Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soap, Baby Mild Liquid Soap
$16.99
Oh, Dr. Bronner’s, how I’ve been using your forever. I never totally bought into it, that was until I tried the baby version. Continue reading
Skin Care
Whats in my bag Wednesday?
What’s in my bag Wednesday, just a few of the things currently on my ‘I can’t leave home with out’ list
Dickinson’s Original Which Hazel Oil Controlling Towelettes:
These wipes are perfect, because they provide the right kind of clean without leaving a residue. With one swipe your face feels super clean and never tight. If you have to at the end of a long day be somewhere else and need to freshen up these are great, the which hazel is a fantastic pick me up the effect on your face is super cooling. The best part is that they are individually wrapped so your not carrying around a huge pack of something, just one little wipe.
I also use these when I travel for the end of my flight to freshen up, because seriously what is with that gross post flight feeling? I have been traveling a lot lately and I just can’t handle it. Well these wipes take care of that. You can probably use them anywhere not just your face, so they double as hand an body wipes if you are really in a pinch. As an added bonus these wipes are 100% natural and contain no nasty stuff. Pretty awesome.
Burt’s Bees Ultra Moisturizing Lip Treatment with Kokum Butter:
This is one of the best balms I have ever used. That is quite a statement considering that I have about 100, no joke. But this one is so awesome, that I immediately purchased a new one, not even before it was out, but when it was running low. When I was studying for the bar, I compulsively put this on (being indoors, the AC really took its toll, that and well malnutrition. Sorry Mom!). Super moisturizing, and not addictive it really delivers just pure moisture and leaves a nice sheen on your lips perfect for a low maintenance look.
In my last ‘What’s in my bag Wednesday’ I posted about hand sanitizer. I really do go through a ton. I like this one because it so slim and takes up little room in my bag, I carry a lot so this is huge selling point. What gets me with this one is the scent though. Its lavender, I use L’Occitane hand crem sometimes, and the scent is pretty much a dead ringer for L’Occitane but without the huge price tag. The scent is great to use whenever a gross situation on the Subway is happening, one little spray, and whatever weird smell is happening is instantly forgotten and I am instantly calmed, or at least, all I smell is this, which sometimes is exactly what you need on a crowded rush hour train.
Maybelline New York Super Stay 10 Stain Gloss in Color 150:
So, while this is decidedly not so green, its the perfect color, the perfect red. Its super bright, and lasts a while and leaves no unsightly marks on your glass or a weird red ring on your lips. The color is great and makes me look instantly like I have put effort into my appearance which is not always the case, but nevertheless its nice to look pulled together. I always have a red lipstick or gloss in my purse, and right now this is my go to. I tried my friend’s Stila Stay All Day Liquid Lip Stick in Fiery, and this one by Maybelline is a very close match in color, texture and function, for a fraction of the Stila price, even more reason to love this super dope stain gloss.
Liquid Gold
Desert Essence Jojoba Oil
$13.99
Jojoba oil is the haps. This stuff is amazing, I’ve been using it for years and I am always coming up with new ways to put it to use.
First, I keep a bottle in the shower and use this instead of moisturizer. It does not travel in your hand too much so you don’t end up with a slippery shower. This keeps winter dry skin at bay, and you save time by moisturizing in the shower.
Second, I put some of this on a cotton ball/pad and use it to remove eye makeup. Unlike so many other eye make up removers, this does not sting and takes off even waterproof mascara.
Third, I put this on the bottom portion of my hair, wrap it in a bun, sleep with it over night and wash it out in the morning and bam, awesome hair.
Fourth, I put this on my face as a spot treatment for dry patches. Yes, my face, oil on my face, everyone is doing it, no really they are, it seems like every company right now has their own magic oil. The molecular structure of jojoba oil is almost the same as your sebum, so it does not clog pores and does a great job of moisturizing in the dead of winter. You can even put this on as a mask, and wash it off, leaving your face super smooth.
Jojoba Oil, is so often used in fancy face oils, and its so basic, you can add other oils together with jojoba oil to make your own blend and save a ton of money. Jojoba oil though, on its own, is super rad, its basically liquid gold.
*Above image used without permission from HERE
Must Have Monday: Theraneem Nail & Cuticle Pen
Must Have Monday
Theraneem Nail & Cuticle Pen
$11.99
This stuff is great and sits in my purse at all times. I carry it around just as much as I do my cell phone. Its great. Its in a easy to use, no spill click up pen. I brush it on before I use hand cream and my nails look and feel so much better. Continue reading
So safe you can eat it
Intelligent Nutrients Certified Organic Lip Delivery Antioxidant Gloss
$24.00
When Aveda founder, Horst M. Rechelbacher, set out to start a new personal care company after selling Aveda to Estee Lauder, he “shifted his focus to Intelligent Nutrients, a health and beauty company that lives to the highest standards of 100% food-based, safe, non-toxic and organic ingredients.” The product line is based around the idea that “much of what goes on your skin can be absorbed into it. If it’s good enough to go on your body, it should be good enough to go into your mouth. And conversely, if you wouldn’t put it in your mouth, don’t put it on your skin.”
“Lip Delivery Antioxidant Gloss is a USDA certified organic gluten-free lip-gloss combining powerful colorful antioxidant chemistry and nutritious food ingredients with a high Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (antioxidant) ORAC value. Lip Delivery Antioxidant Gloss is free from toxic mined or mineral pigments, heavy metals, synthetic colorants.” Also it does not contain, petroleum, synthetic oils, lead, toxic minerals, parabens, petrochemicals, plastics, artificial fragrance or flavors, synthetic colorants or silicones.
The gloss definitely moisturized, and the clear frosting color left a nice sheen. It lasted a long time and I did not find that I had to reapply often. The color Purple Mazie looks very dark in the tube but is a perfect light berry shade on the lips, not too overdone, but quite good for a low key day or when you don’t want to be obvious about your lip color. The taste though is like a blueberry muffin and I could do without that for sure. What I like best is that “every ingredient chosen to feed your lips with power-packed antioxidants and Intelligent Nutrients’ signature Antioxidant Intellimune® Seed Oil Complex to help battle oxidative stress and aid in fighting pre-mature aging”
* Image above and quotations used without permission from Intelligent Nutrients
Phoenix Botanicals
Enjoy 15% off Phoenix Botanicals with this Etsy coupon for One Product at a Time readers, good thru October’12.
Enter code: ILANAROCKS
See my review of Phoenix Botanicals HERE.
Gloss Over it
Phoenix Botanicals Little Wing Balm $8.00
My friend Jen turned me onto this company with their Rose lip balm, but for me this is the standout balm from this company. Its pretty much one of the more amazing balms out there. When I started to my own lip balm company I really strove to beat this particular lip balm and is ability to moisturize. Continue reading
Lip love
WINSOME & GREEN Lip Scrub
$ 4.25
More Info HERE
Greetings from the desert, I am blogging the end of Etsy Week from Joshua Tree, California and today’s post is about my favorite lip scrub. Perhaps it should be about sunscreen, I digress. Here we go! Continue reading
Must Have Monday: Pure Apothecary Magic Moisture Stick
Pure Apothecary Magic Moisture Stick aka large stick thing that sits next to my bed $7.00
More Info HERE
So, I wear a lot of open back shoes, clogs, sling backs etc. therefore my feet and more specifically my heels have to be in good shape. One thing though, that I am not good at doing is moisturizing my feet, like ever, its really simple and easy (an especially easy way to use up old creams that your not using anymore), no matter the simplicity I can’t bring myself to do it. Continue reading
One Product at a Time 