Saturday, January 12, 2008

Lava Soap at Met Food














The Met Food on 5th Avenue in South Slope sells this Lava Soap, which stands out because it's rare for red to be used in soap packaging, it doesn't scream "clean!" But it does say "hot," and I'm wondering if the soap can make me hot like lava. That would be so much cheaper than surgery. Can soap do that? And can soap really come from a volcano, which I associate with things that aren't water soluble? Why, yes, yes it can. It can because of the exfoliating properties of the floating wonder rock we call pumice.

I'm sure Brooklyn residents will be very happy to note that they can choose a beautifully packaged bar of Lava soap with or without the Nascar endorsement.

Here's what Lava used to look like.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

My dad used to use Lava soap on his hands after working on the car, so I guess that Nascar's advertising money is spot-on. :)

Anonymous said...

I can't believe a post about Lava. I loved Lava as a kid. Cut through bike grease. HOW FUN! Thanks!