square_root_of_pi | Mar. 7th, 2010

1.) Went to Apalachicola yesterday. Hit up Riverlily, aka the soap store.

Purchased Swedish egg white soap. And day old eggs. From the same place. But first, the soap.

It's called Lanolin Agg Tval and is made by the Swedish soap company, Victoria.

http://www.victoriasoap.se/

I've been in need of a new facial soap as every sensitive skin pore cleaning facial product I have tried so far has left me with broken out skin and a frown.

I decided for $4.50 a bar, it was worth a try.

The soap's main ingredient is egg whites. Apparently this is the secret to why the Swedish have such beautiful skin. It's a technique that is centuries old and passed from mother to daughter.

Ancient Swedish secret, eh?

The directions are simple enough to follow.

Work up a lather. Apply to face and neck. Leave on for five minutes. Rinse.

Apparently, you leave it on for five minutes so it can do it's job of sucking up all the impurities from your pores.

I was skeptical. I've been read this "clean your pores" line before. At this state in my life, my blackheads and I are old war buddies. Sure, I can get them to leave, but they'll show up again for the next reunion in a day or two.

I'm just looking for a facial cleanser that won't tear up my skin.

I followed the instructions. I waited five minutes. During that time, the lather dried, creating a smooth pearl mask upon my face and neck. I made a number of bukkake jokes. Then I rinsed.

My face felt clean, without being tight and red. My skin was soft. I spoke a few words of Swedish in the mirror. I still could not pass for a Swede, but I blamed my raven tresses and Celtic build.

Then I noticed it. My blackheads were gone. My nose, normally freckled with dirty impurities, looked fresh and, dare I write it, pure.

This was not the blackhead free nose I gain after using a Biore strip. My nose looked fine, and not ravaged, red and puckered with bits of fibre and glue.

Could this product actually live up to it's claim? Will this be the facial soap I swear by from now on?

Only time will tell.

But for now, G-d Bless the Swedish. I was already a big fan, but now you've gifted me with a bizarre egg based soap that actually cleans my skin and pores?

Oh, and Yael, I saw this on their site and thought of you. Disney Soap on a rope.