Formulary55 Blog

Austere aesthetic meets intelligence. Clinical Aromatherapist, Kirsten King, formulates organic and GC/MS tested essential oils into beauty serums.  We love Oille Natural (pronounced "oy-elle nature") because of it's simple sleek packaging and amazingly effective formulas.  Their facial serums are lightweight and breathable but heavy enough to improve the appearance of wrinkles and age spots.  Our most popular item made by Oille Natural is hands down the hair serum which is popular with both men and women and smells amazing.

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soap scent descriptions

Lately I've been getting a lot of emails asking what specific soaps smell like.  I thought I'd put together a handy little guide for you all.  Please feel free to send me (or comment here) your take on what your favorite soap smells like.  If I use your description here on the site, I'll send you a free bar. 

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If you popped into Formulary 55 sometime last month to shop, you were greeted with our "moving" message.  So sorry to have missed you, but you should have gotten a code to save 25% off if you came back....so happy to see you have!  That code is "COLORADO" and it saves you 25% off of everything except monthly subscriptions.  Code expires this Thursday.

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Park Soap is simply the most natural line of soap you can find.  Made for the bathing purist with the highest of standards.  These generously sized soaps are carefully handmade in the traditional cold process method in small batches.  Only the highest quality, organic and sustainable oils are used.  No synthetic fragrances, dyes, sodium laureth sulfates or parabens are ever included.  I met the owner of Park Soap at the New York Stationery Show this last spring and was instantly taken with these chunky botanical soaps.   If you love naturally pure and subtly scented soaps, this is the brand for you.  

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We made it to Colorado and the adventure begins!

The road trip down was absolutely beautiful.  Normally, the drive from Seattle to Pueblo takes about 24 hours, but we took a longer scenic route which took us 5 days and through Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Western Colorado.  The picture above I took at the Idaho/Montana border.  The air in that exact spot smelled amazing.  Natures perfume at its best.

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