We have been binge-watching Orange is the New Black, the Netflix series based on the memoir of a young New Yorker newly sent to prison for smuggling drug money years before.

So how does this naive, narcissistic chick from Brooklyn make friends in the big house? By making a medicinal body lotion for the crusty prison chef, that’s how. After all, what gal behind bars couldn’t use a little pampering?

In the outside world, you can find unique, homemade soaps, body washes and other goodies at Metropolis Soap Co., a boutique artesian bath and body product company founded by Megan Brame-Finkelstein, an entrepreneur based in Brooklyn’s cool Bay Ridge neighborhood. On her A-list of celebrity clients: Whoopi Goldberg, Zooey Deschanel, and Hilary Duff.

The nice folks at Metropolis sent me some samples to test, including their Hibiscus and Ginger Exfoliating Sugar Scrub. (MSRP: $29.99 for a hefty 8.8-ounce tub.) Packed with hydroxy-acids, it is designed improve elasticity of the skin, as well as soothe your stressed out dermis. Like a cup of tea in mid-afternoon, the blend of ginger and orange perks up the senses.

I like to use the grapefruit and mint scrub to exfoliate my hands. It smells fresh and slightly citrusy and leaves my skin feeling soft and supple.

In Orange, the artisan inmate chews hot peppers and spits them into a cup to make a balm. Metropolis products are saliva-free. They also do not contain animal products, sulfates, parabens and synthetics.