Green Product Review-Silky Soy Moisture Bar

The other day I told you about one soy candle company; Evergreen Candleworks and mentioned I’d have some product reviews coming up. Today we’ll kick off with a review of Evergreen’s Silky Soy Moisture Bar.

Product: Silky Soy Moisture Bar (after clicking the link, scroll down a bit to see this product). This bar comes in a lot of yummy sounding flavors like Soft Amber, Vanilla Pear, Citrus Basil, Brown Sugar & Fig, Wildflower, Sensue’l Vanille. I’m reviewing the Vanilla Pear bar. This bar is used like lotion, but since it’s solid, you rub it on your skin.

Ingredients: All natural soy, shea butter, botanical oils, skin safe fragrances (from packaging).

Cost: $12.00 for one 3 fluid oz bar.

Eco facts:

• 100% natural soybeans used in products and then enhanced with botanical oils.
• Soy biodegradable and 100% vegetable; no beeswax or petroleum products hidden in it.
• Their soy is free of pesticides, herbicides and Genetically Modified Material.
• The company uses 100 % wind power to make their candles, so I’m guessing the same for these lotion bars.
• Company recycling program in place.
• Recyclable packaging used for products.
• Containers for soy candles and soy lotion bars are washable (soy wax cleans out easily, unlike paraffin wax) and totally reusable.

Product pros:

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the scent. I tested the Vanilla Pear bar and it smells so amazing that my friend and me kept opening the container all darn day. Seriously – this is one of the best scents I’ve ever smelled in a lotion or lotion bar. Later I’m going to review a candle that’s scented Sensue’l Vanille, and it smells amazing as well, so I’d suggest that bar scent too. My boyfriend by the way, gave both the Vanilla Pear and the  Sensue’l Vanille scents two enthusiastic thumbs up as well. He kept smelling me – yes, that’s a good thing

Works really well! I used it at two different times to test it out – once after a shower, and once way after a shower. It works well on both dry and slightly damp skin. It left my skin feeling nice and soft (and smelling fantastic) all day. This bar is not stick at all like some lotion bars and doesn’t leave any skin residue. It’s especially nice on rougher skin, like elbows and knees.

I like the fact that the container is reusable and pretty. It’s basic (silver colored) and the labels come off easily with some water, so you can reuse it. It’s the perfect size for beads, rings, or other small items.

The packaging it came in was beautiful – a nice little bag – (prefect for gift giving) and recyclable.

Of course I like all the eco-aspects listed above as well.

Product cons:

I don’t like that the ingredients say, “skin safe fragrances” which really, could mean anything.I’m not sure if they mean the botanical oils, or if they use other fragrances. This bar smells natural to me, meaning, not chemically scented, so I doubt they tossed in a bunch of icky junk BUT I like when all ingredients are disclosed and easy to find. I searched the website, the catalog, and the product but “skin safe fragrances” is all I found.

It’d be cool if they used organic soy and organic oils.

This bar picks up lint like a fiend. Which is to be expected with lotion bars – but if you like non-linty stuff, this isn’t it. NOTE: the bar still works perfectly though.

My scent disclaimer: I really like scented items. While I love the bar’s scent, I think if you don’t this strongly scented body care, this bar could be a little strong for you. This isn’t a total con, but it is a preference issue.

Overall blissful-tree score:

Four pretty little trees! This bar loses one point for not being organic and for the “skin-safe fragrance” bit, but overall, I highly recommend this product. I’d buy it, or give it as a gift for sure. It works and smells delicious. I’m especially wanting to try the Amber lotion bar which I’m sure smells amazing. In fact with Mother’s Day coming up, this would make the perfect gift. You can get the bars separately or in a cool gift pack from the Evergreen Candleworks product page.

Visit Evergreen Candleworks to learn more.