Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Radiantly You Natural Products Review: Be Beautiful Naturally
Built out of necessity and desire to eliminate chemicals from their home, Radiantly You was founded by Melissa Brown, a Certified Holistic Health Coach and expectant mother. After researching the ingredients in some of the most highly used products in her home, Melissa was overwhelmed by what she found – toxic parabens, sulfates and {gasp} even fluoride?! Just like you, she wanted better, HEALTHIER options for herself and her family.
When I got a chance to review a couple of their products, I jumped on it. I love discovering new healthy skincare products. It really DOES make you rethink your body and hair care products when you look at the name brand labels and discover what is inside them. My skin deserves better than that and Radiantly You delivers.
They ended up sending me 4 products; a natural bar soap, body scrub, body butter, and chapstick. When I pulled these out of the box, they were individually wrapped in beautifully bright tissue paper. My immediate thoughts were luxurious, impressive, and lavish.
I love using handmade body products, I can always tell that love, hard work, and dedication are put into them. They aren’t manufactured in a large warehouse by machines! These are made by hand in small batches with absolutely no chemicals, additives, or dyes! All Natural baby!
These will be amazing to have on hand during the cooler months. Forced heat and cold weather naturally dries out the skin. These natural products are a splendid way to add that moisture back into my body.
As soon as I unwrapped the gorgeously handmade Sweet Orange Soap Bar, my senses went into overdrive. The Sweet Orange smell has always been one of my favorites. It is deliciously scented and smells like a lightened version of a orange sherbet.
The soap contains orange peel zest. Not only does this add the orange scent into the sweet sugary vanilla aroma, but it is also a natural skin exfoliator.
I love how amazing my skin smells after using this soap. Although it’s a light scent, it lasts quite awhile on the skin. It is detectable yet it isn’t overwhelming. I love how moisturized and healthy it makes the skin look and feel.
Usually I’m not a bar soap type of girl, I go more for body wash. I’m not a huge fan of how bars of soap make my skin feel dried out and stripped of it’s natural oils. Even if I was constantly applying lotion, my skin still feels dried out and I don’t like that. This bar of soap is nothing like that though, I never get the stripped feeling- only moisturized. I couldn’t even tell that I hadn’t used a body wash. Awesome!
Get Yours: Sweet Orange Soap Bar $5 a bar
The Vanilla with Lavender Bud Body Scrub is amazing. Although I love Lavender scented candles, I’m not usually a fan of Lavender scented body products. The reason is that they tend to be very strong and produce a medicinal smell. This is something that DOES lavender right! Not overwhelming at all.
I have always been a huge fan of sugar scrubs. The sugar naturally exfoliates the skin and feels downright amazing and heavenly on the skin. It is so relaxing, therapeutic, and scrubs the old nasty skin cells off. Without scrubs those dead skin cells can take awhile to come off naturally.
This scrub is mixed with a natural glycerin soap, so you can exfoliate and cleanse at the same time. I really enjoyed the fact that the scrub wasn’t swimming in oil, because most of the time they are. The lavender buds inside the scrub gave it an all natural look, which is pleasant. I was really surprised to find that they felt like really tender pieces of cooked rice. I’m not sure what I thought it would feel like, but rice never crossed my mind. The exfoliation is nice because it’s never scratchy!
I really love using this before heading to bed. The lavender scent mixed with the sweet aroma of vanilla is extremely relaxing and helps me unwind after a long day. A little bit of this scrub really does go a long way, which is always a good thing- right?
I especially love to use this scrub on my feet. I’d had a huge bout of dry skin on my feet due to the tanning bed. Using this helped speed up the process of peeling that dry skin off and adding moisture back into my feet at the same time.
Get Yours: Lavender Bud Body Scrub $12.50
The Amber Vanilla Whipped Body Butter definitely helps your skin take a stand against dry, flaky skin. It smells absolutely delicious! The scent of Amber blended with a warm vanilla scent is absolutely heavenly. It reminds me so much of Victoria’s Secret Amber Romance. The scent lingers all day which makes me love it even more.
This is a handmade body butter, so of course the ingredients separate at times (in colder temperatures). When the body butter ingredients separate it can make the texture kind of thick and lumpy. So, what I do is run really hot water in the sink and submerge the tub of body butter in it while I shower or get ready. When I get done, the ingredients have melted back together and feels so silky and luxurious!
It marvelously melts into my skin and instantly silkens it. My skin always feels so soft, supple, and moisturized when I use this body butter. It is a smooth, clean, light scent that is great for everyday use no matter what season!
The scent is amazing. I get so many compliments from people who think this is a lotion that I’ve just applied. When I tell them it isn’t a lotion and I had been wearing it for “X” amount of hours they look at me in disbelief. It is such a sensual, light scent that truly makes the skin gleam with healthiness.
It sinks in extremely fast, which I love. I don’t have to wait 10 minutes before I dress after getting out of the shower. I love that it doesn’t leave an oily Crisco like after feel like some butters do. It does feel a bit “slick” because of the essential oils inside the butter, but it slowly slips in the skin and you can’t tell. Another A+ product that I love!
Get Yours: Amber Vanilla Whipped Body Butter $12.50
They sent me the Orange Vanilla lip balm which gets me every time. I adore how his smells. It isn’t an overpowering orange citrusy smell like you would think. The vanilla in the mixture sweetens the orange and ends up with an orange dreamsicle type of smell. YUM.
For those of you who like yummy tasting chapstick that you can taste as it is applied to your lips- this isn’t for you. Although it smells heavenly, it doesn’t have a taste. It’s made with Beeswax, Shea butter, coconut oil, orange & vanilla essential oils so no added flavoring.
The beeswax in this chapstick makes it feel like it is staying more on top of my lips rather than sinking in. The shea butter and coconut do help to naturally nourish and moisturize the lips but I’d love for it to sink it. I feel like I have to constantly press my lips together to spread the chapstick back on my lips. I still love it though because of course- because it smells divine and contains only natural eco-friendly products which is a huge plus!
Get Yours: Orange Vanilla lip balm $4.50
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About Radiantly You
Radiantly You was built by Melissa Brown, a work-at-home momma (mother to Noah – 2.5 yrs. old, Liam – 15 months old, and Lindsay - 1 month old) who followed her heart and her passion. Our company believes strongly in women having the opportunity to stay-at-home with their children WHILE making a fair living and doing something they love; we think every woman should get that option! Behind the scenes, maintaining the handcrafted quality of our products, are wonderful WAHM’s who are doing what they love AND staying home with their children. Feel good knowing that every purchase you make is going to support families across the country that are doing just that – building their own dreams.
Jessica Renee
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Beauty Review: EOS Lip Balm; Sweet Mint & Summer Fruit
EOS is an amazing company. Their products are well made, low priced, and work extremely well. I love the unique designs and colorful packaging.. so you know when I got sent 2 amazing sphere shaped lip balms to review, I was a happy camper.
I am loving the sphere (egg shape) of these lip balms. They never get lost inside my purse, so I don’t have to spend countless minutes searching and searching like I would if it were a stick lip balm. It’s also easier to hold and has a screw on top!
I was sent the Summer Fruit EOS Lip Balm and the Sweet Mint EOS Lip Balm. The Summer Fruit is in the red/orange egg and the sweet mint is in the blue! They are both amazing, yet so different in how they work.
The texture of these EOS Lip Balms are very high quality. They are very smooth whole not waxy or goopy and they are soft on the lips. The sphere shape of these Lip Balms make it SO much easier to get the entire lip area!
Sweet Mint
The Sweet Mint is HANDS DOWN the best chapstick for dry or sunburned lips. Since I’ve been visiting the tanning bed on a regular basis my lips were beginning to get very dry and chapped.
Regular chapstick just wasn’t working out too well. It wasn’t helping. It would moisturize and coat the dryness, but I needed something that would actually TAKE the dryness away and help it instead of just masking it!
This totally did it. This is medicated, so it does help. You can feel the mint in it, and feel a tingle sensation for a second.. ohh, it felt SO awesome! It isn’t a tingle that burns or anything.. just feels cool and you can tell it’s rejuvenating the dry skin. It smells so refreshing and invigorating! It tastes awesome too.
It leaves the lips so healthy and smooth! I couldn’t even wear lipstick before I got this because you could tell my lips were too dry and it was showing through the lipstick. Now you can’t tell and I CAN wear lipstick!
There isn’t any dryness, pain, or chapped lips anymore! This had my lips renewed and back to new in just 2 short days! How amazing is that?
Ingredients: Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil*, Beeswax (Cire D'abeille)*, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil*, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil*, Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil*, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter)*, Stevia Rebaudiana Leaf/Stem Extract*, Tocopherol, Limonene**, Linalool**. *Organic. **Component of Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil*. Certified Organic by Oregon Tilth.
Summer Fruit
I LOVE the smell and taste of this! It’s a mixture of strawberry, blueberry and peach. Can you say YUM? It is so delicious tasting and smelling!
I love that these are 95% organic and do NOT contain ANY petroleum at ALL. So you get a nice moisture to the lips without any of the greasiness that comes with having petroleum as an ingredient.
Instead it contains Shea Butter and Jojoba Oils which are all natural and natural smoothers, soothers, and moisturizers! Great picks EOS! If you are looking for a SHINY lip balm, then this isn’t for you! This is to help your lips become HEALTHY and moisturized. I don’t like the shine chapsticks myself. I would rather my skin be healthy in itself, not shiny! That’s what lip gloss is for in my opinion!
These are my favorite lip balms out of my collection, and let me tell you- I have a VAST collection of lip balms and chapsticks! They are just SO well made and last forever!
Ingredients: Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil*, Beeswax (Cire D'abeille)*, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil*, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil*, Natural Flavor (Aroma), Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter)*, Stevia Rebaudiana Leaf/Stem Extract*, Tocopherol, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil*, Vaccinium Angustifolium (Blueberry) Fruit Extract*, Fragaria Vesca (Strawberry) Fruit Extract*, Prunus Persica (Peach) Fruit Extract*, Linalool**. *Organic. **Component of Natural Flavor. Certified Organic by Oregon Tilth.
About the EOS Lips Balms
- Long-lasting moisture
- Shea butter & vitamin E
- Smoothes on clear
- Precisely glides on lips
- Twist-off top
- Gluten-free
- Paraben-free
- Petrolatum-free
- Phthalate-free
- 0.25 oz
Buy them! The Summer Fruit EOS Lip Balm and the Sweet Mint EOS Lip Balm They are 3.29 each and can be bought on the EOS website, Walmart, Target, and Amazon!
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Jessica Renee
Sunday, March 18, 2012
EOS Lip Balm Review
The evolution of smooth™ a natural reason to smile
"eos fits a woman's sense of style and also lets her have fun in the process of getting more beautiful."
I received 6 of the EOS lip balms.
- Summer Fruit
- Lemon Drop SPF 15
- Strawberry Sorbet
- Honeysuckle Honeydew
- Medicated Tangerine
- Sweet Mint
They are available for purchase at Walgreens, Target, EvolutionofSmooth.com.
To keep your lips looking and feeling healthy, they created this 95% organic, 100% natural lip balm that's petrolatum and paraben free, just like you.
Packed with antioxidant-rich Vitamin E, soothing shea butter and jojoba oil, eos keeps lips moist, soft and sensationally smooth.
The lip balms are USDA-certified organic, and 100% natural. The spheres that they come in are super soft, ergonomic, and are also recyclable.
Honeysuckle Honeydew
Summer Fruit
Sweet Mint-
Tangerine
Lemon Drop
and Strawberry Sorbet
I have a habit of licking my lips most of the time, and it leaves them dry. If they end up getting too dry they crack and get cold sores. There are very few lip balms that actually help me. I have found SOME that help, but I usually end up losing them because I stick them in my pockets.
Most natural lip balms are either too soft or too hard in consistency. On the harder types, I have to practically press VERY hard to get any on my lips. The ones that are too soft do not tend to stay on very long. These are exactly the right consistency. They stay on WAY longer than most lip balms, they moisturize very well, and they smell amazing.
It tastes amazing, unlike most lip balms that SAY they do. The packaging is very well suited for dropping in your purse. I have never had to dig around for this. I can always just reach in and find it no matter where it is.
The Sweet Mint is amazing. It gives the tingle and relief to extremely dry lips as blistex does. My daughter rubbed my blistex all over the table, so I was without. I had a nasty cold sore from being sick and it kept burning. As soon as I applied the Sweet Mint the dryness was soothed and so was the burning.
All in all, I would definitely purchase these AGAIN and AGAIN. These are wonderfully made natural lip balms that help in every way possible. Overtime it has helped prevent dry and chapped lips, while helping take away the already existing chapping. LOVE IT!!
Disclosure: This isn’t a sponsored post. All opinions are 100% my own, and not influenced in any way. I did receive products in exchange for an honest review.
Jessica
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