Dead Sea Mud Soap

Nature's yet another miracle that we know in the name of the dead sea is alive at its shores! I am talking about the dead sea mud, which is found on the shore of the dead sea, located about an hour away from the holy Jerusalem. Beauty conscious people who are constantly looking for natural skin care products can make use of the dead sea mud that is alive with numerous health benefits.

The atmospheric conditions like clear air, location of 400m below the sea level, (where the UV rays are ineffective as they reach in the most diluted form), makes the dead sea the best of all natural spas across the world. Dead sea is nothing but a huge pond of mineral laden sea water, sea salt and mud! It is the best product and a dream for every marketing executive to endorse the same as the dead sea salt products are totally non chemical and 100% natural. Amongst all the dead sea products, mud soap becomes the most convenient option for skin care.

Dead Sea Mud Benefits as a Soap
Dead sea mud consists gobs of minerals that are helpful for treating many skin disorders. A simple dead sea mud bath and dead sea mud mask is the best treatment that can easily compete with aromatherapy. Dead sea mud benefits start with regulating the blood circulation, maintaining healthy skin cells and forming and repairing new and healthy skin cells. The fine dead sea mud grains help skin cleansing and help detoxification, rejuvenation and removal of dirt and pollutants from the skin. Dead sea mud is also a natural moisturizer that softens the skin naturally and maintains the natural skin hydration.

Using dead sea mud soap on a regular basis helps peeling off the dead skin cells and exposing the healthy and clean skin layer. Dead sea mud also helps in curing skin disorders like eczema, psoriasis, itching, dry skin and also helps preventing them, along with being one of the best acne treatments and anti wrinkle skin care products. Several other health ailments are also curable with the usage of the dead sea mud like various kinds of arthritis, joint stiffness, joint pain and inflammation of the joint as well as the skin. Using dead sea mud soap means enjoying all these benefits in the comfort of your home. With the help of knowledge about soap making process, one can make this soap at home as well! That makes this soap more convenient and useful.

Homemade Soap Recipe
Dead sea mud soap is one of the best cosmetics one can get to exfoliate skin at home. When a person knows how to make homemade soap, then making this soap at home is really very easy. You can also make the soap on your own. All you need to do is to gather a few ingredients in the following quantities - 3 parts each, of olive oil and coconut oil, 2 parts of canola oil, 1 part of cocoa butter and a bit of shea butter, 200 g of wet dead sea mud and lye solution (solution of water with 42% lye in it). Also add 10 ml rosemary essential oil and some of your favorite essential oils like ginger oil, sunflower oil, castor oil, grapefruit oil, etc. Make sure you use these oils in a limited quantity, just to increase the fragrance of the soap.

Start the proceedings with nephron hand gloves and eye safety goggles. Put the oils together in a solid skillet and melt them, meanwhile take lye solution and maintain its temperature at 110 Fahrenheit. Make sure to take all the precautions while handling the lye solution and not to smell it, is the primary precaution. Now when the essential oils have melted, slowly add the lye solution to it. Stir until you find the traces of the solution, trace generally looks like a cake or pudding solution. Using blender will fasten the stirring process. Place the stirred solution in soap making molds and cure it for 2 to 4 weeks. It's the approximate time that the process of saponification generally takes.

After the saponification is complete, one can regularly use this homemade soap and enjoy its benefits for a healthy skin. Using lukewarm water will prove more beneficial when using this soap.