Hawaiian Tropic Silk Hydration Lotion Sunscreen

Summer brings on fun-in-the-sun activities such as being pool side, going to the beach, hiking, etc but we can't forget about protecting and moisturizing our skin!

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In a previous post about the importance of hydrating our skin, I shared that by keeping skin moisturized it avoids premature aging and helps keep our skin hydrated. I know aging is inevitable but if I can be proactive with avoiding signs of premature aging from showing up, then why not! 

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April's Birchbox: Worth more than $10??

I love my monthly boxes! I think I would have MAJOR withdrawals if I were to ever stop!

One of my oldie but goodie monthly box is Birchbox. It has been a hot minute since I've done a 'show & tell' or unboxing of my monthly box so I decided to just do blog posts for my birchboxes in the future.

So April's box came in early this week and I was excited to see what was chosen for me. To be quite honest, I was not digging many of the items discussed in the Birchbox spoiler video. But I was pleasantly surprised at how excited I was when I finally opened my box up.

April is Earth month and Earth day is on April 23rd. Going with the theme of the earth, April's boxed contained products that are of natural ingredients or in the spirit of the world around us. The box was the usual brown box with the pink foiled logo and instead of the pink tissue inside it was bright yellow.

Here are the goodies -

My April Birchbox note from the team

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Weleda: A natural facial cream & tutorial

With the hormones during and after pregnancy along with the weather changes, I felt my skin had taken a beating! While pregnant, I  did all natural/diy masks to help pamper my skin and ensure that I was using products that weren't harmful to my daugher or me. Now almost three months after her birth,  I continue to look for products that will help me revitalize my skin and be proactive about caring for my skin from inevitable future wrinkles.

In the middle of March, I received my month's box from Bluum and found two products that really addressed my aforementioned concerns. They were the Weleda Almond soothing facial lotion and the Weleda Wild Rose smoothing night cream.

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December Blissmo Box

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I just received my first Blissmo Box today!

What is Blissmo Box?

It's a monthly box you pay for where you receive anywhere from $40 or more in value in eco-friendly and organic products from up and coming and well known brands.

Their subscriptions work with a monthly ($19/month + $3 shipping), 3 months ($19/month; free shipping) and 6 months program ($18/month; free shipping). On the 15th of the month, they send you an email of the themed boxes and you have until the end of month to choose their limited supply of boxes. You can choose if you want either a food, bath&body, or household products box. If you decide you don't want the box for the month you can skip too!

December's box was curated by a guest who is the CEO of an eco-luxe beauty company who curated the box with a few of her favorite things.

Out of Africa - Organic Shea Butter body lotion in vanilla milk & Shea Butter Soap

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