.

After this process has begun, savon noir is applied to the entire body, except the hair and near the eyes or above the level of the eyes.  When savon noir is applied to the soles of the feet, you should not stand up until they are completely rinsed, because the soap is extremely slippery!

One soup spoonful is sufficient for a complete body exfoliation. If you are just exfoliating the feet, 1 teaspoon is sufficient for each foot.

Allow the soap to work for between 2 and 10 minutes, depending on the nature of your skin. The soap can be left on the feet for between 5 and 10 minutes, where it will soften the skin and make the pumicing of the feet much less ticklish and at the same time more effective.

You can either rinse and exfoliate with the pumice for the feet and the exfoliating glove for the skin. Or exfoliate and then rinse. Find the order which suits you the best. Periodically rinse and wring the exfoliating glove in warm water so that it does not get clogged up with dead skin and soap. You will be amazed to see so much dead skin floating on the surface of the water.

Stretch the hand out in the glove and use the whole hand to rub the skin on the more expansive body surfaces such as the legs, hips, the back etc, and point the fingers together to exfoliate between the toes and the more delicate body zones.

Rinse with warm water.

Caring for your Exfoliating Glove and Pumice

Scrub the pumice after use and allow it to dry. Rinse the glove in fresh water and allow to dry. Wash the glove by hand periodically with natural soap. The glove will shrink slightly from normal use. The glove will enjoy a longer life if you wash it by hand. Also, if you like sewing it is worth reinforcing the seams and attending to little holes as they appear.

How to Exfoliate with Savon Noir Effectively

Adapt the authentic process for use in a shower, bath, with a foot bath, wet room or steam chamber at home. Treat yourself and your partner!

Tips

The exfoliation glove can also be used when washing with the clay instead of a flannel on daily basis. Reduce the degree of exfoliation accordingly!

Add one drop of essential oil if you like. Eucalyptus is especially popular.

The exfoliating glove can be use dry instead of a body brush, and it can be used for dry massage.

30g glass jar of savon noir:

black volcanic pumice:

exfoliating glove: