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Greener the better!

wummich — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:28:40 -0500

It' is always nice to see people starting to use greener healthcare/beauty products. Not many people know that going green could start with the smallest step, like changing soaps. The Chivas soap seems like a great eco-friendly soap! Greener shampoo, face wash, sunblock, are also a great way to start becoming more eco-friendly.

Chivas Skin Care

LJ — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:52:23 -0600

Siel, I’ve never seen our creme “curd” like that! I’m guessing that because I had the wrong address and ended up shipping the product twice in L.A.’s abnormal heat wave that there was some sort of freak accident. I feel terrible for the mix-up.

I will say though that our creme has been very popular with repeat customers - they like that it is very nourishing, yet not oily, beautifully scented, yet not overpowering. I want you to experience the creme we know and love, so I will be shipping you a replacement. Maybe we can hear more from you once you’ve had the chance to use it.

Also, I wanted to remind your readers that we has a “Satisfaction Guaranteed” policy. If for any reason you are dissatisfied with a product, we will either send a replacement or refund the difference. We are very proud of our products and our company and want our customers to be just as happy! ((And I’m glad you agree that our soap rocks :-))

Organic

Dree — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:40:30 -0600

My family is just starting to go organic. I ordered some soap last week from another company and am waiting for it to arrive. This sounds like a great soap to add to my list.

Chivas Skin Care: Mom + daughter + pet goats = eco-friendly soaps

greenlagirl — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:58:01 -0600

Picky about your soap? Here's one that meets all sorts of socio-eco criteria you can come up with. Chivas Skin Care soaps are made with organic ingredients, fair trade shea butter that supports a women's co-op in Togo, Africa, and the fresh milk from two French alpine goats that are raised humanely by a local family in Ventura County, Calif.!

Chivas Skin Care was founded by Donna and Lauren Johanson, a mother-and-daughter team that bought the goats to get healthy milk, yogurt, and cheese for the family -- but soon found the goats produced way more milk than they could keep up with! Thus, a soap company was born.

Now, Chivas has a line of six soaps -- some of which incorporate herbs like spearmint from the family garden. Watch how these soaps get crafted in this short video put together by Lime.com:

I loved the smooth texture of Chivas' soaps, which smelled great and left my skin feeling moisturized. Plus, the weighty 4-oz bars last a very long time, more than making the up for the $9 sticker price.

But while the Chivas team's clearly honed its soap-making skills, the facial cremes left a lot to be desired. What I found in the jar I got was not creme as I know it, but a whitish curd-like goo-island floating in oils! Ick!

Hopefully Chivas will perfect its facial creme as it has the soaps. In the meantime, you can get Chivas Skin Care soaps -- including some very cute gift sets for the holidays -- on the company website.