Khadi glycerine rose water soap

One day, Nur Jahan, tired from a hard day's work at the royal court, dispensing orders to her wazirs while her husband Jahangir, Emperor of the Mughal empire, lay stoned in the bar room of the palace after having 10 shots of god knows what and ganja called out to her lady-in-waiting to set a bath up for her. Having to handle an alcoholic husband and the entire empire by herself had taken a huge toll on the queen. The youthful beauty that had once mesmerized the king now had dark circles under her eyes and her skin had lost its usual lustre. Seeing her queen in distress, she set up a hot water bath for her and added to it a few rose petals.

As the queen undressed and set foot into the bath the maid had arranged for her, the soft, tender smell of the flower hit her. Very soon, the perfume of the flower enveloped the entire bath space and she found herself drift into a trance-like state. She dreamt of being in a rose garden with a million roses all around her, swimming in a vast sea of red,yellow and white. A knock on the door, woke her out of her dream. " There got to be something more I can make out of this" she said and this led to her discovery of rose attar (perfume).

The glycerine rose water soap seems to have been created out of the same sense of love that Nur Jahan  experienced for roses. The baby-pink coloured bar of soap is absolutely precious. It has exactly the right quantity of rose water so that the fragrance is neither over-powering nor hard to detect. It makes a delightful combination with a hot water bath and even after you leave the bathroom, the faint fragrance of the flower does not fail to linger. The glycerine portion of the soap is not hard to miss either; it leaves your skin clean and well hydrated. The bar of soap is absolutely unassuming and does not try too hard to sell itself. It lets its fragrance do the talking. Having a bath with it every night was an absolute delight and it set alight my passion for the flower. That beautiful flower, forgotten by the world!

The glycerine rose water soap by Khadi is totally worth buying at 45 rupees a piece and works brilliantly well as a night soap. The scent calms and relaxes your body after a hard day's work. Although the soap loses much of its fragrance after having used it a couple of times, it is still worth buying.Bathing with it is sure to bring back that lost romance with the rose back into your life!

Soap name: Glycerine and Rose water soap

Seller: Khadi

Price: Rupees 45/-

Bought from: Flipkart ( http://www.flipkart.com/khadi-pure-lavender-soap-glycerine-rose-water-pack-2/p/itmde5956fvmezcb?pid=SOPDE593XZNHHYGJ )




    

Lotus Herbals,LICORICEWHITE Skin Whitening Cleanser

" A 100% Ayurvedic natural remedy that effectively controls melanin, thus making the skin glow with fairness. Regular use of LICORICEWHITE makes skin visibly whiter and effectively works to remove blemishes. It contains premium ingredients like Licorice (Mulathi) and Manjishtha in their purest form"

Lets review this claim, shall we?

"A 100% Ayurvedic natural remedy..."   The soap lists the use of Licorice, Manjishtha, Nimbu chilka, Kesar and soap base as ingredients. Given that four of the five ingredients are natural, this one is granted to Lotus.

"....that effectively controls melanin, thus making the skin glow with fairness."   Licorice and Manjistha are both commonly used to cure skin diseases.Licorice is used as a skin whitening agent due to its inhibitory effect on synthesis of melanin whereas Manjishtha is used to treat skin diseases in many Ayurvedic medicines. So well, in a way, it does control melanin and it is supposed to make the skin glow with fairness. Lotus got this one right as well.

"Regular use of LICORICEWHITE makes skin visibly whiter and effectively works to remove blemishes." Now this one I have a problem with. You see, I used the soap diligently every morning and every night for about 3 weeks, and it did not make my skin "visibly whiter". Now there could be two reasons for this. Either three weeks doesn't  exactly fit the definition of "regular use" or that my eyes have been severely wrecked in the 21 years of my existence. Anyways, I waited day in and day out, looking at the mirror and asking several people if I had in fact become any fairer that I was before. Sure, a few said that I looked clean and fresh and many other flattering adjectives( See, how soap reviews also help you judge whom and whom not to believe! ) but not one of them stated that I looked fairer than before having used this soap. Maybe it did make my skin white, who knows? But I can say, for sure, that the whiteness wasn't very "visible".

"It contains premium ingredients like Licorice (Mulathi) and Manjishtha in their purest form" . Well, I have no way of verifying this. Besides, I would like to believe that the world is a good place and that Lotus Herbals would not make a claim that is not true.

Would I recommend the soap to anyone? Sure. Even though it does not stand up to its claim of making the skin "visibly white", this gel based soap that smells like watermelon bubblegum (Don't be shocked. Licorice is used as a sweetener in candies) is still worth a try. The soap cleans you up just right and  although it has no specific moisturizing property it does leave your skin nice and soft unlike other moisturizing soaps that make your skin feel greasy and oily which is why it is such a perfect soap to be used any time of the year. The Soap is also very attractively packed and and is sure to make you want to run out and buy it.

So, all in all I would say it is a worthy investment at 70 rupees. But when any of you do end up using it, wait for a period of time that would justify "regular use" of the soap, find out if it makes it "visibly white" and let me know, will you?

Seller: Lotus herbals

Soap name: LICORICEWHITE Skin whitening Cleanser

Price: Rs 70/-

Bought from: Flipkart ( http://www.flipkart.com/lotus-herbals-licorice-white-skin-whitening-cleanser/p/itmd9ast2z5jhqdn?pid=SOPD96AY8RMDZHMW )