Using loofah as part of your everyday beauty regime is highly recommended due to its cleansing and exfoliating factor. So if you require going out of your house everyday, then there are high chances of grime and dirt collecting on the surface of your skin, making the skin look dull.
If you get natural body soaps such as the cucumber loofah soap, it would prove to be an effective and inexpensive way of rejuvenating and exfoliating your skin on a daily basis.
The soap is manufactured by various companies, which use natural ingredients in order to provide maximum protection to the skin of the consumers. Some of the well known cucumber loofah soap brands include:
- Sunryz Dreams
- Lehua Kane’s Natural Touch Bath & body
- Amy’s Alchemy
However, the soap can easily be prepared at home too. Provided below is an easy to make cucumber loofah soap recipe, containing ingredients that would leave your skin feeling soft and looking distinctively clean.
What you Need
- Loofah
- Soap Bar (preferably the opaque category)
- Aloe Vera
- Fragrance Oil (Cucumber Scented)
- Food Color (Green preferable)
- Water
- Mold (Muffin tins or Ice cubes that can hold loofah slices)
How to Prepare
- Slice the loofah and shred the soap
- Place the loofah slices in the soap molds
- In a container containing about 1 cup of water, add the shredded soap and heat until the soap melts to form a thick solution.
- After removing the container from the heat, pour Aloe Vera (in gel form) and whisk to form a smooth mixture.
- After the whisking, add about 13-20 drops of the fragrance oil and the food color till the desired green color is attained. Stir well.
- Pour this melted mixture into the loofah slices in the soap molds.
- Leave the mold aside for about 4 days, for the soap to harden completely.
How to Apply
During bath, use the cucumber loofah soap as you would use any ordinary soap. Massage the dry areas of the skin for exfoliation action and reveal fresh soft skin.
Benefits of Cucumber Loofah Soap
The goodness of Aloe Vera provides nourishment to the skin, whereas the soap and loofah have the cleansing and exfoliating effect. The cucumber fragrance helps in rejuvenating your senses.
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