Review: Hothouse Botanicals

Meet Stephanie Reynolds: Her mother and aunt both survived breast cancer and she decided to create a line of bath and body products that are free of harmful preservatives, toxic ingredients, and synthetic fragrances/perfumes and colors. Their products are beneficial not only to the skin, but also the mind. All of their products contain simple natural ingredients, essential oils, are 100% Vegan-friendly, are housed in recyclable containers, and include the following:

- 100% natural botanical aromatherapy (pure essential oils)
- 100% Vegan ingredients (no ingredients derived from animals)
- No animal testing (cruelty free)
- No synthetic fragrances or colors (phthalate free)
- No parabens or toxic ingredients (Dirty Dozen Free)
- No sodium lauryl/laureth sulfate



Review: I'm not only a lip gloss fanatic, but I'm an exfoliation fanatic as well! So I chose the Bourbon Geranium Whipped Sugar Scrub ($16) to review. I wanted to try out floral type scrub this time instead of going for something with a gourmand scent. The smell is beautiful, fragrant and relaxing. It smells a bit like roses. It is beautifully whipped with pure sugar cane crystals, organic shea butter, organic coconut oil, extra virgin olive oil and Bourbon Geranium essential oil. Not only this scrub pampers your skin to perfect, but Bourbon Geranium is known to help relieve stress, PMS, and menopausal symptoms. You can't find too many scrubs that can do that.

Other scrubs you might want to try: Vanilla/Lime Whipped Sugar Scrub (comforting and refreshing), Bergamot/Ylang Ylang Whipped Sugar Scrub (exhilarating and inspirational) and Lavandin/Litsea Cubeba Whipped Sugar Scrub (a mood enhancer and relaxing).