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With all the body washes on the market it's easy to forget all about bar soaps, but with bar soaps minimal packaging and long lasting abilities bar soap is a winner over body washes any day. Get yourself barred!

Pangea Organics Bar Soaps

Come in a variety of unisex scents and are housed in revolutionary plantable packaging.

Price: $6.99

Availability: Pangeaorganics.com or Sephora.com





Yardley Bar Soap

Yardley soaps are a classic! The lavendar scent is my favorite, it's totally relaxing and soothing. But if you're in need of exfoliations Yardley has you covered there too! Yardley of London’s Oatmeal and Almond soap exfoliates and moisturizes your whole body as you wash. With little bits of oatmeal and almond it’ll remove dead skin while it smoothes.

Price: under $5.00

Availability: Your local drugstore.


MOR Cosmetics Emporium Bar Soap

If the packaging doesn't make you fall in love the variety of scents ranging from Black Cherry Plum to Moroccan Mint with get you, plus shea butter and vitamin E soothe even the driest skin.

Price: $12.00, Apothica.com

Today is National Kissing Day!  Did you know that?  There is a day for everything, but today you should make sure you kiss your loved ones, whether it's a quick peck on the cheek or something more romantic... today is the day! 


Must Haves for National Kissing Day


1. Lip Scrub - A great lip scrub is essential!  Dry, flaky lips are the most unsexy thing ever.  You're lips are front and center, make sure they look as soft as they feel. 

2. Gloss!  There's something so feminine about shiny, glossy lips.  Fresh Sugar Lip Gloss in Kiss is the perfect flirty pink and it's packed with all the amazing ingredients that made Fresh Super Lip Treatment SPF 15 famous. 

While other cosmetics companys are creating unique yet ineffective makeup applicators, BeautyBlender nails it taking the cake and the side of ice cream!  Created by Rea Ann Silva, one of Hollywood's most sought after beauty experts, to help her clients achieve a professional flawless finish at home.


BeautyBlender is shaped like an egg and has a suede finish to help you get your foundation perfectly blended into all the "problem" areas like around the nose and under the eyes.  BeautyBlender is available on it's own but I highly recommend buying the duo pack, which includes the Blendercleanser so you can clean the BeautyBlender and get more mileage out of it.

I'm on a never ending quest to find the perfect SPF for my brown skin.  If you're a brown girl or guy then you know that finding the perfect SPF that doesn't leave you looking like a stand in for True Blood is a challenge.  Most brands of sunscreen and sunblock give brown skin a freakish white-purple tint.  Supergoop SPF 30+ Sunscreen Wipes and Face & Body Moisturizing Lotion are the answer for you're entire family. 

Supergoop SPF 30 + Sunscreen Wipes are great for baby!  Available in two sizes, 40 count ($34 Sephora.com) and 8 count ($12) these wipes are perfect from small areas of skin that need a SPF touch up.  Don't even waste you're time on the 8 count pack, because it'll take about half the pack to re-touch your entire body.  


Supergoop SPF 30 + Face & Body Moisturizing Lotion is great for the rest of your family.  It's moisturizing and paraben-free.  The formula is very water resistant and it doesn't make brown skin discolored!  Available in 3 sizes, 24 oz $44 Sephora.com, 5 oz $24 Sephora.com, and 1.6 oz $12 Sephora.com.    

Blacksocks.com, the successful Swiss e-tailer now sweeping into North America, offers a socks, undershirts, boxer shorts and briefs for men—all high end, all by subscription. As soon as I heard about this I knew it was just what my brother needed. Quick intro to my brother, he's 14 years old and wears his socks like they are slippers. He wears them in the house, on the porch, and even outside in the backyard. You know how boys can be, but he get's it honestly as his father is the same way. Then I couldn't help but think of my boyfriend who claims he needs a new pack of undershirts, t-shirts, and boxers every other week. He is maticulous about everything and refuses to wear the same undergarments for longer than about two months tops, I think if he could only wear them once.

Anyway I look at it, Blacksocks.com is the perfect thing for all the men in my life. Here’s how it works. Choose the socks you know your man would like online. Figure out how often you want them sent. Lo and behold, he can have calf socks, knee socks, athletic socks, ski socks or cashmere silk socks ­– all exquisite quality, all manufactured in Italy – conveniently delivered to his doorstep in regular intervals. The sock drawer replenishes itself throughout the year, and he never has to worry about shopping, sorting, or searching for socks again. Blacksocks.com also carries undershirts as well as underwear.  Perfect for that son of yours who's heading to college this fall, your husband or boyfriend, or brother!