Sabun Olive Oil Soap with Bay Laurel Oil Review

The first thing I noticed about this product when it arrived was the packaging. It looked lovely and up-market, and immediately spoke "quality". The second thing I noticed was the fragrance. It smelt nice, but not in a heavily fragranced, chemical-smelling kind of way -it smelt very natural, almost edible. The bar is very large, great value for money (although a little hard to hold onto with wet hands!). I would say it's about twice the size of a normal bar of family soap. I decided to take the plunge and use it on my face as well as my body, even though I would normally be extremely wary of using soap on my face. My skin is highly problematic. I have eczema, acne, dry skin, and super oily skin. But here's the thing... I have actually seen an improvement in my skin's condition since using this soap! It does say to use it for a month to see results, but after only a week, my skin feels and looks more balanced. The soap makes a great shaving-foam alternative, and leaves my skin feeling fresh and not overly dry. I was a little concerned at first that it didn't lather much, but I still feel (and smell) clean after using it, so I guess it's just missing all those chemicals that make it bubbly. I have a toddler, so shower time is a very limited thing for me. I found it great to have one convenient product that I could just use everywhere, not several bottles to juggle. Between that and the improvement in my skin condition, I would most definitely use this again, especially at this price point. My acne is a little clearer, my super dry patches are less noticeable, and I feel good about using such a natural product on my skin!

Could it be true that something has taken Eco Store Lemongrass soap's place in my heart?

Sabun Olive Oil Soap really surpassed all expectations I had, it has quickly become my new favourite and dare I even say it...Holy Grail status.

First of all, this bar of soap is HUGE. It's much bigger than I was expecting, up to 200g which is double most bar sizes. And the price is right! $6.95 almost seems like a steal for the amount of product you get considering a lot of 100g bars are around $4 each. The size actually makes holding this soap a lot easier than you would think, though I would prefer for it to be rounded rather than square in shape.

The quality of this soap is incredible. It's very sturdy yet produces a soft, slick lather that makes you feel lovely and clean without drying and stripping the skin. I love that this soap doesn't foam! Most people think foaming = cleaning, but that's not the case and typically the foaming agents are what cause the skin to feel dry and tight afterwards. So the soft and creamy lather that this creates really does give your skin that extra boost of moisture while still providing a clean feel.

The scent of this is non-offensive, it's a subtle natural smell that's hard to describe - I was expecting it to have a heavy olive oil scent but it's rather subtle and just smells 'natural'. I've noticed than when using the soap I get small to medium chunks of what appears to be some sort of plant matter come off on my skin. It doesn't dissolve so I decided not to use this product in my hair as I was afraid of it not rinsing clean.

Over the last week since receiving this soap I have used it on my whole body and my hands. I suffer from dry skin on the body and I frequently experience eczema on my hands. This has not irritated my skin in the slightest, instead it soothes, softens and hydrates while still thoroughly cleansing. I have noticed a huge improvement in my dry areas, they are noticeably less scaly/flaky looking and my skin just feels softer overall.

One issue I have with this soap is that it's so big it doesn't fit in the soap slots/trays properly! Haha. I think when I get my next bar (because yes I will purchase this!) I will cut it in half and just use half at a time.

But yes, I do highly recommend this soap especially if you have sensitive skin or a skin issue such as eczema, dermatitis or psoriasis.

I've used the product for about 10 days and as directed. I used it in place of my normal products and used it on my face, hands and body.

On opening the packet I didn't find the soap to be particularly appealing in appearance or smell. I also find it unwieldy and cumbersome to use due to it's big size. It also took longer to rinse off than my normal products. It lathers really well though and didn't cause any negative reaction in my skin, my hands are feeling a little softer and hasn't dried my skin or made it worse than it was. Although the eczema on my hands hasn't cleared up as yet I may not have been using it for long enough as it says on the product website that "After a few months of use you will feel your skin become softer and it will be less dry." I may continue using it just to see if it does clear up my skin. I may also get my daughter to try it as her skin is extremely sensitive.

I bought this after reading reviews. I have really sensitive skin that's prone to eczema so I have to use gentle soaps and creams if I want to keep the red, itchy rash at bay. I read the reviews on this olive oil soap and decided it was worth a shot. At only four ingredients this the purest most, simple and natural soap I have come across. The ingredients are saponified olive oil, bay laurel oil, spring water and salt. So basically just natural oils in this bar. I was actually skeptical that this bar would foam but it did and it produced a reasonable lather considering it was mostly oils. The soap comes in a thick hard chunky, tan colored bar, it smells a bit funky and stale. I decided it was a bit to big to use comfortably at that size so I tried to cut the bar with a kitchen knife. I really should have used a serated knife because I only managed to cut into half the bar before it started falling into slivers, so I stopped and took the small chunk and slivers and put it in the bathroom sink. The inside of this bar is a bright, sort of olive green. When I washed my hands with it, my eczema rash on my hand didn't feel irritated at all. I really thought the small sliver would quickly disolve and get used up after a few washes like normal soap but after several days it's still a decent size. My eczema patch is healing and it seems this bar will last me a long time. While this does leave my hands lightly smelling of stale oil it's not a scent that stays after I apply hand cream. I may even use this soap on my body in the shower. I am impressed with this soap and I definitely will aim to keep this as my default handwash soap since my hands are especially prone to eczema.

I was really excited to be a part of this trial. For the last 2 years I have been using oil based solid shampoo bars on my hair and body.

This arrived in a nice recyclable cardboard box, green and white. When I opened this to have a quick peek the smell was quite strong I thought at first I didn't like it but then it kind of grew on me. It smells natural and clean and you can smell that olive oil type smell.

Its a large size bar much larger than I was expecting. Its a greeny/brown type colour it looks exactly like what you expect a natural olive oil soap to look like. I couldn't wait to try this in the shower!. I used this as an all over body soap, I normally just use my solid shampoo as a body wash so I did the same with this. This was really nice and smooth on my skin it lathers nicely and was great to use for shaving my legs etc. I then wet my hair and run the bar over my scalp and the ends of my hair a few times and worked it into a lather. I rinsed this out with just water and that's all I did (I don't normally use a conditioner with my solid shampoo's so I wanted to try to use it the same way).

My skin felt great after the shower, clean, smelt clean and fresh and didn't dry out my skin it managed to keep my skin feeling soft and smooth.

My hair felt great, I towel dried and brushed with my tangle teezer and left it to air dry like I normally do. I also always put a small amount of argan oil through the ends of my hair. It dried well and actually made my hair more wavy than usual. I was really pleasantly surprise by how my hair scrubbed up with this.

The only thing I noticed with this because my hair is a medium/dark blonde it did make my hair colour seem a wee bit darker i'm not to sure on the reason for this perhaps it wasn't quite as light and fluffy as usual.

Overall for the really reasonable price of this I would definitely buy this again. I probably wouldn't use this for my hair as my current solid shampoo does a nicer job for me but I would definitely use this on my body. Being such a big bar it would last you a really long time.

I give this a thumbs up :)

This soap comes in a cute box that has a rustic look to it. Upon opening the box I was little overwhelmed by the smell of the soap - it very much smells like olive oil. I was concerned it would leave my skin smelling like olive oil, but thankfully it only leaves a mild scent. The bar itself is HUGE and a greenish colour. I found the soap difficult to use due to its size, so I ended up cutting a piece off. The soap forms a beautiful rich lather, which I used all over my body including my face. I was surprised that my skin was left feeling moisturised and supple, as soap usually leaves me feeling dry and tight. I love the fact that this product is completely natural - no nasty chemicals is a big plus! My husband has fallen in love with this soap, so I expect we will be buying it again and at $6.95 why wouldn't we!

My husband used to call this watermelon soap as a kid, he had grown up using this soap as a child and so did his parents and grandparents, I am not sure how far back this family tradition went back but I was fortunate to try this for myself a little under 2 years ago when we went to visit his family in Dubai.

The first time using this soap I was interested in the colour, and the smell. The colour and smell are very unusual and unique to many soaps out there. I was so impressed with how moisturizing this soap was, I get dry arms and legs, there was no need to moisturize after washing. The smell stays on your skin for hours.

You can also use this to wash your hair, you just lather the soap into your hair and rinse. Your hair will be soft and smell like soapy olives.

There is one disappointment with this soap. My son has sensitive skin and when we have wash him with this he gets a really bad rash, I would highly recommend a patch test if you have sensitive skin.

Other than that this soap is really great, versatile and it lasts a long time! My mother in law always brings us more when she visits.

You may be a tad put off by the heading but it gets better so hold on to your seat and follow me on my journey from, 'What is THIS?' to 'I love you maaaaan!' I was a bit weirded out by the fact that it was an olive oil soap BUT considering I was desperate to try anything and BR granted me the honor I was all in with this trial.

Let's get the mundane out of the way first. It reminds me of a soap that you get at a health shop, all rustic looking and a smell that I am not sure I like even now. It is very big and chunky which is hard to hold in the shower with wet hands. It has some sort of logo or picture on top which adds to the health shop feel. At the end of the day all this fades from the mind when it comes to the performance criteria.

Like I said it is hard to hold in your hand because of how chunky it is so I prefer to cut a chunk off and save the rest for a later time. I don't use it on my skin as I have no dry skin ares on my body other than my face but I have a different regime for that. I use it on my scalp because I am very sensitive to chemicals in shampoos and conditioners. It makes my scalp flake (oh how that makes me ashamed to say on here) which means I need a natural remedy and it makes my already low self-esteem hit rock bottom.

I love how easily this lathers up. I would have thought it wouldn't lather up much at all given that it has olive oil in it and smells like olive oil. I expected an oily residue afterwards on my hands but there was nothing. It was literally just like a soap which I love. I was skeptical to use a soap on my scalp but forged ahead. I use it like a solid shampoo bar, apply, leave and rinse out. After only the first wash my scalp felt nourished and I noticed less irritation and flake YUUUSS!!! I continued on for another four washes and the heading comes in to light at this point. I was literally in tears because this is the first thing EVER to work and to leave me flake free!!!!!! I haven't been that way since I was ten years old so you can imagine the soaring confidence that followed afterwards.

If you have my problem or a skin issue this may just be the thing that will work for you as it did me. At $7 a bar that lasts for so long due to the size it's worth its weight in gold. I am beyond happy and as a celebration got an even shorter shave around my mohawk because I am no longer hiding!

With my 9year old suffering with excema and myself I was so excited to trial this. Emulsifying cream is great but your always on the lookout for something easier to use. The box is beautiful looking. The soap itself is unusual in colour muddy green. My sons first response is "with something that looks and smells this ugly it must work" he used it first and his skin was soft and moisturised looking. Really lovely. It didn't help much with his excema though. He is quite bad. My turn..., it bubbled up right away and as the soap was so big was hard to handle so out it down and rubbed my hand on it. It made my skin really sticky feeling. I didn't like the way my skin felt with it. I do think it is worth trying. My son and I had different outcomes. But not sure if I'll buy it again. The bar is so big it will take a while to get through it anyway haha

I was so stoked to have been selected for this BR trial (thank you)! My main drive behind wanting to trial this product is for my hair which is prone to dandruff. I’ve tried the commercial remedies which do a great job but I feel they strip my hair of what natural oils I have left! Over the 11 days I trialled this product I washed my hair a total of 4 times.

I’m impressed at the sheer size of this bar which has a rustic look and scent to it. I was a little “precious” about using it since it says one bar of soap takes 9 months to dry. I didn’t expect much lather when rubbing the soap into my hair so was pleasantly surprised to see a build up of foam.

When working the soap into my hair I did it section by section to ensure that I got good coverage. I didn’t go in with any additional shampoo or conditioner. I rinsed my hair thoroughly and air dried it. Not a sight of one white flake! Unfortunately I hated the feeling it left on the lengths of my hair. It felt sticky as if I hadn’t completely washed the shampoo out of my hair (even though I didn’t use any). My scalp was clear for a good 2 days and then I started to notice a very light dusting of flakes.

Two days may not seem like a long time but this is a natural alternative that I find leaves my roots feeling soft and moisturised and I hope with continued use that the number of days will increase. In the second wash I repeated the process but this time I spent more time rinsing the lengths of my hair however the results were the same as if I hadn’t washed out the product properly. I also noticed dandruff in my hair and I couldn’t understand how it differed from my first wash. I believe it was because I hadn’t thoroughly rinsed out my roots.

In the third and fourth wash I decided that I was only going to use the soap on my scalp and use my normal shampoo/conditioner (Redken) on the lengths of my hair. This combination works best for me. My scalp is left squeaky clean for 2-3 days and I love how flat and smooth the hair on my scalp gets when I straighten it. I will be repurchasing this soap to monitor if I can achieve flake free hair for longer.