Today I thought I’d share another holiday product review! This review is going to be of the Vanilla Candy Cane Bar Soap from Rocky Mountain Soap Co.

Description: “This festive soap will make you feel like you’re wrapped in a warm blanket on a snowy day. Made with pure coconut oil to give you the softest skin for the holiday season. Santa approved. Make it a gift they’ll love.”

Ingredients: Aqua (Water), Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Canola Oil and/or Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil and/or Gossypeum Hydraceum (Cotton) Seed Oil, Sodium Olivate (Olive Oil), Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Leaf Oil, Vanillin, Ultramarine* Organic

Price: $5.48 CAD

Size: 100 g

Availability: This holiday soap can be found on well.ca and also on Rocky Mountain’s website. Rocky Mountain Soap Co. also has stores in Western Canada — in Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary, Banff, Canmore, and Vancouver. And if you’re in Ontario, you can find out where to buy Rocky Mountain Soap Co. products in-store here!

Pros: Cruelty-free; Vegan; 100% natural; Toxin-free; Canadian.

Cons: Slightly pricey for the size; messy.

My Thoughts: I’ll be honest, when I first received this soap in the mail, I was not a fan of the scent. I didn’t dislike it; it just wasn’t what I was expecting. I thought it was going to have more of a peppermint scent to it, but it was really more of a sweet scent. I was a little disappointed, but the scent grew on me. After using this soap, I find it leaves my skin with a very light, clean scent and feeling really soft — not dry at all, like some other soaps do. I like the fact that when it gets wet, it really lathers up and becomes quite creamy — which feels nice. On the more negative side, I’ve noticed that the steam from the shower has a big effect on the soap, so it’s a good idea not to keep it in the shower area when it’s not needed. It also makes quite a mess when it gets wet, so it’s best kept in a soap dish. And because of the colour of the soap — which is a brownish colour — it just ends up looking gross. Overall, I would say that I think I like this soap, but I don’t like the mess it makes. As much as it’s nice on my skin, I would not repurchase it.