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THE MANY, MANY WAY TO USE SAVON DE MARSEILLE In last week's article I talked about the wonderful Savon De Marseille , but do you know that you dont have to use it just for washing hands? As a face wash:  It’s amazing for acne thanks to olive oil’s natural anti-bacterial properties. I can vouch for this personally. It works wonders for hormonal breakouts. As a hand soap:  Speaking of anti-bacterial properties, use it as hand soap or to sanitize open wounds. As a body soap:  It’s a great soap for anyone with dry skin, sensitive skin, allergies, or eczema. As a shampoo:  You can use savon de Marseille to wash your hair because it’s non-drying. (I haven’t tried because I refuse to stray from liquid.) As a baby soap and shampoo:  It can be used on the gentlest of skin. It can also be used on the thickest of baby hair.  As a stain remover:  As any French grandmother will tell you, it removes stains from clothing ...

Marseille soap , or Savon de Marseille, is as French as wine and cheese, with a history that dates from the Middle Ages. Frenchwomen swear by the crude square blocks, which they use as a natural skin cleanser and, in a pinch, as anything from a toothpaste substitute to a moth repellent(2). See some Marseille soaps here : 1688 Since as early as the ninth century, master soap makers in Marseille have created exquisite, gentle soaps using native olive oils and the alkaline ash from marine plants of the Mediterranean. However, it wasn’t until 1688 and an edict under the mercantilist policies of Jean-Baptiste Colbert that these fine soaps — containing 72% vegetable oils with no animal additives — came to be known as “Savon de Marseille” (Marseille Soap). Marseille Soap’s popularity continued through the 1700s. In the 1880s the number of soap works in the region peaked at nearly one hundred(1). 1900 s The early 1900s brought the arrival of mass-produced synth...

In last week's post I described how to make Lavender salt, I got few questions from you guys/gals. "How do you use Lavender Salt?"  So, I have decided to make one more article about Lavender Salt!  If you  don't  feel like make your own Lavender Salt, you can always get one here ! Use lavender salt: with deserts, on top of ice cream as a rub when roasting or grilling meat or big chunks of vegetables               as a seasoning on top of potatoes or winter squash when baking bread or sprinkled on top of a slice of freshly baked, buttered bread on homemade savoury crackers as a salad seasoning as a salty rim on a cocktail glass

It is incredibly easy to make lavender salt, and it’s a wonderful addition to your pantry or a classy homemade gift. The lavender flowers should be dried, and the easiest way to do that is to pick or cut some stems and leave them in a vase (with no water) for about a week. It’s OK if they have a few flowers, as the flowers will dry up and fall off. If you don’t have lavender growing nor a generous friend with a patch of it, you can, of course,  buy some dried lavender  to make the salt. Once dried, remove the little lavender pods from the stems – they will come off easily if you slide your fingers along the stems. Don’t worry if there are a few little brown pieces or what have you. Measure out about 1 tablespoon of lavender and 1/2 cup of kosher or sea salt and grind them a together with spice grinder, coffee grinder, or mortar and pestle. Grinding everything together will release the oils of the lavender and rub everything on to the salt. If you prefer ...