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Sep 14, 2007

Yes to Carrots Exfoliating Mask and Day Cream

September 14, 2007 By Carleenp 1 Comment

Yes to Carrots is a new skin care, body, and hair line available at Walgreen's stores.

I tried the C the Difference Exfoliating and Soothing Mud Mask and the C Today or C You in the Morning Moisturizing Day Cream. Both are quite nice products.

The mask is a light clay mask that is appropriate for dry and sensitive skin. It provides light exfoliation without any irritation, and it generally is nice to use. It smells quite nice, with a very light scent and left my skin very soft. I will keep using this fairly often.

The day cream is also fine, but I found it to be a bit too much moisture for my skin right now. I recommend it for those with dry skin, but others might want something lighter. Come winter, I will likely be using this!

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Filed Under: Skin Care Tagged With: Exfoliators, Masks, Skin Care, Yes to Carrots

Sep 13, 2007

Neutrogena Illuminating Microderm Cleaning Pads and Pond’s Exfoliating Clean Sweep Toweletts

September 13, 2007 By Carleenp 2 Comments

I had high hopes for Neutrogena Illuminating Microderm Cleansing Pads, but merely found them to be OK.

These cleansing pads are little round cases that you hold by slipping your fingers inside. One side is textured for exfoliating and the other is a plain cleansing pad. The pad also contains a bit of soapy cleanser. I really didn't find the exfoliating side to be very effective. It felt a bit like it was scrubbing, but not much. I admit though that I like a pretty strong scrub. Regardless I can exfoliate much better than the neutogena microderm pads by using a scrub or simply with a rough washcloth (which is a great trick for cheap exfoliation). The cleansing side was too small for makeup removal and I found the whole thing to be a bit too soapy for my tastes. There wasn't a ton of soap, but with such a small pad, I had to use quite a bit of water and a separate washcloth to wipe it all off.

Ponds Exfoliating Clean Sweep Cleansing Towelettes

I much prefer the Pond's Exfoliating Clean Sweep, Cucumber Cleansing Towelettes. The Pond's Towellettes are large enough to provide decent makeup removal. I also like that while they contain some cleanser, it isn't too much. I would much rather add my own than have too much to begin with. The exfoliating side of the Pond's towelettes is rough enough that you can feel it scrubbing, yet also pretty gentle. So between these two products, Pond's definitely wins!

Filed Under: Makeup Remover, Skin Care Tagged With: Cleanser, Exfoliators, Neutrogena, Skin Care

Jul 5, 2007

Review: Bioelements Pumice Peel

July 5, 2007 By Carleenp 2 Comments

Bioelements Pumice Peel is a good manual microdermabrasion product for those who are looking for a product that is not quite as abrasive as something like the spa sciences or L'Oreal microdermabrasion systems, but perhaps not quite as mild as something like Origins Modern Friction.

The Bioelements pumice peel has just the right balance of grittiness and moisturizing ingredients for me on those days where I want to exfoliate and feel the product working, yet don't want to do the heavy, and potentially irritating treatment that I get with the Spa Sciences or L'Oreal systems. The product also has a nice smell. It is not heavily perfumed, but has a pleasant light scent that I enjoy. It has a good number of skin conditioning oils and extracts, plus vitamin C. I thought that was a nice touch, and it did indeed leave me skin feeling quite soft and slightly moisturized after use.

Overall, this is a product that I am quite happy with. I had only a sample size to play with and very well might buy a full size jar of it.

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