For the first soap I picked to review, sea buckthorn turned out to be a disappointment. Before googling it, sea buckthorn sounded like one of those happy sea-weedish scents that made me think of a blue lagoon with merry sea horses and exotic little fish floating in and out of the reddish green tentacles of seaweed. Sea buckthorn, Google confirmed, was not sea weed at all. It is actually a deciduous shrub that gives yellow-red fruits resembling gooseberries. The fruit did look pretty tempting and I decided to put it on my online shopping cart anyway.
“Made from legendary seabuckthorn berries found in higher altitudes of the Himalayas, this bathing bar contains nutrients, essential oils and vitamins that protect and nourish your skin” claims Fabindia.
The soap smells a lot like a seaweedy citronella only much more damp and diffuse. It has an extremely harsh scrub that can reduce a thick-skinned bull to mere bones. Not really recommended for sensitive skin. Might serve the purpose of a pumice stone for many but too hard for sensitive areas like the back or face. The soap has two layers and the scrubby layer tends to wear off after 3-4 uses leaving behind a black gravel-like residue on your bathroom floor every time you have a bath.
The soap really doesn’t lather all that much even when you use a loofah and the fragrance isn’t all that distinct either. At the end of a shower, the soap doesn’t make you feel fresh or revitalized after a hard day at work and leaves a lot to be desired. It might be good to try it out once to satisfy your curiosity of what a seabuckthorn bath feels like but I would be surprised if someone decided to take another go at it.
Soap: Seabuckthorn with Scrub
Seller: Fabindia
Price: 65 rupees
Bought from: Flipkart, India.
http://www.flipkart.com/fabindia-seabuckthorn-scrub-soap/p/itmd9uz3rvrcgwhd?pid=SOPD9UTC8TGKFNTT
If you want to know more about seabuckthorn, visit: http://www.seabuckthorninsider.com/
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