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Take Lisa Hoffman On Vacation

I don’t have another trip planned until next month when me and the SO are driving to upper (no one calls it upstate, like New York…hmmmm) California to visit some friends. One I will be packing is LiSA HOFFMAN Spa Facial Packette ($35 @ lisahoffman.com). For some reason I just don’t feel like I am using the real thing if a product comes in a small bottle or container. Maybe these small ampoules are ok with me because I’ve seen the overall cool zip bag they came in? Or because each says Lisa Hoffman and the product name right on each and it’s not a peel and stick label? I don’t know but I like them. Each is airtight so the formula is guaranteed fresh when you open it. I’m not really green but I’m not really about travel sizes anymore because of the waste they leave behind so I had to question that aspect. The packaging is made with recycled materials.

So what do you get? All 10 of their face products! Here’s what you get:

• Anti-Aging Serum
• Clay Mask
• Exfoliating Cleanser
• Eye Treatment
• Hydrating Booster
• Hydrating Mask
• Lip Moisturizer
• Lip Polisher
• Moisture Seal Cream
• Purifying Toner

Each is .06oz in size and there’s a detailed insert explaining each of the products so while you have your Hydrating Mask on you can peruse the info. Such a great way to try out the line without committing to a full size.

Dancing Queen

It’s surprising how much dirt I pick up on my bare feet just walking around my apartment on the hardwood floors. Yes, I clean them regularly (floors and feet) so I can’t figure it out. It was with much delight that when SPA DiONiS’ new Foot Scrub and Foot Butter came across my desk, I instantly had to try them. Look for this frosty mint Foot Scrub to not only deodorize your soles but it uses walnut shell powder, botanicals and rich butters from Shea and mango to really get to the deep surface dirt.

I like putting the Foot Butter on my feet and then putting socks on. Better to dirty the socks than feet, right? This one uses beeswax, jojoba oil, and Shea butter to nourish your newfound layer of skin. Hello high heels…
$13.95/6oz each @ dionissoap.com

One Word Words That Work

Pure and Nude - two words I want to see when I'm perusing skin care products. Here are two that make the most of the one syllable.

NUDE Facial Scrub ($52/2.5oz @ barneys.com) uses fine beads made of rose quartz to gently buff away dead skin cells. If money is no object when it comes to skin care, I would check this one out.
PURE Lemongrass & Tea Tree Facial Cream ($13.50/1.5oz @ pureallorganic.com) contains many-a oil to nourish skin: apricot, coconut, avocado vitamin E and more. And Lemongrass and Tea Tree calm stressed out skin. Really thick and moisturizing and I’m wearing it now! Big recommendation.

Getting To The Shea Of Things

I have long been fascinated with the ingredient Shea Butter. The two words are luscious and how it is used in beauty products is very nourishing. So we decided to do a four-part feature on Shea Butter products that are out there and ones that are worth trying out.

A little history – the nut is indigenous to Africa and how they get the butter is by extracting the yellow to ivory-colored fat from the fruit from the Shea tree. This is achieved by either crushing it or boiling it. It has long been touted for its superior moisturizing traits as well as its ability to fade scars, heal rashes and even work magic on stretch marks.

I’m sure you are aware that the closer to the top an ingredient appears in an ingredient list on the back of any product, the more of that ingredient it contains. But what I find funny, well peculiar actually, is that a product with the word Shea in the name can sometimes have it listed far down the list. So check the back of your products when it comes to this awesome ingredient to see how concentrated it really is. It should be listed in the top three at least and these all below are list it second and will appear as either Shea Butter or Butyrospermum Parkii. Here are some with Shea right up at the top, where it should be.

LUSH Buffy ($10.75/3.3oz @ lush.com)
VON NATUR Grapefruit Whipped Butter ($42/5oz @ vonnatur.com)
BATH AND BODYWORKS 'Shea It Isn’t So' Shea Butter Foot Cream ($15/4oz @ bathandbodyworks.com)
MiSTRAL Shea Butter Hand Cream in Milk ($17.50/2.6oz @ mistralsoap.com)

Let's Talk Feet

Keep toes and feet in shape with the foot care collection from Swedish line, NORDiC CARE. In the winter, the skin on my feet seems to get extra dry from being trapped in shoes all days. So three times a week I slathering on their Foot Care Cream ($12.10/2oz, 19.80/5.9oz @ nordiccare.com) before bedtime. Eucalyptus and Glycerin get my skin back in shape and the Lactic Acid and Urea soften and keep the skin healthy. Sandal season? My feet will be so ready.

WAKE UP!

INVIGORATING! ENLIVENING! STIMULATING! MOTIVATING! New from C.O. BiGELOW is the Mentha Body Collection. We loved their Mentha Lip Shine so much, it’s in our Hall of Fame. If this new collection doesn’t tingle each follicle on your body, I don’t know what will. Each contains real peppermint oil so see if your skin can stand it by using each one consecutively.

Mentha Exfoliating Body Soap - $7.50/7oz ** Mentha Smoothing Body Buffer - $14/8oz ** Mentha Tingling Hand Soap - $10/10oz ** Mentha Vitamin Body Lotion - $14/8oz ** Mentha Vitamin Body Wash - $12/8oz ** Mentha Tingling Foot Cream - $14/4oz  All @ bigelowchemists.com