Beauty

[just bee]

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@just bee wrote:

I'm motivated enough to embark on a research project.

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This company (VR Bros.) makes gelato and sorbet locally and has a shop across town and they supply some stores and restaurants here.  The La Montañita Co-op on the Westside closed in March so we went to the one on Rio Grande Blvd.

They had a great selection and it might even have been on sale, too.  Less than Talenti, even.  So the timing was good.

Chose the four you see (that one on the upper right is Lavender and Lemon Chiffon).

All excellent.  Even BH tried them and gave them sterling reviews -- and he doesn't like sorbet or gelato at all.

The reason I was interested in trying them was that I noticed Talenti was bought out by Unilever.  I'm so tired of companies I support getting scooped up by these megacorporations.  Like L'Oreal buying Maybelline.

But when I looked at who Unilever owns, I was disheartened.  I would have to change several of the products I use.

This is exhausting.

I can't keep searching for local, small business alternatives.  Did I mention this place is also home to The Chocolate Cartel?  They produce all types of dark chocolate and truffles.  And they deliver.

But I have to do my part to keep local businesses in business, so I may be forced to check out their shop.

Someone has to do it.

[Eager2Learn]

@just bee Oh, a variety pack, I probably would have tried that. It's been many years since I used Mrs. Meyers products. I can't really remember why I stopped. I love lavender, so that was my fragrance of choice.

[KaySD]

@just bee 

@Eager2Learn 

Hands down, Iowa Pine. I hunt them down every fall and use them all through the winter. They really do smell like northern pine forests. 

[geezerette]

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@just bee wrote:

I'm motivated enough to embark on a research project.

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@just bee 

Enjoy!😋

But you can have my share of the "Cucumber and Key Lime". 🤢

[just bee]

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@Eager2Learn wrote:

@just bee Oh, a variety pack, I probably would have tried that. It's been many years since I used Mrs. Meyers products. I can't really remember why I stopped. I love lavender, so that was my fragrance of choice.

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@Eager2Learn 

I do like the hand soap, but the product is highly scented.  I'm keeping all the pump bottles and refilling them with unscented soap.

[just bee]

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@KaySD wrote:

@just bee 

@Eager2Learn 

Hands down, Iowa Pine. I hunt them down every fall and use them all through the winter. They really do smell like northern pine forests. 

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@KaySD 

Sounds perfect for the holidays. 

[just bee]

Again, my timing was off: Now that I've ordered tea, Harney & Sons is having a sale.  Their 25% off bags of sachets sale.

That's a good one.

If you need tea or want to try a new variety, the sale ends July 1.  (That's tomorrow!)

[just bee]

So there's this park near that gelato shop, right?  It's full of prairie dogs.  We took WGD there yesterday, then stopped by the shop to do a little more research.

The research continues.

[just bee]

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@geezerette wrote:

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@just bee wrote:

I'm motivated enough to embark on a research project.

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@just bee 

Enjoy!😋

But you can have my share of the "Cucumber and Key Lime". 🤢

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@geezerette 

Actually, it's pretty good!  It really tastes like cucumber.  And there's fresh mint in there, too.  Very refreshing.

Haven't tasted one yet that hasn't been a flavor bomb.  This isn't the stuff you can polish off in one sitting.  Too rich.  A little goes a long way.

[geezerette]

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@just bee wrote:

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@geezerette wrote:

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@just bee wrote:

I'm motivated enough to embark on a research project.

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@just bee 

Enjoy!😋

But you can have my share of the "Cucumber and Key Lime". 🤢

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@geezerette 

Actually, it's pretty good!  It really tastes like cucumber.  And there's fresh mint in there, too.  Very refreshing.

Haven't tasted one yet that hasn't been a flavor bomb.  This isn't the stuff you can polish off in one sitting.  Too rich.  A little goes a long way.

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@just bee 

Uh, cucumber isn't exactly the flavor I'm craving when I think of sorbet.😝

Maybe we weren't separated at birth after all. 😁