I really enjoyed Hoity Toity Jojoba Foaming Hand & Body Wash $8 0r $9 with a frog or turtle in the soap dispenser.

I tried the Natural Citrus Herbal Blend, which is described as:

An amazing potpourri of many citrus essential oils. Essential oils such as orange, grapefruit, lime and lemon mixed together with the slightest kiss of ginger, peppermint , basil and parsley. Sometimes the best fragrances are born out of experimentation, and this certainly was one. A delicious, but very subtle citrus scent with a trace of herbal wonderment.

The foaming hand and body wash had a slight citrus smell which I loved.

I also loved that it was made with essential oils.

Although this is also a foaming body wash, I mainly used it as a hand wash.

I liked the foaming, and the fact that the soap wasn’t drying.

Even when I was sick and felt like I was washing my hands every time I turned around my hands weren’t dry.

That really impressed me.

I always apply lotion after I wash my hands, but with other soaps even that doesn’t always prevent dryness when I wash my hands so frequently.

The 8 oz bottle lasted about 2 months for the two of us, even though we were sick for a week and both used a lot of soap!

If you’re looking for a new hand soap I highly recommend Hoity Toity Jojoba Foaming Hand & Body Wash.

If you’ve tried it, please leave me a comment and let me know what you thought about it.

What scents would you choose if you were getting some?

If you’d like to learn more about Hoity Toity, check out the following posts:

Hoity Toity Sheer Satin Shampoo & Conditioner Review
Pumpkin Spice - Mmm.
What do you wash with? A crocheted body pouf review. This one only has a brief mention.

What do you wash with?

I’ve normaly use a net body pouf or a washcloth, but my mother-in-law gave me two crocheted body poufs for Christmas.

Actually, she gave me one for Christmas, then went to her yarn store, where they told her that bamboo was a natural antibacterial, so she should use that for the stuff that will be in the shower, so she made me another pouf with bamboo yarn.

Both of the poufs are nice, and I figured they’d be nicer than the sponge poufs becuase you could wash and dry them to take care of any germ problems.

I was unpleasantly surprised to find that I didn’t like the crocheted body puofs at all.

The first time I used the larger non-bamboo pouf I bent one of my fingernails back because the pouf was so large.

I also found that with both poufs I had to use about 6 times more shower gel than usual.

I’d been using half a pump of green by nature’s shower gel, and a drop or two of Hoity Toity Jojoba Body Wash, and that was enough to fully lather my net pouf.

With the smaller bamboo pouf I had to use a quarter size amount of Hoity Toity and 3 pumps of the green by nature to get a halfway decent lather, and that sometimes ran out before I was done washing.

When my mother-in-law asked for feedback and I told her that I had to use so much more shower gel, she said “Well as you keep using it, you’ll get more soap staying in the pouf.”

I don’t want more soap staying in the pouf.

I want to wash all the soap out of the pouf so I can start with a nice clean pouf.

You don’t let the soap build up in your wash cloth do you?

I don’t - I read that one of the ways to prevent acne was to use a fresh washcloth every day, so that’s what I do when I use washcloths.

Sure it’s a little extra laundry, but washcloths aren’t that big.

Anyways, in addition to the extra soap, it also takes a long time for me to get the poufs warm enough so I can use them - they get so cold after they get wet, and with all the crocheted layers, it takes a lot of water to get through to warm them up I guess.

The poufs also don’t feel like they’re cleaning.

Unless I press hard enough to hurt myself it feels like I’m just rubbing the pouf over my skin, and not really cleaning it.

I think I’ll be switching back to a net pouf as soon as I remember to buy another one.

Not only will I feel cleaner - I’ll be cutting my water bill a little, and I’ll be cutting my shower gel bill too.

What do you use in the shower?

Washcloth, sponge, loofah, body mit, those body glove things?

Related Posts:
Hoity Toity Sheer Satin Shampoo & Conditioner Review
Bauble Bath Scrub Review

I know - it’s about time!

Sarah’s Surprises is finally on twitter, and we have our own name.

It was too confusing having everything under one account.

You can follow us at sarahssurprises.

I hope to see you there!

Do you have a twitter account?

If so leave a comment with your name and I’ll follow you.

It’s National Bubble Bath Day - are you going to enjoy a bubble bath today?

I’m sure I’ll want one at the end of the day, because today is the day we’re putting in the tile in the upstairs.

Jeff says he thinks he’ll go straight for the hot tub, but it’s -10 out there now, so I don’t know if he really will.

I’m certainly not going out there when it’s this cold.

I asked how other people enjoyed their bubble baths, and this is what they had to say.

Dierdre Motley, the owner of The Blue Gecko Candle Company says

I am a self professed bubble bath addict! My favorite product is a creation I came up with to feed my bubble bath addiction! My Silky Milky Bubble Bath not only makes your skin feel luxuriously silky, the bubbles are absolutely amazing! If I need a little extra moisturizing, I like to throw in one of my cocoa butter bath melts. One bath melt and I don’t need lotion for the rest of the day (and that’s saying a lot considering I live in the dry Arizona desert!). There is absolutely nothing more relaxing then lighting a fragrant candle, dimming the lights, and luxuriating in a warm tub full of bubbles!

In honor of National Bubble Bath Day Dierdre is offering a free bath melt with every bottle of bubble bath purchased. I love how she tied the promotion into her favorite way to take a bubble bath.

I happen to have some Silky Milky Bubblel Bath lying around, and that’s probably what I’ll use in my bubble bath tonight.

Norma from Norma’s Bath and Body says:

I love taking Baths as a Soapmaker, and I highly recommend my Lusious Shower Gels to Lather up with, so relaxing, and they smell so yummy too.

Norma says her favorite fragrance is Blackberry, but she loves them all.

What’s your favorite way to relax with a bubble bath?

Do you prefer peace and quiet and a warm bath like me, or do you like candles too?