Too many compromises, 22 Dec. 2016

A rather expensive shower gel which does a shower gel of a job, but while ticking some boxes for me fails some others.The gel is nice and thick and lathers quite well in hard water; the gel has a very smooth feel and seems to cover with a slightly slimy feel. The consistency is something like fairy liquid from the 70’s and the colour is similar.You also don’t need much of the gel to cover the whole body, which is good as the size of the bottle is a lot smaller than most off the shelf and much cheaper gels.It does wash well and while it has a nice smell, the smell is in my opinion it’s not quite macho enough of a smell for a man and not quite feminine enough for a lady.Overall then a mixed bag it does what it’s supposed to do and gets you clean but there are much better smelling products on the market (and available on Amazon) for a fraction of the cost.

This review is from: SKIN&CO Roma Rosemary and Verbena Body Gel 230 ml (Personal Care)

Expensive and natural, 24 Dec. 2016

It is great to have something natural, and this ticks all the boxes for that. It makes some grand statements- "A moisturising shower gel, that creates a luxurious lather, improves tone, clarity and hydration in skin'. It does smell nice- a neutral smell which can be used by male and females.I am not so sure about the rest of the claims, ?though. Tone, clarity and hydration, although obviously hard to quantify, did not feel any better after using it. The smell although nice soon disappeared as well.So what was left after using it was a clean body. I am not sure if this is any better than body scrubs which costs one tenth of the price.I have given 3 stars for the smell and the natural products, but unless either of these are top of your list, I would not bother with this again, and I find it hard to justify its high price (£20 at the time of writing).

This review is from: SKIN&CO Roma Rosemary and Verbena Body Gel 230 ml (Personal Care)

Great smell, not overly gendered packaging - recommended, 3 Jan. 2017

After being thoroughly underwhelmed by another SKIN&CO product that I recently reviewed, an expensive truffle shower gel, I was pleasantly surprised by this one. Ignoring the fact that I'd never pay such a high price for a single bottle of shower gel, I love the packaging, the overall aesthetic, the scent and the performance of this Rosemary and Verbena body gel.I'm prone to broken and irritated skin, and so always need to use slightly more expensive body wash etc to avoid any cheap and nasty chemicals. As shouldn't be a surprise, this rosemary body gel hasn't irritated my skin at all. It's gentle, with a great smell, and isn't packaged or promoted in an overly gendered way, which is great. We really liked this shower gel.

This review is from: SKIN&CO Roma Rosemary and Verbena Body Gel 230 ml (Personal Care)