Great Gifting - Fruits & Passion Cucina Hand Care Duos

Looking for a gift that would be great for pretty much anyone? We all have hands so anyone could appreciate and  use:

 

Fruits & Passion Cucina Hand Care Duo - $22 - includes 200ml Hand Soap with Olive Oil and 60ml Nourishing Hand Butter - the biodegradable hand soap gently cleanses hands and the nourishing hand butter, enriched with three olive tree extracts, moisturizes and protects them. In three scents:

 

Coriander & Olive Tree -  a delicate blend of coriander seeds and olive wood for a sophisticated fragrance that is both aromatic and slightly woody. 

 

Lime Zest & Cypress - tangy lime zest and woody cypress notes make for a dazzlingly fresh, sunny fragrance. 

Sea Salt & Amalfi Lemon - with gentle and tangy fragrance that combines the sparkling notes of Amalfi lemon with delicate sea salt.

Available at Fruits & Passions stores across Canada and online at avon.ca.

- Lisamarie -

Make hand washing a sensory experience with Live Clean Foaming Hand Wash!

Washing your hands doesn't need to be boring thanks to:

Live Clean Foaming Hand Wash - 400ml - $4.99 - cleanses hands with a fresh, light foam that creates a rich creamy lather that cleanses perfectly, imparts moisture and rises away easily - in 3 beautiful scents:

Vanilla Bean & Coconut - with certified organic botanicals of vanilla and coconut join aloe vera and vitamin E for a fresh and satisfying wash

White Tea & Cherry - with certified organic botanicals of aloe vera, white tea, chamomile and cherry enriched with vitamin E to leave hands clean and soft

 and my fave - Lemon Mint - with certified organic botanicals of lemon, peppermint, basis and aloe vera in a wonderfully moisturizing, perfectly cleansing wash that will inspire your senses.

All with feel good vegan formulas that contain 98% plant based ingredients and are free of all the crap you don't want or need including:with no SLS, sulfates, petrolatum, phosphate, silicone, phthalate, DEA, parabens or dyes.

Available now at Shoppers Drug Mart, London Drugs, Walmart and Jean Coutu stores across Canada as well as online at amazon.ca and well.ca.

- Lisamarie -

Celebrate Global Handwashing Day today - no really, it's a thing!

Today is Global Handwashing Day and no, that doesn't mean you should spend the day washing your hands (although you can if you really want to), but rather it's a day dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of hand washing with soap as an easy, effective and affordable way to help prevent the spread of diseases.

Seems like a no brainer right? Go hang out in a public washroom for a couple of hours and count how many people don't actually wash their hands after using the facilities and you'll see that they should probably actually have a Global Handwashing Week!

Don't believe that people even notice if you wash or not afterwards? You'd be wrong - let me use the example of a lady I used to work with - lovely person, never washed her hands which all the women in the office knew as we had all been in the ladies room with her at one time or another. Sadly, this lapse in hygiene made her a bit of a social  pariah. If you went in her office you knew not to touch anything - the upside to this was nobody ever stole her stapler! At office potlucks nobody ate her food and when she ended up leaving the company there wasn't the usual mad scramble to claim items left behind -  they even ended up throwing out her keyboard! Morale of the story - what seems like such a small thing as washing your hands - can have big consequences when it comes to how people perceive you.

Of course going into the cold months all that washing has the downside of drying hands out so I like to use something that will add moisture at the same time as cleaning like:

Dial Omega Moisture with Sea Berries Foaming Hand Wash - 221ml - $3.99 - boasts a moisture-rich, clean rinsing formula enriched with sea berries - which contain 190 nutrients and high levels of omega lipids to help nourish and strengthen the skin's barrier for healthy looking skin - and an advanced moisture-attracting formula which provides lasting, light-weight hydration.

Available now at retailers across Canada including Shoppers Drug Mart, Walmart and Loblaws.

- Lisamarie -

This week I'm obsessed with... Arbonne MerriMint Hand Care Duo!

The Arbonne holiday offerings have arrived and while Christmas is thankfully still ages away, that is no reason not to start indulging  in all my favourite products of the season which always includes anything minty scented - which obviously means I am in love with:

Arbonne MerriMint Hand Care Duo - $55 - includes spearmint leaf scented Hand Wash and Hand Lotion both in a 282ml size and packaged with a white ceramic caddy.

The non-drying Hand Wash leaves skin feeling soft and clean with a formula containing Vitamin E to soften and nourish; rosemary leaf extract to cleanse; and spearmint leaf oil to refresh skin.

While the non-greasy Hand Lotion moisturizes leaving skin soft and smooth with aloe vera, sunflower seed oil and shea butter to moisturize and Vitamin E to soften and nourish.

My husband thinks it smells like toothpaste but what does he know, to me it smells like Christmas!

Available now for a limited time from your Arbonne rep - you can locate a consultant or shop online at www.arbonne.ca.

- Lisamarie -

Ward off germs with Dial Complete, Bath & Body Works and One Step!

It's been well established that the best thing you can do to avoid getting sick is to wash your hands and wash them often - and with the germy flu-fest that this winter has been so far, these are words to live by and here are a few products to make it easier:

Dial Complete Coconut Water Anti Bacterial Hand Wash - 221ml - $3.49 - cleanses hands, kills germs and is part of the new Coconut Water collection which contains antioxidants and electrolytes found in young green coconuts, leaving skin feeling healthy, cleansed and hydrated with a light fresh scent.  

I'm not usually a fan of coconut smells but this one is very mild and fresh!

Also available in the line is a Body Wash - 473ml - $5.99 and Bar Soap - 3 pack/113g - $3.99.

Available at leading retailers including Shoppers Drug Mart, Walmart, Loblaws and Sobeys. 

Bath & Body Works Anti-Bacterial PocketBac Sanitizing Hand Gel  - ml - $2 - a pocket-sized bottle that contains natural ingredients and powerful germ killers that kill 99.9% of germs and smell great while doing it!

Perfect for keeping in your purse and using often when on the subway!

Available at Bath & Body Works store locations.

One Step Hand Sanitizer - 473ml - $7.99 - kills 99.9% of harmful bacteria and germs on contact with a no-rinse formula that is enriched with aloe vera to moisturize leaving them soft and smooth without a sticky residue.

Keep a bottle of this on your desk and don't let anyone near you until they use it!

- Lisamarie -  

This week I'm obsessed with... Burt's Bees güd!

Burt’s Bees güd is a fun, new collection that includes all the “gud” stuff you expect in your body care products and none of the bad stuff like parabens, phthalates or petrochemicals! Just real ingredients in scents so amazing that you'll spend all your time sniffing yourself - as is my new secret shame thanks to: 


Orange Petalooza - with top notes of blood orange, pomelo and green tea; heart notes of orange flower, rose and hyacinth; and base notes of musk and sandalwood - you know how I feel about citrus and this is one of the best orange scents I've come across in a really long time!

The other three scents are: Floral Cherrynova - with top notes of juicy bing cherries, and fresh green; heart notes of rosewood and white floral bouquet; and base notes of warm milk accord and creamy musk; 

Vanilla Flame - with top notes of black currant, sweet orange and coconut; heart notes of rice milk accord and jasmine; and base notes of tonka bean, musk and vanilla; and 

Pearanormal Activity - with top notes of bartlett pear, dewberry and raspberry; heart notes of rhubarb, acai accord and white flowers; and base notes of apricot and musk.

All four scents come as:

Natural Nourishing Shampoo - 355ml - $6.99

Natural Softening Conditioner  - 355ml - $6.99

Natural Body Wash - 296ml - $6.99

Natural Body Butter - 177ml - $11.99

Natural Body Lotion - 235ml - $6.99

Natural Body Mist - 89ml - $5.99

Natural Foaming Hand Wash  - 235ml - $4.99

Natural Hand Cream - 89ml - $7.99

The only problem with this line is it's available in the US only - so you Americans are lucky and the rest of us will just have to cross our fingers and hope it comes our way soon. In the meantime, you can still get your hands on it during your cross-border shopping forays and online at drugstore.com. 

- Lisamarie -