The Shower Files, Summer 2022 Edition: Moisture Mania - Makeup and Beauty Blog

Yup, still spending an inordinate corporeality of fourth dimension in my shower. Also yup, I'm still a lizard person (and thus withal require moisturizer). It's hot hither now, and I've been living for lotion and oils. If your peel could use a quenching kiss of extra moisture, you lot might like one or more of these…

Anybody iii-in-1 Citrus & Mint Balm ($10.99, 32-oz. bottle with a pump)

A huge 32-ounce bottle of this organic cruelty-complimentary lotion will just set you back $10.99, to which I say "What a bargain!" This lotion is Smashing, and I can't deny deriving a smashing deal of pleasance from seeing the huge canteen on my shelf.

This is what I utilize when I DON'T desire to utilize a thick, heavy torso cream but my skin nonetheless needs/wants more moisture.

Ingredients
Purified Water, Vegetable Glycerin, Organic Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Glyceryl Stearate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cetearyl Glucoside, Sorbitan Olivate, Stearyl Booze, Organic Sesamum Indicum (Sesame) Seed Oil, Tocopherol, Lecithin, Cetyl Alcohol, Cetyl Esters, Hydrolyzed Rice Protein, EO® Organic Herbal Blend [Organic Aloe Barbadensis Leaf, Organic Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Excerpt, Organic Calendula Officinalis Blossom Extract, and Organic Camellia Sinensis Foliage Extract], EO® Essential Oil Blend [Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orangish) Skin Oil, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Oil , Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil], Xanthan Gum, Sodium Phytate, Dimethicone, Citric Acrid, Phenoxyethanol, Benzyl Alcohol, Potassium Sorbate, *Limonene

As far every bit lotions get, information technology's the runny side, merely it isn't greasy. It's kinda like Curel or Lubriderm, and I'd initially presumed, considering of the consistency, that it wouldn't be very hydrating, only it is.

Oh, it is… I can almost hear my skin sighing in relief when I use information technology, and I think it smells soooo good, too. I get more of the orange than the mint, and the fragrance is of that magical multifariousness that doesn't overwhelm other perfumes.

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 5 out of 5 hearts.

Yes to Ultra Hydrating Moisturizing Coconut Oil Stick ($9.99 for a 2-oz. stick)

What tin can I say? I nonetheless honey them Daisy Dukes (fifty-fifty though I probably should've stopped wearing them ten years ago), and this solid stick moisturizer is booty shorts BFF fabric.

Ingredients
Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Beeswax, Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Trihydroxystearin, Glycerol Caprylate, Glycerol Undecyleneate, Fragrance (Parfum), Coumarin

It leaves your legs a piffling shiny, but not in that oiled-upwards semi-scandalous Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover way.

Note: The olfactory property volition follow you around. In fact, you'll get out a trail of coconut in your wake, which is a plus in my volume.

❤️❤️❤️❤️ 4 out of 5 hearts.

Sahajan Organic Ayurevdic Alloy Ritual Body Oil ($55 for a 3.four-oz. canteen)

I got this as a nowadays and just now realized that — holy sh*t! — it'due south $55 a bottle. Flick a rich hippy version of Aveda's awesomely hydrating Shampure oil.

Ingredients
Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil*, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil*, Sesamum Indicum (Sesame) Seed Oil*, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil*, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil*, Camellia Oleifera Seed Oil*, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil*, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride*, Parfum*, Tocopheryl Acetate

I exercise like the scent. Information technology smells like a relaxing Four Seasons spa treatment with lots of lavander and rosemary.

Only caveat is the price…

❤️❤️❤️ 3 out of 5 hearts.

Ahava Deadsea H2o Mineral Body Balm ($29 for a eight.5-oz. bottle with a pump)

One time upon a time, I had a roommate who only used body balm a few times a year considering her skin was rarely ever dry enough to demand it. As someone who practically bathes in lotion twice a day, this blew my heed at the time, and it however blows my listen now.

That said, this lotion by Ahava might be a good fit for her, or for anyone who simply occasionally needs a lilliputian light moisture.

Ingredients
Aqua (Mineral Spring Water), Ceteareth-xxx & Cetearyl Booze, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Cetyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Sodium Cetearyl Sulfate, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, Propanediol(Corn derived Glycol), Caprylyl Glycol & Chlorphenesin & Phenoxyethanol, Maris Sal (Expressionless Bounding main Water), Dimethicone, Parfum (Fragrance), Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Flower Water, Alpha- Isomethyl Ionone, Benzyl Booze, Benzyl Benzoate, Benzyl Salicylate, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Citronellol, Coumarin, Geraniol, Hexyl Cinnamal, Hydroxyisohexyl 3-Cyclohexene Carboxaldehyde, Isoeugenol, Linalool.

In the plus column, it absorbs speedily and doesn't feel greasy at all. Also, the (strong) baby powder smell smells fresh and make clean, similar freshly washed laundry.

Ah…

In the minus column…non a lotta moisture.

❤️❤️❤️ 3 out of 5 hearts.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty aficionado,

Karen

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