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Testimonials"I showered today. This is nothing new: I shower at least once a day, if not twice. But Igot to use the soap I bought from Althaea for the first time, and boy was I happy. I haven't even found a body wash that didn't leave my skin starving for moisture, until now. I have a birth defect, a skin condition called Ichthyosis. Pretty much, that translates to scaly skin or fish skin. If you think you have dry skin, come see mine. After using the mildest soap/wash/whatever I can find, I then douse myself with baby oil, and within an hour my skin is dry and peeling again. The kind where you can write on it with a nail. It itches like crazy 24/7 and if I don't lotion it every hour or so, it is painfully tight. Most of the dermatologists I and my family have consulted(my mom and son and grandpa have it too) have never actually seen a case. Basically, we have an extra layer of epidermis, so the oil glands don't go all the way through the skin everywhere. Naturally, my oil glands seem to be on my face, which is why I have acne at 33. Anyway, I have been like this all my life, and my family has tried everything we can think of. One doctor said to try camel urine, but thankfully that is hard to find. So when Althaea described the soap she makes for her husband, I had to try it. And it does seem to work. I noticed during the shower that it didn't leave that tight feeling in my skin when I rinsed, and it didn't feel as itchy. Of course I oiled up like normal, but it's over an hour later, and I haven't had to lotion yet. I'm not saying this soap, "Mister X's Angry Skin Soap" is a panacaea, but I am going to see if I can buy some for my mom for Mother's Day. And if you knew my mom, you'd know I don't ask her to try ANYTHING that doesn't work." ~M.N., San Luis Obispo, CA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Althaea! I just want to say I love the soaps and I want more!!! I meant to write before this (am supposed to be studying for a final). I got them monday ... I have been using the MrX soap this week and I really like what it is doing for my skin. THANK YOU!! ~D.S., Louisville, KY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I got the soaps a couple of days ago - they're beautiful! I love both of the scents - Lavender Chamomile and Honeyed Amber - and can't believe how soft they make my hands. Thanks again," ~R.H., Hollywood, FL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I got my soap from althaea yesterday. Since my skin tends to the dry side, I opted for a few bars of "MisterX's Angry Skin Soap" on Althaea's recommendation. The bars were just made earlier this week and are supposed to "age" for 2 or 3 weeks to achieve optimal quality before being used. However, they're perfectly usable right now and I couldn't wait to try it out. Since I have a few bars, I thought I'd let some of them age and go ahead and jump the gun on trying a bar, even if it is a little premature. I am so glad I didn't wait -- I love this soap. My skin feels better than it ever has felt in a long time. I even washed my face with it and it feels great. I never would have thought that a guy would get this excited over soap. But, here I am, loving my new soap. I was a little wary when I noticed that the ingredients included coconut. Frequent readers of my blog know that I'm no fan of coconut. I'm happy to report that the predominant smell of this soap is not coconut. In fact, I can't pick out a distinct coconut scent at all. Perhaps the scent is blending with other scents and is disguised. Perhaps it's simply overpowered by the other scents. Whatever the case, I'm glad my soap doesn't smell like coconut. And if there are wonderful skin-healing powers in the coconut, this soap is the perfect delivery system for it -- I can get the benefits without having to smell it. If you want some high-quality hand-made soap, I highly recommend checking out what althaea has to offer." ~G.H., Greensboro, NC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Being the "older woman that I am" I have never found a soap that makes me feel as good when I get out of the shower as when I'm in the shower. I especially like the Nag Champa Ball.You feel squeaky clean when you rinse it but my skin isn't dried out at all. Usually I have to slather on moisturizer. And my bathroom smells fantastic. My next order is going to include Mr. X's Angry Skin Soap for my daughter, she has extremely sensitive skin.I could go on and on... It's an excellent product and you should be proud!" ~Anne ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Hurrah! The postperson just delivered a box with 5 fragrant bars of Althaea Soaps inside -- but now I've got to re-order. Because one of my staff members was just rushing out the door to the airport, flying cross-country to join his girlfriend in attending her best friend's wedding, and he was complaining about going empty-handed after a multi-store shopping frenzy last night failed to turn up anything that seemed like the right Wedding Present; he was talking about just giving her a gift certificate or something. And then I said "How about some of these?", wafting the box under his nose, and told him about your new business. So one bar each of Nag Champa, Honeyed Amber, and Purple Flowers, along with that festive packing paper with the embedded Sparklies, is winging its way Westward. The Bride is described to be as some sort of pastry chef-punk rock musician from the Bay Area, and I'd bet anything that she'll appreciate these rare objects as she ought. ;-)" ~HLC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"The soaps arrived last night, and we decided to try the Angry Skin bar first. What a gorgeous, smoky, sensual, cardamom-like scent! I'm hooked. It felt nice lathering up, too. Yay soaps!" ~cb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"These are the best smelling soaps ever! I just washed my face, since Alan is taking a shower right now and it felt so good. I don't know if I will ever be able to buy bars of soap from Bath & Body works again. Many many thanks, and I will pimp your soaps to all my soap inclined friends. :D" ~Tsarina ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Day two, and my skin still feels much better. In fact, less itchy than yesterday even."~MN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I just got my first order of soaps from you, and WOWIE! I'm so excited, and they're beautiful and I can't decide whether to eat them or bathe with them. The Purple Flowers one DOES smell purple! And I'm enamored of the ginger/amber one. I just got out of the shower before I went to pick up the package, but I wanted to jump right back in so I could use it right away! Your soaps are lovely, and more than reasonably priced. Like I said in response to one of your posts, I want to wait for the jasmine soap before placing my next order. But I'm intrigued by your vanilla soap, and I want to try the nag champra one, too, and I may not be able to wait. ;-)" ~JB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
" I have PCOS - Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome - and one of the symptoms of this disorder is a reduction of estrogen in my system. As a result, I have very dry, scaly skin that constantly seems rough and uneven. After just a week of using the MisterX Angry Skin soap, my skin looks and feels smoother and the scales are mostly gone. But the BIGGEST improvement has been to the "acid burns" that I have all over my body, which happen when an ovarian cyst bursts and the poisons rise to the surface of my skin. I get little cold sore-type blisters all over my body when that happens, and they take forever to heal and leave scars. My acid burns are all healing a lot faster than usual, and I can see that the scars on my face and arms, especially, are fading away. I gave a piece of the soap to my mother for her face, and she has been experiencing the difference, too. But she will have to get a new bar for herself when that sliver runs out! I'm keeping mine!" ~MA, Kingsport, TN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I got the soaps in the mail today, they all smell delicious. It might just be a two shower day for me. =)" ~CH, Atlanta, GA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I have to admit that I'm a bit of a connoisseur of fine herbal soaps, and Althaea's are absolutely wonderful. Right out of the box I was positively drooling. Her Strawberry Smoothie and Honeyed Amber bars smell good enough to eat. MisterX's Angry Skin Soap produces an enticingly spicy and rich lather and I could immediately feel the effects on my skin after just one shower. I'm very impressed with Althaea fine line of products and I intend to be a loyal customer." ~ D.W.B., Los Angeles, CA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I'm a bit embarrassed about writing a testimonial, but I've been using the Rose Glycerin for shaving and it's fantastic. They say to use Vaseline for the closest shave, but that clogs your razor up big time and who wants to clean Vaseline out of the shower all the time? Your soap actually does a better job and leaves no icky residue." ~Cheryl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"My hands are always, always dry, and I've noticed that in the week since I got your package and started using them, they aren't. And who knew a soap for "angry skin" could smell so heavenly? I can even use it on my face, and that's unusual in a scented soap. My husband started using the Mr X Angry Skin soap, and now he's quite territorial about it...fighting over the Amber Honey will no doubt add a dimension to our marriage hitherto unencountered.... I can't wait to use the rest of the basket, give away a few, and to praise you to Well-Sweep Herb Farm and all of my friends in need of either healing or papering- which covers just about every woman I know." ~R.C. Bloomsbury, NJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Just a quick note - I wanted to tell you I love your soaps. I used the Ginger-Amber soap this morning, and it was wonderful. It's been a long time since I've been able to use any sort of scented soap without getting a headache - obviously it was just the brand of soap I was using. I didn't realize how much I'd missed using scented soaps until I used yours. As an individual with extreme chemical sensitivities, I can unreservedly recommend your soaps to anybody else with similar issues. On top of that, it felt great on my skin. I'm looking forward to trying out the other two in the sample pack. "I also loved the way you boxed it up - the tissue paper and dried flowers were a beautiful touch :) "I know I'll be ordering more - the only difficult part will be deciding on the variety." ~D.C. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I just put in my small order for some more of the MisterX soap."I like good-smelling, natural products, so I knew I'd enjoy using your soaps before I bought the sample pack. But I have to tell you, as silly as it sounds, I've never before been so happy about washing my face! "After trying it out for a few days I started using only MisterX soap for my face, and I've never had such a clear complexion before. It completely cleared up my angry skin for wedding photos last weekend, a great relief. The only other product that ever came close to helping this much was such a foul-smelling thing that I had to quit using because the scent gave me headaches. MisterX soap smells lovely and feels so nice--it doesn't leave any filmy residue, but it doesn't leave my skin in a frenzy of flakiness either. And I've gone two or three weeks now without a single big spot on my face! That is amazing, and wonderful. "I love this soap. Thank you so much for creating it. Feel free to use any of the text of this email in whatever way you'd like on your website or other materials. "Thanks again! ~Becky in Seattle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Just to let you know my package arrived, safe and in one piece."I am so very, very impressed...they smell divine (the Nag Champa is gorgeous) and are a joy to use! "Looks like 'Lush' will be seeing less of me from now on ;)" ~Kat in UK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I think I am in love. I had been using the Angry Skin soap on my hands and various places where I will show a reaction first and after 48 hours had no reaction. It is WONDERFUL!!!!! my skin has not felt this good in more years that I can remember. After one good scrubbing of my face, the skin shows some small signs of improvement, and the best thing is that it doesn't feel tight and so very dry. I am really lookng forward to trying the Honeyed Amber. I wonder if it will do as well. Now I have to find some decent soap dishes to keep the soap in so when my daughter showers they don't "go away". :} Gee, life is such a chore. (giggle) "Oh, just found a problem with the soap, my little cat does not like the way it makes my skin taste. Isn't that just awful? I wonder if she will develope a taste for it, or stop licking my eyebrows? LOL "Gave your address to a couple of friends of mine who may be contacting you about soaps. I think they will be as very much pleased with them as I am. Maybe you will find two more customers. That would be nice for you. Very best regards, ~Paula in Maryland" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Just got my box of soap, and I wasn't in the same house with it for more than half an hour before I had to jump in the shower! The soaps are just beautiful, arrived quickly and in perfect shape, and I have the feeling that I know what everyone is getting for Christmas this year... Many thanks--this is luxury." ~Belle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
" I do love the soaps, and have been using them exclusively for washing my hands and in the shower. After two weeks of use, they've started to clear up a nasty rash I've been fighting for 8 months now on my hands. It seems that using your soap instead of 'regular' in the shower has really helped--I used to have large patches of ultra-flaky red skin on my hands when I got out of the shower. Now, almost none. Looking forward to further improvement!" ~Angela ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
" I absolutely *adore* your soaps. This is the first time in my life I have been able to take a shower and not had my skin literally hurt afterwards." ~S, Vancouver, BC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
" I'll definitely be ordering more--my skin feels amazing! I'm forcing my husband to take the Mister X with him when he goes to sea again. :)" ~Cat, Japan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"They got here yesterday, as indicated in your note I'm setting the Nag Champa out todry a little, but we tried the Angry Skin soap last night. Initial report, my husband loves it. He loved the scent and the amount of lather. He says he hates the way most soaps make his skin feel weird and skeaky, but he said this just leaves his skin perfect and soft. This is really good news because when he doesn't like a bar soap he switches back to liquid which makes his skin both dry and broken out. I like it too, but my skin needs so much help I think the real test will be over the next two weeks. I did notice that it relieved some irritation and had an interesting, pleasant warm kind of feeling as I lathered up. We look forward to trying them all, but we might stick to the angry skin soap after that. Good luck with your growing soap business. Thank you! PS. gorgeous packaging with the tissues and dried flowers." ~Neva ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I've been using the ginger soap- the spicy scent really wakes me up in the morning! The two that I find too scented are the althea's herb garden and the lavender/chamomile soap... I had thought that these two might be a bit too strong, but I was hoping that scince it's all natural ingredients I'd be fine (I'm far more sensitive to synthetic smells). However, the friend I gave them to absolutely adores them! I haven't used the others yet- but my boyfriend keeps eyeing the angry skin soap so I think soon I'll mysteriously find it in the shower as well!" ~Erin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Melanie, I was just looking at my hands, and it made me think to write you. They are so smooth and soft, and I haven't used lotion anytime recently. It's... your soap! :) Usually I struggle with eczema on my hands in the summer because I do a lot more cooking, cleaning, painting, entertaining, etc.. being out of work. I gave up on softsoap long ago realizing it aggravated the condition, but even using something like Dove, I tried to limit the number of times I wash my hands. Right now, I have Rose and Glycerin at the sink, and I actually just wash my hands, just because... ;) My favorite so far is the Lavender Chamomile, but I have always just LOVED a lavender scent... I can't wait to try the new ones I just ordered, especially purple flowers and the vanilla. Anyway... just wanted to let you know that I'm quite pleased. Hope you're doing well..." ~Robbie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"First of all I want to thank this lovely and amazing woman for making such a great soap. I have for the last 10 years or so suffered with very dry skin and have been limited to mostly using baby soaps that are liquid to wash with. Any bar soap would immediately dry my skin out and I would itch really bad. I have to say I was a little worried about trying this soap (not because of it being bad, but because it was a bar soap) but when reading everyone comments on how wonderful it was I decided to get a few small bars of the soap. I tried it last week for the first time and was amazed. I did not have to immediately run to get the hand cream for my dried out skin. I then tried it the next day and knew that I was hooked. One of the other things that I love about it is that the smell is not overpowering. Very subtle on the skin. Thank you so much for making this product. I see a lot of orders in my future." ~Cindy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Hi. I just placed another soap order and I was wondering if you could ship the two bars of Just Soap to my sister. She really, really liked the sample that I bought for her and it's not making her break out AT ALL, which is pretty amazing." ~S, Virginia Beach ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I was sent to your site via some mutual friends. I did as I was "ordered" and placed an order. That order came in today, and I have to tell you.. your soaps are a godsend. My skin has become a little finicky the older I've gotten, especially when you throw in the climate I live in and the stress levels I'm exposed to these days. (I live in Galveston, TX and I'm in a very fast-paced nursing program) Anyway, my point is that your strawberry smoothie, vanilla bean and herb garden soaps brought me all sorts of happiness today, and I have no doubts I'll be ordering from you again soon. AND.... I'll be passing your name on to anyone and everyone who will listen. Keep up the good work!" ~Christina ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Hi. I just placed another soap order and I was wondering if you could ship the two bars of Just Soap to my sister. She really, really liked the sample that I bought for her and it's not making her break out AT ALL, which is pretty amazing." ~S, Virginia Beach ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I was sent to your site via some mutual friends. I did as I was "ordered" and placed an order. That order came in today, and I have to tell you.. your soaps are a godsend. My skin has become a little finicky the older I've gotten, especially when you throw in the climate I live in and the stress levels I'm exposed to these days. (I live in Galveston, TX and I'm in a very fast-paced nursing program) Anyway, my point is that your strawberry smoothie, vanilla bean and herb garden soaps brought me all sorts of happiness today, and I have no doubts I'll be ordering from you again soon. AND.... I'll be passing your name on to anyone and everyone who will listen. Keep up the good work!" ~Christina |
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