HERBIVORE Botanicals Bamboo Charcoal Soap. Detoxifying Soap Bar for Face and Body with Activated Charcoal Deeply Cleanses and Exfoliates. Suitable for All Skin Types (4 oz)

ORIGINAL REVIEW:Amazingly effective. I have keratosis pilaris/KP/strawberry legs/chicken skin on my thighs, lower legs, butt and my arms. This soap seriously cuts down on the redness. It NOT a permanent solution (there isn't one) but it can give you at least a day or two of decent looking skin. I was VERY surprised because nothing I've ever tried worked so I've long since given up. It's somewhat drying, as you might expect soap to be.-------------------------UPDATE (2021):I turned this soap into liquid soap and omg I got TWO full 16oz pump bottles out of 1 bar, much easier to use. Google it.And I started using it with these Korean scrubbing mitts (game changer): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CJLKLDX/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1.... blown away. The amount of dead skin this combo takes off.........well, take a look at the pic and hold on to your lunch lmao. That's from 1 shower with the mitt/soap. Sorry it's gross, but that's KP for you. My skin feels smooth as glass after. And it's logical why - KP is keratin (dead skin) build up that causes hair follicle inflammation and creates the bumps AND the red spots (strawberry legs and chicken skin). Activated charcoal is a great purifier. Scrub off the excess keratin with the mitt and soap, let the follicles breathe and let the charcoal to help with the clean up and calming of the inflammation.My routine is simple:1) stand in a hot, then warm shower long enough to get your skin hydrated and to soften the top layer2) 1-2 pumps of the liquid soap per arm/leg3) thoroughly/firmly scrub in a vertical direction, up/down - the excess dead skin will either show up on the mitt or start to bead up in little grey rolls (as per the picture)4) Gentle lotion right after to lock in moisture from the shower, *nothing with acids*, instead maybe colloidal oatmeal (Aveeno and St Ives have that). Dry skin only exacerbates the condition.Wouldn't recommend to do this every day - too harsh, maybe 2 times a week with a body wash the rest of the time.I sincerely hope this helps someone out there. I've suffered, yes, *suffered*, with this condition for so long and nothing EVER worked. No benzoyl peroxide, no salicylic acid, no body washes, no dry brushing, no oils, no moisturizers, nothing until I hacked this together. I still get the red spots but it's much reduced, at least my skin is smooth. Good luck.

I purchased 3 different soaps from Herbivore Botanical. The Activated Charcoal, Blue Clay, and Pink Clay. Which I then shaved into individual use slivers to divide between myself, my daughter, and 2 of my sisters. All of us have very different skin types, from VERY sensitive (eczema and acne breakout prone) to oily to perfect (that is the only word I know to decribe that particular sister's skin... but I'm not bitter ;)For the first time ever, we loved the way our skin felt! We all felt AMAZING after using each of them. But this Activated Charcoal bar was my personal favorite because I had really bad acne on my shoulders that I had been battling since before summer; making it embarrassing to wear a swimsuit or tank top even though I'm otherwise very healthy (work out daily, eat healthy, drink water, take my vitamins, etc...) and was looking forward to my VERY FIRST time wearing a bikini. I just couldn't get the acne on my shoulders to even BEGIN to heal... but this bar of soap changed all of that. The first time I used it, I took a bath, lathered it up and let the suds sit on my shoulders for several minutes, rinsed and then did it again. When I got out of the tub, most of the redness and swelling had gone down! I repeated the process almost everyday (I always use coconut oil after a bath or shower to moisturize) and within the week, it was almost non existent!I don't care if it's expensive... I will buy this again and I HIGHLY recommend it.I also love that this soap is made in Seattle, Washington which is right up the road from me. Washingtonian's have a history of high quality, eco friendly products.I did dock it 1 star because it states that it's 113 grams and it was only 108 grams... and every gram counts when you spend this kind of money on a bar of soap.

You can feel the bits and pieces in the soap doing its job.

I bought this to test it against another brand of charcoal soap that I’d been using that you can only order from the manufacturer. This soap does everything the mail-order one does at a substantial savings.

This soap is divine.I have very sensitive skin, and so many conventional soaps/cleansers cause my skin to break out, due to the synthetic fragrances and alcohol. For those of us with sensitive skin, it's difficult to find a soap that minimizes breakouts but doesn't dry the skin out. Unlike many soaps, after I wash my face with this, my skin feels very soft. I've been using it daily (morning and night) and have noticed that my skin is both less oily and less irritated. It soothes my acne, reduces redness, and smoothes out my face. Charcoal is used to purify/detox, and it is definitely doing that. It smells wonderful (bergamot), too.I also love that it's made by a small business and with natural ingredients. My only complaint is that it's quite expensive for a small bar of soap, even more expensive than soaps you buy at the farmer's market with comparable ingredients. The small bar will last you awhile if you only use it on your face, but $15 seems a bit much. (Unlike most things on Amazon, it's actually cheaper to buy it on their website, so maybe Amazon should look into lowering the price. It's $12 on their website but $15 on Amazon.)

Nice soap but very expensive if you are in Europe