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3.0 out of 5 starsSmells Great, but not a true natural/organic product
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2013
This is a great soap, but it actually IS NOT natural. My husband and I make sure to read the ingredient lists of "natural products" as many of them are misleading. If you don't know what you are looking at, when reading an ingredient list, I can say this one is better than many, but still not completely natural. Why?
The second ingredient, after water (making it the second largest amount of any ingredient in the bottle) is cocomidopropyl Hydroxysultaine. This is a plant DERIVED cleanser, meaning the raw materials come from coconut, but how it is then processed in the lab creates a unnatural reaction and thus product. Chemicals are added to the natural materials during the process, pruducing a then synthetic product. It is not nourishing for your skin or hair, BUT it is less harsh than other synthetic surfactants.
We both love the smell, masculine, but subtle. Wonderful. Not heavy like perfume scented washes. Also, the pump is awesome. That was the first thing my hubs said, when I asked him what he would want me to say about this product ;)
It is a great value, much larger than most. Although my husband is a daily bubble-bather (.... I know...) so we go through soap quicker than most would anyway.
This soap is too thin for shaving, we both think so.
We give it 3 stars because we think the packaging and marketing are very well done (we believe presentation says a lot, but not everything) and the scent is well thought out. Too bad it isn't truly natural... :(
