With my approaching period, I've been feeling not quite myself lately. I've been eating everything in sight without a second thought. My skin and my hair haven't been behaving themselves (My clay and eggs mask had positive but fleeting results), and after walking Clem and Winston every day this week, my feet are sore and actually pretty smelly (It happens to the best of us). One night this week, in an attempt to make myself look and feel less haggard, I made time for a
Kirby knows that I moisturize almost compulsively, so the sweet guy bought me two tubs of Yes To Tomatoes Truly Terrific Body Butter for Christmas. After finishing the first tub, I feel confident in my ability to thoroughly review it. Ingredients (provided at yestocarrots.com)- “Aqua (Water), Solanum Lycopersicum (Tomatoes) Extract*,Cetearyl Alcohol, Maris Aqua (Dead Sea Water), Capsicum Annuum (Red Pepper) Extract*, Aspalathus Genus (Red Tea) Extract, Isopropyl Palmitate, Citrullus Vulgaris (Watermelon) Extract*, Canola Oil*, Olea Europaea (Olive) Oil*,
I'm the kind of person who finds a great moisturizer and sticks with it, but I love trying new facial cleansers. In the past several months I've tried and loved two others: Karen's Botanicals Rehydrating Olive Oil Cleanser and Aubrey Organics Vegecol Facial Cleansing Lotion. Despite my contentment with my cleansing lotion, I was eager to try something new when I received Acure Organics Olive+Mint Facial Cleansing Creme in the mail for review. The following product was given to me by the kind people at Acure Organics, but my opinions were given to me by...
Ingredients (provided at earthessentials.com)- “Water, Polyethylene, Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Glyceryl Stearate, Panthelol, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Hydrogenated Jojoba Oil, Allantoin, Sorbitol, Cetyl Alcohol, Stearic Acid, PEG-150 Distearate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Acrylates/ C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Disodium EDTA, Triethanolamine, Methylparaben, DMDM Hydantoin, Fragrance, Chromium Hydroxide Green.” I couldn’t locate this product on the Cosmetic Safety Database and, to be honest, I didn't bother looking up the all of the ingredients individually. Once I saw two of the ingredients that I usually try to avoid, Sodium Laureth Sulfate and Methylparaben, I figured that I'd be disappointed by a few of...
I've proclaimed my love for moisturizing and moisturizers time and time again, so I was obviously excited when I received my very own free bottle of Acure Organics Energizing Body Lotion in the mail. I'm just as excited to review it. Ingredients (provided at acureorganics.com)- “Organic Curoxidant Blend (Organic Acai Berry, Organic Blackberry, Organic Rosehips, Organic Elderberry, Organic Nettle Leaf, Organic Cranberry, Organic Goji Berry, Organic Raspberry, Organic Pomegranate, Organic Blueberry), Organic Calendula officinalis, Organic Chamomile, Fair Trade Certified Organic Yerba Mate, Mango Ceylon, RooibosTea, Organic AloeVera Leaf Juice, Vegetable Emulsifying Wax NF, Fair Trade Certified Organic Cocoa Seed...
Last night I took the most wonderful bath imaginable. Here are the products that made it possible: DayNa Decker Botanika Essence Soak in Ella-I got a free bottle of Essence Soak in the mail recently for the purpose of trying and then reviewing, and I can't even begin to describe how great this stuff smells. It isn't fleeting, either. It's a wonderful, rich, floral, intoxicating, long-lasting scent. I sprinkled about two and a half hands full of this soak into the tub just before getting in. It was probably my favorite part. It makes a fun crackling noise as it hits...
I moisturize at least once a day, so lotion is a pretty important part of my beauty regimen. I've been using and loving Skin's Apricot Mango Eye Cream for while now, and I was understandably excited to give Skin's Grapefruit Pom Body Lotion a try. Ingredients (provided at carenonline.com)- “Sweet almond oil*, jojoba oil*, virgin coconut oil*, pomegranate seed oil*, cocoa butter*, glycerin, grapefruit essential oil*, vegetable emulsifying wax, distilled water, vitamin E oil, grapefruit seed extract. *Certified organic” The product received a hazard score of one on the Cosmetic Safety Database. Vitamin E oil and Glycerin are the only...
I don't expect the body oils that I use to work miracles. I've said it once and I'll say it again: I don't expect the few lingering stretch marks that I have left over from puberty to ever fade completely. I simply use these oils to make the more delicate areas of my skin (breasts, thighs, hips) soft after showering. I typically like for these oils to be scented, because it makes me feel pretty and I don't feel that I need a better reason than that. I just finished a bottle of Origin Soothing Vitamin E Oil from Target,...
The decision to stop using bar soap to wash my face was one of the best that I’ve ever made. Before buying this product, I used Karen’s Botanicals Rehydrating Olive Oil Cleanser, which is a product that I also adore. Ingredients- (provided at aubreyorganics.com)- “Coconut Fatty Acid Cream Base, Organic Aloe Vera, Organic Castile Liquid Soap, Horsetail Extract, Calendula Oil, St. John's Wort Oil, Coltsfoot Extract, Coneflower Extract, Linoleic Acid (Vitamin F), Panthenol (Vitamin B-5), Carrot Oil, Aubrey's Preservative (Citrus Seed Extract, Vitamins A, C and E), Organic Lemon Peel Oil ” This Facial Cleansing Lotion received a hazard score of two...
For those of you who didn't read my recent post concerning Brazilian waxes, I am/was considering trying an at-home waxing kit. Fortunately, I found an old and mostly unused Intuition razor while packing up the toiletries in my bathroom cabinet. When I first bought it several months ago, I tried the intuition on my legs and wasn't super impressed. It did about as good of a job as the disposable razors that I typically use for my legs. I guess I didn't even bother trying it on any other areas. After rediscovering it and in an act of...
