Soap and Glory Flake Away Review

I LOVE THIS BODY SCRUB.


This post could end right there, but that wouldn't be fair to you, would it? OK, I'll tell you why.


Soap & Glory is an English brand whose products I first spotted at Shoppers Drug Mart. They carry a line of body products with delightful packaging and cheeky branding, using retro imagery and playful messaging. It's reminiscent of, but more focused branding than Benefit Cosmetics.


I've tried a number of their products, and I'm a big fan of their Sexy Mother Pucker plumping lip gloss, their Clean On Me Shower Gel and their Righteous Butter body butter. But by far my favourite is their 
Flake Away Body Polish.


I love exfoliators. I have dry skin on my body and oily skin that breaks out. I get ingrown hairs and itchiness. Exfoliating helps keep my skin as normal as possible. But I also don't always moisturize as I should. My skin would be so much happier. And as we all know, exfoliating means you need to moisturize afterwards. So as much as I love exfoliators, I don't like the dryness it can leave behind.


Flake Away was recommended to me by my friend Stephanie so I tried it. It's got the Original Pink fragrance that's familiar to any Soap & Glory fans. And it feels luxurious and silky, like you're applying moisturizer. You apply it to your skin in the shower, and scrub away. Compared to all other shower scrubs I've used, Flake Away does not rinse off. You actually have to use your hands to rinse it off. And it's incredibly moisturizing properties leave your skin feeling smooth and soft afterwards, like you've applied a lotion. So really, Flake Away is a 2-in-1 product. It solves my problem!


I can't say enough about how gorgeous my skin feels after using Flake Away. There is no need for additional moisturizing after my shower or bath and it lasts all day.


If you've never tried Soap & Glory products, I recommend them to you. They're available at Walmart stores and Shoppers Drug Mart stores in Canada. Check the Soap & Glory website for more information and for availability near you.


C.

Olay Sheer Moisture Ribbons with Mandarin Oil and Sheer Moisture Soap with Mandarin Oil Review

There are two products doing their utmost to fragrance my bathroom right now and for once, I won't complain about overly-perfumed drugstore-brand products. 

The scent is a creamy orange fragrance, not quite sharp and fresh like true citrus but like an orange creamsicle just less sweet. It greets you when you approach the washroom and of course scents your skin in the shower.

I was sent this new fragrance by a PR company in the form of bar soap and shower cream soap. I'll review them both here; first, the soap.

Olay Body Sheer Moisture Bar with mandarin oil 

Packaging - back

"Olay Sheer Moisture moisturizing bar leaves you with weightlessly moisturized, beautiful skin. Regular soap can leave your skin dry but Olay Sheer Moisture bar infused with mandarin oil will lightly indulge every inch of your body. Enjoy the subtle fragrance inspired by mandarin blossom with every shower."

Soap box

Olay Body Sheer Moisture Ribbons with Mandarin Oil costs approximately $6.49 CDN for 4 bars.

Soap bar

The inside of the soap box is soft blue, a nice touch.

I like this soap, particularly since the weather is cooling off rapidly and my skin is drier. There is definitely a light moisturizing quality to this soap and it makes all the difference if I don't have time to moisturize in the morning. I do prefer liquid/cream cleansers over soap in the shower, but when I'm in a hurry, soap it is.

Here's the Olay Sheer Moisture Ribbons with Mandarin Oil Body Wash. It has the same creamy mandarin oil fragrance and is meant to both cleanse and moisturize. 

Back of the bottle.

This body wash is very luxurious, the lather is creamy and fragranced but not offensively (at least not to me) as many drugstore beauty products can be. I'm a sucker for citrus fragrances so I do love this scent and the creaminess to the scent is a nice touch. It's orange peel and blossom so it's not an edible fragrance, but it's still got that taste-essence and makes my mouth water (orange always does that to me).

Sheer Moisture Ribbons with Mandarin Oil most definitely leaves my skin feeling cleansed, soft and moisturized. It creates quite a luxurious lather in the shower and feels like it's doing what it claims to do. 

These are great for the cold, dry skin months of winter, particularly if you like the scent of these. I recommend!

C.

The Tip Off: In-shower Moisturizing

 Brrrr! Here in Canada it's getting cooler. No more denying that winter is still months away!

The days are shorter, the wind is chillier and our skin is drier, itchier and more painful. It's all about acclimatizing and in a few months we'll forget how we're suffering now, but in the meantime, here's a tip to at least help your skin transition.

If you're like me, your skin gets itchy, dry, rough and tight. I don't have time to put moisturizer on every morning and I often forget. Last year, Oil of Olay came out with a shower moisturizer which did the trick. You wash as usual and then you slather this stuff on and rinse it off. It leaves your skin smooth and soothed and saves you that extra step of massaging in a body lotion after you've dried off.

Did you know that applying moisturizer after a shower when your skin is still warm and wet (and pores are open) allows it to absorb more deeply and thoroughly? But why spend money on a shower moisturizer when you can just use any lotion in the shower? Same idea and same effect!

I have lots of half-used moisturizers that were either gifts or samples or don't work so well, or for whatever other reason. I've been lining them up in the shower and after I use my bar soap or shower gel, I step out of the spray and slather on body lotion. It blends with the water and forms what feels like a very creamy shower gel but instead of washing your skin, it's moisturizing it. Then step back under the spray and rinse off the excess. Towel off as usual, but you will notice the difference immediately. Obviously, the richer the lotion, the more moisturized your skin but experiment and see what works best for you.

Try it, you'll be amazed how well it works and let us know how this tip works for you!

C.

LUSTING: Philosophy I Love Candy Corn 3 in 1

Have you ever tried Philosophy's 3 in 1 shampoo/shower gel/bubble baths? They're these fat, brightly colours bottles of bubbly scented joy. In scents such as Cinnamon Buns, Raspberry Sorbet, Oatmeal Raisin Cookies, Spicy Gumdrop, Mimosa and Blackberry Sauce, the bottles come printed with recipes of what yummy thing they're replicating the scent of. And I tell you, somehow Cinnamon Buns and Oatmeal Raisin Cookies somehow smell fresh-baked, as if the thick, rick, warmth of them has somehow been captured in a fragrance.

Just for Sephora and just for autumn and of course, Hallowe'en, Philosophy has come out with a special 3 in 1 called I Love Candy Corn. Look it's striped like a piece of candy corn too!!! I'm going to need a bag of the candy just within reach when I'm using this though!

C.