Laventel Butters and Salts

 From the left, I have a lovely bath salt from Lavental called Kama Sutra. In the middle there is another Lavental lovely bath salt that goes by the name of Scarlet. Last, but certainly not least is one of Laventel's fabulous hand and foot  butters called Cozy Rosy.

   Most Laventel products are available in both 4oz and 8 oz containers. I have the 8oz tins and they come with plenty of salt/butter in them. The salts will last me through many baths and the butter will last for a good month, if using every day.

  Laventel is a lovely Etsy shop ran by Andra Krüger. I  enjoy sharing a bit about the company in my reviews so that you guys get a better idea, a more personal feel of a company. Below I have copied and pasted her bio straight from her shop:

"The sense of smell has intrigued me for as long as I could remember.  Ever since I was a little girl, when all the other kids wanted to be doctors and flight attendants, I was dreaming of having my own florist, where I could mix oils and fragrances.  As I grew older, other interests made their way into the equation and after high school I went on to study Pharmacy at the North-West University in Potchefstroom, South-Africa where my interest in chemistry probed me to continue my studies and I eventually completed a Masters and a Ph.D in pharmaceutical chemistry.

I worked in an academic environment doing epilepsy clinical research for 5 years, worked as a pharmacist in a large government funded hospital in Johannesburg, and then my life took a 180 degree turn: I met my husband who is American.  We have been living in Maryland for a year now, and it took me a while to realize that the path I was on, was not my dream.  I combined my love for fragrances and chemistry, and started experimenting with different scents and ingredients, and I am very proud to say after six months after a lot of experimenting, and combining influences of both South Africa and America, I am introducing my first 7 products.  Welcome to my passion!"

 -Andra  Krüger

Impressive, huh? I can say, Laventel's butters and salts are just as impressive as the owner's bio. 

Let's start with my favorite of the three, the Cozy Rosy hand and foot butter. 

With all the body butters I have used, and reviwed, this has to be the most unique of all. The texture of it is what I find so different from most. In my opinion, a body butter has a certain feel to it. Unfortunately, most butters are just lotion in a tub! That downright depresses me. I like a rich, thick, creamy, smooth, highly moisturizing, skin glowin, highlightin' heavy duty butter! Am I picky or what? 

While I have had some darn good body butters, I haven't had any that kept me quite as moisturized and glowy as Cozy Rosy. Even better, I normally hate rose scented products--they bother my sinuses--but this smells really nice. Unlike that funky synthetic "rose" scent you may be used to smelling in drugstores, this is a light floral scent. Not particularly rosy to my nosy! Ha Ha. Now how'd you like how I just came up with that rhyme as I typed? My nose detects a subtle floral scent with a hint of lemon--delicious!

Cozy Rosy is thick! It's rich. It's luxurious, and most of all, it's intensively moisturizing to my dry, tanned skin. Cracked, extremely dry skin will love this butter. It's labeled "hand and foot" butter, but it works like a dream on elbows and dry legs too. I loved the sheen it gives my freshly tanned legs! 

Cozy Rosy also works wonderfully for cuticles. If you're a nail artist like me, you probably appreciate a product that moisturizes and makes the cutting of cuticles easier, with less hang nail. I really was pleased with Cozy Rosy as a cuticle softener. Plus, it left my manicured customers and myself with really smooth nail beds/hands!

Since Cozy Rosy has such a thick, rich and somewhat greasy texture, slathering it on and then rinsing your hands leaves the softest feel without any sticky, icky or greasy residue left behind. 

 Cozy Rosy contains Rooibos tea extract, has  All natural ingredients, no harsh chemicals or preservatives.  

  *Rooibos Tea Extract contains antioxidants, which in turn benefits your skin by preventing signs of aging as well as promoting healing.

                            BATH  SALTS

 As shown in my photos, I have both Kama Sutra and Scarlet bath salts. The salts and the butter all came packaged in a sweet, reusable tin that has a screw-on lid! Yes, a screw-on lid, not a push down lid! Those tins that you just push the lid down on tend to collect water from the shower or spill out easily, so I truly appreciated the nice screw-on lid. The packaging is nice, gift-friendly and if I remember corrrectly, it seems there were adorable little bumble bee stickers holding tissue wrap onto the tins. Very lovely.

Scarlet Bath Salt is made with epsom salts, which have been used around here--on the mountains in Georgia--for ages to promote healing, heal skin ailments, bruises, and much more. Around here, folks use epsom salts as an affordable "bathtub luxury" as well as constipation relief! Yes, that's the lovely country I live in. Wouldn't trade this place for the world. 

Anyways, now you know that the epsom salts in this Laventel product will do you some good. Scarlet bath salt is labeled as a product that will help relieve PMS symptoms. Being someone who suffers from literally almost every reproductive system ailment under the sun, including, but not limited to: endometriosis, PMS, PMDD, I can certainly appreciate that little bit of help. It just so happens that this week is my ugly week and you bet your sweet behiney I've been a' using Scarlet in my bath! Whether or not it's my larger intake of aloe plant or the Scarlet that's helped my mood and pain, I cannot tell for sure, but I feel much different than I normally do. I haven't had my cranky pants on half as much as usual, less pain and less irritability! Scarlet, you may be a winner! Either way, combine Scarlet with your aloe plant and you just might feel like a spring chicken. I can't really tell you what Scarlet smells like. It's a very subtle, fruity scent.

As for Kama Sutra Bath Salts, they smelled to me like a perfume from Aftelier. I can't tell you which one because I can't remember, but it's unique, subtle and lovely. I would call it somewhat floral, but I have a hard time really putting my finger on this one.

At Laventel shop, the description says that the inspiration of Kama Sutra's scent came from the Taj Mahal. Interesting.  It has notes of jasmine, sweet citrus. I cannot exactly notice those scents so much. 

Maybe you can see this glowy tan I speak of in this picture here?

I must say that all 3 of these lovely bath products are nice and I cannot get enough of that butter! It makes my feet look wonderful and my legs too. It really brings out my glowy tan after a day in the sun. I truly encourage ya'll to check Laventel out for yourself. You'll see that the prices for the all-natural prodcuts are beyond affordable and very much worth it--and that's coming from the biggest cheapie on the planet! I like affordable, as you know so when I call something "worth the money" and "affordable," you can bet your sweet behiney it is! 

So much love,

Kendra