Révérence Nature Massage Bar Reviews

by Rosy Day Blog

Luxury, Handmade, Simplicity

Taken straight from the Révérence Nature website: "Founded in New York City in 2017, Révérence Nature's mission is to offer products and services that help people to connect with nature again. By using 100% certified organic ingredients in our handmade luxurious massage bars we offer you a deep and intense wellness experience.

Révérence Nature stands for profound respect for nature.

We believe in cherishing the four elements of nature (Air, Earth, Fire and Water) as a way of cherishing yourself."

Disclosure:

I received these products from Révérence Nature in exchange for my honest review. I was not given any money to do this review. I enjoy doing product reviews to share my own experiences with the product and hope someone finds it useful. I have a special discount link at the bottom of this post, but I am not a Révérence Nature employee.

Table of Contents

- Product Description & How-To
- Benefits of Messaging
- Ingredients
- Packaging, Scent & Texture
- Performance
- Final Thoughts & Shop This Post

Relax & Melt The Tension Away

Product Description & How-To:

If you're unfamiliar, these massage bars are basically moisturizing butters in solid form. They are designed to melt onto your skin using your own body heat. They are perfect for helping to relieve stress and sore muscles.
Révérence Nature massage bars are cruelty-free.

It totally looks like soap, but you don’t wash it off...

You pat/rub it onto your skin, thus leaving it so hydrated (and relaxed) afterwards.

How to Use:

You use this almost like you would a bar of soap, except don't use it in the shower unless you want it to completely melt away. Just rub it on dry skin (ideally after you've taken a shower or after a workout). Use the curved side to massage it onto your skin similar to a jade roller or other massage tool. One massage bar is probably enough for your entire body, but if you want this to last longer, you can just use this on your face and neck/chest area (one bar will last several uses this way). If using on your face, I suggest taking a tissue or paper towel and lightly blotting the excess on your face (just so it won't feel so pore clogging or suffocating if you have combo/oily skin).

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Getting Hands On

Skincare Benefits:

The main benefit of a massage bar compared to a normal lotion is that it pampers your skin in a much deeper way due to its concentration of oils, butters, essential oils and beeswax. Massaging definitely requires some time and patience on your end. However, if it is something that you are able to add onto your selfcare routine once in awhile, it does bring a whole set of benefits as outlined below.

• Stress release/better mood - You can relieve muscle tension as well as help ease feelings of anxiety. It is said that people who got massages regularly have a reduced level of cortisol (the stress hormone). Less cortisol can help improve memory, immune function and just an overall better sense of well-being.
• Sleep soundly - Sometimes sleeplessness is caused by stress or sore muscles, so if you can help relieve this problem by massaging (see previous point), then massaging can help you sleep better as well.
• Circulation - As pressure is applied and rolled forward it creates a suction in the veins. Which helps to draw in more blood that is fresh and full of oxygen and nutrients.
• Boosts the complexion and hair - A regular massage can help increase the radiance in your skin, as massaging is known to increase blood flow and encourages lymphatic drainage (take toxins out and away from cells). This can help reduce puffiness on your face such as puffy cheeks or puffy eyes. Applied pressure also helps to draw in more blood which is full of oxygen and nutrients (and adds some vitality/life to your skin).
• Natural facelift - The production of collagen can also be stimulated with a message. With regular messages, this in turn can work to tighten and lift your facial muscles. Some people may consider this to be a holistic alternative to more invasive cosmetic treatments.
• Relieves headaches, curbs sinus congestion - Applying pressure to certain parts of your face might help ease headaches caused by stress. Gentle pressure can help curb sinus congestion as well.

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Massage As Skincare Therapy

Let’s take a look at the ingredients that the Reverence Nature massage bars contain to see how it might soften and give you smooth, glowing skin. The ingredients below are all enriched in fine 100% certified organic essential oils.

Notable Ingredients:

• 100% Certified Organic Beeswax - An ingredient with anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, and anti-bacterial properties. It helps fight dry skin as well as bacterial infections. It seals in moisture with a protective wall on your skin, without clogging pores.
• 100% Certified Organic Shea Butter - A multi-tasking “healer”, regular use of this ingredient helps treat blemishes, wrinkles, itching, sunburns, small wounds, eczema, skin allergies and more, in addition to being highly moisturizing.
• 100% Certified Organic Coconut Oil - Helps retain moisture. It is known to reduce moisture loss due to its saturated fat (naturally occuring).
• 100% Certified Organic Castor Oil - Another anti-inflammatory ingredient, this can help relieve very dry skin conditions such as psoriasis.
• 100% Certified Organic Olive Oil - A natural moisturizer, olive oil also contains fat-soluble vitamins such as A, D, E, and K and is an antioxidant that prevents oxidation/free radicals. Free radicals are chemicals that damage cells and can cause premature aging (it can also contribute to cancer development).

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Packaging, Scent & Texture

Packaging:

Luxury Wellness in a Box. The massage bars come in a nice black box, perfect for gifting or just displaying on your vanity. It also conveniently comes with a travel-sized box so you can bring a massage bar of your choice with you to the gym or on a trip.

Scent & Texture:

There are 4 massage bars, all 100% organic ingredients and each with their own “theme” and set of scents.

Earth: Made up of cedarwood atlas, clary sage, and cinnamon, this one might smell a tad bit “earthy” but to me I mostly smell cinnamon...Not a cinnamon roll-type of scent, but just a spicy cinnamon

Air: Made up of lavender essential oil of provence, rosemary, and lavender flower of provence, this one probably smells the most calming/soothing due to the lavender (which is what I mostly smell). If you enjoy the scent of lavender, you will love this one. It kind of smells like I’m in a huge field of lavenders…

Water: Made up of lemongrass, orange, and nutmeg, I mostly smell nutmeg with a hint of orange. Despite this one being the “water” theme, this smells more earthy to me than the earth-themed one…

Fire: Made up of ylang ylang, peppermint, and ginger, this one kind of gives off a similar “spicy” scent like the earth-themed one, except this one has a more gingerly scent as opposed to the cinnamon in the earth one.

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Earth, Air, Water, And Fire

Performance:

If you’ve never used a massage bar before, it really does seem like you’re rubbing non-lathering (but beautifully scented) soap on your body. In fact, as small as these massage bars are, I really do appreciate their curved shape on one side (it makes it easier for rubbing and massaging against your skin).

It really only takes 5 minutes of your time…

Even just rubbing it for a couple minutes in an area of your choice, you immediately feel how hydrated your skin is.

This really is a body butter in solid form. Just a couple of swipes is more than enough (though if you’re using it on your face you might not want to do more than 1, 2 swipes at the most in any area). Since these body bars are pretty small and not exactly cheap either, I really do recommend using these on your face or around your neck and chest area. If you used these bars on your body, you can probably use up an entire bar on just one massage session on your body. I did not use any of these massage bars on my body.

How I use up one massage bar is I just move it up and away similar to if I had used a jade roller or gua sha massage tool on my face/neck area. After just 1-2 swipes all over, I rub in the excess. The body butter is heavy so I do take a tissue and lightly blot. I mainly do this because my technique is that right after a session with the massage bar, I like to lightly go over those areas with my Self Kaire beauty roller. Ever heard of double masking? Think of this as double massaging. After everything is done, my face is still so hydrated, I don’t feel the need to use a moisturizer after. I guess you still could if you really wanted to, but I have combination skin and I’d probably breakout from adding anymore moisture to my skin. If you feel the need to kind of “seal off” and/or refresh your skin after your little massage session, I would suggest maybe using a facial mist after.

Pros:

• If you’re into “spa care at home” this is like the perfect thing to unwind with after a long, tiring day with.
• Pleasant variety of scents can make it an especially therapeutic experience.
• Curved side makes it easier to glide the massage bar against your skin (kind of like a gua sha massage tool).
• Set comes with a convenient travel sized box for carrying a single massage bar with you on the go.
• Massage bar leaves you heavily moisturized after (just 1-2 swipes on an area is enough). Moisturizer is definitely not needed after.
• If only used on the face and/or neck/chest areas, it can last a fairly long time.

Cons:

• At $89 USD, it’s definitely not cheap, but you are paying for not just 1, but 4 luxury organic handmade essential oil massage bars. If you’re not used to massage bars or body butters/essential oils in solid form, this can feel a bit heavy/suffocating (especially when used on your face).
• Scents scan be a bit much if you typically prefer products with a more light and refreshing type of scent.
• Only available online (it’s not something that you can just pick up at your local Target or Sephora for example). However with that said, this is a pretty unique product.
• If you use this on your body, you will use a single massage bar up really quick. Again, at $89 USD, you should probably try and make these last as much as possible (or save usage for special occasions).

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Smooth Like Butter

Final Impressions:

Honestly speaking I've never even heard of massage bars until I was approached by Révérence Nature. You might be familiar with massage bars from the brand Lush, though I've never tried anything from Lush before nor is there one that close to me that I would be able to regularly buy their products. I try to keep an open mind when I try new products because not only might you pleasantly enjoy something, but you might even discover something that you've never thought about trying before. Especially with some seems like a recent surge in massage (especially facial massage), I can see something like massage bars becoming more popular in addition to facial massage tools. As of this post it might be too late to be shopping for Christmas gifts, but regardless of the holiday or occassion, this massage bar set would make a great gift set. I definitely recommend this for the person in your life who is really into selfcare, may be one who would be into spa-like type of things.

Final Rating = 3.5/5

Any questions and/or comments about this product review? I’d love to hear your thoughts. Please let me know in the comments below!

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