BAR-ISTA
Detoxing your skin with alcohol-based soap.
Known for its mind-altering potency, beguiling emerald color, and rumored disasters (it's supposedly the catalyst behind the loss of Van Gogh’s ear), absinthe has a dangerous combination of ambiguity and enchantment. But its new association promises no hallucinations or moral collapses. In fact, we might even call it a purifier…
As the latest addition to the handmade soap craze, absinthe joins our favorite alcohol-based cleansers in spicing up your shower. Besides being an unorthodox addition to the bathroom, certain booze has proven beneficial for bathtime. While beer (or stout) soaps are known as a great hair fortifier, the juniper berries in gin add a zest you won’t get from the non-descript white bar currently on the edge of your sink.
We like the absinthe soap, but we don’t recommend trying the real thing. Need a more convincing case? We’re sure you have an crazy older relative who’s more than willing to share a “the time I tried absinthe” story. We plead the Fifth.
--ALEXANDRA HOFFMAN
Absinthe soap, $6 per tin
Champagne soap, $3.50 per bar
Beer shower gel, $5.50 per bar
Gin and Tonic soap, about $6 per bar
Budweiser soap, $3.50 per bar
Plus: remember when we made face masks out of booze?
As the latest addition to the handmade soap craze, absinthe joins our favorite alcohol-based cleansers in spicing up your shower. Besides being an unorthodox addition to the bathroom, certain booze has proven beneficial for bathtime. While beer (or stout) soaps are known as a great hair fortifier, the juniper berries in gin add a zest you won’t get from the non-descript white bar currently on the edge of your sink.
We like the absinthe soap, but we don’t recommend trying the real thing. Need a more convincing case? We’re sure you have an crazy older relative who’s more than willing to share a “the time I tried absinthe” story. We plead the Fifth.
--ALEXANDRA HOFFMAN
Absinthe soap, $6 per tin
Champagne soap, $3.50 per bar
Beer shower gel, $5.50 per bar
Gin and Tonic soap, about $6 per bar
Budweiser soap, $3.50 per bar
Plus: remember when we made face masks out of booze?
This story was published on December 9, 2009.
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sharon
12/09/2009
the absinthe soap just smells like absinthe, that's all. :(
the other ones look good though!
Anna
12/10/2009
I'd probably be more worried about the beer soap smelling like just that, rather than the absinthe. Still, I'll give them a whirl if I can find them here.
Helena
12/12/2009
Alcohol + skin = big no-no. Soap isn't much good for your face anyway.
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