Monday, October 25, 2004


continued beauty note or promised customer service update

the other day i rhapsodized about the possiblities that may be lurking in this acquarella nail polish. but as steady readers will recall, there was a slight shipping situation.

here's the update: i called them on saturday. today i came home and found the missing hand lotion waiting for me at my door.

further, mark from fulfillment did call as promised, and apologized a second time. this company is good on the customer service front, no doubt!

so how is this fabled hand moisturizer? let me say it immediately brought to mind a college pal, one liz waldner, who among other things, lived on aloe vera.

she took a spoonful of aloe vera juice a day, and always rubbed the gel on her face and hands. this acquarella hand lotion was made for her.

because frankly, it seems to contain nothing but aloe vera gel, green tea, the natural humectant sodium pca (a kiehl's favorite), and vitamin c. i honestly believe you could safely drink this stuff -- not that i'd recommend it, since aloe vera has a very bitter taste.

and this hand lotion is very different from the creamy stuff with oil most of us are used to. it's very light, and slightly gelatinous, for obvious reasons, with a straight-forward aloe vera smell.

shake the bottle, squeeze a bit into your palm -- it's wet, like half-set jello. rub into your hands, and after about 20 seconds, it's gone, straight into the skin. wow.

the advantage i immediately saw: it soothed a paper cut i got this afternoon. it does leave your hands soft and with only the slightest scent of aloe.

i don't know how this lotion will hold up to a new york autumn, with its chill winds off the harbor. we'll test this out, along with the requested pedicure, starting tomorrow.

however, i will say that if you live in a mild climate or are a dr. hauschka-type person -- this covers about 3/4 of the yogis and yoginis i know -- then you might enjoy this unusual hand treatment.

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