Review: Yanu SKIN SALAD Products

Give me Green Apples!

Above: (left to right) Yanu Skin Salad Overnight Pack, Yanu Skin Salad 4 Pack Gift Set & Free Gift - Green Algae Facial Mask

I recently ordered some body products from Bayonelle's Yanu "Skin Salad" Green Apple collection. It covers body lotions & scrubs/shower gels in a variety of fruit scents including Fresh Peach, Juicy Mango & Tropical Coconut.

You can find Yanu Skin Salad & other Bayonelle products at http://www.thefaceplace.com.au

What attracted me to this range was the fact there was a range of green apple body products. I have recently become obsessed with the scent of green fresh apples & have been desperately seeking out every product I can lay my hands on. I find that the scent of green apples is very relaxing & refreshing.

I have found it strangely difficult to get products that are only "fragranced" in green apples. There is always another "scent" mixed in such as citrus fruits, honeysuckle, lily and ginger. I want my "green apple" products to have that refreshing, crisp apple scent not just as a base which is ultimately overwhelmed by the other aromas.

In my hunt I have acquired air fresheners, cleaning products, lip balms, shampoos & conditioners but had failed to find body lotions or sprays - but when I saw that Bayonelle's website listed a range of apple scented products I almost fell off my chair! Had my search finally "born fruit"? (Sorry I couldn't resist that pun...)

I got two packs Gift Box 4 Pack & the Overnight Bag & 3 Piece Bath Set & received a free sample of a Green Algae Face Mask

Above: I received a free gift - Gel Infused Green Algae Facial Mask

Above: The 4 Gift Pack comes in a PVC box (unfortunately the Green Apple Body Spritzer leaked in the box, but I only lost a few mls but if it had been intended for a gift all the cardboard lining was soaked)

Below: The pack containts a Body Spritzer, Shower Gell, Body Lotion & Shower Scrub

The Green Apple scent is definitely clear in the shower gel & the body spritzer. The first day I used the spritz I keep thinking I could smell apple juice & realised it was the spray. It lasts a about an hour (mostly when I layer the body lotion which I used from the second pack).

I find the spritz to be very refreshing & the green apple scents work well with my mainly floral or musk lotions & perfumes.

The shower gel comes in a 120ml screw top bottle but the full size version of 250ml can be purchased separately on the website. The gel has a slight green tint & reminds me of aloe vera gel.

However I could not get the shower gel to lather or foam up but have found it to smooth on like my QV (soap free cleansers). I leave the shower smelling like a big, green apple!

The body lotion in this pack remains unopened as I used the body lotion in the second pack I ordered but I am impressed with the decent size tube of 200ml.

The second pack I ordered was the Overnight Body Scents 4 Pack as pictured below.

The overnight bag (which can also be purchased separately) contains 3 Green Apple body products: a body butter, body scrub & body lotion.

Green Apple overnight bag by Bayonelle

Above: Green Apple Body Butter in 90ml size. Full size of 200ml can be purchased separately

Below: Green Apple Body Scrub, 90ml. Full size is 200ml container

Below: Green Apple Body Lotion 90ml

Although the ingrediants listed for the body lotion & body scrub are different I could not
distinquish the two products. They both have the same feel, smell, quality & finish to them.
The best way I could describe the texture of the products is to compare them to most hair
conditioners, just slightly thicker or creamier. Before the products dry, the skin is a little tacky
but they dry without greasiness.

So overall I am happy with both the body butter & lotion as they smell deliscious & do no
more than I want my cheaper body products to do which is smell good & make my skin feel
soft & subtle without feeling sticky.