Dead Sea Clay Whipped Facial Cleanser by Spa Therapy Works!

Hello everyone!


As I promised last week, here I am again, with another review!


This time, I'm reviewing something that unfortunately is no longer available at the shop, or at least, not for now.


You all know about my love affair with Spa Therapy Works' facial care line, and how her facial soaps, velvet cream, night repair and antioxidant toner are my staples every day. Well, last year I asked Jus for another set of samples of them all for my travels, and I also asked to include a sample of a new product she had back then, the Dead Sea Clay with Meadowfoam oil whipped facial cleanser. I got it and tried it once, but then for some reason it got placed into another cosmetic bag, and I forgot about it completely.




Well, a few weeks ago, I happened upon it again, and tried it, and completely fell in love with it! It's amazing! Lathers greatly and leaves the skin so clean and soft! It's not just like a cleanser, it's also like a quick mask! Since I only have a sample size, I don't use it daily, but only when I want to add a lil boost to my routine. I have dry skin and it cleanses up, but doesn't dry up my skin at all, and I just love how silky it feels after wards!


So, I spent a few good minutes going thru Spa Therapy's sold items, till I found one of the original listing for it, and here's what Jus said about this cleanser:

"Combined with Dead Sea Mud, Natural Sea Clay, Meadowfoam Oil and Lavender Essential Oil, this face cleanser cleans, revitalizes, clarifies, protects your skin and removes excess oil and dead cells from your skin's surface. It also leaves your face feeling soft and silky, giving you a fresh, healthy appearance."


I intend to ask Jus if she plans to bring it back to her shop any time soon, cause I'd love to have some more once my small sample jar runs off. Luckily a lil goes a long way, and it'll still last me for a while... I'll keep you posted!

Lip Tints, handmade lipstick, by Body Language Soaps!

Finally back to the blogging routine!


It's been a while since I've shared some of my new discoveries in the bath & beauty handmade world, but I'm finally here, and with plans for more! I'll be attempting at least a weekly post from now on!


Any of you readers, already know that I've made the switch to handmade mineral make up, and I'm really glad I did! But once thing remained that I still was using that was not handmade, what was that? Lipstick of course! I hadn't found any lipstick out there on Etsy (always my go-to place to buy handmade) that enticed me to buy it, that is, till Lindsay from Body Language Soaps got her lip tints out!




At first, she started offering them in a pot, and then started offering them also in an even more lipstick-y way, in a roll-up tube! I decided I really needed to give it a try, so I ordered myself some Sweet Venom in a pot, and loved it! It adds some colour, but it still doesn't look too artificial, which is great for me, since I've long lost the will to use bright and bold lipstick colours, though now Lindsay have loads of bold colours available too.




I liked it so much, that I ended up ordering two more, but this time in roll-up tube format, that is very convenient! I love how easily it glides on the lips, and since you apply it directly, it can look a lil darker and more full of colour than if you apply it with your fingers. I got First Kiss, Bitten and Andromeda, and I absolutely love all three!






These aren't ultra-permanent lipstick (I always wonder what those are made with, to stick around like that!) so they'll wear out if you eat, drink or kiss, but that also happens with any regular lipstick. And I'm more comfortable knowing what I put on my lips, since Body Language Soaps is a member of the EGCG, so she always lists her ingredients. Just note, they're not vegan.


In short, I've found my perfect replacement for lipstick, so from now on, all my make up is handmade! And if you want to go the handmade route for all your make up, or just like trying new things, you better give them a try too!

Essential Care for a nurse after night shift!

Hello again!

In this entry I'm gonna share my care routine after night shift, when I do go to sleep in the morning, most of the products are handmade, well, all expect for one, and I've been looking for a good handmade replacement, but I can't seem to find one!


Here are all the products I use: a tired legs lotion, a high hydration moisturizer for my face, intensive lip therapy balm, hand cream and feet cream.




The tired legs lotion is the only one of all the products that is not handmade, but from a supermarket brand, and at least is not tested in animals... I have been looking for a similar product on Etsy, but I haven't really found anything like this... It gives a super fresh feeling to your legs when you massage them with it, and soothes my poor tired legs after a 10 hour shift!




I also change a lil my regular facial routine, instead of using my Velvet Face or Night Repair, I go for the Pure Hydration facial creme from Dress Green, since it's a very thick & highly hydrating cream that helps my skin recover from the dryness at work with the heating or AC, and it doesn't feel right to me to apply a night cream at 9 am, even if I'm going to sleep then!




I spend most of my work hours going around the ward, and my Happy Feet cream from RightAsRain Creations is a must for me every day after work, even more so after night shift, and even though since I have my Crocs my feet don't hurt, they do get tired! And this cream is pure bliss for them!




Dry air at work, due to heating or AC translates on dry face, and particularly on dry limps, and though I always have a lip balm with me, I always do some extra care when I'm going to sleep after work. I use the Intensive Lip Therapy balm by Mirasol Farm, and it works like a charm! No more waking up with chapped lips, and I've also noticed that it works great when I get my stress rash in my upper lip, so it never gets as bad as before, no more using cortisone creams for it!






And last, but surely not least, it's taking care of my dry and damaged hands. As a nurse, I wash my hands hundreds of thousands of times in each shift, both with regular soap & water, but also with the alcohol-based solutions, and even though they're great for killing germs, they aren't kind to my hands! So, I use my hand-saver cream from Mirasol farm, the Sweet Orange Calendula Cream, just the thing to daily treat my hands and help them recover!

It has arrived, it is here, it's our own shiny blog button!

Hello there everyone!


Having a nice weekend? I sure hope so! I'm gearing up to full force after my vacation with the bf, and this entry is proof of it!


Brooke and me had been thinking about making a blog button for this our loved B&B bloggie, and I decided that I'd work on the image necessary for it during my vacation, where I'd have much more time free to find the perfect spot for the perfect shot! And the perfect spot was the bathroom in our room at the Alila's resort in Goa (seriously, what a bathroom, and what a bathtub! Glorious!). The props used for the shot are 3 super cute bath cupcakes by My Other Princess (see previous blog entry about her here).


So, without further ado, I bring to you, the Two Girls And A Bar of Soap blog button!



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If you have ever been featured in our blog before, feel free to grab and show it off, you can even add it to your Etsy listings if you feel so inclined!


And of course, if you love our blog, feel free to grab it too!

Body Language Soap's amazing facial masks!

Happy New Year!


I'm hoping you all had a great beginning of 2010, and had a fun & safe New Year's Eve!


If your plans involved a lot of partying & make up and not sleeping enough, your face and skin are gonna be in need of some extra facial care, and what better than some awesome facial masks?


I have to make a confession, I love trying new facial products, and one way to get to my heart is scent, why? Cause I always smell everything first! From soaps, lotion, masks to make up! But my obsession with facial care products shouldn't come as much of a surprise, after all I'm one of the Two Girls with a bar of soap, right? Right ;)


Well, these two facial masks I've got & tried this week are so amazing that I pushed back everything I had in my list of blogs pending to make to talk about them! Wondering what masks could have impressed me that much? They're Body Language Soap's Triple Comfort & Parisian Glow!


This masks are dry masks, what does this mean? This means that they're in powdery form, which means you have to mix them yourself, which means a lil extra work than your usual store bought masks, but it also means that they're preservative free, and that means no harmful chemicals, and no expiry date! You mix them right the moment you are going to use them, AND you can use different liquids to mix them with, depending of what you have handy or your skin type, which means an even more personalized facial care!


The Triple Comfort mask has to be, scent wise, my favourite! It has chamomile, calendula, comfrey and ginger, and it does smell like a nice & comforting cup of tea! I'd recommend this mask for days when your skin is dry or looks tired and need of some extra care. Like on a day after a long night, like today.





I mixed it with milk, cause I have dry skin with a tendency to get dehydrated easily. I had a few issues finding a bowl that'd be a good size for mixing it, but the mixing up is really easy if you add whatever liquid you decide to use for it in very small quantities at a time, remember you are gonna make a paste for your face, not the entire neighborhood! I left the mask on for approximately 10 minutes (recommended 10-15 min) but I didn't time it, I just grabbed a book and read for a while to pass the time.




When I scrubbed off the mask with warm-ish water I looked at my skin and wow, was I impressed! My pores looked waaaaay better than before! And I mean WAY better! So I thought, okay now here's a keeper! And of course, I knew I needed to try the other mask and tell you guys all about it!


So, though for dry skin is not recommended to use a mask more than once a week, it had been so long till I had used facial masks, that I thought that twice a week my skin wouldn't mind it. So the next day I used the Parisian Glow mask. This one has French Green Clay and Green Tea Powder with essential oils that make it an awesome detoxifying mask!





This one I mixed with Greek Yogurt (well, the yogurt was part of my breakfast, and I thought, why not?) and this time I timed it a lil better, I left it on the entire duration of Iron Maiden's Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and that's over 13 minutes . Once again, I was thoroughly impressed! Glowing skin and barely noticeable pores! Another must have! Ideal mask to leave your skin looking amazing for any special day/occasion!




Final words? Get one of these masks, or both, or even all of them! Lindsay from BodyLanguageSoaps also has three more masks: Zebra Face (detoxifying for acne prone skins), Lavender Soothing (for sensitive skin) which I think Brooke should try and Pomegranate Power Clarifying, that I think it's the one I wanna try next!