$13 - 0.24oz

I’m in love with my new Juicy Pink Grapefruit Lip Gloss from 100% Pure!  It’s fantastic!  I’m a huge fan of putting vitamin E on my lips – it’s a great clear gloss with lots of shine and intense moisture.  100% Pure pretty much took vitamin E and added fruit pigments to make awesome colored glossed that feel amazing – not super thick and sticky like many glosses.  This stuff is the perfect in between from sheer to sticky – I love the consistency!  It comes in lots of great colors/flavors.  As of now I’ve only tried this one but I’m excited to try others in the future.

From 100% Pure…

100% Natural lip glosses made with 83% Vitamin E from organic rice bran and beautiful colors from fruit pigments. Vitamin E is a powerful anti-aging antioxidant that drenches your lips with moisture and deeply softens.

And as always with their products – I LOVE that I can read the label and understand EVERY INGREDIENT!!!!

$48 for 0.5ml

I finally bought myself a bottle of Josie Maran’s Argan Oil and boy do I love it!!!  I was slightly nervous at the thought of using an oil as a moisturizer but it sinks in beautifully and doesn’t leave your skin feeling oily.  I have pretty normal to combination skin – if I get oily its in the t-zone.  I have not had any oil issue since using this.  It’ s a great dual purpose item as you can use it on cuticles, dry ends of hair, and more – basically what dry spot you can think of!

From Josie…

This legendary, lightweight oil, grown organically in Morocco, is rich in vitamin E and essential fatty acids. Use it as a fast absorbing daily moisturizer, or to heal and condition everything from cuticles to split ends. Plus it is 100% organic! Housed in a recyclable glass bottle.

$21.00 - 0.32oz

I’m loving my new 100% Pure Fruit Pigmented Mascara!

I must admit that the first time I used it I wasn’t as crazy about it.  I couldn’t get it to go on thick – I wanted to plump up my lashes not just make them darker.  I kept coating but ended up with a very natural look.  The next day I I noticed a significant difference in how it applied – I was liking it much more!  Not sure why it changed so much but maybe after the tube got a little air it became the right consistency.  Now I’m a huge fan of this stuff!  I absolutely love how it smells – odd right?!  It smells like berries – YUM!  I’ve also been very happy with how well it wears – lasts and doesn’t give me raccoon eyes

It’s natural, vegetarian and if you read the ingredients, you’ll actually know what they are!!

I have fallen in love with 100% Pure – their products are AMAZING!  Since it’s all made with REAL fruit the scents smell legitimately real and not like those sickeningly fake imitation fruity smells.  I haven’t personally tried the Ice Cream set but I can only imagine it’s just lovely – in fact I’d almost like to try it myself!  I can certainly vouch for their products in general so when I saw this I thought it would be perfect to share with all of you!  Don’t these scents look delightful?!

8oz retails for around $7-8

For awhile now I’ve been using this JASON Apricot Scrubble Wash & Scrub every couple of days.  I love that its cleans and exfoliates all in one product and it has a lovely apricot scent.  It is on the rougher side, which is why I only use it every other day or so.  If you have very sensitive skin this would not be the product for you – stick to something gentler.  When you first squeeze it out of the tube its a little thick.  Wet your face and your hands and start mixing it with the water on your hands before applying to your face.  You’ll be left feeling clean and super smooth

So I like to be honest with all of you – the point of me reviewing products is to share my experiences with you so you don’t have to waste your time and money on stuff too.  I originally thought this deodorant was ok, in fact I’m pretty sure I told you I was pleased with it in my previous post.  Sometimes at first I can be a little too optimistic about how a product will be over time.  Anyway, I was completely off!  This stuff is horrid!  It HURTS to apply it – it has a very ROUGH texture which is not pleasant – most noticeably immediately after shaving.  I’ve also noticed that I can smell it on me and I smell like a hippie!  Ok, not to offend anyone, but I’m just not into the smell.  I’m definitely going back to my Pristine Beauty Take a Whiff!  Take a Whiff! is smooth and has a light fruity smell – it’s wonderful – and it lasted me over a year – that was applying it a minimum of once a day sometimes twice!

Take A Whiff!® Natural Deodorant

I think this is such a great tool!  Rank A Brand helps you to be an informed consumer and make smart choices when purchasing goods.  You can either continue to purchase blindly or you can choose to purchase from companies that are socially responsible.  If that’s important to you check out Rank A Brand.

Here’s what they say about themselves:

The challenge
Rank a Brand was born out of a common and reoccurring problem in our everyday lives. You walk into a (virtual) shop and wish to purchase a “good” brand that considers the (potential) effects their activities have on the environment and on people. In other words, you would like to support companies that adhere to high standards of ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ (CSR). Although you do your best, you aren’t well informed about the policies of the brands and don’t have a way to compare them.

The solution
Rank a Brand  a transparent, simple and practical solution to this challenge. Our rankers screen the publicly available policies of brands regarding labor conditions/human rights, the environment and climate change. This screening is based on a short list of robust questions which check if a given brand adheres to select best practices of CSR within its sector. As a result, a score is attributed to each brand and presented on our website, together with an insight into how the score was compiled. This allows you to quickly and easily identify which brands show that they adhere to best practices of CSR and also show this to society at large in an open and transparent way.

Creating change
We believe that people make different consumption choices when they are more aware ofcan identify  “good” brands: those that succeed best in designing a transparent, clear and credible CSR policy. Scoring high on Rank a Brand can therefore increase the image and sales of a brand. This works as an incentive to brands to further improve the openness and the quality of their CSR policies – we want to set this loop in motion.

My second purchase from Mojo Spa was the Baby Doll Lip Balm.  Again I’m pleased with the way the product works – it feels great on my very dry lips and I love the subtle hint of color – this is a perfect balm to carry as a staple.  The drawback is it contains lanolin – I know, I know, what was I doing not reading labels at this place?!

Ok, so yes, lanolin does just come from the already harvested wool, however, most sheep shearing is not the most ethical now-a-days with factory farming the way it is, keeping the sheep confined in small spaces.  Also, sheep are bred to have more surface area to create more wool (more money) and thus have lots of folds in their skin – obviously that makes it difficult to shear them, often causing them to have severe cuts, but time is money so no attention is paid to the harm and pain inflicted on the sheep.  So, no a sheep isn’t killed for the lanolin but it is definitely put through pain and suffering.

Will I purchase this product again?  Nope – nor the deodorant with silk powder.  Ugh – how could I have missed such important thinkgs on the labels?!  That’s not at all like me.

On Saturday I finally made it over to Mojo Spa – I’ve been wanting to check it out for ages but I never make it over to that part of town during the day.  Mojo Spa carries hand made cosmetics – lots of fun, unique products.

The store/spa is absolutely adorable and the employees are super friendly.

I purchased a few products which I’ll review as I get a little use out of them.

So far I’ve used the deodorant.  I definitely am pleased with how it works but I didn’t look at the ingredients – it contains silk powder and I don’t like silk – they boil silk worms in order to harvest the silk – YUCK!  So, if you don’t mind that aspect of it then you may like it

Let me just tell you that I did a HORRIBLE job of reading labels at this place – I guess I was just so into the cute environment and friendly people that I wasn’t thinking clearly.  Stay tuned for further product reviews to see what else I missed.

I recently noticed that Bath & Body Works states on their label:  “This finished product is not tested on animals.”  So – think that through – that’s great to know the lotion your purchasing was not specifically tested on innocent animals but what this is really saying is that at least some of the individual ingredients used in the formula WERE TESTED ON ANIMALS!  This is AWFUL!  Please don’t purchase their products anymore.  This is such a disgusting way to make people think their products are cruelty free when in fact they certainly had something to do with inhumane treatment of animals.