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Expandable Egyptian Loofah Bath Sponges | Soft Type, Pack of 3

Expandable Egyptian Loofah Bath Sponges | Soft Type, Pack of 3

$15.90 SGD
$15.90 SGD
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Soft when wet, with enough texture to scrub. This is a soft type Egyptian loofah, Luffa aegyptiaca, with looser fibres than the stiff loofahs most of us have tried.

Each one arrives pressed flat. Soak it in water and it fills out to full size. There are three in a pack, each with a cotton cord for hanging.

Rinse it after use and hang it up to dry. When the fibres wear thin, bury it, compost it or bin it.

15 cm long, 7 to 18 cm across, each. Grown and packed in China.

Materials

100% loofah (Luffa aegyptiaca). Cotton cord and tag.

Dimensions

15 cm long, 7 to 18 cm across, each

Care information

Rinse after use, squeeze out the water and hang to dry.

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Loofah Sponges, handwritten as on the pack
Egyptian loofah, pack of three

A softer kind of loofah.

This is a soft type loofah, with looser fibres than the stiff kind most of us tried once and gave up on. It scrubs without the scratch.

A pack of Bulbul loofah sponges with two flat loofahs and one soaked to full size

  • Soft type

    Looser fibres, gentler scrub

  • Arrives flat

    Fills out when soaked

  • Three in a pack

    Loofah and a cotton cord
A slice of loofah held up to a window, light passing through the open fibres
Why it is softer

Looser fibres. That is the whole difference.

Most bath loofahs are dense and stiff. Egyptian loofah, Luffa aegyptiaca, is a soft type, with a more open web of fibres.

Wet, it gives under your hand instead of rasping. If a loofah put you off before, this is the one to try again.

Close view of loofah fibres crossing in an open web
The fibres up close. More air between them, less scratch.
How it arrives

Pressed flat. Soak it and it fills out.

After drying, each loofah is flattened, so three fit in one slim pack. Water brings it back.

  1. Three flat loofah sponges

    Flat

    Out of the pack it is a firm, flat pad.

  2. A shower head running

    Soak

    Hold it under water until it turns soft and full.

  3. Three loofah sponges at full size

    Full

    Back to its natural shape, ready for soap.

A flat loofah being packed into an open suitcase
For travel

Dry and flat, it takes up very little room in a wash bag. A good one to travel with.

In the shower

Soap, lather, scrub.

Wet the loofah, add soap or body wash and work up a lather. Use light pressure and let the fibres do the work.

It is a soft type body exfoliant, so it suits skin that finds ordinary loofahs too rough.

A loofah full of lather being used on an arm
Looking after it

Rinse it. Hang it. That is the care.

A loofah lasts longest when it dries out between showers. Each one has a cotton cord for hanging.

Two flat loofahs and one soaked loofah beside the pack, each with a hanging cord

  1. Rinse out the soap after each use.

  2. Squeeze out the water.

  3. Hang it by the cord where air can reach it.

  4. Start a fresh one when the fibres wear thin.

Where it comes from

It grew on a vine.

A loofah is the dried inside of a gourd. Ours are farmed, dried, then pressed flat.

Rows of loofahs hanging to dry under an open shelter
Loofahs hanging to dry at the farm.
The Bulbul loofah pack in sunlight with three loofahs around it
Engraving of a loofah gourd on the vine
When it is worn out

Bury, compost or bin it.

The loofah is plant fibre and biodegradable. When it has done its time, it goes back to the ground.

The pack is biodegradable too.

The particulars

Product details

In the pack
3 loofah sponges
Size
15 cm long, 7 to 18 cm across, each
Material
100% loofah (Luffa aegyptiaca)
Type
Soft type body exfoliant
Cord and tag
Cotton
To use
Soak in water until soft and full
After use
Compost, bury or bin
Origin
Grown and packed in China