Savon De Marseille – What Other Uses Does it Have Other Than Cleaning the Body?

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

Chock-full of virtues, Savon de Marseille is a 100% natural product manufactured exclusively from vegetable oil of olive, copra or palm, without colouring or added synthetics. Biodegradable, the real Marseille soap must contain necessarily 72% of oil.

Here are a few diverse ideas on the uses of Marseille soap; perhaps 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 irritations and allergies often present when using normal everyday chemical detergents. Furthermore, a stain rubbed with a slightly moist Savon de Marseille before washing, disappears more easily 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 happen 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 can be used throughout 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 pay attention not to use too much soap or you may leave traces.

Other Uses

Renowned for its hypoallergenic and antibacterial qualities, Savon de Marseille can also be used to disinfect wounds. Clean the wound with the soap, then apply an antiseptic for the skin and finally put on a dressing.

Savon de Marseille is also an excellent remedy against 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 gardener and you have a problem with aphids, then Marseille soap can 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 can see, Savon de Marseille is an extremely versatile soap and if you’ve never tried it, then you are seriously missing out.

Savon de Marseille available in the UK.

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