Life As I Know It

Smile, that’s the second best thing you can do with your lips! Haven’t we all heard that! I have used lip balms since school. Every winter I’d have a tube of the Vaseline lip balm in my bag because I had the tendency to peel off dry skin off my chapped lips. Ridding off the habit in its early days proved to be a good thing. One thing I have learnt growing up is that one must never let their fingers wander over their face . Period. As you grow up you find yourself being in possession of more than one hand bag and then you convince yourself that each bag needs its own deodorant, lip balm, lipstick, comb, tissues etc. There came a time when a nosy woman at a gathering had observed me on several occasions taking a new balm out and priming my lips. She believed I needed an intervention and told me that lip balms in-fact make lips drier and they are meant to do exactly that so that people like me keep buying them. Now, I should have just shrugged her words off but you see I was young and na...

The Bath and Bodyworks products have been a constant in my life since high school. I have always loved their lotions. As I grew up I started exploring more of their products – Perfumes, mists, body scrubs, body wash, body butters and hand sanitizers. I have a friend who used to ask me to sit in his car for a ride for about 15 minutes so his car would smell nice and fresh! The thing I like most about their products is the fragrance. You don’t have to use perfumes if you use their butter or lotion. Their perfumes are long-lasting and extremely useful in summers. Their body scrubs are exactly how they describe them – gentle and soothing. My favorites though are the hand sanitizers. That is one thing that I carry with me daily! Last winter I ended up getting a whole bunch of their products and here are my reviews of the same. Hand Sanitizers: I love hand sanitizers. I always carry one in my purse. I have used ‘Midnight Pomegranate’ for years and it has become one of my favorites. I love ho...