As I write this post, I’m in a state of skin-happy. Why? Because for the first time in weeks, I feel my skin is reaching a state of near-normality.

And it’s all thanks to Cor Silver Soap, a little round orange bar of soap which (clue’s in the name) contained real silver.

It had been sitting on my shelf for a while but I had a tonne of products to get through so it sadly was ignored.

However, using it just once kick-started my skin and gave me the smooth and clean feeling I craved so badly. It lathers so easily, so a little goes a long way.

I massaged into my skin and left it for a couple of minutes as advised. Immediately I began to feel a tightening effect, like a standard soap. For my combination skin, I wouldn’t leave for longer than two minutes, as my skin began to feel a little irritable when left on for too long.

After rinsing away, I was left with skin that literally squeaked. The soap delivers a real deep cleanse which penetrates into the pores, eliminating dry skin and leaving a smooth finish.

My skin did feel taut after use, but my thick moisturiser managed to balance this.

However, as good as Cor Silver Soap is, it’s not something I personally would use everyday, as I feel it may be too harsh. But I am now using it between a more gentle cleanser. Dry skinned ladies my find it makes their skin dryer, but for oily combination skins, it’s an ideal grime-buster.

The soap starts at £15 for a 10g trial size, so it doesn’t come cheap. So one thing people may struggle with is the cost of the soap. However, it seems expensive when you compare it to a regular bar of soap. However, Cor’s Silver soap is not for the body, so I suspect when used for the face, it lasts several months, so works out the same cost as buying a mid-premium range cleanser. So from that point of view, it’s not such a bad investment. You can get Cor Silver Soap from www.corsilver.co.uk.