I recently purchased several travel-size lotions from Island Thyme Shop + Gallery on Orcas Island.
I purchased these lotions through their website. They shipped promptly, and they were packaged well.
I thought they'd make great Christmas gifts for new friends or acquaintance friends, or extended family members. We're not doing stockings this year, but I feel like they'd be great stocking stuffers, too.
Each lotion cost 6 dollars plus tax and shipping.
Each lotion is about the height of the palm of my hand in size.
I bought singles of some of the lotions, and doubles of others. The doubles are not in my photo, since I've already gifted them to friends and family.
Of course, I kept some of the lotions for myself!
The lotions smell absolutely amazing. Just so fragrant, and they have a very natural scent to them. It seems like very fresh and natural ingredients were used in making them. I am very much a smell person, and I absolutely love these scents.
The scent notes and the quality and depth of fragrance in these lotions are among the best I've ever purchased, and I've purchased countless hand and body lotions throughout the years.
My skin tends to be naturally very soft and smooth (yay), but occasionally my hands and feet get slightly dry during the late fall and early winter.
These lotions worked well to remedy that minor dryness.
The only minor complaint I have regarding these lotions is that all of the the scents fade a lot within about 10 minutes or so of applying them to my hands. For the first 10 minutes or so, the strength of the scent is perfect - not too strong, but just strong enough. Then the scent quickly becomes a bit too weak for me. However, I often mix essential oils, and I have noticed that scents of oils last longer on my skin in general than scents of lotions.
I am still a very happy customer, and I would not hesitate to buy any one of these lotions again.
I'm so glad to be able to support this local small business, and to be able to enjoy such wonderful scents on my hands and feet this holiday season.
The scents that I chose to purchase are:
*Ginger Cardamom - delightfully spicy, unusual lotion scent
*Lavender Vanilla - the vanilla isn't overpowered by the lavender in this delicately balanced blend
*Spruce & Cedar - smells a bit like being in a forest!
*Wild Rose - I love the smell of fresh roses so much, and this scent is heavenly
*Sandalwood Citrus - Sandalwood is one of my top 10 favorite scents ever, so I don't mind that the Sandalwood scent is stronger than the citrus scent in this wonderful blend - in fact, I prefer that
*Jasmine Blood Orange - perfect. read more