Natural Ramie Bath Package (5 Units)

About this product: 5 piece Natural Ramie Package is just what you need for cleansing during your bath and/or shower. This luxurious bath package includes
1) 4" x 4” natural Ramie facial pad with handstrap,
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2) 7” x 5” natural Ramie scrubber buff w/ handstrap,
3) 12½” x 12½” natural Ramie washcloth
4) 6” x 1½” x 1¼” natural facial/complexion brush and
5) 3 ¾” x 1 ½” x 1 ¾” combination pumice and natural brush in a convenient and easy to handle “hand size”.

These bathing accessories are made from natural ramie plant fibers loosely woven to provide skin with a gentle massage, and work up the most luxurious lathers from our organic soaps. Great for face and body as it gently washes away dirt and dry skin. Leaves the skin feeling fresh and smooth. A quintessential bath accessory we think you’ll love for a long time. Ramie is a natural fiber that is perfect for use with all natural, organic soaps.
Ramie (pronounced Ray-me) is one of the oldest vegetable fibers and has been used for thousands of years. It was used in mummy cloths in Egypt during the period 5000 - 3000 BC, and has been grown in China for many centuries. Ramie (Boehmeria nivea), commonly known as China grass, white ramie, green ramie and rhea, is one of the group referred to as the bast fiber crops. The ramie plant is a hardy perennial belonging to the Urticaceae or Nettle family, which can be harvested up to 6 times a year. It produces a large number of unbranched stems from underground rhizomes and has a crop life from 6 to 20 years. The fibres need chemical treatment to remove the gums and pectins found in the bark.
The process of transforming the ramie fibres into fabric is similar to the process used for manufacturing linen from flax. The true ramie or 'China Grass' is also known as 'white ramie' and is the Chinese cultivated plant. It has large heart shaped, crenate leaves covered on the underside with white hairs that give it a silvery appearance. Boehmeria nivea var. tenacissima, is believed to have originated in the Malay Peninusula and is known as 'green ramie' or 'rhea'. Green ramie has smaller leaves than true ramie and is better suited to tropical climates.
The fibre is very fine like silk, and being naturally white in color, it does not need bleaching. Long before cotton was introduced in the Far East, it was used for Chinese burial shrouds over 2,000 years ago. Ramie's popularity increased in the mid 1980s with a fashion emphasis on natural fibres.
Chemically ramie is classified as a cellulose fibre, just as cotton, linen, and rayon. The leading global producers of ramie are China, Taiwan, Korea, the Philippines and Brazil. Ramie is often blended with cotton to make woven and knit fabrics that resemble fine linen to coarse canvas. Ramie is commonly used in clothing, tablecloths, napkins and handkerchiefs. It is often blended with cotton in knit sweaters. Outside the clothing industry, ramie is used in fish nets, canvas, upholstery fabrics, straw hats and fire hoses.

Advantages of Ramie
• Resistant to bacteria, mildew, alkalis, rotting, light and insect attack.
• Extremely absorbent –ideal for bathing and washing.
• Increases in strength when wet.
• Withstands high water temperatures during laundering.
• Smooth lustrous appearance improves with washing.
• Keeps its shape and does not shrink.
• Strong and durable (It is reported to have a tensile strength eight times that of cotton and seven times greater than silk). -Less