This product is the is the upgraded version of our 'Bundu shave gel' the latter of which we are now in the process of adapting to a fragranced gel to match a range of soaps and aftershaves available from us. This original recipe is such a great formulation, and we could no bear to see it leave our shelves, we did a bit of thinking and converted the product into something that should have more appeal, and find a wider base of customers as it is now better defined in what it can, and will do for your skin.
This formula has some great skin benefits but it did not come to its full potential as a shaving gel which is ulitmately a product that is applied, and immediately afterwards removed while shaving and then rinsed off. We needed to get folks to have the medium on their skins for longer, and since we get a lot of requests for an 'exfoliating face wash', it made sense to add an ingredient that will do this job and encourage the rubbing and massaging of the medium over the users face for longer durations.
Slippery as an eel is a medium that exfoliates your skin while moisterizing and conditioning your skin, it also doubles up as a shaving medium once you have enjoyed the benefits of using the product as a pre-treatment for a shave. It is quite easy to use, scoop some out of the tub, massage onto your skin using your fingers and leave it on for 2 to 10 minutes. Depending on how much you have used, and also how long it remains on your face you may need to splash some water onto the area to be shaved to activate the 'slide & glide'
The base recipe for this product was developed from that of Beldi soap. Beldi is a traditional cleansing and skin softening treatment that originates from the famed hammams of Morocco. Something that has come such a long way has a lot of potential assigned to it default, and this is why we originally explored this avenue. This is a 100% natural, plant based product, consisting of five base ingredients, Olives, olive oil, water, lye and Honeybush fines, it is extremely rich in vitamin E, and is a great emollient and moisturizer. We have added anti-oxidant boosting organic Honeybush tea to act as the exfoliating medium, way better than the plastic beads one find in most mainsteam products. Due to the high content of anti-oxidants and vitamin E, it helps to revitalize the skin, acting against dryness, dehydration and aging skin. Traditionally this type of medium was massaged into the skin for several minutes, and then removed with a cloth or something similar and finally rinsed off. The fun thing about this is the longer you take to get shaved up, the softer your skin!
This medium offers great slickness and a top tier post shave feeling of fresh, hydrated skin. It is applied super fast and easy, and can be used for a very quick shave, although we do recommend longer skin contact to extract all benefits. The product works best on slighly damp skin rather than a very wet surface with too much water, this may dilute the product too much causing run-off rather then the product staying on the area to be shaved.
The shaving medium has a medium to dark brown appearance and earthy smell that can be attributed to the Kalamata olives and Honeybush tea we use in the production of this product. We are offering the product in two viscositities to see which version our customers like best, the one looks and feel much like a liquid soap, and the other in a more concentrated format similar to a gel. The male/female eel products are exactly the same, but we gave them different identities as they may be adapted dependant on the feedback we get from you, our esteemed customers. We think the tub with the wide opening is going to work very well, especially for the ladies as it is a quick and easy way to apply larger amounts of product over large amounts of skin to be shaved.
Unfortunately we had the instruction and ingredient stickers printed in black, and with the dark medium it is quite hard to read, so we do apologize for that, we will correct that with our next lable order, but for now please squint your eyes and bare with us!
The stickers read as follows;
Ingredients: Cape Olives, Karoo cold pressed virgin olive oil, Sunflower oil, H2O directly from the earth, Potassium Hydroxide, Honeybush fines. That is it!
Directions: Thoroughly wet exposed area to be shaved, apply shave medium and massage into skin, exfoliating your skin as you progess, leave on skin for a few minutes if you like (this will soften your skin) or immediately wet the area once again and shave. Rinse the snotty eel from your skin and feel electrifyingly good!
The tubs are filled quite 'generously', and they contain 200 to 250 ml of product.