Feature: Scents & Sensibility
18.05.12
For most of us, remarkable places inevitably evoke locally grown specialties. Maine has lobster. Napa is synonymous with wine. And the Yampa Valley? We boast grass-fed beef, Olympic medalists and now, beauty products.
Throughout the fall and early winter, “Steamboat Magazine” called upon five women to help us explore the local producers who are turning out hundreds of hand-crafted bath and body products – many of which feature organic and locally harvested ingredients. It felt like five mini-spas devoted to locally produced products erupted all around Steamboat Springs. Each woman scrubbed, soaked and doused herself in handcrafted soaps, lotions, bath salts and lip balms. So did many of their kids, moms, sisters – and even a few adventurous husbands.
Right here in the midst of Steamboat’s high altitude, dry air and clean, mineral-rich waters, Jane Bennett, Tawnya Fabian, Sue Chen Davies, Jennifer Tamburrino and Savannah Bongiorno discovered Yampa Valley beauty products guaranteed to make their senses sizzle, and their skin shimmer and shine. Their secrets are out – read on for the group’s collective “must-have” list for locally made bath and body products, complete with enlightening “tasting notes.”
Source: Steamboat Magazine