Beyond euphoric - lotion by Jimmyjane - review by Tori Rebel

I love my skin. I love my partner's skin. I love the feeling of skin on skin contact, in any loving, lusting, or other persuasion. Because it not only spoils my skin but gives me the chance to spoil my partner in so many ways, I love Jimmyjane's Beyond Euphoric massage lotion.

The lotion comes in a 4 oz matte plastic tube, easily squeezable with a flip top. It is white with the name of the product and some advertising info on the front, and the ingredients and safety info on the back. It would easily fit in with your cosmetics or regular lotions if kept in a visible space, as there is no non-written artwork on the bottle and beyond the the very tiny type that says "massage lotion," nothing to make anyone think it would ever be used as more than hand cream. The cap also stays closed easily, making it OK to toss in a purse or suitcase - although I personally would put it in a Ziploc before putting it in a suitcase, just in case.

According to both the bottle, the ingredients are: Purified water, Safflower seed oil, Emulsifying wax NF, Caprylic/capric triglyceride, Coconut oil, Monoi oil, Rose root extract, Dimethicone, Coconut extract, Ylang Ylang oil, Lime oil, Vitamin E acetate, Vitamin C ester, Vitamin C, Xanthan, Potassium Sorbate, Phenoxyethanol, and Caprylyl Glycol. Many of these ingredients - namely the essential oils and vitamins - actually nourish your skin while you're being massaged or moisturized - an added benefit! It is also entirely free of parabens, glycerin and synthetic fragrances.

The product itself is white and a fairly thick lotion. It is not a souffle, does not have a "whipped" texture, is not a wax, a gel, or an oil - it feels like a slightly thicker than usual body lotion. It comes out of the tube easily and stays where you put it on your hand, and rubs in and moves on skin very easily. It is not greasy, and soaks into the skin easily without leaving any oily or waxy residue. It agrees just as well with my soft and very sensitive skin as it does with my partner's rougher, drier skin. This lotions leaves your skin feeling like pure silk, absolutely sleek and smooth. I've tried a lot of bath and body products over the years and the way this product feels on me is hard to beat.

I also like that I've used it as a moisturizer and a body lotion multiple times on top of my sheets and it hasn't done any fabric staining at all. I can't promise it won't to yours though since there are oils in the product, but I've had no problems with it.

Despite the very attractive packaging and the amazing feel to this lotion, the scent is what takes the cake. I don't know how to describe it besides herbaceous Ginger floral. Which I know, doesn't make sense, because there's no ginger in this product and it's chock full of other oils and extracts. It definitely has some sweetly spicy top notes (think Ginger and Nutmeg type scent), with an herbal middle and light floral/green finish. Once the lotion has sunken into your skin, it is still noticeable for the following few hours, unless you shower before that, and the three layers of scent mesh together to create an overall natural, unisex, sweet-earth light incense-y fragrance. The stuff is flat out intoxicating to me, and the best part is that my male partner likes the fragrance just as much as I do, which is hard to come by for us. Also, for those in similar situations, I have asthma and a bunch of different indoor and outdoor allergies and have no problems with this fragrance at all, whether it's being applied on me or I'm putting it on someone else.

Some may consider this product expensive, with a 4 oz bottle costing $24 - I consider it well worth the price and would honestly pay more for the quality of the product.

I would be comfortable recommending this product to anyone I know or even giving it as a gift. The only downfall I can really come up with on this product is that they only make it in one size - I'd love it if Jimmyjane would make a larger size or even a big pump bottle.

Although Beyond Euphoric is marketed as a massage lotion, that's not all I use it for. Don't get me wrong, it has been used for many massages at my house on hands, backs, shoulders, feet, and calves (my favorite spot because it's where I carry stress). But on days when I just want my skin to feel extra-soft and sexy, I'll use this in place of my usual daily moisturizer when I get out of the shower. It holds the moisture in my skin beautifully and leaves that amazing fragrance on my skin for at least the first part of the day. And like I said earlier, I have had absolutely no bad reactions to this product and my ridiculously sensitive skin has been covered in it from just about head to toe.

When used for massage on my skin, one application (about the size of a quarter) lasts a good 20-30 minutes. It does soak in but it leaves the surface of the skin just lubricated and soft enough to still be able to rub comfortably without chafing, but not so much that I become a human slip-and-slide either. When I use it on my partner, who has much drier skin than myself, I will need to apply the lotion once approximately every 15 minutes, but I call him the human sponge when it comes to applying things to his skin, so he probably shouldn't be considered an average test subject.

It's also easily used as a massage lotion during erotic massage or foreplay on the breasts or buttocks - but because of all the oils in this one, you may want to stay away from the genitals because they could easily irritate some. The ingredients in this product are all considered very much body safe, but when it comes to something that could put your penis or vagina out of commission, even if only for a few hours, my thought has always been why risk it.

In addition, if for any reason you don't care to have the scent of this lotion lingering on you, or don't want any body products on your skin, this water based lotion washes off quickly and easily in the shower.

I still love this and use it often. My biggest problem is that I'm almost out and it's been discontinued!