Dr Hauschka Body Wash

Hi All!

I was contacted a few weeks ago by Janet at Dr Hauschka, wondering if i would like to try out their body wash, and i jumped on the opportunity!   Now i first discovered Dr Hauschka a good 5-6 years ago, they were sending out samples of some of their products (i love samples!) and i registered to receive some.  Those products were amazing, but they were so hard to get my hands on (back before i had a visa debit card and before paypal was widely accepted) that i put them to the back of my mind.  Fast forward to a VB earlier this year and the inclusion of a sample size body wash, and this email from the company, and i remember why i loved those products way back when.

Dr Hauschka products were first launched in 1967.  There are skin and body care ranges, a full cosmetics range, plus hair care and accessories.  Everything is organic, the company is ecologically responsible, synthetic free and they don't test on animals.  Everything i have personally tried has been amazing, and the products i was sent are no different.

This is my bottle of body wash, Lemon Lemongrass.  It was a choice between this, Lavender Sandalwood, Rose or Almond, but i love anything lemongrass!  Ingredients are:

Ingredients: Aqua, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Coco-Glucoside, Glycerin, Decyl Glucoside, Alcohol, Persea Gratissima Oil, Pyrus Cydonia Seed Extract, Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Xanthan Gum, Citrus Limon Peel Oil, Cymbopogon Flexuosus Oil, Parfum*, Limonene*, Citral*, Geraniol*, Linalool*, Citronellol*, Farnesol*, Citric Acid, Hectorite.
*from natural essential oils

First and foremost, this smells amazing!  Like an old fashioned lemonade with a lemongrass undertone.  Really, really amazing.  If you hate lemon then it proabaly isn't for you, but i love it.  A small amount goes a long way, and it becomes the softest lather when using it.  It does a great job of moisturising your skin, my hand has been flaring up recently (eczema), and since using this it has calmed down significantly.  This is retailing on their website for $26, and is a 200ml bottle.

I was also sent a Oval Cleansing Sponge.  From the website

Made from unbleached cotton cellulose, this cleansing sponge is ideal for cleansing with Cleansing Clay Mask and removing make-up with Cleansing Milk. Usage Moisten the Cosmetic Sponge before using it to make it swell. The porous fiber allows for quick drying, keeping it hygienic. You can wash the Cosmetic Sponge in the washing machine at 60 °C.

It comes looking like a wafer, very thin and hard.  You really wonder what it's going to do with it.

Add water, though, and....

Tada!  You have a sponge.  It does harden between uses, but not back to the original state and softens as soon as it touches water.

I honestly didn't think i would love a sponge, but i don't know what i did before i had this.  It is amazing!  The first night i had it i ran it over my face before i cleansed, and it came back grey!  It does an amazing job at exfoliating your skin, and makes cleansing so much easier.  And all for $9!

Finally there was a product catalogue.  I don't think i've ever seen a catalogue like it.  There was advice, info about the company, details on every product including usage, all printed on beautiful paper with amazing photography. 

If you ever get a chance to have a look through one, jump on it, you won't regret it.

Thank you so much to the lovelies over at Dr Hauschka for inviting me to try these out!