{"id":1883,"date":"2009-01-22T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2009-01-22T01:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/?p=1883"},"modified":"2009-01-20T10:14:06","modified_gmt":"2009-01-20T02:14:06","slug":"review-asiatic-beauty-pegaga-soap-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2009\/01\/review-asiatic-beauty-pegaga-soap-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Asiatic Beauty Pegaga Soap Bar"},"content":{"rendered":"
Courtesy of Julea of Asiatic Beauty<\/a>, I received a bar of Pegaga body bar soap<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pegaga (also known as Pennywort leaves, gotu kola, centella asiatica)<\/strong> is a herb popular in Malaysia for its medicinal properties and has a reputation for boosting mental activity and for helping a variety of systemic illnesses, such as high blood pressure, rheumatism, fever, and nervous disorders (Read more here<\/a> and here<\/a>) The Pegaga bar soap contains extract of pegaga leaves and is supposed to clean and condition, gently exfoliating without damaging the skin.<\/p>\n The Asiatic Beauty Pegaga bar soap is a largish translucent glycerin soap bar made with pegaga extract. What makes this soap bar a little special and out of the ordinary is the inclusion of ground apricot kernals into the soap. This transforms the soap bar from a mere cleaning agent to a scrubbing and cleaning agent. Quite clever! I do find that using the soap bar directly on the skin can be a little painful due to the ground apricot kernals. So, I lather up (the hard bits loosen and get on my hands) and then gently scrub with the loose bits. That way its less painful. I thought the kernals were only on the surface but found that it is embedded throughout the soap bar.<\/p>\n The Pegaga soap bar comes in 100g bars and can last a while with everyday use. I tried using it on my face one time but found it too drying. It was slightly less drying on the body but still I felt a little skin tightening getting out of the shower. A bar retails for RM15.90 or US$5.95 and is available online and at selected stores. Look at the website<\/a> for store locations.<\/p>\n Pros: Refreshing, cleans well<\/p>\n Cons: Ground Apricot too harsh for my skin<\/p>\n [rating:3.5\/5]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Ingredients: Glycerin, Sodium Lactate, Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Seed Powder & Centella Asiatica (Pegaga) Extract<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Courtesy of Julea of Asiatic Beauty, I received a bar of Pegaga body bar soap. Pegaga (also known as Pennywort leaves, gotu kola, centella asiatica) is a herb popular in Malaysia for its medicinal properties and has a reputation for boosting mental activity and for helping a variety of systemic illnesses, such as high blood<\/p>\n
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\nI’ve been using the Pegaga soap bar for a while now and I found that like glycerin based soaps, it doesn’t melt as quickly when used in the shower. It also lathers up well, and has a nice leafy herbal smell that I like. I find it rather refreshing.<\/p>\n