Maryam’s Soap Nook
Maryam from Maryam’s Soap Nook recently sent me a small selection of her handmade products to try, which I am more than happy to talk about. There were two products that really stood out to me:
One is her rich whipped body butter in the Ginger Cardamom scent. The fragrance is sweetly filled with fruity tones of peach, but the fruit is accompanied by a subtle spiciness. The texture is thick and creamy, with these little granule droplets that melt right into the skin. Perfect for those of us who get nasty winter skin, especially those of us who suffer from flakey elbows.
However, by far and away, I was most delighted by her Lemongrass, Lime & Ginger Shea Butter and Dead Sea Salt Glow Scrub. It’s a ginger lover’s dream. It smells of real fresh ginger slices, rather than only vaguely spicy like some “ginger” products. The scrub smoothed my skin as it exfoliated, and didn’t make it all pink and cranky looking (which unfortunately happens all to often with my sensitive skin.) Moreover, the scrub is salt based, so you don’t have to wash down the shower afterwards to keep it from getting scratched. Yes, I am lazy, but that is quite appealing, no? This stuff is awesome, and I am sticking it straight away onto my Christmas wishlist. (It fits in a stocking, “Santa,” hint hint!)
Other products from her line that she sent over included her Camellia Body Oil, a light moisturizing oil that feels silky and non-greasy, her gorgeous handcrafted soaps, and her Exfoliating Body Wash in Gardenia Peach, which was certainly nice, but I was so blown away by her gingeriffic salt scrub that I am recommending that instead!
The scrub sounds lovely…love those notes. And just looked at the site and there is a jasmine & green tea scrub — very tempting!
Robin
12 Dec 06 at 6:25 pm
Does it smell much like lemon grass? You know how much I love that stuff! (Aren’t you the one who turned me on to the V’tae?)
marchlion
13 Dec 06 at 5:21 am
Yum, yum, yum, yum..
Might lure me away from Dove soap and Neutogena Body Clear,lol !
I confess, I have dreams about the anointing during ablutions, but wind up rushing through the process to get to my perfume fix du jour.
chayaruchama
13 Dec 06 at 6:29 am
Ooh! I love lemongrass, but I don’t know how much I want ginger :D I wish she had sampler packs available, because everything sounds scrumptious.
kuri
13 Dec 06 at 7:22 am
Robin, I was really just delighted with the scrub. The only other scrub I’ve ever found worthy of repeat purchase was Philosopy’s Amazing Grace one, but this smells much more to my taste, works just as well, and is easier on the wallet.
March, you know, I was so excited about the ginger I didn’t notice, eep! Let me see here… yeah, it’s there, but it blends in with the lime quite a bit. It’s almost margarita-like in a weird way. But with GINGER. Yum.
chaya, far be it for me to judge anyone in a rush to get their perfume fix on! :)
kuri, you know, if you’re not a ginger fan, then you’re just not a ginger fan… it looks like she’s got some packs with multiple products, but you’re right, no samplers…. sorry!
Scentzilla!
13 Dec 06 at 5:36 pm