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The products: Gaea Cosmetics Bath Bombs and Charcoal Face Mask
If a person who likes people is a people person, is a goose who likes other geese a geese goose? And if that person prefers baths to other people, does that make them a bath person, or just an introvert?
I like baths – but I prefer geese to these bath bombs from Gaea Cosmetics.
(I really like geese.)
The Gaea Cosmetics bath bomb range
Gaea Cosmetics is a Montreal-based cosmetics company that hand-makes a small selection of bath bombs. They were founded in 2017, and are still a very young company: their shop opened its doors just this past February.
The brand currently offers a curated selection of just six bath bombs, four of which are photographed in this post. I… didn’t love them. I wanted to love them, because they’re made by a lovely husband and wife team, and I really like their gold packaging with simple, effective French-English labelling.
But the bath bombs underwhelm. The scents are very basic – you’ll recognize them if you’ve ever purchased a DIY bath bomb kit. I’ve been spoilt for choice when it comes to bath products, and these aren’t as moisturizing or foamy as I’ve come to expect. One of my tests for a good bath bomb is whether or not I can comfortably shave my legs without having to reach for a shaving cream. With most, I can; with these, I can’t.
I’d love to see a range of bath bombs from Gaea in the future that gets more inventive with each bomb’s ingredients or scents. I know things are hard for a new company, but there’s so much to be played with when it comes to bath bombs. The brand’s Manly bomb, for instance, is uniquely cool. It’s blue-black with a speckled composition, and makes me think of hot pavement in the middle of summer – sweaty afternoons playing team sports and cooling off with iced lemonade.
My only suggestion? It’s described as being “enjoyable for men and women.” Let’s remove that binary language and encourage its use for all identities!
The Gaea Cosmetics Charcoal Face Mask
I love charcoal face masks almost as much as I love Canadian geese, and this mask is where Gaea redeems itself for me. Charcoal face masks are pretty much all one in the same, as far as I’m concerned: some of them have fancier ingredients, but what you really want out of them is that rubberized peel that they do to gently(ish) remove dead skin and select sebaceous filaments. I love that Saran wrap-like layer that they dry into; the way charcoal masks sting as you peel them off; the way your skin instantly looks brighter once it’s over.
At $20 CAD, the Gaea Charcoal Face Mask offers an option for a peel-off mask that’s a little cheaper than Sephora prices. It’s not the cheapest option on the market, but I see comparable results from both this and my Boscia mask. The brand recommends its use on the nose and forehead, but I’d encourage you to use it on any area with large pores. (I do my nose, between my brows, and on my cheeks right by my nose.)
Availability: Gaea Cosmetics is available online with shipping to Canada.
