Description
Beldi black soap, the first step of the hammam
It is not a bar and it does not foam. It is a soft, dark paste of olive oil and macerated olives, saponified with potash — three ingredients, the same three for centuries.
Why it is a paste
Soap is what you get when a fat meets an alkali: with soda you get a hard soap, with potash a soft one. Moroccan soap-makers have always used potash, so the soap stays a paste, and it stays a paste in the jar for three years. It will not lather either — lather comes from added foaming agents, and there are none here. A thin film spread over damp skin is all it needs.
What it does
It cleans, and it softens the skin so that dead cells lift away with the kessa glove. Like every true soap it is alkaline, which is why it is rinsed off rather than left on, and why an oil afterwards is part of the ritual and not an upsell. It is a cosmetic, not a treatment.
How to use it with a kessa glove
Warm the skin ten minutes in a hot shower or a steam room — this step is half the result. Spread a walnut-sized amount thin over the whole body. Leave it five to ten minutes while you stay in the steam. Rinse the soap off, then work the damp glove in long strokes, limbs towards the heart. Once a week, not more. Finish with argan or prickly pear seed oil while the skin is still damp.
More on beldi soap and the hammam in our Knowledge Base.
Complete the Hammam Ritual
Black soap is step one. After rinsing, scrub with a Kessa Glove, exfoliate with Tabrima powder, purify with Ghassoul Clay, and finish with Argan Oil.
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