Candy Paint delivers color and intense shine while hydrating, moisturizing, and protecting the lips with things we love, like shea butter, aloe vera, and vitamin E. And with things we don’t want in our products, as these glosses are Paraben, mineral oil, and petroleum free.

In a full range of twelve shades, there is definitely more than one calling my name!

Bossy – bright bronze shimmer
Brick House – orangey red with gold shimmer
Bronze Goddess – shimmering mahogany
Bubbling Brown Sugar – shimmering light brown
Diva – classic cherry red
Grown and Sexy – rose with gold shimmer
Hot Mocha – rich chocolate brown
Park Avenue Bling – golden pink shimmer
Park Avenue Pink – pale pink with subtle shimmer
Purple Reign – magenta plum with iridescent shimmer
Sugah Glaze – clear with subtle shimmer
This is Me – sheer pinkish beige

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In searching his site, I am really tempted to order this kit for my sister. I have dry skin, but hers is combination, more toward the oily side. She wants to be introduced to some different type of natural products, and I thought this kit would be a great one for her to start with.

It is the Botanical Beauty Basics Kit, for $82.00.

In the kit are the following:
8 oz. Botanical Facial Gel
8 oz. Special Cucumber Cleansing Lotion
2 oz. Oil Free Moisturizer SPF 17
2 oz. Flower & Tonic Mask
4 oz. Kiwi Scrub

What do you think? Are there any Mario devotees out there?

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Glycerin, often found in soaps and cleansers, is made from vegetable oil, and is used for cleansing.

Vitamin E is from the Soybean, and is used for conditioning and moisturizing.

Jojoba Oil comes from Jojoba seeds and is used for moisturizing.

Olive Oil comes from Olives, and is also used for moisturizing.

Rosemary extract is used as a preservative and fragrance, and it comes from Rosemary leaves.

Coconut Oil comes from the Coconut, and it is used as a skin conditioner.

Peppermint Oil comes from the leaves of a Peppermint, and is most often used as a refreshing scent.

Wheat Protein is often used as a moisturizing ingredient, and is derived from wheat.

Sodium Chloride, is used to thicken a product, and this comes from sea salt.

Coco-Glucoside is also used to thicken a product, but this comes from both Corn Starch & Coconut Oil.

Chamomile Oil is used to balance the smell from natural ingredients while not producing a scent. It comes from Roman chamomile flowers.

If you find a natural ingredient and wonder about it’s source and purpose, please let me know. I would be happy to try to find out the information for you.

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I was just looking over the Crabtree & Evelyn Naturals Products. The products in their naturals collection are made from botanical ingredients.

I have my eye on this lovely set of 5 body bars. In this Botanical Body Bar Collection are the following bars: 1 Cocoa Butter, Nutmeg & Cardamom, 1 Green Tea, Vetiver & Sandalwood, 1 Mango Butter & Cranberry, 1 Mint, Fennel & Ivy, and 1 Pink Grapefruit & Cucumber with White Clay. I imagine they are heavenly. This collection retails for $25.00.

A gift I think I will be picking up for my mother-in-law is the Smooth & Purify Gift Basket. In the basket is a Pink Grapefruit & Cucumber Body Bar, a Pink Grapefruit & Cucumber Shower Mousse, a Lemongrass & Brown Sugar Body Scrub, and an Olive, Almond & Myrtle Body Mist. This gift set retails for $76.00

There are many more items in their collection, including beautiful gift sets. In case you are looking for a natural beauty gift, check out the website.

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The butter melts on my skin, while leaving it feeling nourished and soft.

And I am so glad Bettijo decided to offer this in a larger 8 oz. size!

I have a tub of it in my nightstand, and use it on my hands immediately before I go to bed. It helps me wake up with butter-soft hands…like the ones I was born with many years ago.

Bath by Bettijo’s Whipped Shea Butter is available in 2 sizes (2 oz for $16.50 & 8 oz for $38.00) in the scents of Lemon Almond, Lavender Cedarwood, as well as unscented.

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Let’s face it, cellulite is a concern for almost all of us. It is commonly found on our stomach, buttocks, and thighs. What are these bumps caused from? These bumps are due to the presence of fat-storing cells, called adipocytes, that can be found under the skin. These cells can expand up to 50 times their volume, resulting in the irregular texture.

Yves Rocher’s discovery made a major discovery while studying the composition of green coffee – coffee that has not been roasted – rich with caffeine and traditionally used for slimming and refining, discovered a high concentration of this Lipophenol Vegetal. It is from this active botanical ingredient with it’s properties of smoothing and toning the skin that the formula was made. Other great botanicals in the formula are Caffeine, Horse Chestnut, Ficaria, Guarana, Peppermint, Copaiba Resin, Kola, and Ginseng.

So, as you apply this treatment, you get an immediate cooling, invigorating sensation. I know it is refreshing to my mind, and I am hoping it is to my skin as I apply it in circular motions (with a great applicator I purchased) until it is absorbed. And it does absorb quickly, leaving no sticky or greasy feel behind.

Lipophenol Vegetal retails for $33, but is currently on sale for just $17. The applicator that I also purchased is available, which I highly recommend, for $3.

Visit Yves Rocher on the web to discover this and other products in the line.

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