Benefits and whys of salt soaps?

[Kerye]

I am getting ahead of myself here as I have soooo many soaps that I want to make!!!!

But, I keep hearing about salt soaps, and am curiouser and curiouser!

Please tell me the whys of making salt soaps and the benefits, and I am sure I will be planning on making some very soon.

Thanks!

 

[alwaysme07]

I don't know if there are any benefits, I like salt soap more then plain soap. It makes my skin feel softer, but that is just me. Try making a small batch just to see why it is different from plain soap.

 

[Guest]

Salt bars have a very creamy lotion like lather , it is great for shaving legs imho . It does leave your skin feeling really , really nice . Good ahead give it a try , they are not hard to make .

Kitn

 

[Dixie]

They are great gentle exfoliant soap bars. I love using mine once or twice a week. Removing all the dead skin cells makes your skin healthier looking and easier to absorb moisturizers.

 

[xraygrl]

Something about a salt bar that just seems so spa like to me. Definitely something you want to try IMHO!

 

[IrishLass]

Salt bars are the coolest things to me. They are as hard as rocks, and bathing with one is like bathing with a smooth, polished stone that just so happens to lather. They last forever, too.

A lot of people get creamy, lotiony lather with them, but mine bubble up with lots of fluffy lather now that I add a lower amount of salt than what I used to add. Even though I use less salt nowadays, I still get rock-hard bars.

Besides making rock-hard bars, the salt also helps when you get a cut or a nick from shaving. My DH says if he gets cut during shaving, the cut heals a lot faster when he uses my salt bars.


IrishLass