Styg, I've heard that soap-based products act weirdly if water is hard. How's your water?

BTW, I tried Rosemary Lavender Aloe and discovered that shampoo bars are too mild to remove oil from oil treatments...So I have to save my gentlest detergent- based shampoo for those occassions. Hairwashing day's tomorrow, so after that I'll make a proper review of it.

Aw...that sounds bad. 

Well, here's my review of Rosemary Lavender Aloe shampoo bar & Rose Petal Geranium soap. The latter I got from new shipment that came here today (yes...it means more reviews in near future).

Rosemary Lavender Aloe was responsible of most smell in the shipment where it came, but now that it's sat for a while in my bathroom, the scent has become milder. Now I'd describe it just "clean" smell. It worked just like Honey Beer & Egg: lathered well, caused some squeaking that went away with ACV rinse. I don't know if it's still the oil treatment or this shampoo, but right after shower when I combed the hair, I noticed that it was incredibly soft- even when wet.  Now that it has dried, it's silky soft like my rabbits' fur. Just wonderful!

Rose Petal Geranium soap doesn't resemble at all any of the rose soaps I've smelled before. Rose can be recognized in the scent, but it is very strong and herbal- somehow "fresh". But, the scent it leaves on skin is nice and mild, and I stepped out of the shower with soft skin that didn't itch a bit. Worth of my money.

Another thing worth mentioning is, that among the soaps that go to my mother, was Lavender Oatmeal Spice soap that gave out totally amazing smell- like cinnamon. Next time, I need to order a bar for myself. Too bad, that there's a long time until next shipment as I think that I've ordered enough soap for a year! 

i like the rose clay one, causes more or less no itching on me (less than my palmolive shea that is) but it's not overly creamy like i suppose sweet basil. i partly washed my scalp with it as well, but my hair isn't dry yet lol.

i was sniffing samples and i wonder if it's the geranium that gives the funny campari smell! rose petal has it, and so does primrose complex i think.  8)

strange, i think it smells very nice, like rose rather. but i never used it and never will on my hair. i stopped using the shampoo bars, my scalp just doesn't like anything close to detergents or soaps. the beer one seemed rather soft though, i used it once and even on my body but it also made my scalp itch. the nicest i find about those soaps is really their smell, even the rather spicy/herbal ones. just too bad they don't seem to leave ANY smell on me. i even think after starting to use the rose clay on my face i have a bit less pimples  8)
and our corridor smells divine (mostly like the geranium stuff, oh i would have never though i'd like that odor).
and those soaps seem to last an iternity!

When I got my new shipment of Chagrin Valley soaps I cut each bar into thirds lengthwise.  After I cut them I could see that the middle was softer than the outside of the bar.  I let them sit for a couple of weeks and I think cutting them really made a difference.  They lather more readily and they're easier to handle.

I had to give away the Honey, Beer, and Egg shampoo bar.  It overconditioned my hair and made it limp and unmanegable.  The Nettle bar, however, seems to work well, which makes sense as it's for oily hair.  It has a stong smell but it does not linger.

I think all the trouble I had in the beginning with the sticky, poofy hair was from the soap binding to shampoo residue.  It's been a month now and I've had no further problems.  I'm hooked. 

My newest shipment has arrived.  Mostly soap, except their new Lavender Spice shampoo.

Lavender Spice shampoo has the same yummy smell as Lavender Oatmeal Spice soap- a sweetly spicy scent that reminds me of gingerbread biscuits and spice cakes.
Yum! It lathered very well and left my hair shiny and soft. ^^

The only soap I've tried so far is Chocolate Almond. It's creeeeaaamy, and leaves skin feeling exceptionally soft. It has a mild scent, bitter almond and dark chocolate.