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You Be
Healthy
UBH
By Tonie Minsal
From New York comes Michael Blake and his
UBH (4ubh.com)
line, entirely organic and based solely on oils. The first
product I tried from this line was the Renewing After Sun
($29.00 for a 4oz pump bottle), and I must say - it’s great.
Jojoba and avocado oils blend nicely with essential oils of
lavender, geranium and clary sage, and infusions of burdock,
calendula, comfrey, and yarrow herbs. This oil is extremely
aromatic, which I loved, and very moisturizing, not greasy at
all. The pump bottle is really convenient! I never venture out
into the sun, but I used this oil apres’ bain, as well as
after washing my hands, and I just loved the aroma it left.
Skin Therapy ($23.00 for a 1.5oz jar) is a healing balm with
olive oil, beeswax, essential oils, and herbal infusions. I
liked the balm, but the tea tree oil turned me off as I’m not a
big fan of its koala bear-y fragrance - too medicinal for me.
Three products in the ubh line are available in either
Grapefruit or Lavender - the Soothing Bath Salts, the
Aromatic
Bath Oil, and the Moisturizing Body Oil. I preferred the
Grapefruit fragrance- a very fresh, happy aroma that I kept
coming back to sniff, but I’m afraid it didn’t prefer me!
I
think I’m allergic to it, as it left me itchin’ like Ichabod
from Dr. Suess’ ABC book! The Lavender wasn’t my cup of tea -
too camphoric for me. I liked ubh’s carrier oil blends, it’s
their essential oil blends, with the exception of the Renewing
After Sun, that just didn’t do it for me.
Ubh’s Soothing Bath Salts ($19.00 for a 6oz jar)… Um, I
was reeeally allergic to the grapefruit one - I suffered immediate
burning, itching, and stinging. It was a
 nightmare, as the
warm bath water enabled the grapefruit essential oil to
penetrate my skin, making removal of said oil next to
impossible.
I informed Michael of this and he did say he was
sorry; he tested the batch of essential oil on himself with no
adverse reaction. Oh well, ya can’t win ‘em all.
I have to
be honest bathers - after my experience with the grapefruit bath
salts, I shied away from trying the lavender one; however, my
Mom tried them and said they were very soothing.
The Aromatic
Bath Oil ($25.00 for a 2oz bottle), with a base of jojoba
oil, was nicely fragrant, and the little pump container was
fun to use.
The Moisturizing Body Oil ($29.00 for a 4oz
bottle), with its jojoba and avocado oil base, was just great
in the shower, so convenient and moisturizing.
While aesthetically, ubh's packaging is a bit too utilitarian
for me - I love stuff in cobalt blue or green glass jars with
cool pictures on them - I did find them to be terribly
convenient to use.
The writing is etched on the glass jars and
bottles, the pump bottles are fab in the shower, and I get the
distinct feeling that Michael knew exactly what he was doing
when he chose the actual bottles - they fit in my hand
perfectly. Check them out online at 4ubh.com.
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