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Natural Black Soap
All Information About African Black Soap
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Dudu-Osun African Black Soap
African natural black soap is one of the most healthful yet unheard of soaps you will find.
This black soap contains more benefits for healthy skin than you can imagine.
Read some of the information below and you will know why.
All natural African black soap is made from dried plantain skins, palm leaves,
cocoa pod powder, and kernel oil for an all-natural cleansing process.
Plantains skins are largely what make this black soap so effective.
Plantain is a fruit that grows in Africa & South America that looks similar to a banana,
except it is much larger and tastes altogether different.
You can find plantains at many ethnic or international grocery stores.
It is a natural source of vitamins A & E and iron.
When black soap is made, the skin of the plantain
is dried under the sun and then roasted in a clay oven.
The heat must be constant in order to achieve
the perfect brownish black color, texture & smell.
Afterwards, cocoa pod powder is added.
Cocoa pod is the shell of the cocoa fruit and also has natural healing properties.
The next part of the black soap making process is very precise.
The roasted plantain skin is mixed with palm and palm kernel oil to form the soap.
The roasted plantains determine the color of the soap.
The longer the plantains are roasted, the darker the black soap will become.
More information:
African black soap is soft with an organic shape.
It has a delicate texture and a natural, earthy smell.
It is not oily, and can be used for hands, face, body and hair.
It is most commonly found in Ghana, however other countries have their versions of black soap as well.
Other words for black soap are Alata Samina,
Anago Samina which comes from the Twi language in northern Ghana.
The benefits of black soap:
- Natural black soaps help deep clean skin.
- Black soap works on most skin types including rough and dry or sensitive skin.
- Help clear skin bumps and spots by using black soap daily.
- Helps relieve acne, oily skin & other skin problems.
- Black soap is also great for removing makeup.
- Black soap benefits against premature facial lines and wrinkles.
- Black soap can also be lathered and used as an effective shampoo.
How Black Soap is Made:
1 - First, leaves and bark of various trees and plants are burned in a vat or kettle.
These may be leaves from banana trees, plantain skins,
palm tree leaves, shea tree bark, and/or cocoa pods.
2 - Secondly, water is added to ashes to be filtered.
Oils such as coconut oil, shea oil, palm oil, palm kernel oil,
and cocoa butter are added to the water to create the soap.
3 - The soap is then hand-stirred by local women for
at least a day and then set out to cure for two weeks.
People have tried to re-create African black soap in the west,
but it has never been able to truly replicate the authentic product.
This is because genuine black soap is created using age-old traditions
that are passed down from one generation to the next in smaller villages in Africa.
The most common form of black soap is called Ose Dudu (doudoun),
which comes from the Yoruba or Anago languages of Nigeria , Togo , and Benin .
Ose Dudu literally means Soap (ose) and Black (dudu).
Not all Black Soaps are Created Equal
As the popularity of black soap and natural soaps increases,
some retailers are using the label African black soap.
Many are just dyeing soap black,
but using none of the key ingredients of true black soap.
However, true black soap is from West Africa .
Genuine black soap has raw ingredients that give it an earthy smell,
and a more delicate texture than typical storebought soaps.
In Conclusion..
If you are starting to feel differently
about the softly scented white ‘cleansing bar’
you have next to your bathroom sink, don’t despair.
Natural soaps are becoming more and more widely available
and many can repair the damage your skin
has experienced over the years.
If you try black soap, don’t be surprised;
that muddy-looking water lathering on your face
is literally cleaning all the impurities
The cocoa pod powder gives the soap a black color
and hence it will create a ‘muddy’ looking lather when you use it.
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