Do you love green tea? I’m sure you’re well aware of the health benefits of drinking green tea, but did you know green tea has skincare benefits as well? Green tea has natural and potent anti-aging benefits and can now be found in quite a few skin care products. When applied to skin topically, green tea can help to repair sun damage, stimulate new cell growth and enhance your skin tone.
Leaf & Rusher Green Tea Wash ($37) is enriched with ceremonial green tea, licorice and amino acids to gently cleanse your skin. Made for all skin types it leaves your …read more

I love green tea. Every time I drink it, I’m transported back in time to a Chinese restaurant table, full of little silver serving dishes and my Grandma’s voice. “Try the chicken in the paper, Michelle,” or something along those lines.

I found this Green Tea-scented Soy candle at Etsy today. It’s housed in a beautiful earthenware pot, handmade by the candlemaker, and accented with a lovely silver charm. Each one “…totally unique and one of a kind.” Really very beautiful.
You can find this candle, along with others, at the Mad Hatter’s Pottery shop at Etsy.
Image credit: Mad Hatter’s Pottery at …read more

Right now Fruits & Passion is having a sale with many of their products available for just $15 each (that’s up to 60% off). They carry a fantastic variety of natural bath and body products in fresh scents.
Some products that I really love include:
Imagine Quenching Butter
This body butter penetrates your skin leaving it hydrated, nourished and smelling amazing. It’s enriched with authentic fruit extracts and comes in a recyclable jar. Originally priced at $22, you can get the 8.4 oz jar for $15 in Peach Obsession or Mango Evasion.
Green Tea Body Soufflé
This whipped body cream features natural green tea extract, …read more

For the entire month of March, we have been giving away great prizes across Splendicity. Today we are giving away Glimpse™ Intuitive Skin Care, which contains two sets of creamy cleanser, toner, serum and moisturizing cream for normal to dry skin.

If you haven’t heard of mangosteen, then you might be curious to know that it contains 30x the antioxidant potency of green tea. Used traditionally in Southeast Asia for both internal and external well being, XanGo is the first to offer topical skin products containing magosteen.
All you have to do is tell us in the comments what kind of …read more

Straight from my inbox…….email from MAC featuring “Goodbyes.” Your favorite MAC cosmetics and beauty products on their way out.  Pick them up now, before they are all gone.

Goodbyes include discontinued colors of eye shadow, mineralized eye shadow, eye shadow suites, brushed metal-x cream eyeshadow, lipstick, lip conditioner, and kohl eye pencil, among others.  What do I want to grab, before it’s all gone?

Charged Water/Revitalizing Energy
Charged water, fused with vital ions from a diamond and instilled with a spirit-lifting therapeutic aroma, then delivered to the skin in the soothing aura of a revitalizing hydrating mist. Like its source – a diamond – on …read more