Smells of my Youth - Original source Ylang Ylang and Patchouli

Advantages: Nostalgic smell, not tested on animals, recyclable bottle, natural essential oils
Disadvantages: some may not like the smell

...Original Source Ylang Ylang and Patchouli Deep soak Bath Foam I believe you can buy these at various shops such as Boots and Tesco but I managed to get a real bargain at 85p from a local discount store in Derby that sells random end of lines or damaged or excess stock. It is somewhere I pop in to every now and then and stagger out with a stack of stuff for less than £20. However that is an aside back to my bath foam bargain. It comes in the standard Original Source bottle with black twist and pop off lid and contains 350ml of beautiful blue liquid. On the front we have the brand and product name and in smaller writing it is ?packed with essential oils?. The product uses real essential oils not synthetic fragrances and has NOT been tested on animals. The packaging is recyclable and the product is suitable for Vegans according to...

catsholiday 09.09.2009 · Read review
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Chocoholics Shower Cream Dream from Original Source.

Advantages: Smells devine, from a well known manufacturer.
Disadvantages: Weird colour and may not be around for long as is a special edition

...Review of Original Source 'Winter Vanilla, Milk and Cocoa Shower Cream' The Product This Vanilla, milk and cocoa shower cream is the Winter 2008 special edition from Original Source. Being the cheapskate that I am, I purchased this just after Christmas when the supermarket was reducing their winter ranges. It has been sat in the back of the bathroom cabinet ever since and only came to light recently. As far as I recall, I paid in the region of 75p for my bottle of shower cream, I believe that the full price was around £1.50. Packaging, Appearance and Scent The shower cream is presented in a trapeze shaped, opaque plastic bottle with a black flip open cap. The cap is located at the bottom of the package and doubles as a stand for the shower gel. The container design means that the last drops are fairly easy to get out...

brittle1906 29.07.2009 · Read review
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Good enough to eat! Original Source Almond and Coconut Shower Gel

Advantages: Great scent, excellent product
Disadvantages: No hook to hang in the shower.

...Review of Original Source Almond and Coconut Shower Gel Original Source products hit the UK market some years ago. The company who are part of the Cussons group, produce a wide range of products bearing the Original Source trade name including shower, shaving, bath, shampoo, conditioner, deodorant and similar goods. Original Source use 100% essential oils and natural fragrances rather than synthetic. Original Source products are packed in recyclable containers and the company work closely with the Vegan Society and are members of the Aromatherapy Trade Council. The product Packaging and usage A rich creamy shower gel, enriched with essential oils such as sweet almond and basil and scented with natural coconut and almond. The creamy coloured gel is presented in a cream coloured, trapeze shaped, opaque plastic bottle...

brittle1906 20.04.2009 · Read review
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Review of Original Source Coconut and Almond Shower Gel

Original Source body scrub

Advantages: moisturises, cleans, smells great
Disadvantages: not great exfoliator

...Being a big fan of Original Source products, I had to give this a go when I saw it. It is a standard sqeezy plastic bottle, with the opening cap being at the bottom (easy when in the shower with wet hands). It cost me £1 for 200ml, which I think is quite good value, especially for this brand. The description on the packaging is that it is a moisturising body scrub packed with natural stuff. It says that the papaya fruit is moisturising, bamboo exfoliates and the aloe vera soothes and repairs skin. Miracle in a bottle then! Upon squeezing out some of the body scrub, I noticed the strong smell which was slightly fruitier than I had expected, and is uplifting and clean smelling. It has a nice texture, it is runny enough that it is easy to smooth on the skin without all sticking in a lump (I have had this with other scrubs). It...

naughtyangel69 27.05.2008 · Read review
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Smell lemony fresh with Original Source

Advantages: Smell, lathers well
Disadvantages: price

...Original Source showel gel has a few different versions and each with a unique smell. This is the best one of them, in my opinion. It smells great, really lemony, very fresh and if you're like me, and half-dead in the morning, then anything that wakes you up a bit has got to be good. I admit, lemons are one of my favourite smells (when is someone going to produce a petrol smelling product? Other than pretol that is!). It lathers well and you don't need to use loads, I use it to shave my legs and everything. It doesn't annoy my skin (which is quite sensitive) and I like the packaging. It also feels like you're using something natural too, which I like. The major downside for me is the price, it's not the cheapest, but if you do a bit of searching , you can find it cheap in places like the pound shop. (For a quid, funnily...

Leannie1000 10.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Original Source Tea Tree & Lemon Shower Gel

Original Source - Fruit and Nuts

Advantages: Smells gorgeous, free samples available
Disadvantages: There are nicer Original Source flavours out there!

...Ok - so perhaps fruit and nuts isn't the best way to describe it... any chocoholics out there will now no doubt be imagining a bit chocolatey slab of Fruit and Nut chocolate... Thanks to the Original Source freebies I have recently had the pleasure of sampling their Almond & Orange (hence the fruit and nuts title) Moisturising Body Wash. As per all the Original Source samples, this came packaged in a generous sized sachet containing 25ml of the Body Wash. The packet is a pale orange colour, with the name of the product clearly printed across the front. The moisturising body wash is described on the packet as being able to give 'all day moisturisation for the softest, silkiest skin you have ever had'. The Original Source website describes the Moisturising Body Wash range as follows: "These brand new moisturising body washes...

angeelu 21.09.2002 · Read review
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An Original Source For Celebrity Bitching

Advantages: Beautiful smell, cleans well, lathers well
Disadvantages: Smell doesn't linger very long

...I’ve had a bit of a lazy weekend and have done very little. So this morning, I decided it was time I got my arse moving again. Feeling dirtier than John Leslie, the first thing I did was have a good shower and hair wash. It’s only been a couple of days since my last shower, but I always feel unclean unless I have three or four a week. I received another free sachet from Original Source the other day. This time, it was the Almond and Orange Moisturising Body Wash. I had been a bit unsure about this one because although orange is one of my favourite smells, almond is one I hate. In fact, almond fragrances have given me asthma attacks before and I had to ask my hairdresser to use a different shampoo. So it was with some trepidation that I opened the sachet. Like Michael Barrymore examining his swimming pool, I wasn’...

KarenUK 27.10.2002 · Read review
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Zing Zing Zing Original Source Shampoo n Ting

Advantages: Wakes you up, zingy fresh smell, leaves hair feeling clean
Disadvantages: Might be too strong smelling for some

...I only really tried this product because I won a set of Original Source products in a competition and this was one of them. I had tried a couple of samples off their website however and had been quite impressed with them but wasn't too sure about mint flavoured shampoo to be honest. How surpised was I to be? This shampoo which comes in a 250ml bottle and is priced at around £2.49 is bright green which is a little off putting. It comes in a clear plastic bottle with a black flip top lid, which for the record is pretty hard to get undone with a wet hand in the bath! The first thing that hits you is the smell - fresh and minty not unfamiliar to when you first opena packet of extra strong mints actually lol personally I find the aroma really lovely and very refreshing but I can see how some people might find it slightly...

shazzaspannered 26.07.2006 · Read review
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Review of Original Source Mint & Tea Tree Shampoo

Not such an original experience!

Advantages: Aromas and deep clean feeling
Disadvantages: can never decide which one to have

..., here I go...Mrs Dempsey on The Original Source range........ Ditch all your normal shampoos, conditioners, bath foam, shave gel, and facial scrubs, and make way for this whole new range of products. You come home from a hard hectic day at work, or your fed up with looking after the kids, or the husband/wife has been nagging you all day long, you just want too relax right? I know I do. So I get my towel, my bathroom essentials and my robe, and barge my way through to the shower room, lock the door and finally?.. your alone. Oh....... the bliss of just hearing the water running, with the other occupants of the household on the other side of that door being drowned out, good yes? What could honestly make this experience more enjoyable I hear you ask? Well I will tell you! Add a bit of source to your relaxation! What first...

dempsey_review 23.11.2005 · Read review
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Review of Original Source Range

Which came first Original Source or the Lemon

Advantages: for all skin types, smells gorgeous, natural fragrances, cleanses well, not tested on animals
Disadvantages: smell doesn't linger long enough

...Warning : this is an op on the sample. This op contains the following 2 words a lot :?lemon? ?shower gel?, therefore you are at in danger of spotting some repetitions. Please keep your hair down. After trying the Tea Tree and Mint shower gel, I was prejudiced in favour of Original Source shower gels, and was very much looking forward to their next sample, namely the Tea Tree and Lemon one. For those who haven?t done so yet, samples can still be ordered via their website www.originalsource.com. The sample was not split, and as should have been expected was a nice yellow in colour, a lot more appealing than the Mint one, whose combination of colours didn?t look right to me. No such critique with the Lemon sample then, a nice bright yellow colour which doesn?t clash (in my opinion) with the red of the rectangle in which the name...

begynne 04.10.2002 · Read review
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