Flakey

by Mona on May 1, 2013

Acure brightening facial scrub sea kelp + chlorella growth factor

I can be flakey.  This is true of my life in general, but mostly I get flakey around my nose.  Subjecting my poor complexion to crazy product abuse over the years has left my skin on the sensitive side, but weirdly, my face still loves a good old -fashioned scrub-a-dub-dub.  I’m always on the hunt for a great exfoliating facial cleanser that de-flakes and de-gunks, but still treats my complexion with gentle loving kindness.  The trouble with many “natural” facial scrubs is that the de-flaking ingredients tend to be too gentle, too scratchy, or use things like oat bran (not good for gluten-free me.)  I’ve been searching for a scrub that hits the just right Goldilocks spot.

Found it!  Acure Brightening Facial Scrub Sea Kelp = Chlorella Growth Factor is definitely not too hard, not too soft, but just right.  Full of good things like Organic Acai Berry, Organic Blackberry, Organic Rosehips, Organic Pomegranate, Fair Trade Certified Organic Rooibos, Organic Aloe Vera Leaf Juice, French Green Clay, Organic Lemon Peel Granules, Saponified Organic Coconut Oil, Fair Trade Certified™ Organic Olive Oil, Organic Sea Kelp, Cacao Powder, Organic Chlorella pyrenoidosa (Chlorella Growth Factor), Chlorophyll, Argan Stem Cells, Organic Argan Oil, Herbal extracts and essential oils.*  It’s an unexpected blackish, blueish, green color, smells good and left my nose flake-free, happy and glowing.  I already like Acure as company and have used many of their products; I don’t know how I missed the Facial Scrub.  It’s definitely one of my new favorite things.  You should try it.  Follow your scrub with a few drops of Acure facial oil and your cheeks will feel like a baby’s butt.  This is true.

You can find it online here, or at many natural grocery stores.

*Follow the link for the complete list of ingredients.

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I want it all!

by Mona on April 16, 2013

tube crimper-500x500Products cost $$$$$, and I don’t know about you, but when I’m spending my cash, I don’t like to waste it. It’s easy to get every last glob of creams and potions out of those pots and bottles, but tubes, especially plastic ones, are a pain to deal with.  This is a true story: just this morning I was fumbling with a tube of facial exfoliator in the shower, trying to wring those last few drops out to scrub my flaky nose.  The tube shot out of my hands, caromed off the ceiling, the shower door, my knee, blobbing scrub wherever it hit.  This has happened before.  Well, damnit, there has to be a better way.

Turns out there is, and it’s been around, but it’s new to me.

Dr Hauschka to the rescue; they call it the Tube Wringer and it’s fab!  You take your tube and push the flat end between the rollers, squeeze the handles real tight (that’s the secret to complete wringing) then turn the key.  It gives your tube a crimp like a bad 80′s perm, but here that’s a good thing.  I had an enjoyably dumb time crimping all the half empty tubes in my boudoir.  There’s something very satisfying about it.  I’m not a Dr. H. devotee, which is probably why I’ve never noticed this little gizmo before, but now that I have one, I’m a convert – to the wringer at least.  The Tube Wringer is $15.95, which may sound like a lot, but add up all the inaccessible the product you’re throwing away, and I think it’s worth it.  You can find one here: http://preview.tinyurl.com/bmxh7mw at the Dr. Hauschka site, or at almost any natural store that carries Dr. Hauschka.

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