About this item

SITS IN THE PALM — cut across the gourd so the fibre runs the short way, which keeps the pad flexible instead of board-stiff.
THE ONE TO BUY FIRST — if you have never used a loofah, this is the shape that behaves most like the sponge you are replacing.
TAKES A BAR STRAIGHT TO THE SKIN — rub the bathing bar on the pad and go; no bottle, no pump, no squeeze.
ONE HUNDRED PER CENT PLANT — sun-dried Luffa aegyptiaca and cotton thread. That is the entire ingredients list.
COMPOSTS WHOLE — cut off the loop and the whole thing goes in the green bin.

Natural Loofah

Oval Shaped Loofah

₹129 ~~₹179~~ 28% off

Inclusive of all taxes · You save ₹50

The everyday shape — sits in the palm, lathers with very little soap.

No plastic in it · Nothing plastic in this product — it composts or recycles whole when you are done with it.

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One gourd, dried in the sun, cut by hand

A loofah is not a sponge and it is not a manufactured product. It is a gourd — Luffa aegyptiaca — left on the vine until it dries out, then peeled, deseeded and cut.

That is the entire process. No foaming, no moulding, no petroleum. The thing in your hand grew on a plant a few months ago and will be soil again a few months after you are done with it.

Why people switch from a plastic sponge

It dries out properly between showers, so it does not go sour
It lathers a bar of soap with a fraction of what a synthetic sponge swallows
It sheds no microplastic down the drain, because there is no plastic in it
It composts whole at the end instead of outliving you in landfill
It costs less than the sponge it replaces

How long does a natural loofah last?

Four to six weeks for face use and two to three months for body use, if you rinse it after each use and hang it somewhere it can dry fully. The thing that shortens a loofah's life is staying wet — left in a puddle in the corner of the bath it will go soft and start to smell within a fortnight. Hung up with air around it, it will outlast several plastic sponges.

Is a loofah better than a plastic bath sponge?

For most people, yes, on three counts: it dries out between uses so it does not sour, it makes a bar of soap go much further, and it composts instead of shedding microplastic into the water and then sitting in landfill. The one thing a synthetic sponge does better is stay soft when dry — a loofah is stiff until it meets warm water.

About this product

The plainest of the four and the one most people reach for. An oval pad cut across the gourd, so the fibre runs the short way and the pad stays flexible.

It takes a bar of soap straight to the skin and works up a lather from a fraction of what a synthetic sponge swallows.

What it's made of

Sun-dried Luffa aegyptiaca, cotton thread

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