Because You're Worth it- La Prairie Cellular Hand Cream

My hands get so dry during the winter that they feel like sandpapers and that's extremely unattractive. With all the cooking and scrubbing at home to typing and shuffling papers for work, I think that my hands deserve some quality care. I tried Aveeno, Avon, Neutrogena, L'Occitane, Eucerin, Kiehl, just to name a few, but none of them work as well as this product.

My biggest surprise of all was the wonder it did for my hubby's hands. My hands can get dry but they are still relatively soft, which was definitely not the case for my hubby after he spent days working on his lovely cars. His hands get so rough and dry that they simply didn't absorb the other hand lotions or they did, but the lotions were just not moisturizing enough. This lotion was such a miracle worker for his hands. Although it works like a charm, some might be turned off by the hefty price tag. I personally think that our hands work so hard every day that they deserve to be treated well and a tube lasts for quite a while, because it actually works so you are not constantly reapplying.

A pair of dry and scaly hands simply doesn’t match a well maintained face or figure. It's the first thing that people see and feel when they shake your hands and we all know how important first impressions are.

Retail: 95.00 USD, but can be found online for about 83.00 USD

Beautifully Smooth Hair

I'm very fortunate to be blessed with naturally soft hair and when I was younger, I didn't need to apply anything for it to look shiny and smooth. However, my hair along with the rest of me tends to need a bit more attention as I get older. Maintenance is key to keeping your youthful appearance and that applies to every part of you, which includes your hair. Weather and external surroundings also play a vital role in how our hair or skin will look and feel throughout the day. I'm sure some of you noticed how your hair looks extremely flat or frizzy depending on environmental changes. These days I turn to these two products when my hair decides to go haywire on me.

John Frida's Frizz Ease (Original Serum) works well when your hair is very frizzy but I don't recommend this if you are looking for an overall leave on conditioner unless you have natural frizzy curls. If not, it gets to be too thick and oily. However, a few dabs of this work wonders on those frizzy ends.

Biosilk's Silk Therapy is less dense in consistency and works better if you are thinking of applying it to your whole head. However, too much of this can still leave your hair feeling greasy.

Although you can apply these two products before or after blow drying your hair, I find it to work best when I apply a thin layer of Silk before blow drying and use Frizz Ease on those ends which needs a bit more work after blow drying. By combining the two, I get a whole head of super silky hair that I can run my fingers through without over conditioning some part and under conditioning the end.

John Frida's Frizz Ease, Original Serum 1.69oz: Retail for 9.99 USD, but you can find it for 7.00 USD online.
Biosilk's Silk Therapy 2.26oz: Retail for 13.99 USD, but you can find it for around 9.00 USD online. It comes in a lot of different sizes.

Love At First Try Lip Balm

At first, Fresh only carries the "sugar", non-tinted version, which I already absolutely love. After they came out with their "rose" tinted version, I switched over and haven't been able to quit my addiction to this product ever since. Although I am never the kind to retouch my makeup every chance I get, I am often seen reapplying my lip balm periodically throughout the day. The reasons are probably because I am often dehydrated from not drinking enough water even though I drink water diligently and/or humidity in the air is close to non-existent and when that happens, I have a terrible habit of biting on my lips when it starts getting chappy!

For those of you who have the same problem as me, you know that it's not a great habit and your face looks distorted when trying to chew your own lips. I am happy to say that I got rid of that nasty habit after using this product and no other lip balm is as moisturizing or long lasting. With most other lip balms, it lasts me probably less than an hour before I have to reapply, this lasts me closer to half a day before I need to reapply. Some people may not like it at first, because it's thicker and creamier in texture. However, it really works and your lips look less wrinkly and much softer after a few try.

I tried looking for a possible replacement for this item, because it does seem a bit pricey as a lip balm. However, I have yet to find one. The good thing is that since they came out with "rose", I use it as a lip balm and lip color so it's a much better deal and more convenient for on the go purpose.

They now have several shades:
Sugar-Original
Rose-Pink
Passion-Red
Honey-Carmel

Unlike most lip balm with colors, their colors are quite vivid for Passion and Honey. Rose is a bit subtler.

Retail: 22.50 USD