The First Time

For the past few weeks, I had been on vacation and travelling. I stayed at Boracay, Philippines for just under two weeks and discovered a local shop that sells handmade soaps among other neat stuff. I figured I should get some to try it out so I bought a small Tea Tree soap. It was a small bar so that I can try the other ones when I finished with it. I really liked that after using it, my skin didn't feel dry at all. On the contrary, it felt very moisturized. The only thing was that the little specks tea tree in the soap was a little rough on the skin when using the soap

It was a small bar so it only lasted for about 4 days. After which, I bought two more bars: Noni and Seaweed. The noni bar was very rich and creamy and I really like the lather. The seaweed bar was like a medium between the noni and the tea tree. It's too bad I have very limited luggage weight/space so I couldn't buy more to bring home. When I got to Chicago, I used the Bath and Body Works hand soap and it made my hands extremely dry. I'm not sure this is all due to the soap, or it might have been the water or the cold weather. Either way, it confirms that I will be switching to using handmade soaps. I'm not making my own (yet) but I will definitely buy them when I see them.