Handmade Cartel Deluxe Subscription Box – July 2015

    White Peach Scrub Bar (2.5 oz) Handmade Cartel should rename this soap to Sensual White Peach Scrub Bar.  The heady peach aroma of this soap is not the typical sweet smelling, candied peach scent you might expect.  It is a more adult, complex peach scent that makes you…

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Chandrika Ayurvedic Soap (75 g/2.64 oz)

Chandrika Ayurvedic Soap is a staple product in my home, and my favorite travel soap.  This little, green, solid soap bar is one of those rare products that I feel comfortable using from head to toe.  It’s a great face cleanser and a great soap for your body.  I’m sure…

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Burt’s Bees Facial Cleansing Towelettes in Pink Grapefruit (30 pre-moistened towelettes)

Face wipes are not a necessity.  In fact, they are more of an add-on than an essential part of a skincare routine.  But they are useful.  Face wipes help in removing heavy makeup, especially eye makeup and mascara.  Or so I hoped. I recently happened upon Burt’s Bees Facial Cleansing…

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Graydon Products Sample Haul

Graydon Products first came across my radar thanks to Joy McCarthy of Joyous Health. Joy includes Elements Sun Complex in her Favourite Non-Toxic Facial Products video. Being a longtime follower of Joy McCarthy’s work, I hopped on-line to check out the brand. Graydon’s philosophy incorporates science, luxury and nature –…

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Makeda’s Cookies (6.5 oz/184 g)

Affectionately known by some as the Cookie Monster, Pamela Hill along with her husband Maurice founded Makeda’s Cookies in 1999, naming the business in memory of their niece, Makeda Denise Hill, a.k.a. the Queen of Cookies, who passed away from Leukemia two years earlier.  Makeda’s Cookies is a cozy bakery…

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