Burt’s Bees Soap Review: Radiance Exfoliating Body Bar with Royal Jelly & Milk and Shea Butter Body Bar
In the past I have told you about our love of the Burt man in the shower. We use the Rosemary Mint Shampoo Bar and were using the Peppermint Shower Bar. Let’s just say it was all getting a little heavy on the mint around here. So I started trying some of Burt’s lighter scented soaps.
Radiance
This one has a really nice light smell, not at all overwhelming and leaved the body feeling very clean and refreshed. No filminess to it at all. I did wash my face with it and found it a bit strong and irritating. All the ingredients are natural but this one has a huge list of plant extracts in it, one of which my face didn’t like. If you have very sensitive skin or plant allergies, this may not be for you. Overall I really like it as a body bar and will order it again.
Naturally Nourishing Milk & Shea Butter Body Bar
I really liked this one too. The scent is so light and soft. It is ultra creamy, making it good for the body but, again, best left off the face. Another plus to this one is that it only has 5 ingredients. Just 5. I will definitely order this one again too.
Packaging: Excellent. Both come in paperboard boxes made with 80% recycled content and are recyclable. Neither came with any plastic shrink wrapping on the soap or the box. They are available in 2 packs, saves a little bit more on the packaging.
Price: Okay. $4.29 for a 4oz bar or $8.49 for 2 bars. Not insane…not cheap.
As far as the whole local thing…I have been cruising Etsy for a local soap maker, but have yet to find one that makes soaps I want. (Yes…Etsy does let you shop locally!) When the weather improves I will cruise the open markets and hopefully make a connection. For now…while the words witch and tit are in the daily forcast, I shall be ordering my body scrubbies from good ol’ Drugstore.
Wow! I haven’t tried either yet. 5 ingredients. That’s impressive. I think that will be my next bar soap purchase.
How do you shop local on Etsy? I wanted to do that and couldn’t figure out how.
My soap bar and shampoo bar is coming from Chagrin Valley Soaps which is not local. I love their soaps and lotions tho. A 6+ oz bar of soap is about 6.50.. All it has is water, olive oil, calendula petals and Vitamin E. Nice and simple. But I wouldn’t mind finding something local.
When you go to Etsy’s site click on BUY. A list of options will show up on the page. The 5th one down is Shop Local.
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