Update: Country Heart Gifts Soaps

A while back, I mentioned a sale on closeout soap samples that Country Heart Gifts was doing on Etsy. I've had a chance to test out some of those soaps now -- the only problem is that, since all these scents are being discontinued, it seems less than useful to go into detail on specific scents. So instead, a more general review!

First off, soap-as-soap. It's quite pleasant soap to use, very silky, very clean. A very nice sort of soap to have around, and the samples are terrific for hand soap, just the right size.

As for the scents, well! I grew up in the Midwest; I know from country. :) My favorite scent families out of the samples have been the peach scents (a more sweet peach scent than fresh-fruit peach scent), the strawberry scents (ditto), and the vanilla scents (a nice strong vanilla extract sort of scent). These all seem like the kinds of things I'd find in one of the independent country-home-stores back in Indiana, the kinds of places I could find sheep, bins of nickel candy, and the occasional bar of handmade soap that smells like cherry almond or strawberries & cream.

So if that sort of thing is up your alley, this store comes highly recommended! You can still find terrific bargains in her sale section, so have a look. :)

Soap Sample Sale!

So I just have to link to a soap sample sale I stumbled across last week. Country Heart Gifts is selling 20 cute adorable soap samples (closeout scents of her choice) for $5, which is hard to beat.

My package (which contained the samples, plus three full-size bars, plus some wax tarts) arrived today (she shipped 'em on Friday) and I think I got one of everything, plus a few extras to round it out to 20. I've got an Apples & Almonds wax tart going right now and my bedroom smells terrific. :D

They're small soaps, but big enough to get several uses out of 'em, especially if you use a soap saver of some kind. I'd give 'em a week or so as a hand soap if it's the only one you use. It's a great way to test out different scents -- I've already tried Chocolate Cherry and Orange Spice -- and I can vouch for the soap quality (they're quite nice soaps, very smooth, nice lather). I'll give more details as I try out more of them, I'm sure!