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1stAngel Review - Little Shop of Delights
By 
1stAngel | July 1, 2008
TOTAL 46 / 50
Little Shop of Delights is run by two sisters, Victoria, who lives in Lincolnshire, England and makes a variety of styles of bags, totes, toiletry bags, make-up bags in fact any kind of bag you want, by hand, and Michele, who lives in Moray, Scotland and makes luxurious body and hand soaps together with her own recipe body butters and other skin pampering treats, by hand, under the Adam and Eve label.
My purchases were labelled using recycled paper and sent in recycled packaging.
I bought, to begin with, a Handmade Pine Tar Soap for my bf as he always puts up with the Dove I normally use. I thought this would be nice for him as the description said “Pine Tar is a firm favourite with men”. As he is a powerlifter he usually needs all the help he can get and soaps are a tough thing to find for men in the normal supermarkets, unless you want to purchase an additive riddled kind, which I don’t.
The soap arrived within two days and I was a little chagrined to see the size of it as there is no image or mention of the actual size, or any image of it wrapped, just the large ‘before cut’ version. I also didnt see any mention of a size in the description. I had imagined it slightly larger. (The shop has now been updated, since writing this, with the sizes of the goods 
) However, I was nicely surprised at the lovely wrapping. It had been put together with thought and care and told me the ingredients properly.
The smell of the soap is very deep and even though it is a unisex soap, I do believe this is more a mans soap and would be well advertised as such. The aroma is strong and powerful and this is not really a soap before bedtime, well not if sleeping is what you have in mind! It also will last longer than I thought as it doesn’t lather away like some soaps do, and it was lovely to rub in (his words). In fact, it was so good he did his hair in it and, as it is natural and the fact he is a guy, he was really pleased with the fact he could do this.
Speed of delivery 10 / 10
Wrapping 10 / 10
Quality of product 10 / 10
Initial description 7 / 10
Overall Look of Shop 9 / 10
TOTAL 46 / 50
I have now ordered the more feminine soap for myself and will definitely be buying my toiletries from this shop again.
OTHER ITEMS CARRIED BY THIS SHOP
Scottish Oatmeal bath sachets with Seaweed and Sea Salt x 3
Dead Sea Salt Bath Blend
Amber Handmade Soap
Handmade Pine Tar Soap
The Dead Seas Salt Bath Blend can be perfumed if you wish with Lavender essential oil(with lavender buds).
Fragrances: Coconut. Lotus Blossom. Poppy. Orchid. Spice Isle. Sea-Breeze (suitable for men). Seaweed & Juniper (with crushed seaweed,suitable for men ).Carnation. English Rose (with rose petals). Geranium. Sweet Pea. Honeysuckle. Baby Powder. Fresh Linen. Amber. Grapefruit. Cucumber. Although, at the time of writing this that is not listed in the shop.
Michele hopes to add Sandalwood essential oil too.
COMING SOON
Seaweed, sea salt and oatmeal bath sachets.
A solid body butter/lotion in a push up tube.
Soap petals (single use soaps)
Bath bombs.
Whole seaweed for baths and foot soaks. and perhaps some drawer sachets too such as lavender, rose, heather etc with real buds and flowers.
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