I get lucky as we all know and get to test out new things within the beauty world. I been testing out Keri Lotion and have decided I really like it. I had surgery in Feb. and the scar from that has been really hard and tight. Being its right down my middle I really need that scar to be not hard because you use that muscle area for everything you do. Its part of your core.

I started using Keri Lotion I am guessing one of their newer ones with Shea Butter. It went deep into my skin leaving it soft and soften up my scar and the area around it. I started using it all over and found that my winter skin is now ready for summer thanks to this lotion. I would totally recommend this lotion for anyone who needs softer skin.

They are doing their newest campaign on natural beauties, women who are part of our past like Marilyn Monroe and those who are timeless beauties of today like Cathrine Zeta-Jones or Trya Banks. There are other beauties we should look up to for the way they carry themselves to how they lived their lifes. I don’t care about how Marilyn Monroe died but how she was a lover of life and a natural beauty in the movies. Those around her messed her life up and she just went along for the ride. You could learn from her if you really thought about it. Who is your favorite actress from the past and today? I just named my two. Their campaign is all about natural beautiful women in art and life. There are so many natural beautiful women when you look into art. You would be surprised that all those women have got to be size 12 and up.
I was thinking about Natural Beauty what is it and how does one get it? My thought was natural beauty comes in all sizes, colors, races age and attitude. Its how we carry ourselves in how we treat others around us. It doesn’t depend on makeup or how small you are, how much you weight nothing like that. Its how we feel about ourselves I think is what natural beauty is all about. When you carry yourself proud, smile and show you care about what you are and how you want to be treated. There are natural beauties all around us, and I am not talking about movie stars, there is only a few there. Don’t think that you need to be a size smaller than you are just to feel beautiful, that not what it takes. What it takes is looking inside and deciding for yourself that you are beautiful and not depending on others to tell you that you are.

I would love to hear from you and tell me your thoughts on this. Email me at kim @ oveallbeauty.com with subject Natural Beauty and I might even add your thoughts here. Or leave me a comment.

Posted: March 26th, 2007 under Home base.
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I get different products to review as we all know, its one of the those fun things I get to do. This past month I have actually received two products to do a review on, Dove’s Skin Vitalizer and two different lotions by Keri.

This review will be about Dove’s Skin Vitalizer. First off for the price its good for what you get. In fact right now you can go here http://www.doveskinvitalizer.com/register.asp

and print out a 3 dollar coupon off go over to somewhere like Target and with that coupon get the Skin Vitalizer for less than 10 dollars with the replacement pads running somewhere between 3 to 6 dollars.

When I received it , I wasn’t to sure about it. It reminds me of something for the bedroom only for your face. It’s a battery-operated Skin Vitalizer that uses reversible cleansing pillows to scrub away dirt, makeup and dead skin cells. When you open it the batteries are already in place so you don’t have to worry about that. The pads have a smooth side and a textured side meant for scrubbing.

Now I found what could be 2 problems with the product. First off the instructions are a bit vague. It doesn’t tell you for how long you should use it on your face, if you should use it everyday or twice a day. If to use it on your eyes or not, if its only for your face and not of other parts of your skin as well. That type of instructions, now most of us are smart enough to know if it says its for your face than you only use it on your face. But you know because of how it looks and the fact that it vibrates to clean with, you know some one had to of tried it somewhere else, hurt themselves and blame the company.

I went checking the web for news about it, what has happen it seems that it was out

For about 6 months and then disappeared off the market and is now back on. Dove’s PR people have been sending it out to others like me who run beauty blogs in the hope we will say something nice about it. Here the link for product recall if you have the older 2006 Skin Vitalizer and what to return it for your refund.

http://www.meijer.com/qa/168.html

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What had happen is the pads where not staying on as well as they should and a few woman got their faces scratched a little, which tells me to just be really careful with anything that vibrates and you are using it on your face.

The second thing I didn’t like about it is it made my dry skin even drier.

The first time I used it I got the pad too wet and had water running down my arm, made the mistake of getting wet using cold water so it didn’t foam up very well at all.

So I went here and left a post asking anyone who has used it to email me and give me their thoughts about it.

I got a email from a young lady that just loves it! For her it was almost as good as getting a facial and it did a great job getting her face deep clean and smooth.

That got me thinking what am I not doing right? This where better instructions would have been helpful. Thought I would try it again before posting my review about it. I ran the pad under warm water, squeezed a few times and then placed it on the Skin Vitalizer.

That made a difference. It foamed right up and got really sudsy like it should. And maybe it cleaned my face better but left it hecka dry.

If you got Allure this month March on page 82 you will find that one out of three readers who reviewed felt the same way I did about it. Would I personally buy it, I have tried higher priced ones and for the price it does what it says it will do. If the directions were less vague and it didn’t dry out my skin then maybe. But if you want to personally try it out yourself then print out the coupon and go to one of the discount stores and buy it.

Its easy, simple to use, it does scrub your face clean of makeup and dirt. That is what its created for.

Just make sure you don’t get the pad too wet, use warm water and squeeze it a few times before placing it on the Skin Vitalizer and you will do fine. Me I am going to stick to my

Good organic soap and water for my face cleansing.

Posted: March 19th, 2007 under Home base.
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This is part of a article I have written, visit Overallbeauty.com/ under articles for the rest

When was the last time you used your eyelash curler? There are those who are afraid to use one, or never thought of using or even better have been depending on their “curling” brand of mascara to do it for them. But did you realize that every day you apply your mascara without using a eyelash curler you are stopping yourself from making your eyes look larger and even more youthful than you think possible? Who doesn’t want to look younger than you are?

Posted: March 15th, 2007 under Home base.
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Hello Lovely ladies!

Have a major question to ask and anyone who sends me a email with the answer and their address may get a free gift. I am looking for anyone who has used or is using the Dove SkinVitalizer. I need to know the cost of it and your thoughts of it. No one will see your answers but me I will not share your name, email address or home address with anyone. Your information is safe with me.

I just need to know what your thoughts are about it. The more detailed your answer is the more help it will be for me. I am testing it right now and need to know what other lovely ladies think about it before I write my review on it.

Just send your answers to kim@overallbeauty.com and again I will never share your information! I need this as soon as possible and I have a nice gift for those who are willing to help me out. Thanks everyone!

Posted: March 6th, 2007 under Home base.
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