Skin Care - Crabtree & Evelyn

I just took the best shower ever. I’m all smooth and cool and refreshed and I smell yummy. Too bad no one is home to give me the sniff test. This morning I realized that I hadn’t showered in several days. Having a one year old will do that to you even if you are the most ardent bath enthusiast.

Crabtree and Evelyn used to kind of suck. Their scents were too flowery and artifical for my tastes. Lately, though, I have come around. Last year someone gave me the CRABTREE & EVELYN, LTD. Gardeners Hand Recovery 3.5 oz (100 g) kit for Christmas. My cuticles are flaky and dry at the best of times and one thing they don’t tell you about having a baby is that you will suddenly be washing your hands every five seconds. Also, I work with wildlife as a volunteer and well, washing your hands a million times is crucial. Anyway, this Hand Recovery duo works really well. Way better than lotioning your hands and wearing gloves to bed. It’s not too greasy and works great on toes too.

Oh and at the 2006 Blogher event they gave out free (big!) samples of the La Source line. I only JUST NOW used up the last of the lotion alst night. I think Lizzard may have given me her samples as they were too smelly for her, which may explain why I took so long using it all up. I’m not sure where they are going with the whole “la Source” thing… but the lotions was only okay.

I had a gift certificate recently for Crabtree & Evelyn (where did I get it?! I can’t remember) and so I went out to the Embarcadero Center store and browsed. Really folks, DO NOT go into this store if you don’t like overpowering horrible knock you down dead scent. OMG! I even asked the sales lady, “How do you stand smelling this crap every day?!” It’s so horrible. After about 5 minutes in there I was ready to grab ANYTHING to get the hell out to the store. Through my teary-eyed haze I finally found a product line that wasn’t guaranteed to make me smell like a bunch of plastic flowers. The Botanical Body Polisher in Clementine and Basil. WOO! Sounds good! and the Alpine Exfoliating Cleanser with Edelweiss and Hyssop. Perfect. Now get me the hell out of this store!

Both are great! Smelly in a non artificial or overpowering way. With one you get to pretend you are Julie Andrews and horrify everyone with in hear distance while you sing “I am sixteen going on seventeen” in the shower and with the other you get the satisfaction of knowing that you might just get out of the shower smelling like your garden, in a good way.

So my basic review for Crabtree & Evelyn is:
Do not go into the actual store. Really. It’s too horrifying.
The Naturals product line is really good. Smells nice and works well.

I’m keen to try a few other things from them. The Mineral Body Mist with Black Tea, Vetiver & Sugarcane for one. Doesn’t that sound awesome!!! And during summer I loves me a body mist! The In-Shower Moisturiserizer with Milk, Soy & Sugar 6.8 fl oz (200 ml) also sounds yummy. Has anyone tried either of these?