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Today marks the 11^th anniversary of the launch of Cybelesays.com. Can you believe it? I’m quite excited and I was recently thinking about what I should do to celebrate, so, besides going live with a bunch of contests this month, I also thought I’d do some review.

When you reach a milestone in your life, it’s pretty common to stop, look around and take stock of what’s important and what's not. And we all know that changes from year-to-year, and for some week-to-week.

So what’s important when it comes to beauty products? I thought in the next 30 days I’d take a look at my Hall of Fame products and go through each one again to see if they’ve stood the test of time. There are 35 picks in there right now, so I have some ground to cover!

So starting off the reviews, in no particular order, let’s look at LALICIOUS Body Oil

Pros: I just wrote up their latest scent of Sugar Reef just last week and really liked the scent. When I first tried this line quite a few years ago, I liked that the oils she used are not fillers and petroleum etc.; the products were superior quality. So has the quality waned over the years? Nope!

Cons: there really are not any with this product so this first one is an easy guess!

Does it stay in the Hall of Fame?

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I’ve always been a big fan of the LALICIOUS line. They just put out great quality body products where I never have to be afraid of the ingredients. They just added a new scent called Sugar Reef this month and I tried two of them. So did they live up to my expectations?

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I’ve been back and forth about a specific drugstore body oil for the past few weeks. I pretty much grew up on the brand but wow, the ingredients are just so … 1970s. Needless-to-say, as much as it kills me not to feature it because I do really like it, I can’t get my brain past all the really bad for you ingredients and that my skin probably silently screamed every time I put it on. Since dealing with this, I have been going back to one I featured earlier this year from LALICIOUS. It’s their Body Oil and this is one I was and still am proud to feature on the site. I mean, check out these ingredients: Coconut oil, Sweet Almond Oil, Macadamia Nut Oil, Essential and Fragrance Oils, Soybean Oil and Vitamin E Oil. That’s it! I’m not even going to delve into the ingredients of the other one as you probably would need a medical dictionary to figure out about 90% of them.

Yes, this one from Lalicious one is going to cost you more than the bad one but isn’t it better to know all of what is going on and ultimately into your skin? Quality costs money (in this case $24/8oz and $80/32oz @ lalicious.com). So with that said, I’m going to put my money where my mouth is and add this one to the Hall of Fame. Shown here in the Lily Mango scent. Love it!! And you can get this oil is 7 other fragrances so which one will you pick?

Disclosure: The following item was purchased by Cybelesays.com for review purposes.

My love of oils is no secret when it comes to using them in beauty. There’s no better way to keep moisture where it should be, on the skin. Here’s two new ones used at two different times.

For during the shower - H2O+ Cleansing Body Oil ($22/7oz) from the new Sea Pure line. This light foaming cleanser contains 97% natural ingredients we like such as sea lavender, Sunflower, Bergamot and Rosemary and doesn’t contain ingredients we don’t like arabens, phthalates and sulfates. This is a full collection of products for face and body so check them all out @ h2oplus.com.

For after the shower - LALICIOUS Body Oil in Sugar Kiss ($24/8oz @ lalicious.com) – the first ingredient on the list is coconut oil and then Sweet Almond Oil, so you know this one is lush. And this new Sugar Kiss scent is one of those you wish came in a spray form so you could wear it as your scent. Citrus, rose and vanilla never smelled so absolutely fabulous!

Disclosure: The following items were provided to Cybelesays.com for review purposes.

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)

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)

CHANEL has revealed their fall collection and there's gold in them-thar hills. The collection will hit stores in July. And their Holiday Collection is slated for October 2008. Details forthcoming.

TED GIBSON is expanding his line to include bath and body products and home fragrances.

KENRA hair care is expanding its signature Kenra Platinum line by releasing another eight to ten new products in the next two years.

Cybelesays favorite LALICIOUS is retooling the whole line. Not only will the packaging get a makeover but the products will too. Each will be free of parabens and sulfates.

Source: WWD

LALICIOUS only uses peppermint essential oils in their Candy Cane line of products. Choose from Sugar Souffle Scrub ($32/16oz), Body Butter ($22/8oz), Body Wash ($16/8oz) or Body Oil ($20/8oz) all scented with the sweet scent of peppermint and @ lalicious.com

Give the gift of a smile this season with GoSMILE’s Peppermint Candy Smile ($16/3.5oz @ sephora.com). This whitening fluoride toothpaste uses silica to gently polish away stains.
PHILOSOPHY’s Candy Cane Lip Shine ($10 @ sephora.com) makes you feel like you’ve got fresh breath every time you inhale.