The Savon de Marseille, (Marseille soap) as we know it, is primarily used for bodily hygiene, or is it? Did you know it is likewise suitable for laundry, as an anti-septic and has a lot of other uses too?

Chock-full of virtues, Savon de Marseille is a 100% natural product fictitious altogether from vegetable oil of olive, copra or palm, without colouring or added synthetics. Biodegradable, the real Marseille soap ought to comprise inevitably 72% of oil.

Here are a few diverse ideas on the uses of Marseille soap; perchance this will persuade you to include this legendary soap into your inventory:

Laundry and Household Cleaning

Your clothing, and baby’s too, washed in shavings of Savon de Marseille will prevent skin botherations and allergies often present when using normal each day chemical detergents. Furthermore, a stain rubbed with a more or less moist Savon de Marseille before washing, disappears more without apparent effort than with synthetic detergents.

For laundry you need:

• 80g of Savon de Marseille
• 11/2 litres of water
• 1 tablespoon of white vinegar
• 1 tablespoon of bicarbonate of soda

Shake or mix these vigorously and add to your washing machine. (Not all of it!)

3 important things take place here:

1. Your colours will be preserved with the bicarbonate of soda
2. The white vinegar cleans your washing machine
3. Your clothes will be very clean due to the properties of the Marseille soap

Tip: To clean leather, scrub with a soapy brush and rinse well.

Savon de Marseille may be used all around the household including: floors, walls, ceilings, kitchen, bathroom, crockery, etc. For example, to clean your ceiling, mix grated Marseille soap with hot water and then all you have to do is sponge the ceiling to do away with possible stains. The same recipe is used to clean vinyl flooring but recompense attention not to use too much soap or you may leave traces.

Other Uses

Renowned for it is hypoallergenic and antibacterial qualities, Savon de Marseille may likewise be employed to disinfect wounds. Clean the wound with the soap, then apply an antiseptic for the skin and in the long run put on a dressing.

Savon de Marseille is likewise an magnificent remedy versus cramps and rheumatisms! Place a piece of soap in a sock or some tights and put it at the foot of the bed before you sleep. It is more difficult to do after you fall asleep!

If you’re a keen garden caretaker and you have a problem with aphids, then Marseille soap may help with this too. Mix:

• 50g of soap
• A crushed clove of garlic
• 1/2 litre of water

Then spray it on the infected plants. I would imagine this would keep vegetarian vampires at bay too.

In addition, to repel moths, place a piece of the Soap within your clothes and it will act as a moth repellent.

A few more tips:

• To shine your jewellery: Dilute a piece of Soap of Marseille in boiling water and soak your jewels.
• For cleaning and softening your paint brushes: After cleaning, leave them to soak for a few hours in warm water and soap.
• For shaving: lather your Soap of Marseille until you obtain a generous foam

As you may see, Savon de Marseille is an exceedingly versatile soap and if you’ve never tried it, then you are severely missing out.

Savon de Marseille available in the UK.

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