Skin Milk Shaving Milk

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I am loving, I repeat loving, this shaving cream. I have never, until now, found a shaving cream that both leaves my legs very moisturized and gives me a close shave. Skin Milk Shaving Cream does both beautifully.

This shaving milk has a creamy texture that is not to thick nor to thin and a pleasant fresh milk and vanilla scent. It seems to give me an extra layer of protection while still giving me a close shave and, major points, it doesn’t clog my razor. I never have any nicks or cuts while still getting a very close shave and my legs are left comfortably moisturized. I’ve even noticed that the post shaving lotion I use on my legs works even better when I use this shaving cream.

This luxurious cream has 5% real milk protein plus vitamins A, D, and E to leave your skin very well taken care of. I love using products with milk in them, they smell so fresh, Cleopatra certainly knew what she was talking about.

After using this cream for the past two weeks, I wouldn’t reach for anything else for shaving my legs. And for the suggested retail price of $4.99, who can beat that deal?

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Top Ten Beauty Must Haves

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Over the years I have tried a myriad of beauty products. Everything from scrubs to masks to lotions to conditioner and everything in between. I still love to try every new product I can get my hands on and some I’ve found are really incredible. But after trying so many products there are a few items that are now my staples, these are products, most of which I have been using for yeas, that I simply will not be without.

Welcome to the inside look at my beauty must haves:

Michael Kors Perfume: This is my favorite scent hands down. It might be the exotic yet lovely mix of tuberose and gardenia or maybe its that this perfume is beautiful enough to be a great summertime scent and still elegant and strong enough to be my favorite scent during the colder months. But I’ll tell you why this perfume really goes in my all time best perfumes book: Every time I wear it people all day and all night long tell me “you smell so good”. That tends to just make a girl feel fabulous.

Origins Ginger Body Scrub: It smells wonderful, it has salt and real ginger zest and nothing leaves my skin softer and more “buffed”. If I had to give up all my scrubs, this is the one I would keep.

Dove Intensive Nourishing Body Lotion: I don’t usually go for the drug store items, but this is one product I cannot live without. Nothing is better on freshly shaven legs than this lotion. No stinging, no little red bumps, no dryness, just soft moisturized legs.

Jaqua Peach Parfait Sinfully Rich Body Butter: Out of all the lotions I have tried and loved, this is my most favorite. It leaves my skin very soft, moisturized, looking luminous and smelling amazing! This truly sinful body butter really smells like peach parfait, you will not find a butter that leaves you softer than this. And to top it all off, it soaks into the skin very easily.

MAC Studio Fix: Oh yeah! Now this is my must have of all beauty must haves. I cannot, nor will I, live without this amazing product. This dry use power and foundation in one is my secret to red carpet worthy skin. It transforms my skin in one application and leaves it looking flawless and luminous. One for every makeup bag and purse, never be without this stuff!

Bioelements Kerafole: I wrote about this mask a few months ago, Three Masks You Can’t Live Without, if you haven’t tried this exfoliating mask yet, you must because you are going to love the results. Within the first few days your skin looks brighter, within two weeks your skin is luminous, softer, smoother, and radiant. For exposing a new layer of gorgeous skin with an at home treatment there is nothing better.

Bioelements Restorative Clay: No matter what new clay mask I try (and like) I always go back to this one. It just produces the most consistent results of anything I use. If you ever have trouble with breakouts use this mask two to three times a week and I promise you will see your skin troubles fade.

Jan Marini Bioglycolic® Resurfacing Body Scrub: Ok, the Origins Body Scrub might be my favorite everyday body scrub, but this is not your everyday body scrub. This is the power tool of body scrubs. If you have bumps, rough spots, patches, or elbows that you can never get as smooth as you want, this glycolic acid scrub is the stuff you want. The secret is using it the proper way: smooth the scrub over your body before you get in the shower, let it sit for five minutes, wet your skin a little and buff your skin with the scrub, rinse. All your bumps and rough spots will be gone and your elbows will be smoother than you’ve ever felt them. This product only gets better the more you use it. (Use two to three times a week depending on your needs.)

Liz Earle Skin Repair Moisturizer: This is the moisturizer of moisturizers. All natural, not tested on animals, smells so relaxing and makes your skin so soft and smooth. I have found no other moisturizer that satisfies my high standards for skin care the way this one does. Available in light (for oily skin), normal (for normal or combination skin), and dry (for dry sensitive skin). Works great on those pesky lines on your neck too!

Buf Puf (Gentle): This may seem like a strange beauty must have, but I swear this is the best exfoliant for your face. I have been using this simple trick for fifteen years and no matter what new scrub I have, this is always the best for leaving my skin smooth and blemish free. Just pump a little of your cleanser on the buff puff and gently scrub away (and make sure you buy the Buf-Puf without added cleanser!).

Honorable Mention, Nature Girl Organic Sugar Scrub: While the two scrubs above are my absolute favorites, and have been for a while, I can’t stop using this scrub, so I had to mention it. It smells like fresh lemon peel, it has large enough grains that I can give my skin a thorough scrubbing, and on top of it all, it moisturizes my skin really well. Using this scrub always provides a great foundation for my lotion and makes the lotion work ten times better. This scrub is on it’s way to being one of my beauty must haves!

(Images Courtesy Michael Kors, Origins, Dove, Jaqua, MAC, Bioelements, Jan Marini, Liz Earle, Buff Puff, and Nature Girl)

Create Your Own Spa Experience

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Do you love going to the spa? Wouldn’t it be wonderful to create that experience for yourself every day in your own home? While creating my own at home spa experience this morning I discovered that these products really did make me feel like I was at a spa. I started my day refreshed and pampered. Isn’t that what every woman deserves on her Sunday morning?

Caudalie Crushed Cabernet Scrub: This is not your typical scrub, this is a spa scrub. Made from crushed grape-seeds, brown sugar, pure Gironde honey, and 6 organic essential oils, this is a slimming action scrub which smoothes out cellulite and has a draining effect, just like the kind they use in the spas. This scrub feels wonderful, when spread on your skin it has medium sized grains which exfoliate your skin leaving a sort of milky texture all over your skin that softens as it smoothes. This scrub rinses clean leaving very smooth skin and without leaving behind a slippery residue in your shower.

Caudalie Vine Peach Shower Gel Not only does this delicious and chic shower gel smell like a peach straight off the vine, it is reminiscent of a Viognier with heady notes of peach. Soap and sodium laureth sulfate free, this gel has a plant derived-base and rinses clean leaving your skin perfectly primed for lotion. Simply wonderful and perfect for summertime this shower gel truly embodies the famed Caudalie VINOTHERAPIE Spa’s vintner background.

Travertine Spa Petal Body Cream My spa experience this morning was made complete with this wonderfully luxurious body cream. This cream is made with Jojoba oil and it feels like charmeuse satin going over your skin. Jojoba oil is so beneficial for your skin, it minimizes water loss, helping your skin to maintain it’s own moisture levels over time. (Jojoba oil even stops ingrown hairs from developing.) And the smell, oh, the smell! Intoxicating, exotic, pure luxury. My skin was left nurtured, pampered, and even my elbows feel like silk. This lotion is now one of my absolute favorites for my own personal spa treatment.

I think I’ll make this my Sunday ritual! Now all I need is strawberries, fresh cream and a mimosa!

Nature Girl Organic Body Oil “Contour”

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While enjoying my Independence Day at the beach yesterday I made the horrendous mistake of forgetting to lather myself in sunscreen. Even though it was cloudy I know to use sunscreen, but somehow I was having so much fun I was simply oblivious to the fact that I was slowly turning into a lobster. Needless to say by the end of the day my skin felt like a firework going off, hot and burning.

I would normally use aloe in the situation, however while aloe feels good when you first put it on the cool sensation fades quickly and it usually only speeds up the healing process by a day or two. I was curious if there was anything else that might work better. After looking at the ingredients in Nature Girl’s My Life As A Nature Girl Organic Body Oil Contour I decided that I had found exactly I was looking for. This stuff is full of everything that could possibly heal your skin and make your sunburn feel better: organic golden jojoba oil, organic sweet almond oil, organic calendula oil, organic African shea butter oil, and Vitamin’s A, C, and E.

Boy was this the stuff I wanted! It feels so good on my skin, it sooths the sunburn, keeps my skin supple, and I know these ingredients are wonderful for healing my skin on a deep level. The Contour oil also has Cypress Leaf and Juniper Berry to smooth and condition the skin. I’ve been using it since last night and my sunburn looks considerably less red and feels worlds better. If you get the accidental sunburn, you will want this oil in your collection!

The My Life As A Nature Girl Organic Body Oil also comes in Tone: with Moroccan Blue Chamomile and Italian Bergamot to condition, enhance and protect the skin, Sports: with Ravintsara, Peppermint and Eucalyptus Leaf to relax and calm muscles after exercise, Relax: with Geranium Leaf and Clary Sage to soothe and calm the body and mind, Renew: with Bulgarian Rose and French Lavender to rejuvenate and uplift the senses, and Surf: featuring Madagascan Geranium and Ylang Ylang to condition and replenish skin after a day in the surf and sun.

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