Description
Shower soap with bean powder ?
The Heinrich family cultivates several plots of land in the Albula Valley at an altitude of 1,500 meters above sea level.
On the one hand, they have specialized in special potato varieties, but also in a historic bean from the Alps: the “BergAcker” bean.
This bean thrives at high altitudes, has a special appearance and is – like all beans – super healthy.
And it also does a good job in soap by supplying it with secondary plant ingredients on the one hand, but also enhancing its firmness.
This makes this shower soap more durable – which is good for the wallet and also for the environment.
Swiss foundation “ProSpecieRara”
The “BergAckerBohne” is supported by ProSpecieRara and should give a boost to its spread. Now this bean is not only used for food, but also for showering 🙂
Another product of mine contains this bean powder: the firm body-lotion “Orange”.
Beans contain a lot of protein and are therefore predestined to actively support our eating habit towards “less meat”.
If you are lucky, you have not had any bad experiences with beans or lentils. Otherwise, it could be a tough going with the legumes….
Since my mother runs fast and far just hearing the word “lentil” or “bean” (bad experiences in her childhood…), I never even knew legumes as a word when I was a kid. These simply never found their way onto our plate at home.
So far, “chili sin carne”, “Indian lentil soup” and “lentil curry” are my favorites.
But there will certainly be more good recipes to come.
Fragrance
Tobacco-like with a hint of leather
Odor intensity
Redolent
Skin type
Dry
Aromatherapeutic effect
Hopeful
Packaging
Unbleached, purely mechanically processed paper
Weight
Minimum 100 g
pH value
9 to 10 (basic)
ProSpecieRara
The aim of this Swiss foundation is not only to revive old animal breeds, fruit trees, flowers, etc., but also to keep these important treasures of biodiversity present in our daily lives.
From all ProSpecieRara products 2% of the turnover goes to this foundation in order to support their valuable work.
Anwendung
For showering.
Either you simply use the piece of soap without any auxiliary implement. Or then you use the practical “DuschSäckli“.
Another option would be the ingenious magnetic soap holder: makes things a lot easier in terms of handling.
Healthy skin
According to LOTS of feedback I have heard throughout the years the imporant points seem to be:
– if possible: don’t take a shower on a daily basis
– use soap (or any cleaning agent) only in the “neuralgic” spots – not on all of the body
– rinse well – everywhere
– try not to rub yourself too rigorously with your towel; better would be to pat the moisture away; leaving some water on the skin would be optimal
Due to the essential oils it’s not recommended for kids unter 3 years of age
Hard / soft
Industrial soap or natural soap which is made with palm- or coconut oil tends to be very hard.
Old olive-oil soap also tends to be hard.
Relatively fresh natural soap – made without palm- or coconut oil – can be a wee softer than the kinds mentioned above.
In order to achieve favorable characteristics for our skin, I absolutely want special oils in my recipes 🙂
And some of these tend to make my soaps a bit less hard.
This is the reason why I classify my DuschMödeli into different “degrees of hardness”.
On a scale between 1 (very hard) and 5 (very soft) this Mödeli would figure at “1“.
Longevity
Keep it dry. Don’t let it sit in water. Then it last the longest.
Helpful could be the soap pouch or the magnet soap holder.
Inhaltsstoffe
Content
Olive oil (organic), water, sodium hydroxide, mountain bean flour (organic); 100% natural essential oils (all organic): cardamom, katafray, blood orange, geranium, spruce, lavandin, patchouli, pepper, cognac, juniper, vetiver, amyris, rosemary, clove, litsea cubeba; allergenic components of natural essential oils: Alpha Pinene, Anethole, Beta Caryophyllene, Camphor, Benzyl Benzoate, Alpha Terpinene, Amylcinnamyl Alcohol, Citral, Citronellol, Eugenol, Farnesol, Geraniol, Geranyl Acetate, Limonene, Linalool, Linalyl Acetate, Terpinolene.
INGREDIENTS (INCI)
OLEA EUROPAEA (OLIVE) FRUIT OIL, WATER, SODIUM HYDROXIDE, VICIA FABA (BEAN POWDER), PARFUM*, PINENE, ANETHOLE, CARYOPHYLLENE, CAMPHOR, BENZYL BENZOATE, TERPINENE, AMYLCINNAMYL ALCOHOL, CITRAL, CITRONELLOL, EUGENOL, FARNESOL, GERANIOL, GERANYL ACETATE, LIMONENE, LINALOOL, LINALYL ACETATE, TERPINOLENE
* natural essential oils
