by Lena — Thursday, June 17th, 2010 at 12:15 pm
in Bath & Body, Beauty School, Eco Friendly, Fragrance, Made in Indonesia, Skin Care, Tested and tagged with parabens free, Pourvous, Pourvous Jasmine Temptation Shower Gel
It was the mammoth that was Inacraft 2010, and Rere and I have been on our feet for more than 8 hours. It was near closing, and as we inched toward the exit, my eyes spied a stall displaying bath and body products.
As I surveyed their stuff, the sales promotion people asked whether we would like a foot treatment. What, after 8 hours on our feet? You bet!
So we proceeded to each sit on their only 2 chairs, rolling our pants up to our knees. We were given a dry foot scrub, a dab of moisturizer and spritzes of cooling foot spray. It was a little bit of heaven after a long day, and though we sat in those chairs for no more than 15 minutes, when we got back on our feet, we felt a renewed spring in our steps, and were ready to make another turn around the JCC (err, maybe half a turn).
It was the Pourvous stall that had so kindly treated us to a bit of pampering, and it was definitely an effective promotional move. The company is based in Surabaya and produces natural bath and body products. As I surveyed the stall, I’m happy to report that there are wonderful items worth trying.
And when they say natural, they mean it! Pourvous products are free of parabens, lanolins, PABA, synthethic colors/dyes, and SLS/SLES. Ok, that’s a mouthful. You can read their website to check what these mean, or head to the FD Forum Ingredients thread where savvy FD-ers discuss cosmetics and skincare ingredients at rocket science level, and look up these terms.
Having spent all my cash, I had to borrow some money from Rere to buy the Jasmine Temptation Shower Gel. No suprises there since I LOVE jasmine, and my favorite shower gel in the whole wide world is Flying Fox, from Lush.
I was crushed when Lush packed up and left Indonesia, and practically cherish my little bit of Flying Fox that I use only on those really, really special occasions such as after spending a week in a remote village under hot sun for 8 hours a day, or a day deleting spam posts advertising private islands/plastic surgery/casinos in the Forum. You know those days.
Pourvous Jasmine Shower Gel is no Flying Fox, but boy is it delicious! The jasmine is green and floral, but not heavy. There is a coolness to it, perhaps due to the green tea extracts in there. In fact, I actually prefer Pourvous’ Jasmine Gel for daily showers, because most days I don’t feel worthy of Flying Fox’s bucketloads of jasmines and roses and honeys galore. Not to mention Pourvous is at least a fifth of the price of Flying Fox.
I will definitely be getting more items from Pourvous. I already got my member card, entitling me to a 10% discount in addition to free shipping anywhere in Indonesia, with no minimum order! Plus, their website seems to be easy to navigate, and have several payment options.
I think my next purchase will be the Jasmine Tea Soak and the Strawberry Body Scrub, both of which I remember smelling delicious when I tested them during Inacraft. If anybody’s tried this line, let me know what’s worth trying.
*Pourvous (pur-vu) is French meaning ‘for you’; pictures are from Pourvous website
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Wohoo, kayanya patut dicuba nih Len, packaginnya juga menarik dan free shipping sluruh indo
Gue malah belum cobain shower gel Jasmine itu dan setelah membaca review elo, I think I’m gonna bring home a bottle tonight! PS: curcol ni yeee hahahaa
Nambahin aja ya girls .. cobain deh yang Energetic Ginger Body Lotion .. smells is wonderfull, aroma gingernya energize bgt apa lagi ada blend aroma lime juga .. recomended … I already used Tea In Summer Body Cream Scrub for daily, even scrubbing my skin but it also keep my skin feels moisturize .. lovely ^_^
enticing banget yaa.. mudah2an ada range shampoo + face treatment + perfumes, jadi kaya LUSH made in Indonesia gt..
piscanilie yoi say, no minimum order lagi, seneng kan. btw, dah lama gak jumfa kita, kangen…
affi, iya cobain deh jasminenya trus kabarin di sini ya what you think. hmm mungkin bentar lagi mesti bikin thread pourvous…
what, curcol? me? *siulsiul*
ifa, thanks for the tip! gue agak gak inget yg ginger itu, tapi range tea-nya mereka memang enak ya, smells natural, gak sintetis.
paradis, iya, mudah-mudahan ya. ingredientsnya kan di indonesia banyak banget, sayang kalo gak dimanfaatin dan akhirnya kita semua belanja ke luar negeri.
yaaaayyyy, ini punya temenku! dari SUrabaya.. mereka berdua (pasutri) memang orang orang yg sangat serius dan all out ngembangin ini si Pourvous..perijinan, ingredients, packaging dll dll..mereka pengen pourvous sejajar dg body shop.. last week juga baru nerima gratisan bodylotion dan body scrub plus kartu diskon/kartu member.. hehehehe .. go try them!
btw, aku udh sering tulis ttg body scrub pourvous di forum, di tret body scrub.. at that time, mereka belum banyak produknya.. aku sempet kerjakan salah satu packing utk produk mereka dan really surprise wkt tau kesleruhan konsep baru mereka
It’s time 4 us 2 luv Indonesian product with high quality … luv ya ..
Ada yang udah tau ada merk Juara Cosmetics di US? Konsepnya berdasarkan resep kecantikan tradisional Indonesia digabung dengan scince dari Barat… Salah satu foundernya orang Indonesia… hebat yah….
Kemaren sempet colek2 produknya. Loving the strawberry scented products
Kayaknya gw kemaren dl sempet baca di forum, mgkn baca postingan altaira ya, jd gw main2 ke web nya. Tertarik cm belon bisa mencoba. Tapi makin tertarik setelah mebaca:
“Pourvous products are free of parabens, lanolins, PABA, synthethic colors/dyes, and SLS/SLES.”
Sedap banget deh abis jalan seharian di Inacraft trus kaki dipijit2in dan disemprot foot spray. Aaahh… heaven! Pourvous juga dapet poin tambahan karena SAnya ramah, informatif, dan gak maksa —> bonus banget nih!
Julejen: hehehe iya kali mba, di tret body scrub ya? “saingan” berat sama Narwastu, sesama UKM dari surabaya.. dua-duanya favorit ku
Pake produk Pourvous udh smells good, sertifikasi lengkap, belanja pake apa aj bisa, produk aman buat kulit jadi nyaman pake’nya …singada lawan deh … Oh ya Pourvous juga ada di PRJ lho … Hall C1 di stand Jawa Timur … buat yang penasaran silahkan mampir …
thanks banget ^_^ reviewnya bagus. Jadi pingin coba nih
altaira wah udah rame di thread ternyata ya, ketinggalan aku! titip salam sukses kalo ketemu hehe
ifa, thank you for the info ya jeng. hmm udah lama gak ke PRJ, mudah2an sempet ke sana (dan dapet foot scrub lagi hahaha
lagunao16, di Female Daily forum sudah ada threadnya yang membahas jeng. Tapi setahu gue, Juara gak dijual buat local (Indonesian) market ya. Dibuat dan dijual di Amerika, cmiiw…
deszell asoy ya strawberrynya? seingetku juga enak, sorta creamy and not (too) synthethic smelling…
jenjule, bener banget. menurut gue marketingnya udah ok kok. tinggal lebih gencar promosi, dan mungkin dikit2 tambah product linenya.
errr, di shanghai laku ndak ya?
rere, bener banget. sukses juga kita ya hari itu, walopun eke mesti ngalor ngidul sana mari (gue inget tuh ngambil clipping dulu di palmerah huaaaa….
rafielle, thank you ya. silakan dicoba, mudah2an suka juga…
Hai Galz, aku sudah coba produk Pourvous lhoooooo…aku coba pakai Foot Spray dan Handmade Dream Aromatic Pillow…bagus banget produknya…kalau lagi capek berat, kakiku langsung aku semprot pakai Foot Spray…rasanya duingiiinnnnn, otot kaki langsung ringan…terus Aromatic Pillownya aku pakai di leher…aroma herbalnya bener-bener bikin rileks…capek langsung hilang…pokoknya cihui banget deh…gak rugi beli produk Pourvous…produk Indonesia bener-bener gak kalah sama produk luar…u HAVE TO try it Galz…
Hiiiiiiii……………..Pourvous ada disini ya?aq mo pamer kalo dah coba body scrub strawberry, wanginya strawberry banget , jadi pngen jilat , bener2 ga bikin panas di kulit,padahal biasanya aq paling sensitif kalo ama scrub
Pokoknya kalian harus coba, emang Pourvous dah ada online shop ya ?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank’s & GBU