Wigtown Soap Company - Peppermint and Pumice Soap

I am a complete sucker for soap, especially fancy soap, so when I seen handmade soap in the produce tent at Wigtown Book Festival I had to get me some. I must have spent a good twenty minutes smelling all the different soaps and trying to pick one. I eventually settled on peppermint and pumice for myself and a shea butter one for my boyfriends Mum for Christmas.

The Wigtown Soap Company are a small family business specialising in the production of natural soaps. They avoid chemicals and focus on using quality ingredients including natural essential oils fresh and dried fruits, flowers & herbs. All of the soap is made in small batches and cut by hand. The basic recipe for the soap contains only 4 ingredients: Olive Oil, Coconut Oil, Organic Fairtrade Palm Oil and Lye

I have always been a fan of minty scents and with the winter coming up I figured that a little pumice would do good in scrubbing away any dead skin.  It does smell a little like something you would use on your feet, but it makes a welcome change from the usual teatree and mint Original Source shower gel. I bought it with the intent of using it in the shower but it is more drying than moisturising, but it will make a lovely hand soap. They also make lovely Christmas gifts - £3.50 each.

You can buy some of their soap at: http://www.bigbarn.co.uk/marketplace/vendors/soap-simply~TheWigtownSoapCompany_Wigtown_DG8_soap_natural_lemongrass or enquire at:sales@soapsimply.co.uk

Melvita - Rose Nectar - Moisturiser

I signed up to Latest in Beauty which allowed me three free samples and then you have the choice of whether to sign up for the subscription a beauty box or to buy samples.  I do not have the money at the moment but once I have a job it is certainly something that I am going to look into.

One of the samples I received was the Melvita Moisturising Rose Nectar.

"The sheer, comfortable cream provides intensive moisturizing care, for a beautifully rosy complexion. Perfectly hydrated all day long, the skill feels soft and supple again".

I have yet to write a negative beauty review but this is one product I really did not like mainly based on how strongly perfumed the moisturiser is.  I usually love strongly scented moisturisers but this overpoweringly smells of roses.  It reminds me of something an older lady would wear and perhaps it would be more suited to that age range.  

I initially thought the sample was the hydrating facial gel so I put it on my face - that was a mistake.  I had to wash it off within minutes and even when on my body I still felt it was too perfumed and made me feel uncomfortable.  It might have just been in my head. It does say on the packaging that 99% of ingredients are natural though. 

Price: £24 for 40ml - so not a cheap product either.

2/5