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I love my L'Occitane Amande Firming & Smoothing Milk Concentrate, but with this weather it just doesn't work for my body. I still use it on occasion because I'm just obsessed with the smell, but almost immediately after putting some of it on my legs feel dry and itchy. Luckily I got a sample of LAVANILA The Healthy Body Butter ($25 for 8oz) and it actually hydrated my body! Lavanila also makes wonderful body washes ($20) and candles ($32). The candles in particular are great because traditional paraffin candles contain at least 20 dangerous chemicals that release choking toxins and black soot upon burning. When released into the air we breathe, these pollutants are as harmful to our health as second-hand tobacco smoke!! The Healthy Candle is an all-natural alternative for a safe home environment -- pheww!! Most of Lavanila's products come in their four signature sweet scents: Pure Vanilla, Vanilla Grapefruit, Vanilla Blossom and Vanilla Coconut -- my absolute fave is the Pure Vanilla -- delectable! Jump for a list of they key ingredients that make the body butter so wonderfully hydrating!

Tocca has three Bagno da Viaggio gift sets for the holidays. They all look great, but the one that stands-out (and the one I tried-out!), is the Cleopatra ($48) one. It's an almond oil-enriched bath and body collection infused with grapefruit and cucumber and packaged in a Tocca signature box. The set includes -- 4 oz Bagno Profumato (foaming bath gel that's fairly hydrating and can be used on all skin types), 4 oz Crema Da Corpo (a nourishing all-over body cream that can be used on those with sensitive skin), and 2.85 oz Candelina (a travel-sized candle with a 20 hour burn time). This is one of those gift sets that doesn't need any wrapping. It comes in a super-chic cream-colored box with a gold rim (it reminds me of those fab dessert boxes they have at La Duree in Paris!). My absolute favorite thing about this set is that when you open the box it says "love yourself" in beautiful cursive letters -- could there be a better message!? With all the stress going on these days this set is a nice way to give someone a little something clean, refreshing, and light to help them relax this holiday season!

Limited Edition Cancer Vixen products from C. O. Bigelow feature the illustrations of cartoonist, author and breast cancer survivor Marisa Acocella Marchetto. C.O. Bigelow will help give cancer the boot with a $250,000 donation to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation!!! This Wild Berry collection is adorable!! I really want the Mentha Lip Tint ($7.50), which delivers glossy high-shine in a universally flattering wash of pink color. Formulated with 2% Peppermint Oil to cool lips and freshen breath =).The Wild Berry Body Lotion($14.00) is a silky, lightweight moisturizer that softens, replenishes and conditions the skin. it contains moisturizing olive and borage oils and soothing aloe vera to deliver long-lasting moisture and healthy skin, day after day. Wild Berry Body Cleanser ($12.00 is a refreshing gel that cleanses the skin with a rich, creamy lather. Formulated with hydrating sodium PCA (to act as a natural humectant) and soothing aloe vera, it helps skin maintain a perfect moisture balance. They also haveWild Berry Hand Wash ($12.00) moisture-replenishing formula blends pro-vitamin B5 and aloe vera to soothe and hydrate hands. Fragranced with an exhilarating twist of rosemary, cool peppermint and crisp spearmint leaves. Moisture-replenishing formula conditions hands. Leaves skin feeling healthy and soft, wash after wash.
If your not digging the Wild Berry, Marisa also has a Cancer Vixen Kit (($29.50) includes all-time favorite C.O. Bigelow formulas: Lemon Cream Body Wash (1.7 oz.), Lemon Body Cream (1.7 oz.), Mentha Lip Tint in Pink Mint (0.5 oz.), Mentha Foot Tingling Foot Cream (2 oz.), and Dr. Hiosous Quince Hand Lotion (2 oz.).
"Made with honest, genuine and trustworthy ingredients -lasting freshness."

At $400 for 6.7 oz, Sensai Premier Body Cream wins the most expensive body cream in the world award.  La Mer doesn't even come close with its 10 oz jar sold for $195.  Who will buy this you ask?  The same people who spend thousands of dollars a month on full body treatments.  In other words, the very rich and the very famous.  The premier body cream combination of new formulas, including seaweed extracts from the Sea of Japan to help support DNA repair function in skin; ingredients from the Chinese Mulberry shrub, to boost collagen synthesis in the skin, and a Moon Flower fragrance, which the company ascribes to helping stimulate hyaluronic acid synthesis.  Where do I sign up?  Store finder At Kanebo.com