Thayers Witch Hazel – Rose Petal

“Hooray for Hazel”

I shortened the name of the soap a little to be reasonable—the full name is: “Since 1847 Thayers Natural Remedies Witch Hazel Aloe Vera Formula Body Bar Rose Petal.” I've seen this soap and other Thayers products at heath food stores forever (I mean, not since 1847—I'm not that old—but is that for real? 1847?!) but I can't remember if I've used any before this. Probably, but not since this soap project. I liked this soap a lot, actually, and will probably buy more. It had this beautiful pale beige and pink color—it seemed to change colors a bit, or maybe it wasn't uniform—mostly beige or light yellow with pink highlights—very pleasing to the eye. Not strong, fragrance-wise, but a slight, pleasant floral, rose smell. It was good on my skin, as far as I could tell—I liked to think that was the benefit of the witch hazel in the ingredients, and the aloe, as well. I used to always have a bottle of witch hazel around—it seemed to be good on insect bites—I'll have to get some again.

I decided to look up something about this company, just out of curiosity. They have a website, of course, but it's impressively no-nonsense—not interested in impressing you—maybe that's a strategy—anyway, its mostly informational. There's a lot there—including the company history—you can look it up for yourself. I'm going to do a little more reading another time—maybe the next time I buy a Thayers product. But anyway, the most fun thing, for me, anyway (I know, I'm weird) is there's a street address, both on the soap box and the website—it's in Easton, CT, which isn't really even a town. I looked it up, and naturally looked at the online map, and street-view, and it's pretty much a farm out in the middle of nowhere! There's like a regular mailbox out front, and an “Honor System Organic Farm Stand!” I mean it's not really in the middle of nowhere—essentially no where in Connecticut is—you get off the Merritt on Easton Turnpike, and zip right up there. But it's on one of those country roads you can probably feel good biking down, as long as there's not some farm dog trying to bite your heels. It almost made me feel like the whole thing is a ruse. But that's just because most companies seem to want to keep everything about them hidden, secret, or fictional. Maybe this is just a company that's right there, out in the open. I'll have to look into this further.

Soap Review No. 91