Smilyn is one of the biggest companies in the CBD arena. Its slogan is better results, better worth, better outcomes. This essentially means the brand is committed to providing its CBD consumers with high-quality CDB (better results) to earn clients’ trust (better worth) and lead to Ban eve larger loyal customer base (better outcomes). True to its mantra, Smilyn uses organic methods in producing hemp without any chemicals, solvents, or pesticides. It boasts a fairly large CBD inventory, featuring capsules, gummies, tinctures, topicals, and pet items. Its average price point of $0.4 – $0.1 is well within the market range, meaning that the brand competes well with other companies. Still, you may wonder if Smilyn products are worth your pence. Kindly peer into our full 2022 review for the brand to answer the question.
About the Company
According to its website, Smilyn prides itself in helping people smile by offering them the antidote to a boring, uninspiring, pain-filled life. In fact, Brett Weiss, the brand’s CEO and co-founder, believes the secret to longevity is Smilyn. As such, Smilyn does not want to be like any hemp and CBD spectrum company in the industry; it wants to revolutionize the hemp sector by providing everyone with premium CBD products at affordable costs, leaving them smiling all the way.
Smilyn does not have a very large CBD inventory but prides itself on offering decent CBD product lines with high-quality premium CBD capsules, tinctures, topicals, gummies, and pet tinctures & edibles. It uses organic hemp from Colorado farms and processes them into CBD products using ethanol, distillation, and nano-emulsification methods. The items are in full-spectrum CBD formulations, but there are other numerous products lines featuring different cannabinoids, from deltas- 8,9, 10 to THC- O, and V. Although Smilyn’s official website lacks a dedicated FAQ section, the bottom side of the page adequately discusses the brand’s return and shipping policies. Moreover, Smilyn conducts 3rd party tests to examine its products for potency and purity and posts the lab results online. You can contact the company via email or the online chat feature/form, a phone number, and you call also use the physical location addresses provided to visit the headquarters at Carlsbad, California.
Specs
The following specs are true to Smilyn;
- No military discounts
- US-sourced hemp
- Shipping takes 3-5 business days
- The ethanol extraction method strips CBD from the hemp surfaces
- Distillation is applied to clear solvents left on the extract
- Extracts available in broad-spectrum formulations
- Edible products do not guarantee tastes
- Extract consumption methods include gummies, topicals, tinctures, capsules, and pet products
- A 30-day money-back guarantee
- No free shipping arrangement
- Shipping happens nationwide in the USA
- CBD products cost $9.99 to $88
- The average price point is $0.04- $0.1 per mg CBD
- The total CBD amounts in products range between 10 mg and 1500 mg
- Nano-emulsification is used to increase the absorption of cannabinoids in particular products
Hemp Quality
Hemp quality is a critical determinant of how well a company can maintain its loyal customer base or, even the worst, lose it. High-quality hemp results in high-quality premium CBD products clients appreciate and ask for more. Smilyn strives to produce high-quality CBD products because it uses organic hemp and practices sustainable farming of the hemp plants. The Colorado farms where the brand sources its hemp practice organic farming and do not use chemicals, pesticides, and solvents at any stage. Besides, it is one of the few CBD brands that use ethanol extraction for stripping hemp, ensuring a discriminate extraction process that removes unwanted parts and leaves behind versatile compounds that augment CBD roles.
Buying Experience
We loved our shopping experience at Smilyn’s website. The page is detailed and easily navigable, making the buying experience rather straightforward. Smilyn deals in different cannabinoids, and CBD is just one of them. You can shop CBD products by hovering your mouse around the ‘Shop CBD’ option to see what the system offers: edibles (gummies, pet health, tinctures, and capsules), topicals (roll-ons, face masks, lotion, pet health), and solution (stress, anxiety, immunity, sleep, relief, etc.). You shop intuitively, adding the selected products to the carts. Once done, you can check out to fill in your billing details and physical location address, after which orders are processed, and shipping should start. Smilyn offers products rich in other phytocannabinoids, including deltas- 8,9 & 10, THC-O, THC-P, and many others. The brand does not have a military veterinary discount like most CBD brands do.
Transparency
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not regulate CBD products as it does for drugs. As such, CBD-manufacturing laws are required to conduct third-party tests to examine the products for THC/CBD potencies and to ensure they are free of contaminants via purity tests. Smilyn meets these requirements, and tests its products for potency and purity, and posts the results online, although the reports do not come with batch numbers, making it hard to match them with CBD products.
Accuracy
Conducting 3rd party tests is particularly important because it indicates how accurate the brand was when indicating the potency values on the labels and if it checked substance purity by analyzing them for heavy metals, microbials, mycotoxins, residues, and solvents. To the best of our knowledge, the brand met these requirements. All products had less than 0.3% detectable THC, and the CBD variance for most products was below the 10% acceptable limits. Moreover, the products passed purity tests and were free of the standard contaminants. The only challenge we faced was that the online results lacked batch numbers, making it challenging for clients to match their CBD products with the corresponding lab results. As such, one is left unsure whether the CBD products he has were tested for potency and purity or not.
Manufacturing Process
Smilyn liaises with Colorado farms to obtain its hemp for manufacturing CBD products. The brand does not reveal if it is FDA-certified for organic practices, but it states that the farms from where it sources its hemp practice organic farming, and minimize the use of chemicals, pesticides, herbicides, and solvents throughout the cycle. When the hemp matures, it is harvested, dried on-site, pulverized, and processed, ready to be shipped to the manufacturing facilities for further processing.
At the manufacturing facilities, ethanol extraction is used to extract the hemp oil from the hemp surfaces and grouped into the various cannabinoids the brand deals in, including THC- O & V, deltas- 8,9 &10, CBD, CBG, CBN, CBT, etc. The next process is distillation, which wipes out ethanol solvents from the surfaces of the extracts, making the latter free of solvents, as witnessed in the contaminant results shared on the Lab Results section. The next stage involves removing wax, chlorophyll, and THC to further refine the extracts before in-house testing to examine the products for potency and purity. Even after in-door testing, Smilyn forwards the extracts to independent labs for 3rd party potency testing, further examining them for potency and purity. Once ready, specific cannabinoids are subjected to nano-emulsification to reduce the sizes to about 25 nanometers, making them 4- 5 more absorbed. The products are now ready for consumption and only await orders
Range of Products
The following are the products by Smilyn;
i.Smilyn Tinctures
Smilyn offers full-spectrum CBD oil as well as hemp extracts. They feature 15- or 30-ml bottles and have varying CBD concentrations, from 500 mg to 1500 mg. The potency of the tinctures ranges from 16.67 to 50 mg/ml, and the CBD tinctures are orange, cinnamon, grape, lemon, etc.-flavored.
ii.Smilyn CBD Gummies
Smilyn gummies feature 10 mg of zero-THC CBD. They come in 30-counts jars and have two flavors; green apple and strawberry lemonade. They also feature additional ingredients, including can sugar and tapioca syrups, and are all vegan-friendly and non-GMO.
iii.Smilyn Softgels
The brand offers hemp extract softgels with 750 mg CBD. They help relieve pains and strengthen joints and are sold for $75. Moreover, there are two varieties, one featuring curcumin and the other features melatonin as bonuses. All the gels are lab-tested, non-GMO, and THC-free.
iv.Smilyn Topicals
Smilyn’s topical line includes cooling/heating gels, roll-ons, salves, lotions, and face masks. The total CBD concentration for each topical product varies, with the highest being 1500 mg. The hemp extract roll-ons have no THC. Smilyn partners with other renowned brands to offer topicals that it does not manufacture.
v.Pet Products
Smilyn also offers items for pets, including tinctures and treats. The hemp extract tinctures and THC-free, non-GMO, and lab-tested, and feature 250 mg total CBD administered based on weight. The recommended dosage is 1-2 mg for a 10 lbs pet. The chewy pet treats offer 7.5 mg THC-free CBD each and are sold in peanut butter or chicken & sweet potato flavors.
What We Like About the Company
While reviewing the brand, we liked many things about it, including;
- The 30-day money-back guarantee accepts complaints from clients and offers them full refunds when the claims are justified
- The brand has lines for CBD mainstays, including tinctures, topicals, gummies, capsules, and pet products
- Smilyn uses organic hemp, limiting the chances of sneaking in chemicals, solvents, and residues into the human system
- Nano-technology to which some of the cannabinoids are subjected ensures the products are 4-5 times more absorbed
- Smilyn has an online centralized Lab Results hub for posting CBD results
- The average price point of $0.04 to $0.1 per mg CBD is well within the market range
- The brand subjects the cannabinoids to distillation to wipe out ethanol from their surfaces, making them free of contaminants
- Smilyn diligently conducts 3rd party tests to examine products for potency and purity and posts the results online
What We Do Not Like About the Company
Despite the many perks described above, there is always room for improvement, and Smilyn is no exception; its kinks require ironing. For instance;
- The brand does not have a line for isolates and vapes
- No military discounts
- Although Smilyn posts test results online on the centralized Lab Results hub, the reports din not have batch numbers, making it hard to match them with the respective products
- No free shipping
Our Verdict
We loved our experience of reviewing Smilyn. Although the brand does not have an elaborate CBD inventory, it boasts a decent line with CBD capsules, gummies, topicals, tinctures, and pet items, all of which are 3rd party tested for CBD/THC potency and purity, and the results posted online. Besides, the brand’s organic farming practices, an elaborate website, the 30-ay money-back guarantee, and nano-technology are a plus. Nonetheless, Smilyn needs to create room for free shipping and military discount, and it also needs to upload online results with batch numbers to make it possible to match them with products. Straightening these kinks will definitely see Smilyn soar new heights in the CBD space.
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