Review | Organic Surge Citrus Mint Shower Gel

I wanted to share a shower product I've been loving lately; Organic Surge Gently Cleansing Citrus Mint Shower Gel is described as follows: "This gentle shower gel will cleanse without stripping your skin of its natural protective moisture. Apply to damp skin with hands or a shower sponge, lather well, then rinse off, relax and enjoy our seriously fabulous fragrance. Wake up with our blend of energising peppermint, lemon and sweet orange oils." Anything that can help me to wake up in the morning is a winner for me, and if it comes in a skin-friendly formula which won't trigger my eczema - well that's a bonus!!

The shower gel is easy to dispense from the squeezy plastic tube with flip-cap; the scent is strong upon opening the tube and is one I loved immediately. If you've ever used Original Source's minty shower gel, think along those lines - fresh and minty, perfect for first thing in the morning! I tend to use this with exfoliating gloves in the shower to get a really good scrub; I find this shower gel lathers well and leave my skin feeling soft, clean and fresh. There's a tingling sensation for a minute or so after use, but nothing too much - just a gentle, fresh kind of feeling which I think is really nice.

For me, the citrus notes are far less obvious than the over-riding peppermint scent of the product, and I think I can only detect them at all because I know they're there. That said, it is still a lovely scent and one I'm really enjoying reaching for in the shower! I've found that the texture of the shower gel is pretty much perfect, too; runny enough that it's easy to squeeze out, but not so runny that it runs out of your hands before you get chance to use it...
Organic Surge Gently Cleansing Citrus Mint Shower Gel is available here, priced at £6.75 for 250ml of product, which I think is a really reasonably price point for a lovely shower gel with skin-friendly, organic ingredients. It's definitely one I'd recommend trying if you're a lover of the Original Source shower gel but would like to try a gentler alternative. What's your favourite SLS-free body wash? Have you tried any of Organic Surge's shower gels?

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