one man review - marine naturals body wash

Yesterday I reviewed the aroma pill nightlight, and pronounced it a rousing success! (What does that mean, anyway? Rousing? I gotta go look that up sometime. SOMEtime.) Today we're hitting up the new method body wash line, marine naturals. The line comes in waterflower, sea minerals, and refresh mint. For this review I'm doing the refresh mint. (It also comes in a body scrub, but unfortunately I have yet to purchase that. Anyone out there who has, and would lust writing a review, email it to me! And I'll post it! No, I'm serious! Real serious! Not that fake wishy-washy serious, but real real like!)

Ok, I'm gonna fess up, I think this review is going to be slanted. lol HEY, I admit it anyway. Why? Cause I really did love some bloq green mint body wash (the ten backup bottles hiding in my method vault should reveal that one just a little, eh?) But I got a nice sample of the refresh mint foaming hand wash before the line hit (hand wash will be reviewed separately, by the way... so hold on to those pants!) and while the scent was different, I did like it a lot. More of a mojito/spearmint touch to it, over the more bold mint the green mint scent gave off. And it lasted on my hands every time I washed them, so mmm!

That's where this body wash sorta falls short. It's the same scent, but with the bloq body wash, an hour later I still smelled like I had washed with green mint (cause I'd walk around and smell my arms a lot. Yeah, it's weird. I'm weird. But I smelled like green mint, so it was a definite good weird.) But with the new refresh mint, the scent doesn't linger. It's gone before I step out of the shower. And I sniff twice over that one, cause I wanna smell all minty all night long!

But is that what a body wash is, the fragrance? Well, no! For ME, yes. Ha ha! But for most, know. Does it clean well, I sure do think it does! Does it lather well, I bet I'd say it does, too! Some with eczema and itchy skin have even said it's helped them out! Perhaps it's the natural salt contained within the wash (a whopping 97% purifying sea salt, to be exact!) The bottle is dang cute, I've gotten use to the flip top (though I still think my squeeze bottom as a top would work perfectly! Seriously, squeeze hole (yeah, that just doesn't sound right, but go with it, ok?) on the top. Then all you gotta do is grab bottle, flip over, squeeze, and go. No dripping! Oh, I'm so good, so good. And the new scrub has a similar styled squeeze tube mechanism to it. I checked it out in the store. "Please don't squeeze the method!" Hey, I think that tagline is available, guys!)

So here's the thing. I'd give the body wash, as a body wash, a big ole 4.5 out of five! It works great! And I'd give the body wash fragrance a three, simply because I think green mint was a better mint smell, AND because it just doesn't linger like the previous body wash scents did. Perhaps the sea minerals or the waterflower does, though? I have yet to try those, as well.

Ok, tomorrow, we rassle up some hand wash! What will I think? Different than the body wash? Or the same? Stay tuned! Dum-dum-da-DUM! I know, you're falling off your chair in anticipation, really, I know...

method profiles - deena moore

What? method profiles? What's that? Huh? Who are you? What are you talking about? What time is it? Where am I? What did you put in my rum and Coke? Wait, I don't drink rum and Coke...? (I know, let's just move on to method profiles, ok?)

1+ Your name, please? And do you have a nickname at method?
nickname: deena ballerina

2+ What was your first method lust?
cucumber dish soap – i like the scent and the suds.

3+ What brought you to method, the company? (How did you become interested in a career with method?)
i originally interviewed with method 3 years ago. i learned alot about the brand then, being drawn to the design aesthetic, falling in love with the philosophy, and intrigued by the non-toxic revolution method was instigating. however, the timing and the position weren’t right. i moved on but eric ryan and i kept in touch. and when the timing was finally right, in february 2008, i joined the method squad. and i love it.

4+ What is your title/dept. at method, and what is it you do there? How long have you been with method?
title: design intervention, department: the studio, what i do: be creative. all the time, everyday. that’s my job (i’m a communications designer, meaning that i work on all points of brand communication for method). i’ve been with method for about 6 months.

5+ What is the biggest thing you are currently doing, besides using method products, to help out the environment?
never owning a car and hopefully never having to. and trying to be a smarter consumer, spending money on only things i need, or at least buying and supporting local products and services.

6+ Who's the last person you've turned onto method?
one of my boyfriend’s best friends. i sent him some products to try out. he was impressed that something so cool could be environmentally friendly. and smell so good too!

7+ Which one best describes you as a person? Pink Grapefruit, French Lavender, Cucumber, or Go Naked?
cucumber – i LOVE pickles and you are what you eat so...

Oh method, more people afraid to write in caps! What, but oh what do you do to them? I bet you threaten to discontinue their favorite method fragrance, unless they write in all lowercase! Whew! That would so do me in, as well. You know JUST what you're doing, now don't you? Yes, you do...

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one man review - aroma pill nightlight

Hey all! I'm here with the first of my (hopefully daily, let's see how it goes!) new product reviews!

First up, the much anticipated, much wished for, oh yes we finally got it, method aircare aroma pill nightlight!

Where to begin? Hmm, how about it freakin' rocks! Seriously, straight up I give this five out of five. And I'm not even just bein' nice cause it's a method product! I lust this so much. Take the wonderment that is your current method aroma pill, and give it a Six Million Dollar Man punch-up! (Wait, who is the Six Million Dollar Man, you ask? Man, do I feel old! How about the Bionic Woman! No no, not that "new" blah one on NBC last year. Oh, ok... I'm old, sue me.) and you have the new nightlight!

I love that they didn't mess with a good thing, namely the great Karim Rashid design. But instead took it to the next level, and implemented the nightlight feature that we'd previously seen in other Big Brand plug-ins. It gives this oh so cool, white/blue glow from the whole plastic/plug-in base, and it's just right. Not too bright, not too dim. It's perfect! And it automatically goes on and off, depending on the lighting in the room! How bling is that! (Yeah, I know, I so just used bling really wrong, but I'm working on giving it a new meaning? Ok, spread it around, see what happens.) I can see walking into the bathroom now during the night, without tripping on cats, or furniture, or boyfriends, or... wait, what was that last one again? I've forgotten what that was. Let me look it up in the dictionary. Hold on one moment...

OH! Ok, yeah. I remember what those are now. Ahem, But I digress.

Anywho, you get the same great pill released scent (in my favorite, lavender + lemongrass!) now with glorious glow!

I can't recommend this one more! So go on, pick one up! You'll totally agree with me! One thing I am curious about is if the light bulb in the base is replaceable, when it goes out. And how long does it last? I'm thinking it's probably not, and I bet the bulb lasts a long time, but at $8.99 a pop, I hope it's a real long time.

But seriously, don't let the price hold you back, you won't regret it! Again, five out of five!

thank you

Ok, have you ever had all your stars line up, but in reverse? And it just seems like all the sudden, everything is going the WRONG way? Well, ok, that's my life at the moment. So I wanted to take a short pause and just whisper this to you. Why, you ask? Cause come on, you all are important to me! That's why!

Don't you fear, method lust and Nathan aren't going anywhere! In fact, with most blogs, my blog posting rhythm would be spot on, but NO, not for ole' method lust! You all have big expectations for me, and I aim to please! I haven't decided after nine short months I'm bored with ye' ole' method lust! Never shall it happen! So don't you fret, don't run off, stick around, hold on, grab a big slice of cake, with plenty of icing, and a glass of milk, and uh, send it to me. Ok? Thanks! I appreciate it. (PS - I really like chocolate, but uh, I'm not picky. Oh, PPS - But blah, no carrot cake.)

Life is sorta tough right now, and without getting too much into it, it's just been difficult for me lately. Just in the last couple weeks, it feels like lots of things are crashing down, and whew, I'm gettin' crushed (which happens I guess, when uh, things go crashing.) Or my brain is crushing me with plenty of unfounded worry, but either way, it's the main reason method lust is lacking over the last week and such. But my goal at this moment is to at the very least get one good post out there for my lusters every day! And more if I can. And I know the light at the end of the tunnel will be coming my way, sooner or later!

And I wanted to give you all a BIG shout out, ok? Cause I was all funkified this evening, woe is me, blah blah blah, and I popped on method lust late this evening, and simply read the five or so comments people had left today, and you know what, you changed my entire mood for the rest of the evening. And given that last night I was wanting to eat live kittens and fight polar bears to the death Spartacus style, you've done something mighty grand! Seriously, thank you. I left my blog smiling, happy, and totally changed for the evening. And you will NEVER know how that currently makes me feel, but it's great. Hey, the blog really does go both ways! Yay!

So don't fret, stick around, the good stuff is just gettin' started! Just bare with me, as Bette Davis said in some really great movie you should all rent tomorrow (uh, All About Eve, ok? But don't rent it from Blockbuster. I went there the other night and asked about Imitation to Life, and the guy actually said "Oh, man, that movie was made in the 1950's. No Blockbuster would be carrying that in the store." Like 1950's movies were some sort of plague or something. Poor, poor, boy. Oh, but where was I?) Bette Davis says "Fasten your seat belts. It's going to be a bumpy night." But the great thing is, bumpy nights always end.

when is a candle not a candle?

Alright, so if you've been reading, you'll know some lusters have been having issues with method's new aircare candle. We all lust it like crazy, but the glass jar (as adorable as it is!) ends up being too big for one wick, so the candle doesn't quite melt like it should.

I mentioned what I was going to try and do was melt the candle down, pop in a new wick, and burn it from there. WELL, I tried that. And ya know, I don't believe I have a "candle thumb" (ya know, like green thumb, but for candles, and such and oh well, it's late, ok...) because I tried this, and it pretty much failed. It burned, but since the wick was no longer glued to the bottom of the jar, it sort of fell to the side after a while, and the melted wax poofed it out. Sniff. No more candle!

Now, you see the pic above, right? Well, that was AFTER I had melted the candle down, and tried to do the wick thing. The candle burned straight down the middle, I pushed all the wax down to the bottom, and melted it. But the wick replacement surgery didn't work, so what was a method luster to do?

Hmm!

Awesome reader Rebecca was SO sweet (and I haven't even thanked her yet via email! THANK you so much Rebecca!) She decided to give away her method aroma beads, and the bead ceramic thingy to me, so I could finally experience aroma beads (as I'd never bought them before! Shh, don't tell anyone.) So nice of her! Well, I was sitting there with my melted down candle, and ding ding! I decided to scrape some of the candle out of the glass jar with a simple spoon, place the candle bits onto the ceramic uh, thingy (that melts down the aroma beads. What IS that thing called?) and pop a tea light in, and away the pomegranate candle bits melted down all nice and fragranc-ey! Yay!

What a cheap person won't do, right? I know, I know. But seriously, I think method might really have to rethink this one wick thing. I LUST the new glass jar, just pop in another wick, and it's all fine method, all fine.

method profiles - adam lowry

Ok, lusters. It's been a bit of a bad mental/physical/careerical kind of week for me, so I apologize for the lack of posts. It'll pass, it'll pass. Or liquor will help. One will definitely work. So, onward.

OK! method profiles! Today's profile brings us... some guy named Adam? Hmm? I'm, well, I'm just not sure how he's connected to method and all, but let's give him the benefit of the doubt and check out his profile!

1+ Your name, please? And do you have a nickname at method?
Adam Lowry — the professor

2+ What was your first method lust?
The idea! How to make green cleaning hip and fun.

3+ What brought you to method, the company? (How did you become interested in a career with method?)
Well, the idea.

4+ What is your title/dept. at method, and what is it you do there? How long have you been with method?
Chief Greenskeeper, I run all the green stuff. Since day 1.

5+ What is the biggest thing you are currently doing, besides using method products, to help out the environment?
H2Know. A consumer education program designed to teach people about their water footprint and how to take easy steps to lighten their load on our most precious resource. Check it out at www.h2know.org

6+ Who's the last person you've turned onto method?
The woman that teaches baby class. She LOVES method baby.

7+ Which one best describes you as a person? Pink Grapefruit, French Lavender, Cucumber, or Go Naked?
Naked. Was there any doubt?

OH! THAT Adam! Wow, just wow! Boy, am I blushing! Thanks so much!

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advocate spotlight!

Oh come on. You've hemmed, you've hawed. You've wondered what hemming and hawing means if you don't live in the South... And YET, you can't come up with one single (good!) excuse NOT to be an advocate spotlight! Laziness won't even cut it. Cause it's easy! (It's our mini-feature located on the sidebar to your right. Haven't you been reading all the great method lusters sending in their spotlights! They rock, you don't. (But you could. Do hurt feelings make you want to do it even more, and get revenge? If so, my job here is done.)

Here's the 411! (Do people still say that?) All you have to do is submit the following information (so-very-simple instructions below.) Here's all you do:

1) Select a photo of yourself (you can see an example of the size to the right, in the current advocate spotlight! Bigger is also fine.)

2) Answer these quick questions (short answers work best):
1+ Your name:
2+ The first method product you purchased:
3+ Your favorite method product:
4+ Your favorite method scent (current or past):
5+ Why do you lust method?
6+ Favorite word that begins with the letter 'm'?

3) Send it all to artist@nathanaaron.com That's it! (I told ya it was easy.) Now, no more excuses! (Well, maybe appendicitis, but that's the only one you get!)

powerful?

While walking down the Target aisles this weekend (don't even...) I roamed past these two younger women, and overheard one of them saying "Have you tried Clorox Greenworks?" I was walking on by, when my "ding-ding! method sales moment!" bell rang out loud in my head, and stopped in my tracks, turned around, and heard the woman say something "mumble, mumble, method." So she obviously knew about method, right?

I mentioned out loud to her (with her probably wondering who the heck I was? Too bad I wasn't wearing my method t-shirt at that moment! Sometimes I want to lie and tell people I'm an official method employee! I think that'd have more weight, don't you? Oh, but lying is naughty, I know, I know. You think method would be mad at me for lying about working for them? I mean, I do sorta do a blog for them? Though they don't pay me, and it's just for fun. But it's for them. Sorta, in a way, slightly? Right. Nathan just likes to have it work out in his head, then it's all fine. Ok? Moving on...) Anyway, I mentioned out loud "Have you tried method?" and she says "Oh, yes, but it's just not powerful enough for me. So I was curious, I've heard that Greenworks was powerful."

Pause. What was she wanting, to spray the cleaner and have it knock out a hole in her bathtub tiles? Or spray, and walk away, no scrubbing necessary? I've been using method for ages, and I think it works great! Did she mean anti-bacterial? Mold killing? What did she mean? Able to bench press 200 lbs? Is that a lot to bench press? Can you tell I don't excerise or know anything about bench pressing? Uh-huh.

So I stumbled. Darn me! I left my "how to sell method to potential advocates" booklet at home, and went "Oh, really? Wow. Well, I haven't tried Greenworks, but I'm completely addicted to method products." to which she reiterated "Yeah, they're great, but just not powerful enough for me." And with that I walked off, as she thanked me for giving my point of view (but not really accomplishing much.)

I should have asked what she was talking about in particular, when she meant "not powerful enough." Bathroom cleaner, lil' bowl blu, all-surface spray? What? I didn't get enough information from her, to direct my response properly. I froze, ok?

Sure, I wish I could just spray some method on my bathroom tiles, walk away, come back later, and it's all shiny and clean. But uh, (I feel) green cleaning products DO take a little more elbow grease than your average "I clean, eat away all the wallpaper and kill your brain cells,too" toxic cleaners. And used to, that would erk me. But I've gotten used to it, and it isn't too bad!

Was she just being lazy? How would Greenworks be more powerful? It's supposed to be "just as green", right? What are your thoughts? (Moreso on method's powerfulness, less on the woman's possible laziness. Ha!)