Do you make salt bars? I do and I adore salt soap bars.
Typically salt soap is used in spas the world
over to give our skin the soothing feel of a swim in the ocean but without the sticky
after part as we dry! Soothed, polished, relaxed and
nurtured is the feeling a salt bar gives my skin. Salt bath soaks full of the minerals of bathing salts are are incomparable
and a transformational experience and a time honored beauty aide. A spa bar brings these same benefits to our
showers as we fit this bit of luxury for our skin into our busy lives.
These bars last a good long time. While the bar is rough to the touch the first
or second use (I wear my bar down with a ramie wash cloth or bath pouf) the grainy surface feel soon gives way to a
bar as smooth as a tumbled river rock. Pampering at it's finest - use a salt spa bar for the shower, for those of us who don't always have time for a soak!
Salt is used in my soap as an adornment
in the larger/coarser crystal forms and used in soap in both the fine and smaller
grain.
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| Himalayan Sea Salt as adornment |
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| Himalayan Pink Sea Salt Hawaiian Black Lava Sea Salt for adornment | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Kosher Coarse Salt as adornment |
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| Himalayan Sea Salt the pinkish and Black Lava Sea Salt from Molokai, Hawaii |
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| Coarse Kosher Salt adornment fine sea salt 90% rate |
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| French pink Clay and Alaea fine ground pink/red salt in body of bar with Black Lava Sea Salt for adornment |
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I love the velvet lathers salt soaps work up, a bar made with 90% sea salt! When salt spa bars are made with 100% coconut oil they are able to suds up in salt water so make a fine gift for any seafarers!
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Whether it is the
salt or the mineral content of each specific salt be it red, pink or black, salt
bar soap makes a wonderful facial as
well as a body soap. This velvet lather leaves my face feeling like it's had a refreshing facial! Whether the salt is
from a salt mine in ancient inland mountains, an inland sea bed or the ocean
itself you will never go wrong with a salt bar!
So good and they last a good long
time!
Salt – The history of salt
is fascinating if you have the interest!
There have been two main sources for salt: sea water and rock
salt. Solnitsata the earliest known town
in Europe,
located in present day Bulgaria, was built around a salt production facility. From
salt trade wars to kingdoms salt has a varied history. It was once the exclusive preservative for
food making it such a precious commodity in ancient times.
Sodium chloride, is the chemical
compound NaCl. Salt occurs naturally in
many parts of the world as the mineral halite and as mixed evaporates in salt
lakes. It’s largest source is sea Underground
salt deposits are found in mountain caves as well as desert valleys like the
Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah or the Dead Sea in Isreal. Salt is even present
on Mars! Salt pure sodium chloride 2 properties
important in the use of soap are it’s crystal isometric form, cubic and it’s pH
in aqueous solution (H2O) us neutral.
Himalayan salt
This
pure, hand-mined salt found naturally, deep within the pristine Himalayan
Mountains. Crystallized over 250 million years ago, ancient sea beds covered by
lava, protecting the salt from modern-day pollution.
Himalayan Salt - Bricks, Plates and
Salt Blocks For the sushi chef in you!
Himalayan Pink salt slabs,
plates, and bricks are harvested, much like marble in Italy, from deep within
the ancient Himalayan mountain range of Pakistan. There, they have remained
protected from pollution and impurities for centuries, making this what many
consider the purest, cleanest salt in the world.
Many
beaufitul salts come from the islands of Hawaii! Volcanos and black sand beaches, red clay depositories
all have a hand in the making and evaporation of Hawaiian sea salts.
Alaea Hawaiian Sea Salt Red Hawaiian Sea Salt
Traditionally Hawaiians use Alaea
salt in ceremonies to cleanse, purify and bless tools and canoes, as well, in
healing rituals for medicinal purposes. Savor a unique and pleasant flavor
while roasting or grilling meats. It is the traditional and authentic seasoning
for native Hawaiian dishes such as Kalua Pig, Hawaiian Jerky and Poke.
Molokai
Black Hawaiian Sea Salt created by Nancy
Gove at her company pacificahawaiisalt where she provides a bit of art with her
salt as well as the science necessary for this wonderful product from the sea. http://pacificahawaiisalt.com/our-company.php
Black Lava
Dedicated to the dramatic volcanic expression of newly created black sand
beaches, this glorious salt is dark and sexy. Elegant in flavor and
presentation it provides the right accompaniment for grilled meats, crusted
fish and salads. 
Ingredients: Solar
evaporated sea salt, activated charcoal
I hope you mix up a batch soon and give these wonderful creations a try! Perhaps you'll be back to thank me! I hope you will drop me a note. Enjoy!
