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By our Editorial Assistant Colleen
Buying bath products is sometimes a daunting task just because there are so many different brands to consider and even more products to choose from within those brands.
Lalicious has some amazing products in a variety of different distinct scents that you’ll love.
Let’s talk about what’s available by scent. I’m a sucker for a morning cup of joe and yes, they do have something in a coffee bean scent. Instead of filling up your place with the smell of a brewing cup, perhaps you could start your day with a Coffee Soufflé Scrub instead (you can even use this as a shaving cream!). It actually has a faint vanilla coffee ground scent but don’t fear, you won’t smell like it after you’re done your body scrub. Prefer tea in the morning? Well there’s a Peppermint scent for you.
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Sundari Healing Foot Ritual for beautiful feet
Feature by our Editorial Assistant Colleen
I find that as I get older, the more you have to pay attention to your feet. SUNDÃRI also recognizes the importance of keeping the skin on your legs and feet soft and well moisturized. That’s why they have this new product called, SUNDÃRI At-Home Foot Ritual. As the name indicates it’s a kit that you can do at your own convenience to pamper the longer part of your body.
The steps that you take in the privacy of your own home are few in number and very simple. You start off with about half a teaspoon of the Neem and Manuka Body Cleanser and together with warm water you apply it all over your feet and calves.
Neem and Date Seed Body Exfoliator comes next. Just lather half a teaspoon of this product and you’re almost done. After you’ve spread it all over your feet and calves, you can dampen the area with a warm and wet towel.
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Have you tried hydrotherapy?
I honestly don’t know why it took me so long to discover the merits of hydrotherapy.
My hydrotherapy session took place at the wonderful HealthWinds Spa.
A few months ago I went for a soothing body scrub and I had documented the experiences here:
1) HealthWinds Spa is EXCEPTIONAL!
2) HealthWinds Spa Healthy Juice Bar!
This time, I went for a hydrotherapy session. As you can guess, hydrotherapy involves water!
Hydrotherapy has been used since ancient time and has been used by civilizations from China, Japan, Rome, Greece and Egypt to soothe aches and pains. It’s extremely popular in European spas and it’s really a staple spa treatment. It’s the generic term for water therapies using jets, underwater massage and mineral baths!
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Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse oils are multi purpose
Feature by our Editorial Assistant Colleen
These products are crazy popular in France. They’re called the Nuxe Paris Huile Prodigieuse Dry Oil Golden Shimmer – Splash and the Multi-Usage dry oil spray.
1) Nuxe Paris Huile Prodigieuse OR Dry Oil Golden Shimmer – splash:
This is a dry oil spray but it’s not just for your skin, it’s for your hair too.
The makers of the product claim that 98.8% of the ingredients used to make this spray are natural like sunflower seed oil, rosemary leaf extract and sweet almond oil. The combination of some of these scents contributes to the natural and earthy smell it produces.
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Crest Whitestrips Advanced Seal to remove stains on your teeth
Feature by our Editorial Assistant Colleen
Coffee, tea, blueberries, what do they have in common?
All three of these products can stain your teeth!
I’m a big lover of all those things and it’s always so embarrassing to have stains on your teeth. You can brush your teeth as much as you want but I’ll admit my set of teeth isn’t the brightest of the bunch.
I’ve known of Crest Whitestrips for a while and have used it occasionally and I’m sure many of you have used or tested out the strips for yourself too. Well now they have another version of their product, the Crest Whitestrips Advanced Seal. This is another at-home kit that you can use.
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Zeno now removes cold sores!
Feature by our Editorial Assistant Colleen
I really hate cold sores. I remember the first time I got one.
I was only in elementary school and it was on the side of my lip. I had no idea what it was at first until another classmate of mine pointed out that it looked similar to what someone else had.
It was so embarrassing just having it so visible. I remember getting a medical prescription that for a cream that just made my cold sore even more noticeable.
Well now there’s a product from Zeno Corporation that you can get without a prescription from the doctor. First they had a Zeno pimple zapper and now they have an over-the-counter handheld device that is able to zap away your cold sores!
It uses Zeno Corporation’s ClearPointTM technology which works by using heat to kill viruses found to create cold sores as well as provide a painless way to remove those unwanted sores.
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Redheads are the rage this summer
It seems that blondes are taking a back seat this summer and letting redheads shine!
As you might know most redheads are the creation of very talented hair colourists since there are very few natural redheads on the planet.
In fact, I had featured this a while back: Fewer and fewer naturally redheads on the planet
Clairol Consulting Colourist Christopher Martin gives us tips on how to go lighter or darker for the summer and he also helps you figure out how to find the perfect shade of red for your hair!
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Prince Reigns Ingrown Hair Removal Serum
I have a feeling this product will create a lot of buzz considering that we’re quickly walking towards summer!
Prince Reigns is used by Victoria Secret’s supermodel Gisele Bundchen and now you have a chance to buy the same product she does to deal with your own ingrown hair issues.
Prince Reigns contains all-natural ingredients that won’t burn or clog your pores and the manufacturer offers a 100% Unconditional Money Back Guarantee!
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The CelluScience contest that never was
I was approached a few months ago from the representatives for CelluScience because they wanted to give me a chance to test their product.
Since I’ve been using a body glove to deal with cellulite (I don’t have much cellulite, but I do have a stubborn patch on the side of my thigh that’s driving me crazy … even with the use of my German Riffi massage glove), I thought it was best to offer one of my readers who wanted to transform her body for summer the product to review CelluScience and let the rest of us know what kind of results they got.
After all, summer is around the corner … which means less clothing, more exposed skin and bathing suits!!! In other words, some of us will have to deal with our cellulite and the fact that it will be exposed to the world.
Dieting and exercise alone might not be enough to deal with cellulite. Even seasoned gym rats know that does little for the very dreaded cellulite because it’s a skin condition not related to weight.
Just in case you were sure of the definition of cellulite, I decided to look it up and it turns out that cellulite is a collection of fat that push against the connective tissue beneath a person’s skin, which causes the surface of the skin to dimple or pucker and look lumpy. There are several influences that determine if you’ll end up with cellulite or not, but the most common ones: your genes, hormones, the amount of fat on your body, your age, and the thickness of your skin.
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15 things women do to sabotage their health
Women are so good at taking care of everyone around them that many forget to put themselves and their health first. There are so many things women do well when it comes to sabotaging their health and I really think they are selling themselves short without always recognizing the consequences of their actions.
I thought it might be a good idea to look at 15 things women do to sabotage their health in the hopes that this list will become a wake-up call for many women.
1) There’s nothing wrong with having one or two bad habits: Thinking that eating well all week long allows you to have a few “weekend cigarettes” without affecting your health or going to the gym all week and end up finishing two bottles of red wine on Saturday with the pretext that red wine is good for you is simply foolish. Even though you maintain overall good health habits, the fact that you are smoking or/and drinking heavily will affect your health negatively.
2) I really don’t have the time to exercise because my life is way too crazy: Juggling a career and a family is not an easy task in the new millennium. There are far more pressures on women today than at any other time in history because we have more choices and freedom and that means that we might be tempted to “have it all at the same time”. I truly believe that in life we can have it all … but NOT at the same time. If you are over 40, you should know that lack of exercise and chronic stress are the two best way for you to sabotage your health.
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