We had a short little snow flurry yesterday. It came and was gone in the space of a couple of hours. But oh my, it was so beautiful for that little period of time.
Snow illuminated every trees’ skeleton, frosted each bud and highlighted everything with a fierce white. It made me think it might be nice to live somewhere with a winter that lives up to the mythological hype of what a true Canadian winter is supposed to look like. There is no question that we’re Winter WannaBe’s here on the Wet Coast.
But it was in the midst of all that winterness that a package arrived from FedEx. For moi? Indeed, it was a plain brown box with some LUSH Fresh Handmade Products for review. I opened that box of sunshine and got blasted with all things tropical and citrusy.
This morning I gave a few of them a blog drive…the Sexy Peel soap was gorgeous. Bright clean smells of orange and lemon and a real smooth feel after I rinsed. You know how some soaps feel like you’ve been scrubbed a titch too squeaky clean after it’s over? Not so with Sexy Peel. It’s a keeper, especially with such a great name.
My other blog was with the Happy Hippy Shower Gel. I’m wondering if they targeted me with that one because of the hippy-dippy vibe here on the Sunshine Coast. We are a bit of an odd bunch on this piece of British Columbia’s mainland.
Maybe it’s because you can only get here by ferry or float-plane and it makes us feel like we’re on a little island-out-of-time. Or perhaps it’s because you can’t push that ol’ Go West Young Man frontier mentality much further (unless you count Vancouver Island). Though that wild west mindset might help explain the general populace’s predilection toward wearing Birkenstocks or gumboots as all-occasion footwear.
All I know is that the Happy Hippy shower gel smelled great and includes bergamot oil (one of my favourite smells), frankincense oil (another fave) and grapefruit…They’re just lucky I didn’t drink it. It foamed up great, which is, alas, no doubt due to the sodium laureth sulfate.
Are we dooming ourselves with our addiction to bubbles? Would I like it if it didn’t foam? Probably not. Still, I’m not sure, what to say or do about the old SLS thing. There is still so much debate about it all.
What I do know is that I put on my Moroccan mitts that we bought in Marrakesh a few years ago, squirted a little Happy Hippy on each palm, scrubbed myself pink and felt positively exuberant and oh-so-OHM-ready for my Sun Salutations at Yoga by the Sea...because of course…that’s what Happy Hippies do.
Well, I’ve had quite enough snow, thank you very much. This has been the snowiest winter in my adult memory, so I’m more than ready for anything to take me away from it all. Happy Hippy Shower Gel – that sounds like just the ticket.
Guess it’s all relative huh? This was the big snow day for us. Hmmm…now I’m trying to remember; there might have been a few other moments but I really think that has been the sum of our winter weather so far. Sorry you’ve had so much. Not quite as fun when it becomes the norm…
Your post evoked lots of thoughts. When I lived in CA I watched Yoga by the Sea all the time! One of the things I miss about the west coast. The Happy Hippy Shower gel sounds so appealing. I went to their site and I think I’m going to order some. I love the smell of bergamot, too, like in Earl Gray tea. During high school, my sister and I burned frankincense in our bedroom. A loaded scent for me back then, part hippy, part Catholic church roots. BTW, it snowed here on the east coast on Monday. Same beautiful dusting with no significant accumulation (to turning from white to black).
Earl Grey tea exactly.
“Part hippy, part Catholic church…” What a great description. I still burn incense every day as well as having the frankincense smoldering on a little tin plate on top of our wood stove. I would have made a great Catholic. Mennonites were a pretty stripped-down-to-the-bare-bones kind of religion.Maybe I’m making up for it now 🙂