erykah's recs part twoerykah101September 7 2006, 15:57:45 UTC
Bodycare:
I'll use pure L'Occitane 100% Pure Shea Butter for anything: lip balm/gloss, elbows, feet, nails, hands. You can even put a bit on your hair to make it shine. It's a little bit of heaven. Everyone should have a pot of this stuff. Even my soap in the bathroom is L'Occitane Shea Butter soap.
In the bath I'll use all manner of things. L'Occitane Shea Butter Milk Bath Cream is a favourite. The Sanctuary Salt Scrub is also lovely. I love Molton Brown Ginseng Bath & Shower. Avon do a shower gel called Refresh! which is orangey and fabulous for waking up with in the morning. Lush's Angel Delight soap is also fun and smells wonderful.
I shave my legs (because I'm allergic to waxing and depliatory creams), so I use Somerset's Shaving Oil. A couple of drops from the tiny tiny bottle beats the pants off every other shaving foam and gel that I've tried. And, when you get out of the bath, it starts to tingle in a really interesting way. They do make a female version in a pink bottle and a sensitive version in a green one now but the original stuff in the blue bottle is the best. Leaves legs feeling very slinky and soft.
When I've just got out of the bath I smoother myself in Decleor Moisturising Body Milk (very lush). Other than that my single greatest moisturising tip is Johnson's Baby Oil (put it on in the shower or bath) and Baby Talcum Powder (very lightly afterwards).
Nails and Hands:
OPI's Nail Envy and Avoplex are great. Nail Envy just does wonders for strengthening and Avoplex sorts out the cuticles. In fact, OPI full stop for any nail product.
I got collared by some woman (named Dodi) in the street the other day and she did me this demonstration on my nails. She buffed one of them up in seconds and it looked amazing... glossy without any need for nail polish. I was so impressed that I bought it on the spot and when I got home it was exactly as easy as she said and my nails do genuinely look great with it. Jill Jordan Nail Kits I went for the Unity because I liked the smell of the hand cream but the hand cream is not the good bit. It's the 3-way buffer that you really want (and the cuticle trimmer).
For my hands, I normally use L'Occitane Shea Butter Handcream. I can't get this stuff in enough products. I could rave on about it all day. ;-)
Feet:
Avon do a very good exfoliator with diamond dust. Inexpensive and very much gets the job done.
Then L'Occitane again, shea butter foot cream. I slather on way too much and then put a pair of socks on over the top.
Re: erykah's recs part twokangeikoOctober 1 2006, 14:40:45 UTC
yeah, i can't afford most of them either. I tend to ask my mother to buy them for me - and i guess it helps that i'm allergic to lanolin which is in most body- and skin-care things, so I have to shell out for the expensive stuff, whether I like it or not.
Re: erykah's recs part twokangeikoOctober 1 2006, 14:39:37 UTC
L'Occitane is Teh Bomb. I have a small warehouse of their Shea stuff. It's much better than the equivalent Body Shop stuff, which has lanolin in it and thus brings me out in a rash.
Also! New facial wash, Body Shop outmeal and glycerin. Sounds awful but is divine.
Bodycare:
I'll use pure L'Occitane 100% Pure Shea Butter for anything: lip balm/gloss, elbows, feet, nails, hands. You can even put a bit on your hair to make it shine. It's a little bit of heaven. Everyone should have a pot of this stuff. Even my soap in the bathroom is L'Occitane Shea Butter soap.
In the bath I'll use all manner of things. L'Occitane Shea Butter Milk Bath Cream is a favourite. The Sanctuary Salt Scrub is also lovely. I love Molton Brown Ginseng Bath & Shower. Avon do a shower gel called Refresh! which is orangey and fabulous for waking up with in the morning. Lush's Angel Delight soap is also fun and smells wonderful.
I shave my legs (because I'm allergic to waxing and depliatory creams), so I use Somerset's Shaving Oil. A couple of drops from the tiny tiny bottle beats the pants off every other shaving foam and gel that I've tried. And, when you get out of the bath, it starts to tingle in a really interesting way. They do make a female version in a pink bottle and a sensitive version in a green one now but the original stuff in the blue bottle is the best. Leaves legs feeling very slinky and soft.
When I've just got out of the bath I smoother myself in Decleor Moisturising Body Milk (very lush). Other than that my single greatest moisturising tip is Johnson's Baby Oil (put it on in the shower or bath) and Baby Talcum Powder (very lightly afterwards).
Nails and Hands:
OPI's Nail Envy and Avoplex are great. Nail Envy just does wonders for strengthening and Avoplex sorts out the cuticles. In fact, OPI full stop for any nail product.
I got collared by some woman (named Dodi) in the street the other day and she did me this demonstration on my nails. She buffed one of them up in seconds and it looked amazing... glossy without any need for nail polish. I was so impressed that I bought it on the spot and when I got home it was exactly as easy as she said and my nails do genuinely look great with it. Jill Jordan Nail Kits I went for the Unity because I liked the smell of the hand cream but the hand cream is not the good bit. It's the 3-way buffer that you really want (and the cuticle trimmer).
For my hands, I normally use L'Occitane Shea Butter Handcream. I can't get this stuff in enough products. I could rave on about it all day. ;-)
Feet:
Avon do a very good exfoliator with diamond dust. Inexpensive and very much gets the job done.
Then L'Occitane again, shea butter foot cream. I slather on way too much and then put a pair of socks on over the top.
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Also! New facial wash, Body Shop outmeal and glycerin. Sounds awful but is divine.
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