Bath and Body : Beauty and Fashion Tech

Spongelle Bath and Body

Looking for a gift for the bath lover, or perhaps something unique for yourself? Spongelle makes cleanser filled bath sponges in fun shapes and fragrances.

One side of the sponge is an exfoliating pad, while the other is a standard bath sponge. Those with sensitive skin might want to stick with just the sponge side because it gives a pretty strong scrub.

The one I received was infused with a Peony Cassis scent.

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Holiday Stocking Stuffers

The shopping list posts are winding down and next week will return more to standard product reviews as usual. I wanted to get the lists out in time for online shopping! For those like me who wait until the last minute (yeah I am a procrastinator), I might yet run a gift list for last minute drugstore shopping.

Looking for cosmetic and beauty items to use as stocking stuffers or small holiday gifts? Take a look at some of these options:

These Holiday Emory Boards are cute, practical, and affordable.

Consider this festive Peppermint Candy Soap Set. Or take a look at some cute Snowglobe Soaps.

For the spa and bath lover, the Ahava Delights Set provides a nice sampling of some good products. I really like Ahava products and sets like this are a great way to try several items out at once.

I love bath fizzys! This Holiday Bath Fizzy is particularly cute.

This Mitten Manicure Set is another cute holiday themed item with lots of practicality. Pair it up with an Opi Holiday Collection Nail Polish for a complementary stuffer.

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Cetaphil Cleansers and Moisturizer: Top Quality and at Bargin Price

Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser is a cult favorite cleanser and an Allure Magazine Best of Beauty award winner for a good reason: It is one of the best cleansers out there, yet comes at an incredibly affordable price.

A container of Cetaphil is usually several times the size of other cleansers and makeup removers, but at $10-12, it sells at a fraction of the price. I love Cetaphil, and tend to alternate between it and DHC’s Olive Oil Cleanser as my daily facial cleanser. The cleanser is gentle and provides a soothing and slightly moisturizing wash. It removes makeup well and does not dry the skin. For anyone with sensitive skin, this is the perfect cleanser. It is also great for anyone who wants an affordable, effective, and comfortable cleanser.

Cetephil also makes a version for normal to oily skin:Cetaphil Daily Facial Cleanser, Normal to Oily Skin, but I tend to get the sensitive skin formula, even though I do not have sensitive skin. There are fragrance free and bar formulations as well.

Cetaphil Moisturizing Cream is another great, yet affordable product. This moisturizer is a great all purpose product that like the cleanser, comes in a generous size for the price. I tend to get dry spots on my legs as soon as the weather turns in the fall. I tried some of the Cetaphil moisturizer for that and it worked quite nicely. It was non-irritating and heavy on the moisture. It too is sold at a great price.

It is always nice when top products are easily to afford, so if in the market for a good cleanser of moisturizer, give Cetaphil some consideration!

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Smith’s Rosebud Salve

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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Soap and Glory

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!

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Badger Balm

A bit over a week ago, I reviewed Badger SFF 30 Sunblock. I also mentioned the Badger balms. Badger makes a wide variety of these all natural ingredient balms. I gave the foot balm a try and found it to be nicely moisturizing and great on my particularly dry heels. It contains lots of great oils, such as olive, jojoba, eucalyptus, and tea tree oils.

Another good Badger balm is the hand balm. I really liked using that when my hands felt dry from typing. This balm would also work for much drier hands than mine and would be good for those who often work with their hands.

I also tried the sleep balm, which is a relaxing balm to encourage sleep. It reminds me quite a bit of a pulse point cream that I had years back and just adored. Containing Bergamot, Ginger, Rosemary, Lavender, and Balsam Fir, the aromatic balm gives off a relaxing scent when applied on the temples and pulse points. It also can be applied under the nose or to the lips. I love the smell of this stuff! Badger’s night-night balm is a similar balm formulated for children.

All of the badger products also have an adorable badger on the packaging. For me, that is a bonus because I happen to really like badgers!

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A Look at Gloves in a Bottle

Gloves in a Bottle is a shielding lotion that helps keep irritants from bothering the skin, while keeping moisture in. I recently used a bottle of this over a period of a week and was pretty happy with it. I tend to have issues with my hands getting dry, especially when I use the computer a lot. I found that by using Gloves in a Bottle over time, my hands generally stayed comfortable and moisturized, especially when I reapplied it before using the computer keyboard and mouse. A similar product is Skin MD Natural.