April 2010 -

I love do it yourself beauty. At some point I plan to launch a line a lip balms and scrubs over on Girl Gloss, but that is a bit in the future. I also had quite a bit of fun with the Bramble and Berry Mineral Makeup Kit (link is to previous review). Making your own mineral makeup and eye shadow is really not that hard and is rather fun!

The article below is syndicated from Total Beauty and has some fun beauty recipes if you want to try your hand at making your own beauty items. Most of these are skin care related. The watermelon toner looks rather intriguing to me—it has vodka in it! Although that also temps me to leave the other ingredients out and just drink the watermelon juice with vodka…..hee hee….

There also is a nice basic lip gloss recipe, along with other interesting items. See below and click on through to Total Beauty for more.

Hey Good Lookin’ … Get Cookin’ with These Beauty Recipes

Try these nine seasonal skin and hair remedies

This is a TotalBeauty.com health & beauty article

Mix your farmer’s market and backyard finds with stuff you have in the pantry to make facial masks, hair remedies and beyond.

Get recipes

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About the Author: Carleen Pruess Coulter

I wrote a full review of this lip balm and hand creme combination on Girl Gloss: Votre Vu lip balm and Hand Creme Combo. But I love it so much, that I wanted to post something about it here too.

Votre Vu has a combination lip balm and hand creme packaged in the same tube. The hand creme is in the tube and the balm is in the cap. Why more companies haven’t done this, I will never know!

Aside from how much I love the idea of a lip balm and hand creme in one package, the hand creme also turned out to be incredible. It has sunscreen and a thick and luxurious feel, with has a nice coconut scent. OK, “nice” is not strong enough-I love the scent of the hand creme! The balm is also nice and wears quite well. It is unscented. I wrote quite a bit more on the product over at Girl Gloss, so for more click the link above to read the full review.

Note: This review is based on a product sent to me by a representative of the company. For more, please see my disclosure page.