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Aug 20, 2008

Five Great Uses for Creme de la Mer (Psst.. It Can Actually Be a Good Value)

August 20, 2008 By Carleenp 4 Comments

Oh the joy of Creme de la Mer. Some swear by it. Others say it is over-rated. Most agree that it is expensive, and yes, if you use it as your daily face creme it is.. But if you use it for more limited purposes, it actually can become a pretty good value. I never apply it to my full face. Instead I stretch an ounce of the lovely thick creme for over a year using it in the following ways.

* As an eye creme. La Mer makes an expensive and rather small eye balm, but the creme works just as well. In fact it is one of the best dry skin eye creams I have found. A teeny tiny bit is all that is needed for some wonderful overnight hydration.

* Condition your lashes and brows. While you are putting a bit under your eyes, rub some into your lashes and onto your brows. It will not irritate your eyes and will condition both lashes and brows.

* As a sore skin treatment. Consider that terrible feeling and look of a nose that is raw and red after a bad cold. Regular lotion stings on the dry skin. But Creme de la Mer does not. I have found nothing better to treat a raw nose. Use it at the first signs of a cold and you can prevent it altogether.

* Dry skin spot treatment: Got patchy areas of super dry skin? Use a bit of Creme de la Mer on only those areas.

* Soften calluses. To help remove calluses, rub some high strength glycolic acid such as AB Skin Care Happy Feet (read review) on them and apply a bit of Creme de la Mer to seal it in and provide moisture.

Creme de la Mer is available online and in better department stores. For use in small areas, look for the smaller and much cheaper .24 Sample Size. A small tub will last quite a while if you are only using it as an eye or lash cream. My last sample size tub lasted 3-4 months because I only used it for my eyes.

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Filed Under: Eyelash Conditioning, Foot Care, Hand Cream, Skin Care Tagged With: Anti-Aging, Creme de la Mer, Eye Creme, Foot Care, La Mer, Moisturizer, Skin Care

Oct 25, 2007

Smith’s Rosebud Salve

October 25, 2007 By Carleenp 1 Comment

Smith's Rosebud Salve is great stuff. If you have dry hands, or spots of dry skin, or if you just want a bit of old fashioned salve to rub on once in awhile, this is some of the best stuff out there. The price is great too!

With a handy and easy to carry container, it is nice to keep some of this stuff around or in a handbag . It is also one heck of a good salve for dry skin. It has a nice calming and soothing feel and it protects for quite some time.

The salve can be used on both skin and lips, although Smiths also makes its product in a special Smith's Strawberry Lip Balm as well. For more on that, see my post at Girl Gloss.

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Filed Under: Bath and Body, Hand Cream, Skin Care Tagged With: Bath and Body, Lip Products, Skin Care, Smith's, Spa

Sep 12, 2007

Soap and Glory

September 12, 2007 By Carleenp 5 Comments

So I was walking through Target, which meant that I was also taking my mandatory trip past the cosmetics aisles to see what is new. That is where I found my new favorite hand cream from Soap and Glory Cosmetics.

There in front of me was this big pink (very pink) display, full of fun looking stuff such as soaps and hand creams and lip plumpers. Being in need of hand cream, I grabbed a small size tube, took it home, and became very, very happy.

The Soap and Glory's Great Shakes Hand Cream says right on the tube: "The most astonishing hand cream ever? You Decide!" I don't know that I will go so far as to say the most astonishing ever, I have to leave myself a bit of wiggle room after all, but this is one heck of a good hand cream. It fells great, absorbs well, yet stays moisturizing, and with fennel and lotus flower, it smells terrific!

I honestly was pretty darn amazed to stumble across such a great thing in a new line at Target. Then I found out that the Soap and Glory products are from Marcia Kilgore, the woman behind the Bliss spa products. That made the high quality clear. What still amazes me is that it was at Target and at a very decent price (I think $3.99 for my small tube).

This stuff is very new and The Soap and Glory website looks like it is just getting off the ground. But apparently you can find this great hand cream, along with some other interesting looking products at Target. It is associated with Boots, so it can possibly be found anywhere that Boots products are sold and is available at Boots stores in the UK. Just look for the big pink display!