Preferred Beauty – LaLicious Sugar Kiss Body Oil

With the sweet scent of vanilla, citrus and rose , LaLicious body oil can transport you out of the winter doldrums.
Free of sulphates and parabens, the Sugar Kiss oil is a mxiture of natural coconut oil and macadamia nut oil, which moisturizes and absorb easily, and a touch of almond and vitamin E oil to [...]

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Preferred Beauty – Vaseline Sheer Infusion

As the weather turns cooler and wind and rain seem to become the norm for autumn days, your skin probably wonders what’s going on. Then it says – aha! It’s autumn – I need more moisture. And indeed it does. So after a shower or a soak in the tub, treat your body to Vaseline [...]

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L&F Beauty – Organix hair care

Love the sweet scents of Mother Nature? So does Organix hair care, combining luscious and fragrant flowers and plants from around the planet into shampoo, conditioner, treatment and styling options.
I’ve been a fan of the Organix Mandarin and Olive Oil shampoo and conditioner, as it left my fine curly hair with the right amount of [...]

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L&F Beauty – Curel Itch Defense lotion

Oh Curel!
It’s my favourite body lotion. I like that it isn’t strongly scented, is easily absorbed and helps my skin look its best.
My only complaint was that it wasn’t as good competing with the harsh effects of winter – the cold temperatures and the lack of humidity. I still used my Curel, but sometimes cheated [...]

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L&F Beauty – The Solution

The Solution by Envision Beauty is a moisturizer that contains all the necessary ingredients of nature and science to repair, tone, nourish and moisturize facial skin.
Formulated by beauty expert and raw food nutrition specialist Kimberly Snyder, The Solution is a combination of  the best ingredients of what’s happening on the beauty scene. Containing goji, grapeseed, acai [...]

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L&F Beauty – Perlabella PureDose Pearls

Give your skin some TLC with Perlabella PureDose Pearls – a unique delivery system to provide retinol or other anti-aging vitamins to your skin, to increase effectiveness and be released gradually.
The system uses microsponge technology to slowly deliver pure and concentrated vitamins to your skin. The capsules are air-tight, insuring the product is never compromised.
With [...]

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L&F Beauty – The Body Shop Nutriganics Day Cream

The Body Shop Nutriganics Smoothing Day Cream
Who doesn’t want a good moisturizer? And help the planet?
The Body Shop’s new collection – Nutriganics – aims on providing great skincare as well as use Community Trade sourced ingredients, such as organic babbasu oil from Brazil, cold-pressed coconut oil from Samoa, organic red grape from France and organic [...]

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memories of the ’80s – hair mousse

When I think of the 1980s, one of the dominant images is always hair. Big hair. Bold and curly, defined and dynamic, women wanted to kick their hair into the stratosphere. Natural looks were quickly forgotten - it was all about creating a hair style that had presence.
L’Oreal Paris saw the niche in the creation of [...]

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L&F Beauty – Origins Brighter by Nature

I’m always looking for the power of nature to help my skin instead of chemical concoctions.
Origins Brighter by Nature Skin Tone Correcting Serum uses Mother Nature’s offerings to help skin clarity and reduce dark or discoloured skin tone, affected by environment, pollution and life’s stresses.
This Origins serum combines Japanese basil leaf, rosemary extract, yeast extract  and [...]

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L&F Beauty – Lush Charity pot hand & body cream

Lush  Charity Pot hand and body cream
Made with fair-trade cocoa butter and scented with calming ylang ylang, geranium and tagette essential oils, this cream is a treat for dehydrated skin.
Rich with oils, the cream is one of the vegan products from Lush, with no animal by-products, animal testing or dairy additives.
A little goes a long [...]

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