JASON Pure, Natural & Organic Hand & Body Therapy Lotion

If you’re looking for a decently priced paraben, mineral oil and petroleum free vegan lotion, one of my favorites is JASON Pure, Natural and Organic Vanilla Hand and Body Therapy Lotion. 

 I like to change it up with lotion.  I have at least twenty different kinds on my dresser. I’m not exaggerating.   Yes I know that’s ridiculous.  But I just get bored using the same thing every day.  And I wear at least three different lotions on a daily basis.  So I have lots.  And I’ve tried lots.  And I think I can pretty confidently say I know my lotion.

Anyway, I tend to think of organic or natural lotions as too expensive and not good enough to be worth it.  By not good enough, I mean that I’ve found some of them to be runny instead of thick and/or creamy and they don’t often smell as yummy as I want them to.  But I keep going back to JASON whenever I run out, because the quality is so high it’s like any chock-full of chemicals lotion.  And you can feel way better about what you’re putting on your body.

The vanilla scent is delicious.  It’s a good blend of “I would love to eat that” with just a right amount of floral thrown in so that you won’t actually try to.  I haven’t tried any of the other scents, but I feel confident recommending them if vanilla is not your thing.   

 The lotion texture is not super thick, but relatively creamy and feels luxurious.   It leaves your skin soft and quenched.  Some lotions make you feel like you immediately need to reapply, but not this one.  I love it. 

-Scent: 4.5 (Very nice.  Sweet but not too sweet. Somehow it’s not my favorite vanilla but it’s in the top 10.)
-Health: 4.75 (Natural products, but not completely organic.)
-Ethics: 4 (No animal cruelty in making their products, but they didn’t say anything about if they hold their suppliers to that on their website.  Also, there was no mention about giving back on their website.)
-Price/Value: 4.25 (It’s not cheap, but it’s not too expensive either. It’s worth the price for the value!)
-Does what it says: 4.75 (Definitely.  Very lovely.)

Overall: 4.5 (Great quality you can feel pretty good about using!) 

Zoya Natural Nail Polish - Erika

 

Zoya Natural Nail Polish was a great find.  I've worn nail polish almost constantly for years and years.  Senior year of High School I won a joke award, the "Sally Hansen" Award, because I was known for wearing polish at all times, usually at least 2 colors, and for changing frequently.  In recent years I haven't had time or patience to change it every couple days like I used to, but I still prefer to be polished rather than not.  

Anyway, as I've become more and more aware of what I'm putting into and onto my body I started to feel really guilty about the whole nail polish thing.  They put so much junk into that crap its AWFUL.  I decided to look for an organic alternative.

What I found out was that it's pretty much impossible to make a nail polish that is organic.  LOL.  Zoya, however, is formaldehyde, toulene, camphor and dibutyl phthalate free.  And they also make items such as polish remover, anchor coat, top coat, and quick dry drops that are also free of these agents.  I can feel pretty good about that. 

My first Zoya purchase was a set of fall colors and a set that included a top coat, anchor coat and drying drops.  They worked just as well as any other polish regimen.  I was hooked.  Why go back to using products that contain all kinds of horrible things when they can clearly be made a lot healthier, and work just as well?  Some colors don't wear as long as others, but I find that's true with all polish brands.  Nail polish always stays better you use a complete polish regimen, and Zoya is no exception.  These are decent across the board.   I've since enlarged my collection to about 20 colors.

The Erika color I picked out on a whim because I tend to stay away from girly colors.  When I found out it was named Erika, I thought it was perfect!  (Although I didn't understand why it wasn't yellow.  I had a friend named Erika who loooooooved yellow.)  It is really more peachy than pinky, I know the color swatch looks more pink (at least on my computer).  I wanted something subtle and girly for when I feel like being a little bit pretty.  Two coats is very nice: subtle, smooth, professional and decently long lasting.  Love it!

Ratings:

Texture: 4.5 (Very smooth, with a backgroud subtle orange sparkle.)

Health: 4.25 (It's still nail polish even though it is better than regular polishes.)
Does what it says: 4 (It is a pretty good nail polish in terms of length of wear.  Not the best, but good.)

Overall: 4.25 (Very nice!)