Soap & Glory - Flake Away + Girligo

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Today I am reviewing the last 2 products from Soap and Glory because I have other things that I want to blog about and I don't have patience to wait any longer!

My thoughts on Flake Away...

Flake Away is a "spa body polish", or really a body scrub. This scrub has Shea Butter, sweet almond oil, peach seed powder, sea salt and sugar. When I saw that it has sea salt in it, I was kind of skeptical because I knew it would be abrasive, however it's nothing close it and I guess that has to do with the fact that it also has sugar in it. It doesn't irritate skin at all. I am in love with the smell of this scrub. It smells just like Hair Supply. I love that it has peach seed in it because that seems to do wonders for my skin (I use Burt's Bees peach face scrub and it's awesome!) I used this scrub about 3-4 times and all times it left my skin very smooth. It's also super moisturizing that I can get away without using any lotion after I use this. I have been using H2O's Vanilla scrub which has been discontinued for a long time now and I will be running out of it soon (I'm so sad!) and I will be buying Flake Away instead. ($9.99 for 8.4oz)


My thoughts on Girligo...

Girligo is a moisturizing body mist. I don't normally do body mists simply because they don't have a lasting scent and I'd rather use perfumes. Girligo isn't an exception to this. It smells great, imagine strawberries, musk, peaches...You spray it on and it's supposed to be moisturizing. First of all, you can't just spray it on and expect it to moisturize your skin, you need to work it into your skin. After doing that, it gets sort of sticky at least it does on my skin and I don't like that. I like lighter moisturizers that my skin absorbs easily. I don't think it's moisturizing, yes it makes your skin softer than right before you sprayed it but your skin will go back to its pre-misted state pretty quick. The idea is good, the bottle has a spray pump etc, but I don't see myself dishing out $12 for this though I heart the scent.

Soap & Glory - The Righteous Butter

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Today's review is on The Righteous Butter by Soap & Glory. I must say that I am not really a fan of butters because they are usually too thick for my liking. On my skin they take forever to smear and I am more of a apply and go type of person. I don't like rubbing body butters for five minutes. I prefer lotions over butters, and I think they serve the same purpose. Somehow though, this is my most favorite product of all the products I got from the Plane Jane bag. I love the texture of it, I don't even know if this should be called butter. It's not really thick or at least not as thick as other butters I used and it absorbs rather quickly. In it, it has aloe vera and shea butter, no wonder my skin felt like a baby's after I applied this all over after showering. It smells really good and the scent sticks around for a good while. Even after your skin absorbs it you can still smell it. Soap & Glory's website points out that "Smells like bergamot, strawberries and mandarin, with floral and fruity mid notes and musk, amber and warm vanilla notes on the bottom". I am definitely sensing the bergamot and mandarin or something citrus-y and musky, but strawberry? No. I just want to let my fellow bloggers/followers know that way you don't buy this thinking it has a strawberry scent, it doesn't. Does it do what it claims to do? Yes. Will I buy it in full size? Most definitely! I am also pretty obsessed with these containers, they are just too cute! I can't see myself throwing these away when I am done with the product, I think I will remove the stickers and use them for something else, for what, I have no idea. Before I forget, I just said I am obsessed with the containers but not when it comes to using the product because I have to dip my finger nails in to get the cream out, maybe I will just use my knuckles like I see people doing all the time ;) The Righteous Butter retails for $14.99 for a 10.1 oz container.

Soap & Glory - Great Shakes

 Hey girls!!!

Today's product is the Great Shakes Hand Cream. Like all Soap & Glory products, this one also passes the scent test. It smells wonderful! Lately, as in the past week, my hands have been beyond chapped. It's been pretty cold in Chicago (surprise surprise!) and the fact that I have a 6 month old puppy whom I have to take out every few hours doesn't help much. Even if I go out all bundled up and with my gloves on, somehow my skin gets all cracked. In fact they were so cracked, you see the little pieces of white skin residue coming up, ew! Since I started using Great Shakes, my hands are much smoother and softer. The white dried skin residue (I don't know what else to call it lol) is 90% gone. I have been using this hand cream 2-3 times throughout the day and it definitely helps. I love the formula, while very creamy it's not greasy, at all. According to the container, this hand cream is infused with glycerin, (which I know dries my skin, weird because this cream doesn't) fennel and lotus flower. What I am dying to know: Why does the description of this hand cream in Soap & Glory's website say that this cream has shea butter, macadamia oil and marshmallow? What happened to the lotus flower and fennel, huh? It does smell a bit shea buttery though. I really love the fact that I got this cream in the full size out of the bag, I'm glad it wasn't the body wash that was full size! I would repurchase this again because it seems to work for my nasty cracked hands and the lovely smell is always a plus. You can find this product at Target for $9.99 for 4.2oz, the website does say 3.8oz which IS a typo, you can see that on the actual product it says 4.2oz. Whoever is maintaining their website is obviously slacking off...

A little update: I was contacted by Alvin over at Soap & Glory in regards to the confusion about the actual weight of this product. Great Shakes DOES weigh 4.2oz, so I guess we can just disregard what the website says :) Thank you Alvin, didn't mean to bash you or anything!

Soap & Glory - Clean On Me

Today I'm reviewing product #2 from the Soap & Glory bag. Clean on Me is a shower gel which smells delicious. After a few uses, I don't love it and I don't hate it. I have mixed emotions about this product. I just don't know if I would go out of my way to purchase this in full size only because of the way it smells. I feel that it just doesn't have that moisturizing element in it. My skin sort of felt dehydrated after drying. I don't think this shower gel is anything special when compared to other shower gels in the market. However, I do like the scent of it (smells like mandarin/clementine), the consistency (nice and creamy!) and the fact that it was easy to lather up. But I get a lot more of a moisturized skin when I use any of my Lush soaps. I'm sorry Soap & Glory, but this shower gel just doesn't cut it for me, change your formula and I will give it a try again! Has anyone tried Clean on Me?? Do share your experience! :) It currently retails at Target for $9.99 for 16.9 oz.

Soap & Glory - Hair Supply

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As some of you may know, I hit the jackpot with the Plane Jane Travel Bag from Soap and Glory that I got from Target for only $13.99 (originally $26.99) I had been dying to try out this brand for a long time so this was the perfect opportunity. I think my curiosity for this brand had a lot to do with the fact that the woman who created Bliss spa is the creator of Soap & Glory as well! Her name is Marcia Kilgore, look her up if you don't know her already. I LOVE Bliss products and was hoping Soap & Glory goodies will be just as good with the exception of a huge hole in my pocket. (Bliss products, while great, are pretty expensive) Anyhow, I got 6 fairly good sized products out of this adorable bag + neck pillow for my long flights :) So I think this week's theme will be Soap & Glory and I will review a product everyday, well minus Sunday unless I book myself a flight somewhere then I will review the neck pillow also! Today I'm reviewing the product called "Hair Supply". I have been searching for a hair mask and was happy to see that this bag comes with one. (I really like the Macadamia Hair's hair mask but am always open to new products, read my review about it here) Soap and Glory is advertising Hair Supply as a Gloss-Giving Radiance & Repair Mask ~ for all hair types. When you first open the tube, you are swept off your feet by this amazing scent! It really reminded me of Euphoria by Calvin Klein, which I adore, if you used this product what do you guys think of the scent? Texture-wise, it has just the right consistency, not too runny or too thick. Directions tell you to leave it in your hair for 60 seconds if using as a conditioner or 3-4 minutes if using it as part of a more intense treatment, which is what I did since I don't wash my hair everyday. I left it on for 4 minutes and as I always do, I combed my hair, whooaaaa my hair while wet with this in it felt super smoothand was very easily combed! Then I rinsed, towel dried, combed again and my hair was very smooth and smelling yummy. It really felt like I washed my hair with Euphoria! I sprayed my hair with my Matrix Biolage Fortifying Leave-in Treatment and went to bed. When I woke up my hair was very soft to touch and was super shiny. I can definitely see a difference because I don't see this much shine when I only use my Matrix Biolage Conditioner (though that makes my hair pretty smooth too). Overall I like this product and I can see myself buying a full size of it and use it once a week to keep my hair healthy,shiny and hydrated. It retails at Target for $9.99 for a 6.7oz tube.