Hello Mellow

I’m a sucker for natural products, so when I first met hellomellow’s revitalize body butter I had to check out the ingredients list…

“Avocado-mango butter, essential oils of geranium and lavender and love.”

What hippie-dippy product junkie could argue with such a minimal ingredients list that doesn’t include a single synthetic fragrance (and has an added dose of love)? For me, this product was the internet dating equivalent of a hot doctor who lists cooking as an interest – so enticing, so full of promise!

What I didn’t know then was that I had found the most fun body butter on the planet. The scent is pleasant – like lying in the grass in a flower garden — but the texture is the exciting part. The body butter starts out as solid and white. When you scoop it out, it softens to a velvety, thick texture. And then, as it warms in your hands, it melts like a pad of butter on toast. This feature doesn’t only make the application of the body butter an entertaining addition to your beauty ritual; because you are forced to warm the butter to a spreadable consistency, you are protected from the infamous cold application.

The only drawback is the initial oiliness, which is, fortunately, readily absorbed. In the end, you are left with rich, moisturized and well-nourished skin.

Jamie Leland is a Literature, Writing & Film student at Arizona State University and an enthusiastic consumer of natural beauty products. In her spare time, she enjoys messing up her room while constructing outfits, talking to her cats and rock climbing.