Review (3/5): just like mousse or shaving cream, but is a soap for body
The bottle and texture is very much like a hair mousse or shaving cream, but is a wash for the body. Instead of a pump or squeeze bottle, this comes out though as pressure aerosol - also just like a mousse or shaving cream. The ingredients necessary to make this happen are Butane and Propane. They are aerosol propellents. If you have ever used mousse, hair spray, various perfumes/body sprays, air fresheners, aerosol deodorants, or shaving cream,etc.. then you are already familiar with these ingredients. They are generally recognized as safe, and are used in small, diluted quantities in skin care. Fun fact, "These ingredients are used in cosmetics and personal care products as a replacements for chlorofluorocarbons, or CFC propellants, some of which have been shown to have negative effects on the environment". I'm not a big fan of slathering my body with butane, propane, or isobutane, but I understand their use in this type of medium. So it's up to you to decide.
This company does have non aerosol body wash available too..
The resulting foamy wash comes out thick, it is creamy. Because it reminds me so much of a shaving cream, that it what I have been using it for. Then whatever is left over I use on rest of body. Is pleasant smelling enough to me but it isn't quite a pure aromatherapy experience for me. Clearly it uses a variety of essential oils- rosemary, orange, eucalyptus, peppermint, limonene. However, for whatever reason, it contains "parfum (fragrance)" as an added ingredient. As well as Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, another synthetic fragrance ingredient. Is there not enough naturally occurring scent from the use of essential oils? I think the added synthetic fragrance is redundant and takes away from the olfactory experience.
As an actual wash, it is fine.
3 stars-- this is just a middle of the road rating. I am not in love. The experience is underwhelming. I am much too quickly going through the container. Aromatherapy experience is a little off as I pick up on something other than essential oils. Otherwise the cleansing action is fine. But.. I likely won't repurchase.
I think if I really want a foam wash, I will just use another body wash or make my own wash and pour into a foaming soap dispenser.
CRUELTY FREE | NO PARAFFIN, SILICONE OR MINERAL OILS | PLANT-BASED | PARABEN FREE | VEGAN
Aqua (Water), Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Butane, Glycerin, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Isopropyl Palmitate, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Mentha Aquatica Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Oil, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Oil, Eucalyptus Globulus Leaf Oil, Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil, Linalool, Limonene, Benzyl Alcohol, Geraniol, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Sodium Levulinate, Sodium Anisate, Parfum (Fragrance), Hydroxyethylcellulose, Sorbitol, Propylene Glycol, Glucose, Propane, Isobutane, Citric Acid, Lactic Acid, Sodium Hydroxide