Ilog Maria Honey Glycerine Baby Soap

Last week, my facial soap kinda ran out on me. So I had to buy a new one. I must admit I am quite a picky soap consumer all because I unfortunately have sensitive skin, prone to acne and all. BOO. Plus I want to buy a soap that is organic / natural + locally made + cheap. Mahirap ba? Hehehe. Madaming requirements.

Incidentally, I had this photography racket at Qasa61 in Marikina and I knew I’d be passing through Riverbanks, which has a stall that sells Ilog Maria products.  And I LOVEEEEEEE ILOG MARIA! They are the best! So I checked out the stall (which sits right in front of the SM Supermarket) to see if they had any facial soap in stock…

And they did have it on the shelf. BUT I’ve actually used Ilog Maria facial soap before. The only thing I did not like about it was the scent. I’d prefer it not to have any scent at all.

Then I saw the Ilog Maria Honey Glycerine Baby Soap and figured that they probably had the same ingredients BUT without the scent. Nakalagay kc unscented e. So PERFECT!

So organic / natural soap: CHECK!

Unscented daw di ba?

Locally made soap: CHECK!

The last question is: is it cheap? Well, reasonably priced. Hmmm. Of course, I did not have to go all the way to Tagaytay just to buy Ilog Maria stash. So that merited a whole lot of savings. The small soap cost Php 60. Obviously I bought it na kasi may pictures e.

But after the fact of the matter, I checked the Ilog Maria website and the small baby soap costs Php 49.50. So there is a Php 10.50 difference. Not bad at all, considering travel costs and the delivery cost from Tagaytay IF I had it delivered to my place. So cheap: CHECK!

To stretch the life of my precious soap because organic – natural soaps melt faster than regular soaps, I learned an important wais technique: Cut the soap into three.

Cutting it into threes para matipid

Or pwede din naman na into two. It’s just a matter of preference of course. But just don’t use the entire soap as is. With my other natural facial soap, the life of the soap extends for another additional week or so. So winner di ba?

So how is the soap? Well, as tested, it is indeed unscented. Thank you Ilog Maria. And I soap my face two to four times (but that’s just because I have oily sensitive skin which kinda sucks) and my skin feels squeaky clean and smooth Yehey!

Did you experience the same with your Ilog Maria soap?

Live Wais-ly,

Juana B. Wais