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Bubble and What?

Bubble and Bee, that’s what!

First and foremost, I have to say that I absolutely love their products. After giving them a try I must admit I love all of the scents. Last year (prior to my natural/organic is better for you revelation) I would tell you I would never give up pretty (and chemical pretty I must add) smelling cosmetics because I love love love smelling pretty. Well, to be honest I haven’t given perfumes up (yet) but I have switched all of my lotions, soaps, shampoos, conditioners, balms, and butters to all organic or less toxic choices.

Let’s start with the Body Butta’s.
Raspberry Vanilla Body Butta
Now, I got the smaller version of the tub because I was not sure if I would like the scent or if it would jive with my sensitive skin. Now that I have it in my hot little hands, I love the smell. No it doesn’t have a sharp scent, like you would find in other brands that use the general term “fragrance”, but it has a light and fresh scent. So good you would eat it (don’t worry I won’t)! This small jar will be perfect to leave at Mike’s place for when I am in need of a moisturizing dessert for my skin. I will probably be using the “unscented body butta” on a daily basis at home. So let’s move onto that…

Unscented Body Butta
Ok so when I first saw “unscented” I thought well this will be good for my skin (I have excema – so super sensitive skin – the less fragrance the better) but really, really boring. I figured this is what I have to do for my skin and body, so I bought the big tub. Oh boy, was I in for a surprise. Just like the raspberry vanilla one, I opened up the jar and took a whiff, and to my suprise it smelled, spectacular! Not bold and fake smelling, but natural and nutty (probably the coconut – boy do I love coconut!). I’ve been using it the last few days and my skin sure seems to be thanking me for it.

So it smells great, and feels great too!! (This is for both body butta’s)
When I opened them, I instantly put my fingers in and rubbed some into my arm. They are right, it is not like traditional creams where you slather it on and your skin sucks up the moisture. This body butta goes on a bit grainy, which can feel a little weird at first, but once you get used to it (it took me all of a few seconds because once the scents hit me, I was in heavan!) it doesn’t seem too bad. This grainy feeling goes away after you rub it into your skin anyway. According to the directions, it is because of the coconut protein they use. Darn, have I mentioned I love coconut, so grain me up baby!

Coconut and Lime Lotion Stick
This one is a little hard to wrap your head around. According to Bubble and Bee, they have taken the water out of the equation to give you a rich and convenient way to moisturize. Being .63 oz. in all of its glory, it is perfect for your purse, backpack, or desk. I love how small and convenient it is! Due to my dry skin I used to be that girl that brought a huge container of hand cream in my purse. I needed to slather on cream every time I washed my hands. It would get quite annoying. With this lotion stick, you don’t have to re-apply after you wash your hands every time. And the scent it great! Light, fresh and natural (are you noticing a trend here?). I am curious to try the other lotion stick, so I think I will order that one next time.

Pit Putty
So I bought myself the Geranium and Lime Putty and bought Mike the Original Pit Putty.
Geranium and Lime Pit Putty
So this is day 2 of using it. I’ve used nautral deodorants before so I am aware of the 10 day detox period. I may have to update you all in a week or so.

*UPDATE* August 30, 2009
Ok so I think I have been using my pit putty for about 2 weeks now. Well it works, but I find I have to re-apply a few times a day, which I am totally fine with. I was a little suprised when I first opened it to find that it was all stuck in the lid (thankfully I read all of the instructions) but after molding it back into its place it looked like a regular pit stick. (p.s. it melted in my bag as we had a +27 day yesterday and I was not very impressed this morning when it crumbled all over my bedroom floor – so always be ware to keep ‘er up-right). Maybe I’m just ultra sweaty, or maybe I am still de-toxing, who knows!! I think I might try the Original Pit Putty though, I’ll let you know how that goes in a future post.

Please be sure to visit the Bubble and Bee site!

Excess Baggage

I did it!  I officially cleaned out my beauty arsenal.  That’s right, I pretty much threw money down the drain in aspirations of ridding myself of paraben and other harmful substances.  Now you are all probably wondering why I did this?  Well fairly recently my family has been on somewhat of a “live better” approach to life.  And this consisted of taking a better look at what we are putting on ourselves everyday.  It all started with playing “where’s waldo” with the ingredient “paraben” and absolutely every piece of soap, lotion and cosmetic known to my household and their ingredient lists.

After this, I took it upon myself to do a little of my own research and I found a really good web-site that consists of a database of all harmful substances in which beauty products may contain.  Please visit http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/ if you are interested.  I know I spent quite a few hours on it this weekend just researching products.

So anyways, to be more specific, I threw out most of my eye-shadows, lip glosses and pretty-smelling lotions and in exchange started purchasing mineral make-up, natural and chemical free moisturizers, and aluminum free deodorants.  It didn’t take me long to realize being healthier is a bit more expensive than bargain hunting for pretty beauty products.  But in the end, I think it will be worth it.  I will let you all know in a few days, weeks, months just how I feel – and that my friends will be the basis of whether or not going natural has instant benefits.  I know results of my decision to use more natural and chemical-free products will not show for years, but I like to think that I will feel the benefits a whole lot sooner.

Let’s start with a beauty review (I know already?):

I used Bare Escentuals a while back, and totally fell in love with it – back then I only tried the foundation though.  This time around I decided to buy the whole starter kit (hence the whole spending a pretty penny for more natural products from the previous paragraphs).  You can find this line at your local Sephora, and let me tell you, it feels so natural on your face.  It’s not like liquid foundations where it feels like your wearing a mask.   And best of all – and honestly what sold me – their makeup (minus a few products) is essentially paraben free!  :D  I’ll let you know in a few weeks how this brand is working out for me.  For now, check out their website!  http://www.bareescentuals.com/  Most of the products can be found on sephora.com as well.  I find sephora to be ubber helpful (and this goes for any brand really) because almost every single product on there has customer reviews.  I find these reviews super helpful because the women using this stuff are like me (not a professional cosmetics associate), and if they are finding it hard to use or impossible to apply – chances are I will find the same result.

xo

K