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Not only do these do away with dead skin but these both nourish the skin. And the scents? Totally spring-approved!

BIDWELL BOTANICALS Shea Butter Sugar Scrub in Mirabilis ($18/8oz @ bidwellbotanicals.com) – smells of lemons and plum with just a hint floral like spicy carnation and a base of nutmeg and sandalwood. Very earthy.

EMINENCE ORGANIC SKIN CARE Mimosa Champagne Sugar Scrub ($48/8.4oz @ dermstore.com) – sugar-based and smells a little grapey, a little orangey and all together so yum that I want to eat it … but won’t.

Have sensitive to normal or oily skin? Rosacea? Does your skin just need a pick me up? EMiNENCE ORGANIC SKIN CARE Quince & Ice Wine Masque ($52/2oz @ ariva.com) might just be one for you. And if you’ve never gotten excited about a face mask, this is a good one to start with as it has some pretty great ingredients to give skin a boost – the juice of ice wine (the grapes are frozen still on the vine thus allowing a more concentrated grape), apple pulp and juice, quince (used for  its softening, moisturizing and restructuring properties), honey, echinacea, jojoba oil a Biocomplex of vitamins A and E, and Co-Q10 to name a few. So while the mask is on the face, they say it neutralizes free radicals with antioxidants, calms and soothes with the echinacea and honey and then that Biocomplex kicks in to help brighten the skin. Even though this is only 2 ounces, this is the case where a little goes a long way. Highly recommended.

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We talked about these that maxed out the Shea and these five below max out the butter.

• CREATIVE NAIL SolarButter ($10.95/3.5oz @ buynail.com)
• SALLY HANSEN Shea Butter Hand & Body Butter Scrub ($6.99/3oz @ walgreens.com)
• EMINENCE ORGANiCS Mandarin Grapefruit Body Butter ($40/4.2oz @ eminenceorganics.com)
• PORTICO SPA Soothing Body Butter in Lavender-Citrus ($16/6oz @ porticohome.com)
• LALICIOUS Lily Mango Body Butter ($24/7.3oz @ lalicious.com)

Who doesn’t love the great kabuki?! They are easy to maneuver and don’t take up a lot of room on the dressing table or purse. They originated in Japan and were part of the geisha and kabuki theater culture. I think it’s one of the easiest for even the novice to use so here’s some we put our stamp of approval all over in continuing our coverage of great makeup brushes.

1. EMiNENCE ORGANiCS Kabuki Brush ($25 @ eminenceorganics.com)
2. EVERYDAY MiNERALS Long Handled Kabuki ($10 @ everydayminerals.com)
3. AVON All Over Kabuki Face Brush ($4.99 @ avon.com)
4. ALiSON RAFFAELE Kabuki Powder Brush ($50 @ alisonraffaele.com)
5. TARTE Glam On The Go ($29 @ sephora.com)

Here we are at our last installment of awesomely Shea, Shea Butter products, so here are six more pleasing ones to sexify your skin.

1. TREAT BEAUTY Cacao Lip Scrub ($16/1oz @ treatbeauty.com)
2. HAMADI Shea Hair Cream ($24/4oz @ beauty.com)
3. LALICIOUS Lily Mango Body Butter ($22/7.3oz @ lalicious.com)
4. EMINENCE ORGANICS Lip Trio Kit ($60 @ skin-one.com)
5. COLLECTIVE WELLBEING Hand Cream – Shea Butter/Chamomile ($11/3.5oz @ collectivewellbeing.com)
6. CLINIQUE Deep Comfort Body Butter ($23.50/6.7oz @ clinique.com)

This is something you have to ask yourself now when deciding upon a body scrub. Not only are you faced with, do I want a sugar or salt in my scrub but also do I want oil in my scrub or not? I thought we’d seen it all when it came to these body exfoliating products but then I experienced EMINENCE ORGANiC Cranberry Pomegranate Sugar Scrub ($48/8.4oz @ buynaturalskincare.com). Wowee! The concoction is packed in a separate baggie inside the plastic container because it is so gooey. And in this case gooey is good. It stays where you apply it instead of sliding off your skin and down the drain or splattered against the shower walls. And it truly smells like fresh cranberries so much so that I could eat it. Well I didn’t eat it but I tasted a little. Sugar. And the ingredients read like a cooking recipe: Cranberry, Pomegranate, Raw Sugar Cane Granules, Green Tea, Comfrey, Butcher's Broom (relieves inflammation), Sweet Almond, Grape Seed Oil, and Ground Flaxseeds. And that’s all of them! It does have Grape Seed in it but it’s a very low concentrate so there won’t be any slipping in the tub. This is a line to pay attention to.