I like my shea butter like I like my men: unrefined. But seriously, as far as I'm concerned, unrefined is where it's at when it comes to oils/butters. Today's review is of Alaffia's Handcrafted, Unrefined Shea Butter. Ingredients (provided at alaffia.com)- "Handcrafted Shea (Butyrospermum parkii) Butter." Shea butter receives a nonexistent hazard score of 0 in the Cosmetics Database. 1. It’s free of parabens, phenoxyethanol, and sulfates. 2. It’s vegan and cruelty-free. 3. It’s gluten-free. 4. As with all of Alaffia's products, this one is fair trade certified. Product Description(provided...
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The Beautiful Body Organic Body Butter in almond is the last product I'll be reviewing for a little bit, but you haven't seen the last of this dreamy brand on T&J! Ingredients (provided at shearmiracles.net)- “Organic Aloe Vera; Structured Vit. Water concentrate; organic shea butter; organic oils of: mission olive, coconut, sunflower, almond & grapeseed; organic herbal infusions of: billberry, neem leaf, calendula flowers, grapeseed extract; certified organic guar gum & gum arabic; organic essential oils of: almond & lime.” This preliminary report I...
Today I'll be review another one of the salon products that I won in a recent giveaway: the Smooth Skin Organic Shower Gel. Here we go! Ingredients (provided at shearmiracles.net)- “Organic aloe vera; structured vitamin water concentrate; organic apple juice, organic coconut oil, palm oil, organic sunflower oil; organic African black soap; castor oil, organic shea Butter, organic jojoba oil, grapeseed oil, apricot oil and evening primrose oil; vegetable glycerin; organic oat flour; pro-vitamin B12; hemp oil, hydrolyzed oats, organic plant sourced xanthan gum; jojoba beads;...
So I might've been irresponsible on my recent family vacation and gotten a little too much sun on my face. It's not like don't know better; I just lost track of time playing in the ocean with my niece and nephew (sue me; they're cute). Sure enough, my mom pointed out my lobster face to me a few hours later in the condo. Luckily, I had my Karen's Botanicals Rehydrating Aloe Vera Lotion in my toiletry bag and went to the bathroom right away to tend to...
