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Originated in Syria. Black soap made its way to Morocco with the Arab conquest of North Africa. It is otherwise called Beldi Soap and is a highly alkaline Castille Soap made with olive oil and macerated black olives. It can also be infused with a few drops of herbs like eucalyptus or alternatively lavender. The saponification process (the making of a soap) is done by adding potassium hydroxide. This is a key distinction from soap bars enabling its wonderous buttery consistency.
The soap deep cleans the skin by removing toxins and dead skin cells (the rough and dry outer surface) resulting in softer skin. The exfoliation increases circulation of blood and lymph. With its anti-microbial properties, Moroccan black soap is rich in Vitamin E which relieves itching due to excess of dead skin cells and blocked pores. Four simple essential ingredients make this soap organic: olive extract, macerated black olives, water and potassium hydroxide.
Maceration process involves the softening of the black olives by soaking black olives in olive oil extract, water and potassium hydroxide. In Morocco, black soap can be found in neighborhood corner stores and markets, in a jar – as most women use this daily or weekly as an essential staple in their bathing regiments.
Traditionally used in hammam (Turkish bath) rituals, the soap is first applied to the body and sits on the body for 7-10 minutes. Sometimes, women will apply the soap, rinse it and apply again before doing the scrub down from head to toe with the traditional Kessa Glove. What is Kessa Glove? It is an authentic glove used to exfoliate dead skin, debris and oil just like those that have been used in traditional Hammam and Moroccan spas for hundreds of years. It is made up of high-quality Viscose Crepe fabric, which is super easy to use and safe on your skin. It sloughs off (shed or cast-off skin) layers of dead skin cells that you never knew was possible until indulging in this ritual.
In a traditional hammam, you lay on a wet marble slab, after the application of the soap. The marble slabs are situated in a big public room with other women and a spa attendant will do this exfoliation process for you who are able to scrub your body and its crevices better than you can. After you have been removed of layers of dead skin, you rinse off with cold water and leave feeling amazingly rejuvenated. Women in Morocco go to hammams weekly as part their weekly essential regiment. which sloughs off layers of skin that you never knew was possible until indulging in this ritual.
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