Just checked out a great article on the body + soul website – Crazy Beauty Tricks That Really Work - they have some fun and easy recommendations and they are spot on for the benefits of the ingredients (it’s surprising how many magazines get that stuff wrong!).

I had been perusing the website to see if Garden Girl’s Pucker Up Coconut sugar scrub was on there yet (which it’s not yet). But for those of you who hadn’t seen a past posting – Pucker Up is going to be featured in the March issue of body+soul magazine! I’m SO excited! I have been assured it didn’t make the cutting room floor so fingers crossed GG will get some nice national exposure. If you are not familiar with body+soul, it’s a great Martha Stewart Living-owned magazine full of tips and tricks focusing on healthy living (but not one of those overly organic, crunchy mags).

Speaking of magazines, I recently subscribed to Prevention magazine, thinking it would be also all about health. Well the first issue I got was jam packed with recommendations for skin care products that are far from healthy – instead they are products packed with petroleum, sulfates, and parabens. What’s up with that? You’d think they’d be a little more aware, wouldn’t you?

So anyway keep your eye out for the March issue of body+soul! Meantime-check out the website. Those Crazy Tricks are pretty cool

Are you struggling with dry lips these days? It’s such a brutal time of year (at least in the colder climates) for your smackers and nobody likes to have flaky, dry, cracked lips. So here’s a quick, easy and NATURAL way to get back to smooth kissable lips.

In a small bowl, put 1 tablespoon of sugar (regular white granulated or natural/demura sugar). Add 1 1/2 teaspoons olive oil (best) or any other cooking oil you have around (canola, corn etc). Mix together until it is like wet sand.

Then, simply put some on your lips and scrub gently with your finger. Wipe off (or if you have a sweet tooth, you can lick it off!). Afterwards, apply your favorite lip balm.

Leftovers? Use it on your hands – scrub hand over the sink with the scrub and briefly rinse (just to get the sugar off). Then apply Hand it to You hand cream (ok – you can actually use any hand cream, but I’m biased…)

You’ll be amazed at how well that works and how soft and smooth your hands and lips will be. Sweet!