No seriously.
Ok so as women, we’re legit supposed to root for one another and lift each other up. Now, I don’t mean when you out here thinkin you Olivia Pope and messin w/that lady husband or nothin like that but I digress.
When you see somethin that’s gon make our lives easier chile say somethin!
Lemme tell y’all how my Instagram feed is filled with real ones! Baby, they spill all the tea.
For instance….
I have an OBSESSION with things that are scented like vanilla, chocolate, cocoa, shea butter, coconut and brown sugar. Especially candles. Like it awakens all of my senses.
But y’all really wasn’t gon tell me that shave oil was a thing? Grant it, back in the day when all I had was baby oil I used that but hunty THIS RIGHT HERE! The scent alone is so sexy. And I promise it is the smoothest shave ever. I hear Tree Hut also has some amazing body scrubs but I haven’t ventured over there yet
Speaking of body scrubs…
Let me preface this by saying I’ve never been a fan of Dove soaps or body washes. I was a Neutrogena Rainbath kinda girl because again, the scent was simply everything. But for the past year or so, BJs has been having some deals on them that I simply couldn’t pass up! Last year for our anniversary, we were each gifted spa themed items. Mine included a raspberry scented Dove bodywash and body scrub. I had no idea Dove even made a body scrub but ya girl been hooked since. Then I discovered they had a shea butter and vanilla bodywash and a brown sugar coconut butter body scrub and immediately purchased both. Y’all this combo has me in a chokehold! My skin simply loves it!
Speaking of this skin it has been so radiant and silky smooth as of late! IG said if I want it to stay like that, I need to throw Naturium into the mix. So I had to see if it was worth the hype.
It really is. That oil to gel formula is somethin serious. I also use the glycolic acid body wash a couple times a week. I’ve always been a strictly body oil kinda girl for moisturizing my skin but the IG girlies rave about layering so I’ve been on that and the Naturium io Lipid Restoring Moisturizing Body Lotion with Shea Butter (not pictured) feels heavenly on my skin. But I’m not gon’ lie, Vaseline Cocoa Radiant got me back on that bullshit with them. I was buying homemade body butters but baby I’m back to the crack.
Lastly, and no, I will NEVER forgive y’all for this one….
I had never heard of Sol de Janeiro but chile the IG girlies always goin on and on. So I was like lemme go to Ulta and see about this foolishness. I looked at the price for this lil ol’ bottle and almost told Ulta they got me f*cked up! But somethin said girl at least try the tester.
Baby!!!! When I tell you this body oil sent me to a tropical island while I was standin in them people sto’! I’m still not ready to return. I mean it smells TF goodt! And a little truly goes a long way. Lemme tell y’all what I’ve been doin tho. I know it’s supposed to firm up your skin and remove stretch marks and blah blah blah but chile bye. I don’t care about none of that! I just want to smell like somethin to eat from time to time ( don’t judge me!).
So I told y’all I’ve always been a body oil kinda girl. I keep a gallon of sweet almond oil on deck. I pump 2-3 pumps of this into a container then add some sweet almond or liquid coconut oil and you can’t tell me nothin about nothin! The scent lasts all day and I love it.
Y’all also didn’t tell me about the Jimmy Choo or Valentino perfumes but it’s all good because I been wearin both for a grip.
But can we stop gatekeepin on the good stuff? Especially smell goods because I love when things touch my body just right.
Chile lemme go!
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