Not for the faint at heart. This is the real deal African Black Soap in it's purest raw form. Ingredients are coco pod ash, plaintain ash, palm kernel oil and camwood bark. No coco butter, shea butter, oats, honey essential oils of any kind added to this stuff. It comes in a 9 oz. jar and looks like powdery granuals. I just add some warm water to a spoonful and use it as a mask once or twice a week. I might try making a liquid soap out of it and may add some other ingredients to it. This soap is not drying and I feel it does deep clean and exfoliate. Why won't I repurchase?? I am a real klutz and need to use the bars. I have made messes with this :(