Northern Lights may very well be the brightest soap I have ever seen. It is literally neon green, as you can clearly see in the photos. I haven’t adjusted the color in any way - it really is that bright! The colors are clearly inspired by the Aurora Borealis, otherwise known The Northern Lights, and the soap is a beautiful interpretation of the phenomenon.
The scent of this soap certainly coordinates beautifully with the color. I found the scent to be a clean, citrusy scent, reminiscent of a citronella candle, but sweeter and much more pleasant. The ingredients include pine needle oil, cypress oil, and lime oil, which all come together to create a bright citrus scent with a hint of pine. This is a lovely scent for summer, but the pine and cypress keep it a little more heavy and perfect for winter too. I find that the smell lingers softly on the skin.
This soap is softer than others, it wouldn’t take much effort at all to bend it. This comes from the rapeseed and coconut oils, which are very moisturizing ingredients. I usually find that bar soaps that contain a lot of oils tend not to lather much, but this soap still provides a very generous lather. After using this soap I feel very clean, but not stripped of natural oils.
Though it is perhaps not my favorite scent, I enjoyed using this soap overall, and would most likely repurchase it. It is beautiful to look at and feels lovely on the skin.
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Rating: 4/5
Price: £4.25/100g ($6.43)
Status: Retired Holiday Item, Kitchen Exclusive
Vegan?: Yes
Would I repurchase? Probably
Ingredients: Water, Rapeseed Oil and Coconut Oil, Glycerine, Perfume, Sodium Stearate, Propylene Glycol, Pine Needle Oil, Cypress Oil, Lime Oil, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Sodium Chloride, EDTA, Tetrasodium Etidronate, Sodium Hydroxide, *Citral, *Linalool, Citronellol, Limonene, Colour 59040, Colour 45410, Colour 17200, Colour 42090.
