Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Soap

One of my friends and I have been discussing soap, recently, as she is looking for something that is natural, mild, and pure.  She was mentioning an olive oil and laurel oil soap and, although the name of the soap she mentioned wasn't familiar to me, the description of it reminded me of the soaps I had seen in the Armenian grocery store.  So, when I was there, yesterday, I took some pictures of the soap they have for sale.  These soaps are different from the usual packaged soap I see readily available in various shops, here:

Olive Oil/Palm Oil Soap with Laurus (Laurel) Oil and Fragrances

It didn't specify what the fragrances were, although it wasn't a very fragrant soap.


Price Tag for Above Soap

Right next to it, on the shelf, was this soap, pictured below:


Olive Oil Soap


It, too, was priced $2.29 each, but they were in packages of 4 pieces, although, since they were individually wrapped, I believe they were being sold as individual pieces.

These soaps below were packaged with six pieces of soap in each package, and, going by the price tag and the packaging, I believe they are sold as packages of six pieces of soap:


Olive Oil Soap

I thought the price of almost $9 for six pieces of soap was a little on the high side, even though it is a special type of imported soap.


Olive Oil and Laurel Oil Soap

But, I figured that, someone who grew up using this soap would be willing to pay the price for the nostalgia value, alone, just as I do when I go to the Sri Lankan store and buy a piece of the sandalwood soap I grew up using. 



Olive Pomall Oil Green Soap
Then, I looked up what "olive pomall oil" was (apparently, also known as olive pomace oil, it is olive oil pressed from the pulp after the first pressing) and pictures of this soap popped up.  It is available online, from a major online seller, for $24.99 per package of six pieces of soap!  Maybe paying $8.99 is not such a bad price, after all! 

I rarely use soap on my face, anymore, because I feel it dries my skin too much, and when I do, I use a soap that is supposed to contain moisturizing cream in it and which is supposed to be for sensitive skin (it is the soap the oncology nurse practitioner recommended I use when I was getting my treatments, especially during the radiation treatments).  But, I am wondering if one of these olive oil soaps might not be equally good, if not better. 

Have you seen this type of soap, before?  Have you tried it?  Would you be willing to try it?




12 comments:

  1. The prices seem very good for olive oil soap. I use it occasionally and I find it really nice on my skin. The only thing I would say is that the one I use has a tendency to be quite soft if it's allowed to stay damp. It's not a problem in this hot weather, however. X

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    1. Thank you for sharing your experience with olive oil soap, Jules. Good to know. Our air is very dry, here, so there is no chance the soap will stay damp, but it'll be something to keep in mind. :)

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  2. I haven't seen it and probably wouldn't try it. I only use non-perfumed soap otherwise I get a skin rash and have settled on using either Simple Soap or Dove soap, both of which contain moisturiser so don't dry out my skin. I'm not very adventurous about trying new products once I've found something that suits me and works well.

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    1. I am kind of like you, Eileen, in the sense that, once I find something I like, I usually continue to use that same product, from then on! So, I usually buy just the one kind of soap, one type of shampoo, one type of dish washing liquid, and so forth! But, very occasionally, I don't mind trying something new. :)

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  3. I have not tried any of these soaps. If I am going to use a name brand soap, I use Dove. It seems to dry out my already dry skin the least. However, I am lucky to have a friend who makes soap from goats milk from her dairy goats. This works very well for me. I don't like added fragrances because they sometimes dry my skin.

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    1. How wonderful to have soap made by your friend! Milk soap is supposed to be very good for your skin, isn't it? Making my own soap is something I would like to try - I've seen instructions online and watched a couple of tutorials. I think, maybe, I'll add it to that yet-unwritten retirement bucket list! :D

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  4. Does the drink specify pomegranate Juice or merely pomegranate flavour.

    Yes, I'd try those soap cakes [likely not pricey $25]. Those are the type of small rewards I like to give myself. I too have a friend whose hobby is making soap and bath bombs primarily given as gifts. I get '1st batch' cakes that perhaps didn't set up perfectly in the mold, or she didn't like the color... never the same type twice. They are very luxurious on the skin. Avoid letting it get squishy by cutting a slice of sponge to fit the dimensions of the soap dish.

    I share each batch of home made washing machine detergent as it does such an excellent job.

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    1. Hon, the drinks simply say pomegranate flavor, so, not juice. The passion fruit one that I bought didn't taste anything like passion fruit! Daughter and I both tried it and we decided it was not something we'd buy again.

      That's so nice you get to benefit from your friend's soap making and you share your homemade laundry detergent. Sounds like a very good arrangement to me. :)

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  5. I was gifted a bar of olive oil soap once, and it was heavenly. It made my skin feel very soft and moisturized. But I don't normally buy soaps because I get enough from other people as gifts, or I pick up travel bars from hotels, and I have received some as mail samples. I have not bought any soaps, shampoos or conditioners in literally years. Fortunately, I don't have sensitive skin so I can get away with using just about anything. I like to use bar soap for bathing and showering, and diluted body wash in my hand soap dispensers beside each sink in the house.

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    1. Lucky you to get all your soaps as gifts, etc. :) I generally buy a particular brand of bar soap and use it for everything, bathing, showering, washing hands, etc. It works out well for me.

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  6. I haven't come across any of those soaps. I love soap, and anything purer than the average supermarket stuff is a magnet to me. I have a friend who in her younger days would make her own soap with saved fat and lye and fragrance and it was very gentle. More recently a local farmer was selling what he called "Farm Soap" with "no weird stuff" in it and I bought a bag of two blocks and it was great. I keep hoping he will come back to the Farmers Market so I can buy out his entire stock!

    It has been a time of concern yesterday and today as our son went to emergency with severe stomach pains. Long story short, he had surgery this morning and they found his gall bladder was full of stones! It was not infected so he should be in good shape once he recovers fully. I'm very thankful that he is being well taken care of.

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    1. Bushlady, it sounds like your son's gall stones were treated just in time! But that must have been so worrying! I hope his recovery goes smoothly and he will be able to recover without much pain or any complications.

      Hope you will be able to find the farmer at the next farmers' market and buy more soap from him! I want to give soap making a try, one of these days! I think, if it works out for me, it will be a fun hobby!

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