5 Truths About Soap free Cleansing  (ubtan)

Did you know the concept of soap free cleansing has been used for generations and across cultures, and it is only now that people are waking up to the fact that cleansing without soap maybe the preferable more natural way of cleansing?

Repeated use of soap not only dries up the top layer of the skin leading to premature aging and dryness, but also can lead to a host of skin infections, as it removes the protective layer from the skin that guards against environmental toxins, fungus ad bacteria.

1.The concept of ubtan, and kitchen ingredients made into a paste used to beautify the face and body has long been in the Indian culture and is particularly a custom used to signify cleansing before auspicious occasions.

2.During births, marriages and any other socio-religious ceremonies like the thread ceremony in ancient India, the central character in the occasion, like the bride, groom or child is coated with a paste of sandalwood, turmeric and milk and scrubbed from head to toe by all the women in the family to become physically clean ad glowing.

3.The concept of ubtan in religious occasions, not only marked a physical cleansing, but also a symbolic one, where  who the person was in the past is scrubbed off revealing a new person, all chrysalis like, ready to embrace a whole new identity.

4.The custom of using homemade ingredients from the kitchen to beautify oneself is not new and has its genesis in the Ayurvedic  premise that only feed your skin ingredients that you can safely feed your stomach. Thus the use of a lot of vegetable skins, peels, ground seeds, pulses, rice etc were  hived off during the food preparation by the smart ladies of the house who were not only in charge of the food but also of personal grooming, whether it was their own or the family’s. Rather than struggling to take out time separately for personal care it became custom to fit the personal care routine into the kitchen and food menu.

5.In today’s age where urban living demands not only make high demands on time but also labour, the world around us is increasingly turning to pre-cut, semi-cooked, pureed, and processed food in order to save both time and labour. A few key players in  the organic cosmetic products segment  have taken the best of tradition and created organic and natural, safe and cruelty free exfoliants that save time, labour and resources and provide the glowing ubtan effect literally on your finger tips!

Try the Multigrain Porridge ubtan from Cosmetofood and experience the difference yourself.