So...Soap! is a social enterprise that empowers city women. This luxurious brownie-smelling Chocolate flavour soap is made with cacao powder and essential oil ($98/80g, from Agnes b., IFC Mall).

Soap Factory’s Savon de Marseille – Balgariya Rose and Red Clay soap ($60/90g, from www.soapfactory.com.hk) is handmade made with 100 percent natural ingredients. The French red clay helps to lightly exfoliate and is suitable for the face and the body.

Gladys’ Handmade Soap is made by Gladys in small batches; this Geranium Shea Butter Soap ($50/95g, from www.gladyshandmadesoap.com) boasts the benefit of antioxidants. Gladys also custom-makes soaps for weddings and expectant mothers.

Bathe to Basics’s Basic No. 3 ($68, from www.bathetobasics.com) is rich in Australian shea butter with ingredients that are repairing and nurturing for mature skin. Louise Choi