Ghassoul with akar el fassi – rassoul

This powder has been sold in the Near East since the Middle Ages. It is a natural ingredient typical of the oriental tradition, used in beauty for body and hair care. You find it in particular in the hammams in the same way as the black soap and the horsehair glove. In the East and more precisely in Morocco, rhassoul is offered to the bride and groom.

Ghassoul is a cleansing powder, but it does not contain surfactants and does not alter the lipoprotective film of the epidermis and the hair fiber. It can therefore be used as shampoos or mild soaps, particularly recommended for sensitive skin or scalp.

You are surely wondering how a powder can wash the hair? Simply mix the rhassoul with water which forms a paste. This cleans through a physical process, absorbing impurities and sebum and disappearing during rinsing.

Preparation

Place the clay powder necessary for your treatment, 2 tablespoons are sufficient for a facial mask.
Add a splash of water.
Mix and add water if necessary to obtain a texture that is neither too liquid nor too solid (as said before, the same texture as yogurt). The ideal is to mix the Rhassoul with a floral water, in order to take advantage of its virtues.
Application

Apply the paste to the face, body or hair, make sure your skin is clean and damp. The ideal is to exfoliate with black soap before this mask.
Let the mask act on your skin, 10 to 15 minutes, so that the vitamins and minerals penetrate the pores of your skin as well as possible.
Then rinse with lukewarm water, but don’t be surprised if the Rhassoul seems difficult to remove.
Caution for rinsing: it is preferable for the respect of the protective film of your skin, not to keep the jet of water from the shower too long and too strongly on the skin, because the limestone can hit your epidermis.

Run the water over your hair if necessary, then remove the Rhassoul with your hands.

Recipes for Rhassoul mask
Face mask:
Mix

50 grams of Rhassoul
10ml honey
10ml lemon juice
1 teaspoon of milk
1 teaspoon of argan oil

For hair :
Mix

50 grams of Rhassoul with a floral water of your choice
1 egg yolk
Then apply to the hair as a hair mask on the hair from the roots to the tips. Keep for 10-15 minutes then rinse with lukewarm water.