Bath and Body Works True Blue Spa Malibu Body Product Collection

Today we are going to look at some body products that will be perfect for the summer months, I love Bath and Body Works True Blue Spa collection and I am very excited to see that a new collection inspired by the shores of Malibu has come out for the summer months!  Last spring, a Malibu-inspired Spa collection was released and I still count those products among my favorites in my body product collection, I am really excited to see that they came back this year so I have the chance to pick some more up to stash away.  In addition to some of my previous favorites, I see that there is a crop of new products for me to love this year!  I am especially excited to see the return of the beach pedicure foot scrub, I had used this sand scrub for years in college and I hope that the formula is exactly the same as it was several years ago.

In addition to the Malibu body and hair care products that came out last year, a series of beach-inspired foot care products have arrived this year.  I am not going to visit the products from last year's collection again, you are free to look them up on your own but I am sure that many of you have read about them already if you have been following this blog for more than a few months.  As I said already, I am the most excited for the sand foot scrub but I am also looking forward to the new beach foot cream in the collection.  In addition to the beginning of self tanning season being right around the corner, the beginning of sandal season is right around the corner too and I need to begin to get ready to show off a bright pink pedicure!

Here are the new Malibu foot products that have been added to the True Blue Spa collection!

Malibu Fresh Cooling Foot Scrub - When the heat is on, this icy cool spray revitalizes and invigorates hot or tired feet and legs so your feet feel light as air all summer long.  Mint instantly cools and refreshes for feet that feel invigorated.

Malibu Beach Pedicure Foot Scrub - Reveal softer, smoother, beach-worthy feet with our intensely exfoliating pedicure foot scrub. This fab spa formula is perfect for every day use as it smooths rough skin and prepares feet for an ultra-glamorous dip in the sea.  Exfoliating Beach Sand smooths away rough, dry skin.

Malibu Beach Pedicure Foot Cream - Dive feet first into this luxuriously rich moisturizing spa treatment and give dry skin an ultra-pampering pedicure.  Avocado Butter adds creamy moisture.

I have already bought both the foot cream and the foot scrub, I tried a bit of the foot scrub last night and I am happy to report that this is basically the same product as before.  In fact, this product was actually improved, the fragrance on the new version is a great tropical fruit blend and fills up the whole shower with fragrance.  I would love to have matching body products in this fragrance and I hope that Bath and Body Works considers doing more in this line next year.  The foot cream is spiked with avocado, a new ingredient for this company to use.  The fragrance is almost exactly the same as the scrub and the texture is very rich and creamy, I love this product after only using the tester once.

I actually considered using the foot cream as a body cream as I love this fragrance so much.  I haven't reached that point yet since I will go through the product really quickly that way and I want to buy at least one more tube of it before I try going this route.  The rich cream quickly hydrates my feet and this product will be a staple of mine through the next few months.

The scrub is lighter than the traditional Spa Soothing Foot Scrub but it still does the job quite well.  I use twice as week just as I did the other formula and I have gotten great results from use twice a week.  I will continue to use either of the foot scrubs in this fashion.  This sand foot scrub is limited edition so I will continue to buy it as long as it is available but after that I will have no problems going back to the other formula.

I love True Blue Spa products and I hope that the Malibu collection is one that will continue to reappear and grow over the next few years!

photo courtesy of Bath and Body Works

LUSH Fair Trade Foot Lotion

Several years ago, my LUSh stash was huge.  I went to the store in Macy*s one day and just bought a massive pile of store and then I was consistently ordering from their website.  But since their product line contains many natural ingredients, every item has an expiration date and I decided to use down my stash of their products before all of them began to go bad before I got to finish them up.  That being said, my stash has almost completely depleted and the Fair Trade Foot Lotion is one of the last products that I have to use and review from this company.  I finally opened it up the other morning, it has mint oils in it so I decided to wait for the hottest months of the year to use it.  I have been using a lot of mint-based products for the past few weeks and I am happy that I have another one to add to my regime.

"Refreshing Arnica and Mint infusion for sore feet.  Put your feet up and treat them fairyly with our pinkest, perkiest, and mintiest foot lotion.  Our restorative cream for feet is made with mega moisturizing organic Fair Trade cocoa butter.  An added double dose of revitalizing spearmint and peppermint makes sore feet cool and helps to relieve aches and pains after being stuck in shoes.  Plus, we've added soothing arnica and marigold herbs to take away the weariness and get your feet ready for another day in the rat race.  Treat your feet fairly and slather on generously at the end of a long day." 

The cocoa butter comes from purely Fair Trade sources, it is good for both my feet and the world.  I love that LUSH goes out of the way to use the most responsible ingredient sources and isn't interested only in the profit margin of their products.  The combination of the two mint oils helps to really refresh feet at the end of the day and smells wonderful.  Lastly, the addition of the arnica oil helps relieve discomfort and aches. 

The texture of this product is a lotion, not a cream.  I wouldn't find this thick enough during the winter months or for feet that are very dry and cracked.  The mint oils create a tingling sensation on the foot which works well to help relax at the end of the day or to brighten up my morning.  The lotion is absorbed very quickly and doesn't leave a residue on my skin.  This is one of the few foot products that I have tried that I won't need to always use with socks, it sinks in fast enough that I could use it and then put flip flops on within a few minutes.  And of course I love that it has a pink hue, I can never turn down any type of pink beauty product!

LUSH almost never disappoints me, this is one of the best beauty product lines that I have ever used and this product is no exception.  I would recommend this lotion for use more in the summer months since the mint oil combination is so soothing and refreshing, you can use it in the winter but it is best when used in the warm weather months.  Likewise, with the light texture of this lotion, I wouldn't use it in the winter when my skin is so much more dry.  I love the scent of the mint oil however you will need to like this scent to use this product, if you dislike the scent or feel of the mint oils on your skin then this will be a product that you want to skip over.  And the fact that this lotion is pink just makes it all the much better in my opinion!

photo courtesy of LUSH

Five Favorite - Bath and Body Works True Blue Spa Products

True Blue Spa has been a favorite Bath and Body Works product line since I first worked there in college. This line contains very high quality products with high levels of active ingredients that also happen to smell great and are very fun to use. This line was just given a packaging makeover for spring 2011 so I decided to let you all know what my five favorite products from this company are. I have bought all of these products over the past few years and usually ended up rebuying them at least once or twice more.

My five favorite True Blue Spa...

60 - Second Manicure Hand Scrub - One of the best hand scrubs that I have ever tried and it really extends the life of my manicure. It is a sugar scrub with a jelly-like texture and smells like sweet candy oranges. "Why wait? This sugar-based exfoliating treatment makes quick work of dull, dry skin and ragged cuticles to give even the most mani-deprived hands a taste of soft, smooth, spa manicure perfection - in just one minute".

Fresh Foaming Body Buff - A scrub that is spiked with shea butter and is gentle enough to use everyday. The light orange fragrance makes it a perfect wake-up call in the morning and it foams and rinses clean so it can be used as a daily body wash or a twice a week scrub. "If you're like us, you never miss an opportunity to shower yourself with luxury. This pampering, cleansing shower scrub with soothing Orange Fruit Extract lets you buff and polish skin with gentle exfoliators, then lavishes it with a generous dose of nourishing shea butter beads. Shall we start the shower for you?"

Super Rich Body Cream - This used to be known as Lay It On Thick and I have already raved about this product this winter. This is a heavy duty moisturizer with a high shea butter concentration that is very hydrating and helps to heal winter-ravaged skin. "Nothing makes skin feel better than incredibly rich shea butter. This deluxe cream takes it even further with protecting, conditioning Vitamin E and Macademia Nut Oil. Because you know more is really more."

Invigorating Spa Scrub - This salt-based scrub provides one of the best exfoliations of any product on the market. This scrub will get all the dead skin off and I love it use it on alligator skin at the end of the winter. This scrub contains natural mineral sea salt and works equally well for men and women. "Dry skin rubbing you the wrong way, and no time to get to the spa? Just reach for this cooling, exfoliating Sea Salt Scrub with refreshing Eucalytpus to get the job done yourself, a la Spa."

Super Rich Foot Cream - This is the perfect foot cream to get your feet ready for sandal weather. I use this product all year round to help hydrate my feet and get the most from my pedicures. This cream contains shea butter so it hydrates well and yet sinks in easily and leaves litle to no residue on the foot. "To put it simply, nothing hydrates like Shea. Dive foot first into this luxuriously rich treatment made with nourishing Shea Butter, Conditioning Avocado Oil and refreshing Eucalyptus Extract to smooth away rough spots and drench dry skin with unbelievable moisture."

This is great head to toe collection and I really recommend the above five product and the whole rest of the collection. The new packaging is very cute and makes it really easy to tell the different sub-collections apart. I am a bit disappointed that some of the older products don't seem to be available on the website at this time. What are your favorite True Blue Spa products?

photo courtesy of Bath and Body Works