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Bella Brand: Olivina

Wed, 05/14/2008 - 12:00pm by bellasugar
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Parts of Northern California have this amazingly fresh, fragrant scent. I'm not sure if it's the eucalyptus trees, the ocean air, the smell of grass, or what — I just know that it is wonderful. So it's no surprise that Olivina, a body-care company in Napa Valley, captures its surroundings so well. Founder Susan Costner-Kenward incorporates hand-pressed California olive oil into her line's body butters, hand creams, body washes, and soaps ($6–$38 ).

Olivina's products are available in three scents: olive, fig, and lavender. All have a fresh, from-the-earth scent, but my favorite is olive. It's unusually beautiful; whenever I apply the body butter, I wind up smelling my skin all day long. And my guy friends liked it, too; Mr. Bella even put a dollop on his hands when he thought I wasn't looking. The scent alone is enticing, but the products are actually quite good, too. The body butter and hand cream provide moisture without getting greasy, and the body scrub uses crushed grape seeds to exfoliate skin naturally.

If, like me, you have a bit of a nature-girl side in you, I would definitely check out Olivina. It's luxurious but not frou-frou, and earthy but not too hippie-ish. Kind of like Napa Valley itself, no?

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  • bluesarahlou's picture
    bluesarahlou
    3

    You must not be talking about the part of N. Ca I live in....cause on hot days like this all we can smell is the cow farms...or the "Sonoma Aroma" as I like to call it Smiling

    33 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment
  • emlod10's picture
    emlod10
    5

    nope, it's not just in N. Cal. it's in texas, too! love their products!

    33 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment
  • austerity's picture
    austerity
    6

    You're not going to believe this, but I'm leaving for Texas tomorrow! You couldn't have given me better news

    33 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment
  • aimeeb's picture
    aimeeb
    7

    Sounds pretty great.

    Oh and Bella, bit of a typo on the pricing.

    33 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment
  • bellasugar's picture
    bellasugar
    8

    Ha! Thanks, AimeeB. It shouldn't convert things to smilies. I'll be sure to tell the geeks. Oh, and you can buy this line online, too — just follow the link in the post.

    33 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment
  • MrsJigglesworth's picture
    MrsJigglesworth
    10

    A restaurant I was in 2 weeks ago in Savannah, GA had this lotion in their bathroom... it smelled SO wonderful! I'm definitely ordering some.

    33 weeks 5 days ago Report Comment
  • emalove's picture
    emalove
    13

    I definitely have some nature-girl inside me, so I'd love to try this! I think I'd like the fig one.

    33 weeks 4 days ago Report Comment

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