Traditional Moroccan hammam products

Tiabat is the name given to the women found in hammams, who know the traditional Moroccan hammam inside out, who help you with the scrub and who look after you throughout the experience.

In Morocco the tradition is still very much alive, even though every Moroccan family has a modern bathroom. It is not unusual to see a group of women with a bucket full of the beauty products essential to the hammam. Among them are natural Moroccan black soap and the Yacout exfoliating glove. They may also bring natural ghassoul powder for the skin and seven-herb Moroccan ghassoul for the hair.

Using natural Moroccan black soap

At the hammam, the Tiaba can help with every stage of the process. After dampening the skin, she applies natural Moroccan black soap to it. Before leaving it on for a few minutes, she will give a few gentle circular massages. This natural hammam black soap, made with argan and olive oils, allows a natural, gentle cleanse without sulphates.

Scrubbing with the Yacout exfoliating glove

The exfoliating glove comes in after the black soap has been left to rest on the skin. Made from materials that are very gentle on the skin, it exfoliates without irritating. The exfoliating glove and black soap are the products behind a successful traditional Moroccan hammam. Find them in our gift sets, together with natural Moroccan ghassoul.

The rooms of the traditional Moroccan hammam

The traditional Moroccan hammam has 3 to 4 rooms, each at a different temperature. The first is often the coolest, while the last can reach 40 °C. The Tiabat bring the water, scrub the women and children, and keep this magical place running smoothly.

Inspired by the baths of Greek antiquity and, according to history, the prophet of the Muslims Mohammed developed the hammam around 600 years after Jesus Christ. This steam bath took on a religious meaning, symbolising the purification of the body in Islam. From a very young age, children go to the hammam with their mothers. This space is an integral part of social life. According to the Tiabat, the feeling of purity and wellbeing the bath brings is exceptional — so much so that they nickname it the “silent doctor”.

The benefits of the Moroccan hammam are obvious and praised by locals and visitors alike. After every session the skin is smoother and lighter, and you feel somehow “aired out”.