So a few months back, I happened upon this lovely little soap shop in Seattle (well, okay, "happened upon" sounds more serendipitous, when in fact I work right upstairs and it's been there forever and I've doubtless walked by it hundreds of times by now). In any case, I was drawn in by the allure of the window display with the Betty Boop figurine bending "innocently" in front of the really jolly Buddha candle, and entered a world of perfumes and lotions and candles and soapy goodness. Not the eye-watering, can't make it down the aisle without sneezing kind of goodness, but the honestly delightful I want to put all of it on me kind of stock of goodies.

So my eye is caught by magical serum in a little blue bottle, Viozena, amazingly potent and healthy wonder-juice for skin repair. I get the demo and the spritz and can see the difference on the shop-keeper's hands (well one, which he has donated to the cause, and the other, which for comparison's sake remains envious). I snatch it up for my hunny thinking he'll be super stoked about it (true), and then I can't stop using it myself--proactive skin repair I say... a little spray and I'm moist for the day! My skin keeps thanking me by being all shiny and compliant and pleasant to be around.

Since he likes it so much, we have become a 2 viozena household (well, three if you count the almost empty bottle)--now we have the super heavy-duty serum and the lighter spray. The serum worked some overnight delight on my cracked lip the other day, and a nasty burn evaporated into no scar tissue after light application. I'd say I'm sold, but I was already sold. I just keep winning!

Check it out: http://www.vashonorganics.com/CategoryProductList.jsp?cat=Shop+By+Brand%3AViozena