Soap and Ink

I write with a fountain pen. That means I use fountain pen ink. This means that fountain pen ink gets on my hands and won’t come off.

I have a special inkwell for my pen so that I have minimal ink on my hands but still, some gets on there. I have worn disposable gloves when I work with filling the inkwell and/or swatching new ink and I see how stained my gloved hand gets with dots and blotches of color.

The average soaps do not remove ink stains from hands …

But I found one that does!

Angel Love Creations is a small, Black woman-owned and Black-made bath bomb maker who also makes shower fizzers, lip balms, body scrubs and soaps. Their other products are amazing, I have an entire box of their goods that I’ve bought over time but I want to talk about their soap. Because it is the only soap that removes stubborn fountain pen ink off my hands in a wash.

I was given a small tester cube of the “Naked” soap in my last purchase. I gave it a go one day because no soap was removing stubborn ink from my hands and lo and behold! That one did! It’s nicely fragranced, it is a sweet, oatmeal smell, works fast and leaves hands soft. I strongly recommend this soap if you work with fountain pen ink and you don’t want your hands covered in blotches.

I also told Love Angel Naturals this about their soaps and they appreciated it! If I have any spare time, I’ll let pen stores know also.