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L’Occitane Shea Whipped Gorgeousness

With every new product I try from L’Occitane, the more love I have for this brand. I just can’t find fault.

L’Occitane Shea Whipped Gorgeousness

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My heart skipped a beat when got home from the hospital and items from the L’Occitane Shea Whipped Body Collection were waiting for me.

L'Occitane Shea Whipped Body Collection

Shea Butter body products always make me sit up and take note as I have experienced first hand the magic of 100% pure Shea Butter.

‘Shea Butter is an ideal beauty ingredient, used by women in Sub-saharan Africa to help nourish and protect their skin and hair. L’OCCITANE uses shea butter from Burkina Faso, harvested in a sustainable and fair trade partnership with the women who produce it.’

L’Occitane Shea Whipped Body Cream

I couldn’t wait to try the body cream and I immediately opened the gorgeous tin. Please have a look at the whipped fabulousness which is this cream…

L'Occitane Shea Whipped Body Butter

It is light and airy and truly has a whipped feel. I have tried many products that claim to have a ‘whipped texture’ and more often than not, it is definitely not the case. The scent is delicate and clean and the cream sinks into your skin. My skin is left feeling soft and nourished. This body cream may be too light for my super dry skin during the harsher colder months, but for summer it is absolutely perfect.

L’Occitane Shea Whipped Hand Cream

Light, velvety, nourishing. It’s a L’Occitane hand cream. Full stop. If you’ve tried any of this brand’s hand creams before, you would know that I don’t even have to try and convince you to try it. And it contains 25% Shea Butter. It’s perfection in a tube.

L’Occitane Shea Whipped Shower Foam

This one surprised me a bit as it was not at all what I expected. You would think that a Shea enriched body wash would perhaps be rich (almost ‘heavy’) in texture, but this shower foam is super light. It is also perfect for summer. It has a lovely clean scent and leaves my skin feeling clean and soft. The pump action bottle makes it very convenient to use in shower.

This is a lovely range and I have thoroughly enjoyed using it. It is limited though, so if you are keen to give it a try, you better hurry.

xoxo

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Kick bad breath to the curb!

How many of you floss? Be honest. I’m a bad flosser. And that is due to just plain laziness. And it’s gross. Sunstar GUM sent me a huge parcel of fresh breath helpers and I will never go without flossing again.

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These are my favourites:

20150204_163245The Easy-Flossers and Soft-Picks are super handy and even come with a little plastic case to pop a few into your handbag. The Flosbrush is brilliant as it helps you to get into even the most hard to reach places. Uhm… use the tongue brush just once and you will NEVER want to go without it again! Red-Cote does the same that those tabs the dentist gives you does… it will show you exactly where the plaque builds up most. Now you will know precisely where you need to give a little more attention.

Sunstar GUM products are awesome and are now my number one go-to products for oral care. You can find these at Dis-Chem.

The rest of the post is going to be a copy-and-paste jobbie as Eskom is cutting the power at my office in 10 minutes. And when I get home, it’s our turn. Damn you Eskom!

Please have a read below and support the cause below as Sunstar GUM will donate up to 1,000 Razzle Dazzle toothbrushes to The ToothFairies volunteering with the Friends of the Children’s Hospital at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital for each person that takes the Sunstar GUM Kiss-O-Meter challenge.

Before puckering up for that Valentine smooch, take the Sunstar GUM Kiss-O-Meter challenge and see how your breath scores. Although bad breath affects around 90% of people at some point, most don’t realise that they have a problem. And you can’t rely on your bestie to break the bad news – two-thirds of people said they wouldn’t tell a friend that their breath smelt and a third wouldn’t even tell their spouse!

Experts say that the most common cause of bad breath is inadequate oral care. “If plaque and food debris are not physically removed – by correctly brushing, flossing and rinsing – they break down in the mouth, releasing bad odours, as well as causing irritation and disease,” says Dirna Grobbelaar, IVOhealth’s oral hygiene advisor.

Whilst most people brush their teeth regularly, flossing is often overlooked; 35% of people admitted they “never” floss. “The mouth is not clean until it’s clean in-between,” says Grobbelaar. “If you are in doubt, take the test – pull a length of floss between the teeth and smell it!”

Grobbelaar suggests that if you find flossing awkward or too time-consuming, find an interdental tool that suits your mouth and lifestyle. “There are many options these days, from tiny interdental brushes and floss handles to high-tech toothpicks with built-in fluoride. Look for Sunstar GUM products in pharmacies and dental practices; they have the widest range of interdental tools in South Africa.”

“Brushing correctly twice a day, cleaning the tongue and interdental cleaning is the key to the fresh breath confidence that comes from a super-clean mouth,” says Grobbelaar.

To get your ‘kissability’ rating take the Sunstar GUM Kiss-O-Meter challenge on www.facebook.com/ivohealth this February. 

xoxo