# Oval Shaped Loofah

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

- URL: https://bikli.in/product/oval-shaped-loofah
- Price: ₹129, GST included (MRP ₹179)
- Availability: in stock
- Department: Natural Loofah
- Plastic: no plastic in the product
- Materials: Sun-dried Luffa aegyptiaca, cotton thread
- Net quantity: 1 pad
- Shelf life: 3 years unopened
- Country of origin: India
- Manufacturer: Bikli Naturals, Bengaluru, Karnataka

## Key features

- 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.

## Description

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.

## Questions

### 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.

## Buying this

- Price includes GST. Free delivery in India on orders over ₹499.
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