Summer Skin & Body Scrubs

I look forward to the Fall, where fires with flannels and jeans are my life. But right now, we are baring those legs in this hot summer heat and it's nice to keep them looking fresh! Here's a list of what I do, and some fun body scrubs to throw into your summer routine! 

1. Invest in a boar-bristled brush to buff in circular motions on your legs, especially in areas that you find a tendency for weight gain or cellulite. Mio Body Brush is the one I use & love!

2. Get a good SCRUB! You'll want to use this after you shave your legs if it's sugar based, and before if it is a salt based scrub.

3. Hydrate, Hydrate, Hydrate. Get an awesome moisturizer, I really love FATCO Calming Body Butta It's only $16 and a little goes a long way & its really rich because they use Tallow. Go check out their website and get you some. 

4. Get a summer Glow! I actually love Loving Tan Deluxe Bronzing Mousse in Ultra Dark. Even being as pale as I am, It works really well. I use the hand-mit applicator every time and the exfoliating mit to keep up with the patchy spots between applications. (always before bed) 

Time to go in depth on some Body Scrubs (i love my job) 

1. Beauty Counter - Brown Sugar Scrub ($40 for 8.0z), my favorite! This stuff is gold. I had been looking for a scrub like this forever, and thankfully I found it at a Women in Business Mixer I attended, hosted by The Spotted Pig. Reasons this is my number 1, it gives strong exfoliation with the size of the sugar, and the hydrating oils leave you incredibly soft. The aroma is simply to-die-for, a lemongrass citrus uplifting blend, perfect for the minimalist.  

2. Violets are Blue - Salt Scrub in Sunflower Oil & Grapefruit ($38 for 6oz), The first time I tried this scrub I was thrown off because the salt is really rounded without gritty edges. But I was in love with the Dead Sea Salt because it contains 21 minerals including magnesium, calcium, sulfur, bromide, iodine, sodium, zinc and potassium. Also, the hydration from the sunflower oil and the aroma of the Grapefruit essential oils are truly invigorating. I played with it until i figured it out. Keep it cupped in your hand the whole time, instead of rubbing all around with your fingers and hands. Use the cupped area of your hand with your scrub as an "exfoliation pad" and move in circular motions, keeping the scrub controlled and contained. Ultimately it came in my number 2 spot, because salt irritates the legs if you apply it after you shave and if i'm taking the time for a body scrub, I am taking the time to shave my legs.

3. Gavee Gold Diamond Cell Salt Polish ($125 for 100ml), This is my top pick for total luxury scrub. As far as design, price and ingredients you are getting 5-star quality. Infused with oxygen-infused Omega 3,6,9's, Diamond Powder (yes, i said diamond), Metal-Free Purified 24k Liquid Gold, 12 mineral cell salts, and hemp oil you are going to feel like royalty after your done scrubbing up. I think the ingredients speak for themselves on how luxe this product is. I just use this on my face, but for those living lavishly I would use it all over. 

Hope you enjoyed, leave your comments below! 

Why I Partnered With Osmosis

 There are so many awesome skincare lines on the market today it can become a bit foggy trying to decipher the big differences between them all, that was until I came across Osmosis. This line approaches healing skin conditions from a direction that I hadn’t seen in any other line I’ve worked with.  The founder of Osmosis, Dr. Ben Johnson, previously worked with lasers in a medical setting, where he noticed how damaged the skin would become before you would see any sort of benefit; so he created a line that would only benefit and build the skin. The big difference is Osmosis works with the skin and its natural ability to heal itself, there is no forced exfoliation causing damage to the skin which in turn stimulates the wound healing process to get the skin to do what you want (cell turnover, stimulate collagen production, remove pigmentation or blemishes). You see chemical peels, lasers and harmful ingredients that take the skin to this broken layer and yes ultimately stimulate it to repair itself, are still taking it to an inflamed broken level…is that really what we want to do if we are trying to build our skin? I think not. I want to nurture your skin and give it what it needs to thrive in a healthy way, which means healthy and effective ingredients. Osmosis products have something called a “Liposome Delivery System” which if you think about a birth control patch, or nicotine patch it’s that same technology of sending ingredients all the way to the dermis of this skin (the deepest layer, where blood flows) Other lines without a liposome delivery system deliver about 2-5% of the ingredients in their products, verses Osmosis which delivers all of it. Here is a bulleted list of how Osmosis creates healthy permanent change in the skin:

•  Clinical ingredients with a holistic, noninflammatory approach

•  Solutions targeting the source of aging and skin conditions

•  Targeted Liposome Delivery Systems

•  5 patents and pending patents

•  free of toxic chemicals, SLS, phthalates, parabens, gluten, artificial

•  colors and fragrances

Omosis provides the tools needed to create the ideal environment to encourage permanent change and overall radiance. Our unique philosophy is based on analyzing the skin and body as a whole to treat skin conditions at their source, restoring beauty and wellness.

I teamed up with this line because I want to treat your skin as the precious, miraculous, healing organ it is all on its own. Using Osmosis homecare in combination with my professional treatments will create the perfect team for your skin to maximize its potential to give you the best skin you could ever have, no matter what skin concerns your facing.