Joy of Soap - Review and Giveaway

I was lucky enough to be able to review a couple of soaps from "The Joy of Soap."
Melissa sent me 3 different soaps to try and of the two I have reviewed, I love it! I have not reviewed the 3rd one, "
Manly Man" because I am waiting on Marc to get home to check this one out... Although, be the description online and the smell, I might just have to give it a try myself!

The two I have reviewed are:


Elizabeth's Wild Hair Shaving Soap
Developed by Elizabeth, a top-notch acupuncturist, this unique shaving soap incorporates the medicinal qualities of willow bark to tame those wild hairs which are so difficult to shave. And, you won't experience any painful razor bumps afterwards. Peppermint acts to energize and restore the senses.


Feeling Frisky
Our own classic scent, this clever mixture of tangerine, grapefruit and lime with calendula flower petals evokes the sensation of an invigorating spa treatment. Perfect to be shared with someone you love. Grapefruit oil has a cleansing and toning effect, while tangerine oil helps to increase circulation to the skin. Calendula is long known to promote healthy, younger-looking skin.

I really liked the Wild Hair Shaving Soap. As I first used it, I was trying to figure out a way to describe it. You know how your skin feels when you first apply lotion? Like the moisture is being absorbed and the dryness is going away, leaving a smooth soft touch? Well, that is how this feels as you are lathering up! It doesn't have a "soapy" residue that most have. When I shave, I hate using soap, I normally use lotion or conditioner! But, now, I think that might be getting ready to change! Marc shaves his head, and being in the ARMY, that means a clean face and fresh shaved head ALL the time, so... We normally go through plenty of lotion just with him shaving! I can not wait to see how he likes this! We might have to go to a his and hers with the shaving soap!

The Feeling Frisky has a nice scent as well! When I first opened the package, I thought "whoa! Sensory overload!" but once I actually removed the soap from the package and smelled each individual soap, I knew it was just because of it being boxed up to ship. The scent is not strong enough to blow you away, but it is strong enough to let you know it is there.

Now, to tell you a little about "The Joy of Soap"
Here is the About Us info taken from their website:

About Our Natural Skin Care Products

The Joy of Soap was created as a result of my many years spent traveling for work, which can be fun and exciting but hard on your skin. I always had trouble finding soaps that were not full of skin-drying chemicals and ultimately decided the way to get the finest possible soap was to start making my own using natural ingredients and old fashioned craftsmanship. From this The Joy of Soap was born.

In addition to the dry atmosphere on airplanes, commercially made soaps placed in hotel bathrooms add to skin dehydration. All of our natural soap is hand crafted, hand cut and hand wrapped in small batches, using certified organic oils, therapeutic grade essential oils and ingredients that are gentle on your skin. Our smaller size soap is perfect for work or pleasure trips enabling you to nurture your skin while away from home and be conscious of the environment by eliminating the need to dispose of hotel soaps and packaging. Take my soaps with you in a handy container on every trip and always enjoy the nurturing results of The Joy of Soap natural, organic ingredients.

Customers have been asking for other bath and skin care products, and based on suggestions and feedback we are working on a line of bath and skin care products that will help you to develop your own daily cleansing and bathing rituals using gentle and nourishing oils and botanicals that leave your skin clean, refreshed and rejuvenated, and that provide you with a daily indulgence to restore and increase your well being.

Melissa Hutcheson

Melissa has allowed me to offer a chance for ONE of YOU to win a $40.00 electronic Gift Certificate to "The Joy of Soap!"

Here is how to win:
(Please leave a separate comment for each entry. Also, please leave your email address in your comment if not visible in your profile)
MANDATORY ENTRY:
Go to www.thejoyofsoap.com and leave me a comment telling me what scents you would like to try. ( It can not be one of the three I mentioned in my post!)
More ways to enter:
Follow my blog publicly - 2 entries
Subscribe by email - 1 entry (must be confirmed)
Blog about this giveaway linking back to this post - 3 entries (leave link to your post)
Comment on any of my other posts (tell me what post you commented on) - 1 entry

This contest will end on April 4th at midnight.
A winner will be selected by Random.org.
I will email you and you will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be drawn.



***** I received samples from The Joy of Soap for review purposes. The opinions expressed are mine. *****

Comments

  1. I would LOVE to try the Peppermint! Thank you for the entry! :)

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  2. I would like to try the two in the shower tea tree.

    urchiken at gmail dot com

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  3. I'd love to try the almond soap! Thanks for the great review and the chance to win. :)

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  4. I'd like the Lay Me Down Lavender soap

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  5. i WOULD LIKE To try the Rosey Cheeks Rosemary

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  6. would love to try the Jump Me Jasmine soap
    thanks

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  7. Would love to try the Rosy Cheeks Rosemary soap

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  11. I think the Peppermint Passion soap would be great in the morning!
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  12. I would like to try the Lay Me Down Lavendar.

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  13. I would try the rosey cheeks rosemary. Rosemary is one of my favorite scents, I even keep a big plant in my living room. These sound like really nice soaps. I was pleased with all the different kinds they had.
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  14. Two in the Shower Tea Tree soap sounds nice.

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  15. I'd love to try the ginger snap soap, I love all things ginger. kcarlson1152[at]hotmail[dot]com

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  16. i'd like to try the Lay Me Down Lavender
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  17. the lay me down lavender thanks for the giveaway minsthins at optonline dot net

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  18. I would like to try the lay me down lavender.

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  19. I'd love to try Gingersnap! That's one of my fave scents.
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  20. Following your blog on google (kayte71) #1 entry
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  22. I want to try the Peppermint Passion - LOVE peppermint

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  23. I love the combination of rosemary and mint, so of course I'd have to go with the Rosy Cheeks Rosemary soap.

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  24. Lay me down lavender sounds like it would be nice
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  25. I am a follower
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  26. The Jump Me Jasmine sounds good

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  27. I'd like to try the Lay Me Down Lavender. I love the scent of lavender!
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  28. I'd like to try the Jump Me Jasmine soap.
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  29. I would love to try the Lay Me Down Lavender
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  33. I would love to try the the Ginger Snap soap, and can't wait for the scrubs and other stuff to be available!


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  34. I think the peppermint passion would be wonderful.

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  35. I would like to try the Peppermint Passion.

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  36. I would pick the Lay Me Down Lavender.

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  37. Google friend follower #1--and I KNOW I signed up earlier, but when I just double checked, I had to do it again!

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  38. Google friend follower #2

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  39. I would love to try the lay me down lavender!

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  40. I'm following your blog publicly via GFC entry 1

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  41. I'm following your blog publicly via GFC entry 2

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  42. I subscribe via email!

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  43. I like the Lay Me Down Lavender soap.
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  44. hmm i like rosy cheeks rosemary

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  45. Peppermint sounds nice!! Thanks for the chance.
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  46. I'd love to try Rosy Cheeks Rosemary.

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  47. The tea tree and almond sound excellent. thanks.

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  48. I follow your blog on google connect- follow back if you want!

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  49. I'd like to try Peppermint Passion. debsweeps4@yahoo.com

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  50. I would like to try the Kiss Me Kiwi.

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  51. I would love to try the Sweet Morning Cuddles Mango and the Perky Peaches soaps.
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  52. #1, I am a public follower.
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  53. #2, I am a public follower.
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  54. I am a subscriber by email.
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  55. I left a comment at Thankful Thursday - military post.
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  56. Sweet morning cuddles mango and Perky Peaches are two soaps I would like to try.

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  57. I'd love the Two in the Shower Tea Tree soap!
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  58. I'm a follower! #1
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  59. I'm a follower! #2
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  60. I would like to try rosy cheeks soap!
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  61. I'd like Two in the Shower Tea Tree soap!
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  62. I follow you publicly on Google Friends Connect (Carolsue) #1
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  63. I follow you publicly on Google Friends Connect (Carolsue) #2
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  64. I subscribe to your blog's newsletter by e-mail
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  65. I would love to try the All Night Almond

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  66. I'd love to try the Elizabeth's Wild Hair Shaving Soap.

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  67. I would love to try peppermint passion
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  68. I like the lay me down lavender best.

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  69. I would like to try Lay Me Down Lavender.
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  72. At Joy of Soap I'd get Manly Man Soap, Peppermint Passion, and Lay Me Down Lavender.
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  73. I'd start with Two in the Shower Tea Tree.

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  75. Oooh, hard to choose, but....
    I will go with Almond, Kiwi and, of course, my fav, Lavender.

    Thanks for the intro and the opportunity!

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  76. follow via google friends as tsue1136
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  77. follow via google friend as tsue1136
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  80. I would like to try the Pepperment Passion.
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  81. I follow on google friend connect (entry #1)
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  82. I follow on google friend connect (entry #2)
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  84. Christina - xristya@rock.com - I'd love to try Lay Me Down Lavendar! Ever since I was a child the scent of lavendar has been very soothing to me!

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  85. I'd love to try the almond soap, thanks for the chance!

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  86. I would like to try the Two in the Shower Tea Tree soap.

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  87. I follow on Google Friend Connect. (Christie)

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  88. I would love to try the Rosy Cheeks Rosemary
    soap, it sounds wonderful!

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  89. I follow publicly with google friend connect. entry 1

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  91. I'd like to try the Feeling Frisky soap.
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  92. One thing I'd buy is Lay Me Down Lavender soap. I love the scent of lavender!

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  93. I follow via google friends connect. #2

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  94. I follow via google friends connect. #1

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  95. Peppermint Passion is one that I would love to try!

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  96. Following your blog publicly #2

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  97. Following your blog publicly #1

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  98. I'd like to try Cucumber Curious (it's on sale!!)

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  99. Following (publicly :o) #1
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  100. Following (publicly :-) #2
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  101. I would like to try Ginger Snap!

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  102. I would love to try their Peppermint Passion soap

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  103. Two that really stood out were the Rosy Cheeks Rosemary & the Peppermint Passion. I'd love to give them a try.

    Ellen
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  104. I would like to try the Peppermint Passion soap

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  106. I'd like to try the Two In The Showe Tea Tree soap. I love tea tree oil.
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  107. I would love to try the Lay Me Down Lavender Soap!

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  108. I'd like to try "Two in the Shower Tea Tree". But they all sound wonderful. Thanks so much! pamelashockley(AT)netscape(DOT)net

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  109. Public follower (pamelashockley)
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  110. Public follower (pamelashockley) #2. Thanks so much! pamelashockley(AT)netscape(DOT)net

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  111. I love the Ginger Snap!

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  112. Follow your blog publicly -1

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  114. I'd like to try that gingersnap!

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  115. I would like to try the Ginger Snap soap.

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  116. I would really love to try the almond soap!

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  117. I would love to try the Jump Me Jasmine soap

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  118. My favorites are:
    Peppermint Passion, Lay me down Lavender...

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  119. I follow your blog :)

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  120. I'd like to try the Ginger Snap! soap.

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  121. I follow you on Google Friend Connect, Entry 1.

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  123. I would love to try the Ginger Snap! Soap!

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  124. I follow via Google. Post 1.

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  125. I follow via Google. Post 2.

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  126. I subscribe via email.

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  127. Peppermint sounds really refreshing!

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  128. I would love to try the Jump Me Jasmine

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  129. I would love to try the All Night Almond soap.

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  130. I would love to try Ginger Snap!
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  131. I follow publicly via GFC #1.
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  132. I subscribe via email.
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  133. I follow you publicly via Google Friend Connect #2.
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  134. Would love for the hubby to try the Manly Man Soap

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  135. follow publicly (1)

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  137. I would like to try the Peppermint Passion.
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  138. I'd like to try the peppermint or the lavender. :)

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  139. I'd love to try Feeling Frisky, Ginger Snap! & Lay Me Down Lavender.

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  140. I would like to try Lay Me Down Lavender. garrettsambo@aol.com

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