My relaxing deep sensation (Original Source Rose and Geranium Bath Foam)

Member Name: Sparkled_pixie

Product:	Original Source Rose and Geranium Bath Foam
Date:	28/08/08 (122 review reads)
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Advantages: Smells lovely, easy to use and it was FREE

Disadvantages: None

I love the Original Source products and recently signed up to receive free products which I had read widely about here on Dooyoo. It wasn't too long until I had to wait for my very first free gift which was a 50ml bottle of Rose & Geranium Deep Soak Bath Foam. So I have to admit I was really happy and pleased that I did actually get something for nothing, what I had been expecting was one of those hard to open sachets which you find stuck inside magazines, in this case thankfully not.

I find these days that a lot of my friends tend to use products from companies who use natural products and having always been one to follow someone else's lead I have to say it does make an impact on what I buy. As a company Original source only use 100% pure and natural essential oils and this statement is clearly visible on the website and on the product packaging. The ingredients that they use are extracted from parts of plants and fruit peels because it is believed that they, along with essential oils are better for the person and the skin.

The bottle of Rose & Geranium Bath Foam arrived in a clear plastic bottle with a black flip top lid, which is really easy to remove and replace. The bottle although clear was an odd triangular which I suspect was designed to make it easy to stand up on bathroom shelves and on the sides of the bath. Clearly written on the front of the bottle are the words Original Source Rose and Geranium Deep Soak Bath Foam. So if you were to buy this in a supermarket, you would definitely know what you have purchased.

Inside the bottle, the bath soak is a bright fluorescent pink which clearly stands out. One of the things I like about Original Source products are the vivid colours which are used to catch the eye, whenever I am in a supermarket looking for shower gel or bath foam my eyes almost immediately wander to the brightest coloured things available because they stand out and look much more exciting than something in a plain white boring plastic bottle. However, the second you remove the lid from the bottle the smell is really quite powerful and very floral but in a nice floral way, not something to remind you of your Nan when she is spritzing her house with lavender like mine does. I really liked the smell of this product and couldn't wait to use it.

This product comes with a long list of ingredients which are clear to read on the back of the bottle. As I have already stated Original Source products contain essential oils and whilst this one obviously has rose & geranium there are quite a few others. Lemon, orange, sandlewood, lavender and grape seed oil. Geranium Oil I know promotes an uplifting effect on the skin and is especially useful for those of us who have either dry or oily skin and I am told by my sister who is an aromatherapist that rose oil and geranium oil are her choice oils when massaging a client because they are incredibly relaxing for the mind and soul and help to relieve stress. The one ingredient I wasn't sure about was grape seed oil and having asked what it was for I was told that it holds great moisturising properties for the skin leaving it very soft and supple after using.

Armed with that information my bath taps were running on full and as I tipped in the bath foam I noticed it was quite thick in texture and it plopped out rather than run smoothly, so having already put far too much in I sat back and waited to see what would happen as my bath began to fill up. The bubbles formed quite quickly and they were quick thick bubbles which sat directly on top of the water rather than mix in with the water and slowly become nothing. The water itself was a lovely shade of pink and my whole bathroom, although filled with steam was a lovely smell of geranium and rose which is quite sweet but really beautiful.

Once I had dried myself my skin did feel really nice and soft and smelled beautiful and was very soft to touch and in myself I felt incredibly relaxed and stress free. Since using this product I haven't had any bad reactions to it nor has my skin become irritable or dry. I do tend to suffer with dry skin and usually stick to using baby products such as Johnson's baby wash as there are no ingredients which can potentially irritate my skin, but thankfully whenever I feel like a change Original Source products are okay for me to use, assuming I can find one which smells nice enough for me to use because I don't like the smell of a lot of their products, the smells are often too overpowering and I like something a little discreet and fresh smelling which is what I have got with this bath foam.

I also like Original Source products because they do not test their products on animals or use a third party that does and they are also registered with the vegan society and are also a member of the aromatherapy trade council all of which can be found on the Original Source website.

Since buying this product I have become a bigger fan of Original Source products and this is one that I will definitely be using time and time again and I recommend it to anyone to use who like me, likes their products to have a nice smell but not an overpowering, overwhelming smell. Even better that I didn't have to pay for it because it was free, but if I had to buy some new bath foam, then this would definitely be at the top of the list. As most Original Source products can be found on most high streets and within supermarkets it is relatively easy to find them and they are all priced about £1.98 depending on offers available at that time.

Having now used this product for a few weeks I can also safely say that my skin hasn't dried out leaving me with dry, itchy patches of skin like I have experienced in the past, instead I have been left with soft, smooth, glowing skin.

Summary: A floral smelling bath foam from Original Source