I love the smell of soaps and scented candles. Recently, I received a sample from Virginia Soaps & Scents to review for the TOS Crew. I fell in love just opening the package. The smells of coconut lemongrass and orange and chocolate filled my nose and lifted my spirits. Being DeafBlind, smells can stimulate my brain in ways unknown to most. To learn that these scents were all natural sweetened the deal. With asthma, I have to be careful of what enters my nose. Here, though, I found a touch of heaven.

Although not a homeschool product like I usually review, the owners of this company are a homeschool family that found a happy niche from a homeschool lesson. The enterprising family turned it into a full-thriving business with their own special recipes. The products they sell include soap bars of different sizes and fragrances, shampoo bars also in different sizes and shapes that are made from olive oil and other natural ingredients. Coconut oil is used for a rich and fluffy lather. Castor oil is used for a moisturizer. Their laundry kit goes along way providing lots of loads of clean, fresh clothes without the lather to get them cleaner without the residue to which many are allergic. My husband appreciates that very much and their line of unscented soaps of shampoos and soaps. With shaving soaps, total body bars, beeswax lip balm, and Christmas fragrances, everyone in your family is bound to find a favorite. With bars averaging 4.75 ounces and the smaller bed and breakfast samplers to 5.5 oz for shampoo bars giving about as many shampoos as a 32 ounce bottle, these products are wonderfully priced at $4.75 per single bar, 3 for $12.00, buy four and get one free, and 10 bars for $35.00. They even have a handmade white poplar tray to keep your soap dry and not on the sink as goo for only $2.50.

I found the website to be fairly accessible for most users. Low vision users will appreciate the high contrast. Screen readers and braille users should be able to access most of the site with only a little difficulty. The shopping cart is PayPal, so most users should do fine with purchases, as well. Totally DeafBlind braille users might have a little difficulty, but I managed fairly well. The pictures could use some alternate text tags. I appreciate that they attempted to be straightforward with their site. I am sure they aren’t too familiar with accessibility needs.

Go to http//:www.virginiasoapsandscents.com to see their beautiful selections. Christmas is coming. I know what everyone on my list is getting now! Oops, I guess I gave up the secret. I am just so excited over these soaps and scents.