Sparkling Limoncello Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel Is A Winner From Bath And Body Works!

The Good: Wonderful scent, Seems to work, Easy to apply
The Bad: Comparatively expensive.
The Basics: Bath & Body Works Sparkling Limoncello Anti-bacterial Hand Gel is delightful and fun to use!


Bath & Body works was a pioneer in the anti-bacterial hand gel market and they deserve a lot of credit for capitalizing on the market early and saturating it. At this point, all that truly separates the various anti-bacterial hand gels on the market is price (it has become a very competitive market) and scent. The effectiveness of anti-bacterial hand gels is very hard to prove without an environment filled with bacteria and a comprehensive understanding of one's immune system. The Sparkling Limoncello Hand Gel is a wonderful scent for an anti-bacterial hand gel, appears to work, and is only truly brought down by the expense of the hand gel as Bath & Body Works is more expensive than the non-brand name gels on the market. That said, the Sparkling Limoncello Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel is one of the best in Bath & Body Works's line!

For those unfamiliar with the phenomenon, Anti-Bacterial Hand Gels are like liquid hand soap. You drop a few drops of a gel onto your hands, then rub your hands together and the gel evaporates, killing bacteria on your hands. Also, it has the tendency to clean off mild amounts of dirt. It's a convenient way to clean your hands and keep them sterile while on the run or around a lot of sick people. Or when you're not around water, like when out shopping, or when you're trying to interact with people you don't want to get sick; there are a ton of times one might want to use these!

Honestly, anti-bacterial hand gels are amazing. The more I learn about the current trend in the spread of communicable diseases, and the ridiculous anti-vaccing movement, the more I want to use them pretty much constantly. I could come up with literally a thousand places and times I've used anti-bacterial hand gels. Anti-bacterial hand gels are essentially biological weapons against bacteria that are convenient, easy to use and an essential hygiene tool in America today.

Sparkling Limoncello scented anti-bacterial hand gel from Bath & Body Works features a scent that is fruity and delightful. The citrus scent is a decent mix of lemon and lime and it is not at all alcohol-scented. This 1 oz. PocketBac plastic bottle holds a fluid that is pretty much unique to the Bath & Body Works line. It is the ideal of the lemon and lime scent blend and it is delightful.

Sparkling Limoncello anti-bacterial hand gel comes in a pocketbac bottle for $1.75, $.99 on sale. The fluid is translucent bright yellow with tiny dark blue flecks in it. The globs don’t seem to do anything, including not offering friction needed to agitate dirt off the hands.

The bottle is an oval shape that fits in the hand rather easily. The flip-top lid makes it easy to open and close the bottle with one hand. This is especially convenient because if you believe you need to sterilize your hands, odds are you will not want to touch many things until you've done. The ability to manipulate the bottle with one hand while getting the product out is a good selling point.

The bottle recommends a dime-sized drop to sterilize one's hands. That seemed to work for me and when applying this gel.

Sparkling Limoncello anti-bacterial hand gel does not dry out the skin and it leaves the hands smelling delightfully citrusy for about ten minutes after using it. The Bath & Body Works Sparkling Limoncello Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel is one of the best of the line and worth stocking up on; it is enough to cheer one up during dreary winter days with its light, fruity, summery aroma!

For other Bath & Body Works anti-bacterial hand gels, please visit my reviews of:
Fresh Balsam Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel
Pumpkin Cupcake Anti-bacterial Gel
Stress Relief Eucalyptus Spearmint Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel

8/10

For other health and beauty reviews, please check out my Health And Beauty Product Review Index Page for an organized listing!

© 2017 W.L. Swarts. May not be reprinted without permission.
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Perfect Pine: Bath And Body Works Fresh Balsam Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel Is Wonderful!

The Good: Good and accurate scent, Seems to work, Easy to apply
The Bad: Expensive, Afterscent is a bit alcoholy
The Basics: Bath & Body Works Fresh Balsam Anti-bacterial Hand Gel is one of the more pure and enduring scents of the line, making it a worthwhile holiday scent!


Bath & Body Works Anti-Bacterial Hand Gels are a lifesaver whenever I find myself interacting with the world. But Bath & Body Works has a pretty extensive and ever-changing line of scents that they create. The quality of those anti-bacterial hand gels varies widely, which makes it worthwhile to review them. The Fresh Balsam Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel is one of the better ones.

For those unfamiliar with the phenomenon, Anti-Bacterial Hand Gels are like liquid soap. You drop a few drops of a gel onto your hands, then rub your hands together and the gel evaporates, killing bacteria on your hands. Also, it has the tendency to clean off mild amounts of dirt. It's a convenient way to clean your hands and keep them sterile while on the run or around a lot of sick people. Or when you're not around water, like when out shopping during the holidays, or when you're trying to interact with people you don't want to get sick; there are a ton of times one might want to use these!

Honestly, anti-bacterial hand gels are amazing. The more I learn about the current trend in the spread of communicable diseases, and the unfortunate anti-vaccing movement, the more I want to use them pretty much constantly. I could come up with literally a thousand places and times I've used anti-bacterial hand gels. Anti-bacterial hand gels are essentially biological weapons against bacteria that are convenient, easy to use and an essential hygiene tool in America today.

Fresh Balsam scented anti-bacterial hand gel from Bath & Body Works smells exactly like what one might hope for from a pine scented hygiene product. The scent is heady and strongly of pine. This is a very true pine scent from the bottle to the skin. This 1 oz. PocketBac plastic bottle holds a fluid that smells exactly like it is supposed to. The scent of pine from the Fresh Balsam anti-bacterial hand gel fades after application to the skin after several minutes and leaves the hands smelling minorly of isopropyl alcohol, which makes some sense given that isopropyl alcohol is a primary ingredient.

Fresh Balsam anti-bacterial hand gel comes in a pocketbac bottle for $1.75, $.99 on sale. The fluid is translucent bright green with tiny dark green flecks in it. The globs don’t seem to do anything.

The bottle is an oval shape that fits in the hand rather easily. The flip-top lid makes it easy to open and close the bottle with one hand. This is especially convenient because if you believe you need to sterilize your hands, odds are you will not want to touch many things until you've done. The ability to manipulate the bottle with one hand while getting the product out is a good selling point.

The bottle recommends a dime-sized drop to sterilize one's hands. That seemed to work for me and when applying this gel.

Fresh Balsam anti-bacterial hand gel does not dry out the skin, but the initial strong pine scent does fade after a few minutes, leaving the scent of alcohol on the skin. The strength of the original pine scent is significant and potent enough to easily recommend the Bath & Body Works Fresh Balsam Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel!

For other Bath & Body Works anti-bacterial hand gels, please visit my reviews of:
Bourbon Street Buttercream Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel
Peach Pecan Cupcake Anti-bacterial Gel
Simply Rain Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel

8/10

For other health and beauty reviews, please check out my Health And Beauty Product Review Index Page for an organized listing!

© 2016 W.L. Swarts. May not be reprinted without permission.
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Whatever It Was Supposed To Smell Like, Bath And Body Works Bourbon Street Buttercream Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel Is Indistinct Alcohol Scent!

The Good: Seems to work, Easy to apply
The Bad: Expensive, Terrible scent
The Basics: Bath & Body Works Bourbon Street Buttercream Anti-bacterial Hand Gel is one of the worst of the line!


When it comes to Bath & Body Works Anti-Bacterial Hand Gels, I buy all of them based on the scent while in the store. The truth is, there are some that actually smell good when I open them in the store and then when I get them home and try to use them, I find myself wondering what the hell I was thinking. The Bourbon Street Buttercream Hand Gel is one such scent. About three months ago, I stocked up on Anti-Bacterial Hand Gels when they were on sale and tonight, I opened the Bourbon Street Buttercream Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel and all it smelled like was rubbing alcohol. In the bottle, on the skin, regardless, the Bath and Body Works Bourbon Street Buttercream Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel utterly disappoints.

For those unfamiliar with the phenomenon, Anti-Bacterial Hand Gels are like liquid soap. You drop a few drops of a gel onto your hands, then rub your hands together and the gel evaporates, killing bacteria on your hands. Also, it has the tendency to clean off mild amounts of dirt. It's a convenient way to clean your hands and keep them sterile while on the run or around a lot of sick people. Or when you're not around water, like when out shopping during the holidays, or when you're trying to interact with people you don't want to get sick; there are a ton of times one might want to use these!

Honestly, anti-bacterial hand gels are amazing. The more I learn about the current trend in the spread of communicable diseases, and the ridiculous anti-vaccing movement, the more I want to use them pretty much constantly. I could come up with literally a thousand places and times I've used anti-bacterial hand gels. Anti-bacterial hand gels are essentially biological weapons against bacteria that are convenient, easy to use and an essential hygine tool in America today.

Bourbon Street Buttercream scented anti-bacterial hand gel from Bath & Body Works features a scent that is homogenously alcohol. This smells as much like rubbing alcohol as a bottle of isopropyl alcohol. This 1 oz. PocketBac plastic bottle holds a fluid that smells awful and indistinct. In fact, it is so strongly and alcohol-scented that there is not even a hint of the initial scent that led me to purchase it in the first place.

Bourbon Street Buttercream anti-bacterial hand gel comes in a pocketbac bottle for $1.75, $.99 on sale. The fluid is translucent brown with tiny dark blue flecks in it. The globs don’t seem to do anything.

The bottle is an oval shape that fits in the hand rather easily. The flip-top lid makes it easy to open and close the bottle with one hand. This is especially convenient because if you believe you need to sterilize your hands, odds are you will not want to touch many things until you've done. The ability to manipulate the bottle with one hand while getting the product out is a good selling point.

The bottle recommends a dime-sized drop to sterilize one's hands. That seemed to work for me and when applying this gel.

Bourbon Street Buttercream anti-bacterial hand gel does not dry out the skin, but it does leave the hands smelling like rubbing alcohol for several minutes after using it. In the pantheon of scents, I have had none that disappeared so quickly and reverted to pure alcohol scent as the Bath & Body Works Bourbon Street Buttercream Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel!

For other Bath & Body Works anti-bacterial hand gels, please visit my reviews of:
Vanilla Berry Sorbet Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel
Fresh Sparkling Snow Anti-bacterial Gel
Fresh Lavender Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel

1.5/10

For other health and beauty reviews, please check out my Health And Beauty Product Review Index Page for an organized listing!

© 2016 W.L. Swarts. May not be reprinted without permission.
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Surprisingly Good: Vanilla Berry Sorbet Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel!

The Good: Good scent, Seems to work, Easy to apply
The Bad: Expensive, Not the strongest aroma
The Basics: Bath & Body Works Vanilla Berry Sorbet Anti-bacterial Hand Gel is good, but not overly aromatic.


For the seasonal scents of Bath & Body Works Anti-Bacterial Hand Gels, there are few that make me wish that I had them year round. The Vanilla Berry Sorbet Hand Gel is good enough that I find I do not have any feelings associated with it that is tied solely to a season. Vanilla Berry Sorbet Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel is good, but it is also not the most distinct or powerful scent for an Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel.

For those unfamiliar with the phenomenon, Anti-Bacterial Hand Gels are like liquid soap. You drop a few drops of a gel onto your hands, then rub your hands together and the gel evaporates, killing bacteria on your hands. Also, it has the tendency to clean off mild amounts of dirt. It's a convenient way to clean your hands and keep them sterile while on the run or around a lot of sick people. Or when you're not around water or when you're trying to interact with people you don't want to get sick; there are a ton of times one might want to use these!

Honestly, anti-bacterial hand gels are amazing. The more I learn about the current trend in the spread of communicable diseases, and the ridiculous anti-vaccing movement, the more I want to use them pretty much constantly. I could come up with literally a thousand places and times I've used anti-bacterial hand gels. Anti-bacterial hand gels are essentially biological weapons against bacteria that are convenient, easy to use and basically make living in a first world country great.

Vanilla Berry Sorbet scented anti-bacterial hand gel from Bath & Body Works features a scent that is surprisingly complicated. The aroma is strongly of vanilla, with subtle fruity undertones. The fruit scents are somewhat muted, giving a somewhat milky implication that is much like what sorbet is supposed to be. This 1 oz. PocketBac plastic bottle holds a fluid that smells wonderful. The light pink fluid smells only slightly like isopropyl alcohol alone, which is pretty cool given that isopropyl is the primary ingredient in the gel.

Vanilla Berry Sorbet anti-bacterial hand gel comes in a pocketbac bottle for $1.75, $.99 on sale. The fluid is translucent rose-pink with tiny dark purple flecks in it. The globs don’t seem to do anything.

The bottle is a rhombus shape that fits in the hand rather easily. The flip-top lid makes it easy to open and close the bottle with one hand. This is especially convenient because if you believe you need to sterilize your hands, odds are you will not want to touch many things until you've done. The ability to manipulate the bottle with one hand while getting the product out is a good selling point.

The bottle recommends a dime-sized drop to sterilize one's hands. That seemed to work for me and when applying this gel.

Vanilla Berry Sorbet anti-bacterial hand gel does not dry out the skin and it leaves the hands smelling more fruity than like vanilla on the skin after the initial aroma fades. The fruity scent lingers on the hands for about fifteen minutes after one uses it. Outside the expense, Bath & Body Works has another winner with their Vanilla Berry Sorbet Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel!

For other Bath & Body Works anti-bacterial hand gels, please visit my reviews of:
Crisp Apples Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel
Pumpkin Cupcake Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel
Midnight Pomegranate anti-bacterial hand gel

8/10

For other health and beauty reviews, please check out my Health And Beauty Product Review Index Page for an organized listing!

© 2016 W.L. Swarts. May not be reprinted without permission.
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Arguably The Best: Bath And Body Works Crisp Apples Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel

The Good: Appears to work, Easy to apply, Great scent
The Bad: Expensive
The Basics: Bath & Body Works Crisp Apples Anti-bacterial Hand Gel is only diminished by its price!


It is somewhat surprising to me, given how many apple-scented products from Bath & Body Works I have reviewed, that I have never reviewed the Crisp Apples Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel. I am a fan of the Bath & Body Works Anti-Bacterial Hand Gels and while there are some that are real winners, none has yet achieved a perfect rating from me. I thought that the Crisp Apples Hand Gel might be the first to earn that distinction, but anti-bacterial hand gels have become incredibly saturated in the marketplace. As a result, price is absolutely a factor and Bath And Body Works might have the widest variety of scents for their hand gels, but they trade more on the company's name and they charge their customers for the name. The result is that no matter how wonderful Crisp Apples anti-bacterial hand gel is, the price is greater than consumers will pay for comparable products.

For those who have not yet checked out the phenomenon, Anti-Bacterial Hand Gels are like liquid soap. You drop a few drops of a gel onto your hands, then rub your hands together and the gel evaporates, killing bacteria on your hands. Also, it has the tendency to clean off mild amounts of dirt. It's a convenient way to clean your hands and keep them sterile while on the run or around a lot of sick people. Or when you're not around water or when you're trying to interact with people you don't want to get sick; there are a ton of times one might want to use these!

Honestly, anti-bacterial hand gels are amazing. The more I learn about the current trend in the spread of communicable diseases, and the ridiculous anti-vaccing movement, the more I want to use them pretty much constantly. I could come up with literally a thousand places and times I've used anti-bacterial hand gels. Anti-bacterial hand gels are essentially biological weapons against bacteria that are convenient, easy to use and basically make living in a first world country great.

Crisp Apples scented anti-bacterial hand gel from Bath & Body Works features a scent that is entirely straightforward. It smells like apples. The apple scent is strong, clean and distinctive. This 1 oz. PocketBac plastic bottle holds a fluid that smells wonderful and is not at all complicated. The light pink fluid does not smell like isopropyl alcohol alone, even though that is a primary ingredient in the gel.

Crisp Apples anti-bacterial hand gel comes in a pocketbac bottle for $1.75, $.99 on sale. The fluid is translucent rose-pink with tiny dark purple flecks in it. The globs don’t seem to do anything.

The bottle is a ovaloid shape that fits in the hand rather easily. The flip-top lid makes it easy to open and close the bottle with one hand. This is especially convenient because if you believe you need to sterilize your hands, odds are you will not want to touch many things until you've done. The ability to manipulate the bottle with one hand while getting the product out is a good selling point.

The bottle recommends a dime-sized drop to sterilize one's hands. That seemed to work for me and when applying this gel.

Crisp Apples anti-bacterial hand gel does not dry out the skin and it leaves the hands smelling like apple. The smell lingers for about thirty minutes after one uses it and it remains clean-smelling and true the entire time. The only drawback is how much Bath & Body Works charges for it.

For other Bath & Body Works anti-bacterial hand gels, please visit my reviews of:
Pumpkin Cupcake Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel
Midnight Pomegranate anti-bacterial hand gel
Stress Relief Eucalyptus Spearmint

9/10

For other health and beauty reviews, please check out my Health And Beauty Product Review Index Page for an organized listing!

© 2016 W.L. Swarts. May not be reprinted without permission.
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Impressive From The Scent Down, Mentha Body Mint Vitamin Body Wash Is Worth Picking Up!

The Good: Incredible aroma, Impressive lather, Cleans well, Invigorating!
The Bad: The price is prohibitive
The Basics: Bath & Body Works' C.O. Bigelow Mentha Body Mint Vitamin body wash makes us pine for the shampoo that is no longer available, which leads us to pay a steep price for it!


When I first started this blog, one of the first things I did was start removing my reviews from the site I worked at before (which, HA!, is no longer in business!) and began posting them - reformatted - on my site. My intellectual property is my own. One of the first reviews I was sure to bring over was for the C.O. Bigelow Mentha Body shampoo (reviewed here!). I brought it over because it was an excellent, if expensive, product and it was on its way out of the marketplace. Since then, I have been unable to get it again - C.O. Bigelow stopped making it - but I was pretty thrilled when I went to Bath & Body Works and discovered they now had C.O. Bigelow Mentha Body Vitamin Body Wash in the peppermint scent.

And the Mentha Body body wash is exactly what one might hope of the product, with the same detractions as the long-gone shampoo. It is minty and truly awakens the consumer, but it does so at a very steep sticker price, especially relative to other body washes.

The C.O. Bigelow Mentha Body body wash comes in a clear bottle with the 10 fl. oz. usually costing consumers an incredibly ridiculous $12.00! The bottle is boxy, like a flask, and has a black flip-top lid. Through the sides, one may easily see the bright green fluid inside. The Mentha Body body wash bottle does not drop easily from one's hands and thus remains light and easy to use, due to ribbing on the sides of the bottle.

I am a huge fan of all things mint, which my reviews bear out. And, of all the mint hygiene products I have reviewed, Mentha Body is one of the best, despite its expense. This body wash lives up to its promise to help cleanskin by cutting through dirt and oil on the skin. Application and use is very easy. After getting water on one's skin, open the bottle, deposit a dollop of the Mentha Mint body wash on your loufah and agritate on the skin. The fluid will rapidly become bubbly with a fresh, cold-feeling lather. The Mentha Body body wash comes out of the bottle as a translucent green fluid and it quickly lathers into a light white foam. I was incredibly surprised to find that the Mentha Body takes only a dime sized dollop to clean an entire adult. The lather quality to this body wash is exceptional and, to be fair, it makes the 10 ounce bottle last a lot longer.

Mentha Body body wash has 1.9% peppermint oil and smells perfectly of peppermint. This is not a subtle scent, it is a forceful, open your nostrils aroma. The thing is, like most mentholated products, this body wash opens the pores. In the process, the Mentha Body body wash actually cools off the skin, which might not be great in winter, but it has the net effect or truly awakening the consumer from the skin to the brain!

The Bigelow Mentha Body body wash comes from C.O. Bigelow Apothecaries which was established in 1836, so one assumes if there ever had been animal testing in perfecting their formula, it was so far back as to justify the "Not Tested On Animals" label the bottle bears. The body wash contains actual peppermint oil, though it is far below ingredients like water, sodium laureth sulfate and PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil. This body wash leaves the skin feeling fresh and clean for quite some time after one dries off and any body hair will retain the scent of peppermint for hours!

While this is an absolutely amazing body wash, I could not justify giving it a perfect score due to the outrageous cost for so small a bottle. Price does matter and while I have never had a body wash that has the tingle effect like the Mentha Body, I've had body washes that clean equally well and scent my skin well enough to recommend over this. Despite the nostalgia of the smell, this was tough to get nostalgic about paying $12 a bottle for.

For other body wash reviews, please check out my reviews of:
Dove Mandarin & Tiare Flower Body Wash
St. Ives Moisturizing Cucumber Melon Body Wash
Old Spice Timber With Mint Body Wash

8/10

For other health and beauty product reviews, please check out my Health And Beauty Review Index Page for an organized listing!

© 2016 W.L. Swarts. May not be reprinted without permission.
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Seasonal Delight, Bath & Body Works Pumpkin Cupcake Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel Works!

The Good: Appears to work, Easy to apply, Great scent
The Bad: Expensive
The Basics: The Pumpkin Cupcake Anti-bacterial Hand Gel from Bath & Body Works is one of the scents worth picking up!


Every now and then, it's nice to find a winner among the new line of Bath & Body Works Anti-Bacterial Hang Gels. Their seasonal lines are, sometimes, hit or miss, but this year one of their new scents has grabbed me completely. It's Pumpkin Cupcake and it is currently available as part of the autumn line of Anti-Bacterial Hand Gels. Bath & Body Works has recently redesigned their PocketBacs (arguably to sell newly-shaped accessories, grumble!) and the Bath & Body Works Pumpkin Cupcake Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel is the first from the redesigned, seasonal line I've tried . . . and liked!

For those who are unfamiliar with the recent trend in personal hygiene, Anti-Bacterial Hand Gels are like liquid soap. You drop a few drops of a gel onto your hands, then rub your hands together and the gel evaporates, killing bacteria on your hands. Also, it has the tendency to clean off mild amounts of dirt. It's a convenient way to clean your hands and keep them sterile while on the run or around a lot of sick people. Or when you're not around water or when you're trying to interact with people you don't want to get sick; there are a ton of times one might want to use these!

Honestly, anti-bacterial hand gels are genius. The more I learn about the current trend in the spread of communicable diseases, the more I want to use them pretty much constantly. I could come up with literally a thousand places and times I've used anti-bacterial hand gels. Anti-bacterial hand gels are essentially biological weapons against bacteria that are convenient, easy to use and basically make living in a first world country great.

Pumpkin Cupcake scented anti-bacterial hand gel from Bath & Body Works features a scent that is pretty simple. It smells like pumpkin spice - pumpkin, cinnamon, and nutmeg - but with a somewhat muted aspect to it that, I suppose, represents the cupcake it is supposed to embody. This 1 oz. PocketBac plastic bottle holds a fluid that smells wonderful and is instantly evocative of autumn. The amber fluid never smells like isopropyl alcohol alone, even though that is a primary ingredient in the gel.

Pumpkin Cupcake anti-bacterial hand gel comes in a pocketbac bottle for $1.75, $.99 on sale. The fluid is translucent yellow-orange with tiny dark purple flecks in it. The globs don’t seem to do anything.

The bottle is a ovaloid shape that fits in the hand rather easily. The flip-top lid makes it easy to open and close the bottle with one hand. This is especially convenient because if you believe you need to sterilize your hands, odds are you will not want to touch many things until you've done. The ability to manipulate the bottle with one hand while getting the product out is a good selling point.

The bottle recommends a dime-sized drop to sterilize one's hands. That seemed to work for me and when applying this gel.

Pumpkin Cupcake anti-bacterial hand gel does not dry out the skin and it leaves the hands smelling vaguely like pumpkin, which is nice this time of year. When not on sale, these still seem a little pricy, but they are worth it!

For other Bath & Body Works anti-bacterial hand gels, please visit my reviews of:
Dazzling Diamond
Midnight Pomegranate anti-bacterial hand gel
Stress Relief Eucalyptus Spearmint

8.5/10

For other health and beauty reviews, please check out my Health And Beauty Product Review Index Page for an organized listing!

© 2015 W.L. Swarts. May not be reprinted without permission.
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Fruit Turns Rancid: Zippy Fruit Punch Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel Leaves Me Unimpressed!

The Good: Appears to work
The Bad: Price/size, Smell quickly transitions from fruit to terrible, Awful smell out of the bottle!
The Basics: Zippy Fruit Punch Anti-bacterial Hand Gel is one of the worst Bath & Body Works Anti-Bacterial Hand Gels . . . by scent at least.


For all my enjoyment of Bath & Body Works’s anti-bacterial hand gels, they do not always hit the mark. Even some of their vaguely-named scents just do not quite hit a pleasant scent that would make them worth buying. One such scent is the Zippy Fruit Punch, a scent my wife picked up because she likes fruity scents. Unfortunately for both of us, the Zippy Fruit Punch is one of the less-pleasant anti-bacterial hand gels both initially and after it has a moment to effervesce.

For those who are unfamiliar with the recent trend in personal hygiene, Anti-Bacterial Hand Gels are like liquid soap. You drop a few drops of a gel onto your hands, then rub your hands together and the gel evaporates, killing bacteria on your hands. Also, it has the tendency to clean off mild amounts of dirt. It's a convenient way to clean your hands and keep them sterile while on the run or around a lot of sick people. Or when you're not around water or when you're trying to interact with people you don't want to get sick, which is why a lot of hospitals are using these now.

Honestly, anti-bacterial hand gels are genius. They are wonderful when one is exposed to a wide variety of people and sees how other people treat their bodies. Witnessing that, one is likely to use anti-bacterial hand gels excessively. I could come up with literally a thousand places and times I've used anti-bacterial hand gels. Anti-bacterial hand gels are essentially biological weapons against bacteria that are convenient, easy to use and basically make living in a first world country a real treat.

Zippy Fruit Punch scented anti-bacterial hand gel from Bath & Body Works has a disgusting scent. This 1 oz. PocketBac plastic bottle holds a fluid that smells initially like a generic fruit punch (like Hi-C). However, within two seconds out of the bottle and whenever on the skin, it takes on an obscenely alcohol (rubbing alcohol) dominated scent . The scent then turns into one that smells suspiciously like rancid fruit and it is utterly without redeeming value. The off-kilter fruit scent remains on the skin.

Zippy Fruit Punch anti-bacterial hand gel comes in a pocketbac bottle for $1.75, $.99 on sale. The fluid is translucent dark red with tiny purple microbeads suspended in it. As near as I can tell, the microbeads do nothing. They dissipate when one uses the gel, so it is not like they are a grit for cleaning the hands.

The bottle is a rhombus shape that fits in the hand rather easily. The flip-top lid makes it easy to open and close the bottle with one hand. This is especially convenient because if you believe you need to sterilize your hands, odds are you will not want to touch many things until you've done. The ability to manipulate the bottle with one hand while getting the product out is a good selling point.

The bottle recommends a dime-sized drop to sterilize one's hands. That seemed to work for me and when applying this gel.

When used more than once per hour, Zippy Fruit Punch scented Bath and Body Works hand gel dries the skin out. Bath & Body Works does great work with the anti-bacterial hand gels, but the Zippy Fruit Punch smells horrible and given how many other, actually wonderful, scents of anti-bacterial hand gel Bath & Body Works has, it is an impossible sell for discriminating consumers.

For other Bath & Body Works anti-bacterial hand gels, please visit my reviews of:
Peach Pecan Cupcake
Dazzling Diamond
Midnight Pomegranate

2/10

For other health and beauty reviews, please check out my Health And Beauty Review Index Page for an organized listing!

© 2015 W.L. Swarts. May not be reprinted without permission.
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Indistinct Anti-Bacterial: Bath And Body Works Peach Pecan Cupcake Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel!

The Good: Appears to work, Easy to apply, Good initial scent
The Bad: Scent does not include all the promised elements
The Basics: Peach Pecan Cupcake Anti-bacterial Hand Gel is good, but is too complicated in its name to live up to all its promised scents.


I like the Bath & Body Works line of anti-bacterial hand gels. In this weird climate with people who are not nearly as hygienic as I would like (and my wife has been feeding me stories of anti-vaccers, which is pretty much freaking me out now!), Bath & Body Works anti-bacterial hand gels are pretty essential to me now. With the massive variety of scents from Bath & Body Works, it’s easy for me to get psyched and experiment with various scents. Tonight, I’m giving Peach Pecan Cupcake antibacterial hand gel some attention. Unfortunately for Bath & Body Works, Peach Pecan Cupcake promises more than it delivers on the scent front.

For those who are unfamiliar with the recent trend in personal hygiene, Anti-Bacterial Hand Gels are like liquid soap. You drop a few drops of a gel onto your hands, then rub your hands together and the gel evaporates, killing bacteria on your hands. Also, it has the tendency to clean off mild amounts of dirt. It's a convenient way to clean your hands and keep them sterile while on the run or around a lot of sick people. Or when you're not around water or when you're trying to interact with people you don't want to get sick; there are a ton of times one might want to use these!

Honestly, anti-bacterial hand gels are genius. The more I learn about the current trend in the spread of communicable diseases, the more I want to use them pretty much constantly. I could come up with literally a thousand places and times I've used anti-bacterial hand gels. Anti-bacterial hand gels are essentially biological weapons against bacteria that are convenient, easy to use and basically make living in a first world country great.

Peach Pecan Cupcake scented anti-bacterial hand gel from Bath & Body Works features a scent that is not able to live up to all it promises. Ironically, this captures the scent of vanilla cupcakes perfectly, but does not have even the hint of pecan or peach to it. This 1 oz. PocketBac plastic bottle holds a fluid that smells good, but only lives up to one of the three promised scents. When the cupcake scent fades, the scent of isopropyl alcohol is present, which makes one feel like it is actually working to eliminate bacteria on skin.

Peach Pecan Cupcake anti-bacterial hand gel comes in a pocketbac bottle for $1.75, $.99 on sale. The fluid is translucent orange with tiny blue flecks in it. The blue globs don’t seem to do anything.

The bottle is a rhombus shape that fits in the hand rather easily. The flip-top lid makes it easy to open and close the bottle with one hand. This is especially convenient because if you believe you need to sterilize your hands, odds are you will not want to touch many things until you've done. The ability to manipulate the bottle with one hand while getting the product out is a good selling point.

The bottle recommends a dime-sized drop to sterilize one's hands. That seemed to work for me and when applying this gel.

Peach Pecan Cupcake anti-bacterial hand gel does not dry out the skin and it leaves the hands smelling vaguely like vanilla cupcakes. It’s not a bad scent, but it’s not great and there is nothing fruity about it. That makes this an average-at-best anti-bacterial hand gel.

For other Bath & Body Works anti-bacterial hand gels, please visit my reviews of:
Dazzling Diamond
Midnight Pomegranate anti-bacterial hand gel
Stress Relief Eucalyptus Spearmint

5/10

For other health and beauty reviews, please check out my Health And Beauty Product Review Index Page for an organized listing!

© 2015 W.L. Swarts. May not be reprinted without permission.
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Bath & Body Works Aromatherapy Energy Orange Ginger Body & Shine Conditioner Reinvigorates Hair!

The Good: Amazing aroma, Decent conditioning properties, Feels wonderful on the scalp!
The Bad: A bit expensive
The Basics: Bath & Body Works Aromatherapy Energy Orange Ginger Body & Shine Conditioner smells as good as the shampoo it is paired with and helps to fix dry or brittle hair.


When I use new shampoos, I have a tendency to try to pair them up with the appropriate conditioner. Having recently had to utilize a shampoo that would cut through grease and sweat, I discovered that getting through that sort of build-up often left my hair overly dry. When that happened, I turned to Bath & Body Works Aromatherapy Energy Orange Ginger Body & Shine Conditioner. The Bath & Body Works Aromatherapy Energy Orange Ginger Body & Shine Conditioner pairs with the Bath & Body Works Energy Orange Ginger shampoo (reviewed here!) and they work together exceptionally well. This conditioner solves all the problems that the shampoo might cause by drying out hair when one uses it constantly.

The Bath & Body Works Aromatherapy Energy Orange Ginger Body & Shine conditioner is usually $10.00 a bottle. My wife and I managed to get the bottles three for the price of two and that helped to make the conditioner a bit more reasonably priced. The expense is a bit of a detraction for this product. The other general problem is that Energy Orange Ginger Body & Shine-Infused Invigorating Conditioner is not cone free. Cones (ingredients which end in “-cone” or “-one,” like methylisothiazolinone in this conditioner) are rumored to be terrible for hair and avoiding them is part of a current trend in health and beauty products. I tend not to care about the current diet fad or current alleged threat to the health of anything and I suspect because this product has been made for many years in a way that reinvigorates hair.

The Bath & Body Works Aromatherapy Energy Orange Ginger Body & Shine conditioner comes in a translucent orange bottle with the 16 fl. oz. usually costing consumers $10.00, though they are frequently on sale. The orange bottle is boxy, reminds one of a flask with smooth sides and has a black flip-top lid.

I am a huge fan of all things Bath & Body Works, something my wife has gotten me into. So the Bath & Body Works Aromatherapy Energy Orange Ginger Body & Shine became a treat conditioner for both of us. Application of the Bath & Body Works Aromatherapy Energy Orange Ginger Body & Shine conditioner is fairly easy. After rinsing all of the shampoo from one's hair, simply open the bottle, deposit a dollop of the Orange Ginger Body & Shine conditioner on your hand - I have long hair and a droplet a little over the size of a quarter stretches to condition all my hair - then work into the hair. Experience has proven to me that the Bath & Body Works Aromatherapy Energy Orange Ginger Body & Shine conditioner, being as thick as it is, works through the hair far better if one rubs it onto both hands before trying to squeeze it through the hair. The Energy Orange Ginger conditioner comes out of the bottle as a very thick, white cream. After setting in the hair for about two minutes, the conditioner washes out easily and leaves hair looking glossy, shiny and clean!

The Bath & Body Works Aromatherapy Energy Orange Ginger Body & Shine Conditioner smells divinely of both orange and ginger. The citrus scent blends with the ginger to make hair smell like a fancy Chinese dish! This is not a subtle scent, it is a forceful aroma that opens the nostrils, especially when the water one is showering in is very hot. Paired with the same shampoo, the Bath & Body Works Aromatherapy Energy Orange Ginger Body & Shine has as strong an aroma and the conditioner locks in the scent from the shampoo exceptionally well.

As for the practical functionality of this conditioner, the Energy Orange Ginger has kept my hair manageable and soft through the late summer and autumn, when I frequently ended up stripping it. I have not found any split ends and this conditioner does all that it promises!

The Bath & Body Works Aromatherapy Energy Orange Ginger Body & Shine conditioner contains actual orange peel oil and ginger root oil, so the scent comes from a very pure place. The primary ingredients in the conditioner, though, are water, cetearyl alcohol and cetyl esters. All I know is that the ingredients work and this conditioner locks in the scent into the hair for more than twenty hours!

While this is an absolutely amazing conditioner, I could not justify giving it a perfect score because of the price. There are many other conditioners that do as good of a job of conditioning, without the hefty price tag that the Bath & Body Works Aromatherapy Energy Orange Ginger Body & Shine Conditioner has. There are several other conditioners that are less expensive that lock in the scent of whatever shampoo they are paired with. This conditioner might work very well, but the Bath & Body Works Aromatherapy Energy Orange Ginger Body & Shine Conditioner is overpriced despite its quality.

For other conditioners, please check out my review of:
Mentha Hair Conditioner
Pantene Pro-V Repair & Protect Conditioner
VO5 Free Me Freesia Conditioner

8.5/10

For other hair conditioner reviews, please check out my Conditioner Review Index Page for an organized listing!

© 2015 W.L. Swarts. May not be reprinted without permission.
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Despite An Awesome Scent, Bath And Body Works Twisted Peppermint Gentle Foaming Hand Soap Is Too Gentle!

The Good: Great aroma
The Bad: Not antibacterial, No grit or cleaning ability, Proportionately expensive.
The Basics: As part of Bath & Body Works’ post-Christmas clearance, we stocked up on their Twisted Peppermint Gentle Foaming Hand Soap only to discover it is too gentle to be effective.


A few months back, I stocked up on liquid hand soap at my local discount store. I was psyched to get so much of it for only $1.00 per dispenser. I was excited until I got home and we started using it and I realized that it was not anti-bacterial hand soap. So, when out recently with my wife, she was excited to go to the Bath And Body Works semi-annual clearance and pick some things up. She was pretty excited to get Bath And Body Works Twisted Peppermint Gentle Foaming Hand Soap . . . until I looked at it and pointed out to her that it, too, was not anti-bacterial! Bath And Body Works seems to be trying to get its consumers to spend more by producing gentle soaps that do virtually nothing . . . while getting consumers to shell out on their anti-bacterial hand gels!

Twisted Peppermint Gentle Gentle Foaming Hand Soap is a seasonal product from Bath & Body Works. Twisted Peppermint is an utterly ineffective hand soap that is bound to thrill those who like peppermint-scented products, but not those who want demonstrably cleaner hands.

First, Twisted Peppermint is available in the Bath & Body Works foaming hand soap pump. The 8.75 fl. oz. bottle is sold from Bath & Body Works for $6.50 (regular retail price) and is available from Thanksgiving through Christmas at Bath & Body Works stores around the country. The bottle holds a light, pink-colored fluid that appears more watery than most soaps. This is intentional, however, because the soap is not designed to be dispensed as a fluid. Instead, pressing down on the wide pump top transforms the fluid into a foam. When this happens, the foam bursts forth with an aromatic scent and foam.

Twisted Peppermint is a great scent. I’m not certain of what makes the foaming hand soap “Twisted,” but in the bottle and as a foam, the Twisted Peppermint Gentle Hand Soap smells powerfully like peppermint. The mint scent is distinctive and aromatic. Having used only this foaming hand soap for a few weeks now, but most specifically this morning several times to test the functionality of this product, the Twisted Peppermint leaves a faint peppermint scent on the skin for about half an hour after it is last used.

With Bath & Body Works products, largely what one is paying for (outside the brand name) is the scent. While the scent of the Twisted Peppermint is strong and pleasant, the soap lacks any genuine cleaning power. The foam is light and frothy and there is no real cleaning power to it. It does not cut through grease, it does not exfoliate; indeed, the only real agitation one will get when using this product is from whatever one rubs one's hands against (loufa, washcloth, the skin of your other hand) . That makes it about as effective as washing with water alone. As a perfect example of the lack of cleaning power, when I cleaned out my cat's litter box, I went to wash my hands afterward. This is just a good idea because most fine litter has dust that naturally gets on one's hands. Washing with the Twisted Peppermint hand soap removed the scent of litter, but did not really clean the folds of skin out.

Twisted Peppermint Gentle Foaming Gentle Hand Soap is incredibly gentle, but not antibacterial. It does not excessively dry out the hands, but it has a great scent. For the price, even during their semi-annual clearance, Bath And Body Works Twisted Peppermint Gentle Foaming Hand Soap is too mild to be effective or worth it.

For other soaps and body washes, please be sure to check out my reviews of:
St. Ives Purifying Sea Salt Body Wash
Ivory Clean & Simple Lavender Body Wash
Suave Seasonals Homemade Almond Cookie Body Wash

2/10

For other health and beauty products, please be sure to visit my Health And Beauty Review Index Page for an organized listing!

© 2015 W.L. Swarts. May not be reprinted without permission.
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Amazing Results, Bath & Body Works Aromatherapy Energy Orange Ginger Shampoo Delights!

The Good: Amazing aroma, Great lather, Exceptional cleaning power
The Bad: Very expensive.
The Basics: An amazing ginger scented shampoo, Bath & Body Works' Energy Orange Ginger Body & Shine Aromatherapy Shampoo is exceptional for cutting through greasy hair and cleans perfectly, justifying its price.


Back in the day, the woman who would become my wife and I used to travel to my dad’s house, where we would go for swims. After swimming, I would shower and it turns out that my wife associated the scent of the shampoo, conditioner, and body wash I would use there with me. I never realized how integral that scent memory was to our early relationship for her. So, when she was able to find the shampoo I used to use when visiting my dad, she was absolutely thrilled. Because they were on sale, I was happy enough to pick up the shampoo she rediscovered for us. It was the Bath & Body Works Aromatherapy Energy Orange Ginger Body & Shine Shampoo!

At $10 a bottle, regular price, the Bath & Body Works Aromatherapy Energy Orange Ginger Body & Shine Shampoo appears expensive initially. For 16 fl. oz., $10 is an expensive bottle of shampoo. However, given how well this shampoo works and how little one has to use, this turns out to be a good value, if not an exceptional one. On the plus side, Bath & Body Works does frequently put such things on sale.

The Aromatherapy Energy Orange Ginger Body & Shine Shampoo comes in an transparent bottle with the 16 fl. oz. usually costing consumers $10.00! The bottle is boxy, reminds one of a flask - outside being cleear and plastic - and has a white flip-top lid. The Energy Orange Ginger shampoo bottle does not drop easily from one's hands and thus remains light and easy to use, though the sides are smooth.

After finding this shampoo again as summer ended, I needed to wash my hair at least once every other day and when I have used the Energy Orange Ginger Shampoo, it cuts through accumulated oils and dirt with an efficiency that makes it like dish soap for hair! Application and use could not be easier. After rinsing one's hair, simply open the bottle, deposit a dollop of the Orange Ginger Body & Shine shampoo on your hand - I have somewhat long hair again and a droplet the size of a nickel stretches to clean all my hair - then lather into the hair. The Energy Orange Ginger shampoo comes out of the bottle as a clear fluid with only the slightest tint of yellow-gold color to it. It quickly lathers into a light white foam that easily coats a full mane of hair. When the time comes, it washed out exceptionally easily, making it a great shampoo whenever one’s water supply was minimal or water pressure was underwhelming.

Bath & Body Works Aromatherapy Energy Orange Ginger Body & Shine Shampoo has ginger root oil and that permeates the shampoo. This is not a subtle scent, it is a forceful, blow open your nostrils aroma! In addition to the ginger, there is spearmint leaf oil and like most mentholated products, this shampoo opens the pores. In the process, the Energy Orange Ginger Body & Shine Shampoo actually cools off the skin, starting at the scalp and then wherever it comes into contact with skin below. In the summer, that means after a minute of shampooing there is an actual energizing sensation that comes from the shampoo. As it hits the skin or is worked into the hair and touches the scalp, it tingles the skin in a delightful way that makes one feel both clean and recharged.

The shampoo does contain actual orange peel oil and ginger root oil, though they are far below ingredients like water, sodium laureth sulfate and sodium lauryl sulfate. All I know is that the ingredients work and throughout the year, my hair still smells like ginger after twenty awake and about hours!

With this being an absolutely amazing shampoo, the fact that it is so pricy would seem to be a detraction, but this is exceptional and well worth the price. Because it lathers so well, cuts through greasy/dirty hair exceptionally well without forcing one to use very much of the product, Bath & Body Works Aromatherapy Energy Orange Ginger Body & Shine Shampoo is actually incredible!

For other shampoos, please check out my reviews of:
Bigelow Mentha Hair Mint shampoo
Pantene Pro-V Repair & Protect Shampoo
VO5 Free Me Freesia Shampoo

9/10

For other health and beauty reviews, please check out my Health And Beauty Review Index Page for an organized listing!

© 2015 W.L. Swarts. May not be reprinted without permission.
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Dazzling Diamond Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel Could Smell Like Anything, But It’s . . . Strawberry?!

The Good: Appears to work, Easy to apply, Good initial scent
The Bad: Indistinct scent that does not endure.
The Basics: Dazzling Diamond Anti-bacterial Hand Gel is good, but redundant given other, powerfully, strawberry scents from Bath & Body Works!


The impressive product lines that health and beauty companies have, especially Bath & Body Works, often include one or two harder-to-define scents. The products like anti-bacterial hand gels often include some products where the name does not tell the consumer exactly what it is. In the case of Bath & Body Works’s Dazzling Diamond antibacterial hand gel, the name does not make it clear what the scent will be. Instead of being a powerful new addition to the Bath & Body Works product line, Dazzling Diamond is most reminiscent of the scent of strawberry candle wax from when I used to make candles.

For those who are unfamiliar with the recent trend in personal hygiene, Anti-Bacterial Hand Gels are like liquid soap. You drop a few drops of a gel onto your hands, then rub your hands together and the gel evaporates, killing bacteria on your hands. Also, it has the tendency to clean off mild amounts of dirt. It's a convenient way to clean your hands and keep them sterile while on the run or around a lot of sick people. Or when you're not around water or when you're trying to interact with people you don't want to get sick; there are a ton of times one might want to use these!

Honestly, anti-bacterial hand gels are genius. They are wonderful when out and when one sees how a number of people spread germs as a matter of course, they are likely to want to use them pretty much constantly. I could come up with literally a thousand places and times I've used anti-bacterial hand gels. Anti-bacterial hand gels are essentially biological weapons against bacteria that are convenient, easy to use and basically make living in a first world country great.

Dazzling Diamond scented anti-bacterial hand gel from Bath & Body Works features a scent that is surprisingly weak and unfortunately vague. The gel smells like strawberries . . . diluted. This 1 oz. PocketBac plastic bottle holds a fluid that smells all right, but not spectacular, in the bottle and most of the times it is used on the hands. When it is not smelling like sweetened or waxy strawberries, the Dazzling Diamond smells vaguely like isopropyl alcohol.

Dazzling Diamond anti-bacterial hand gel comes in a pocketbac bottle for $1.75, $.99 on sale. The fluid is clear with tiny silver and green glitter flecks in it. The glitter does not seem to do anything.

The bottle is a rhombus shape that fits in the hand rather easily. The flip-top lid makes it easy to open and close the bottle with one hand. This is especially convenient because if you believe you need to sterilize your hands, odds are you will not want to touch many things until you've done. The ability to manipulate the bottle with one hand while getting the product out is a good selling point.

The bottle recommends a dime-sized drop to sterilize one's hands. That seemed to work for me and when applying this gel.

Dazzling Diamond anti-bacterial hand gel does not dry out the skin and it leaves the hands smelling vaguely like strawberry and sugar. It’s not a bad scent, but it’s not great. Given how there are plenty of strawberry-scented anti-bacterial hand gels from Bath & Body Works, Dazzling Diamond is redundant and a less than exceptional rendition of the scent than it could be, but it is fun and effective at what it does.

For other Bath & Body Works anti-bacterial hand gels, please visit my reviews of:
Midnight Pomegranate anti-bacterial hand gel
Stress Relief Eucalyptus Spearmint
Fresh Sparkling Snow
Lemon Meringue Cheer
Sparking Pink Champagne
Simply Rain
Fresh Lavender
Winter Spice & Vanilla
Candy Cane Bliss
Cranberry Harvest
Creamy Pumpkin
Fresh Picked Strawberries
Eucalyptus Mint
Warm Apple Cider
Scary Cats (Black Cherry)
Plumeria

5/10

For other health and beauty reviews, please check out my Health And Beauty Product Review Index Page for an organized listing!

© 2014 W.L. Swarts. May not be reprinted without permission.
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Delightfully Fruity Until It Turns, Midnight Pomegranate Anti-Bacterial Gel Is Worthwhile!

The Good: Appears to work, Easy to apply, Good initial scent
The Bad: Scent can be a bit alcohol-y, Price/size
The Basics: Midnight Pomegranate Anti-bacterial Hand Gel is one of the better winter fruit scents for Bath & Body Works’s anti-bacterial hand gels!


I am, to be honest, not a fan of the current trend in food and beauty supplies capitalizing on the pomegranate. Pomegranates may be trendy, but they are expensive, sour, and a pain in the ass to eat. So, the fact that I picked up and find myself enjoying the Bath & Body Works Midnight Pomegranate Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel actually says something! I liked the Midnight Pomegranate Anti-Bacterial Hand Gel as it smells great in the bottle. However, about one in five times it is used, it seems to take on a scent that is powerfully reminiscent of isopropyl alcohol.

For those who are unfamiliar with the recent trend in personal hygiene, Anti-Bacterial Hand Gels are like liquid soap. You drop a few drops of a gel onto your hands, then rub your hands together and the gel evaporates, killing bacteria on your hands. Also, it has the tendency to clean off mild amounts of dirt. It's a convenient way to clean your hands and keep them sterile while on the run or around a lot of sick people. Or when you're not around water or when you're trying to interact with people you don't want to get sick; there are a ton of times one might want to use these!

Honestly, anti-bacterial hand gels are genius. They are wonderful when out shopping in the winter and when one sees how a number of people spread germs as a matter of course, they are likely to want to use them pretty much constantly. I could come up with literally a thousand places and times I've used anti-bacterial hand gels. Anti-bacterial hand gels are essentially biological weapons against bacteria that are convenient, easy to use and basically make living in a first world country great.

Midnight Pomegranate scented anti-bacterial hand gel from Bath & Body Works features a scent that is mostly incredible. The gel smells like a sweet, fruity scent – actually much like the produced scent of raspberries – most of the times it is used. This 1 oz. PocketBac plastic bottle holds a fluid that smells great in the bottle and most of the times it is used on the hands. When it is not smelling like overly sweetened berries, the Midnight Pomegranate smells like isopropyl alcohol.

Midnight Pomegranate anti-bacterial hand gel comes in a pocketbac bottle for $1.75, $.99 on sale. The fluid is a translucent lilac color with tiny purple microbeads in it. The microbeads do not seem to do anything.

The bottle is a rhombus shape that fits in the hand rather easily. The flip-top lid makes it easy to open and close the bottle with one hand. This is especially convenient because if you believe you need to sterilize your hands, odds are you will not want to touch many things until you've done. The ability to manipulate the bottle with one hand while getting the product out is a good selling point.

The bottle recommends a dime-sized drop to sterilize one's hands. That seemed to work for me and when applying this gel.

Midnight Pomegranate anti-bacterial hand gel does not dry out the skin and it leaves the hands smelling either sugary or like rubbing alcohol, depending on some sort of random result I have not yet figured out. Even so, for those who want a sweet fruity scent, the Midnight Pomegranate is a good winter scent from Bath & Body Works!

For other Bath & Body Works anti-bacterial hand gels, please visit my reviews of:
Stress Relief Eucalyptus Spearmint
Fresh Sparkling Snow
Lemon Meringue Cheer
Sparking Pink Champagne
Simply Rain
Fresh Lavender
Winter Spice & Vanilla
Candy Cane Bliss
Cranberry Harvest
Creamy Pumpkin
Fresh Picked Strawberries
Eucalyptus Mint
Warm Apple Cider
Scary Cats (Black Cherry)
Plumeria

6.5/10

For other health and beauty reviews, please check out my Health And Beauty Product Review Index Page for an organized listing!

© 2014 W.L. Swarts. May not be reprinted without permission.
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