Lighten Up for Spring: 10 Body Lotions under $10.00.

You don't have to break the bank when looking for a great body lotion to hydrate and nourish skin. As the weather changes, it might be a great time to try a new body lotion too. Forget the thicker lotions you've used in the winter, now is the time to lighten up, and that means with your lotion too.

Here are 10 body lotions that cost $10.00 or less.

1. Dial 7-Day Moisturizing Lotion with Himalayan Pink Minerals - $4.99
This lotion penetrates deeply into the skin to keep your skin soft and hydrated for up to seven days. This fast absorbing, non-greasy formula is super lightweight and wraps skin in a weightless shield of moisture that’s clean to the touch. Talk about lightening up.

2. St. Ives Daily Hydrating Vitamin E Lotion - $5.49
Packed with the powerful antioxidants of Vitamin E, this formula provides immediate light moisture, while helping to protect skin from further damage. It absorbs fast and leaves skin soft, silky smooth.

3. Jergens Soothing Aloe Refreshing Moisturizer - $4.79
Enriched with cucumber and aloe to relieve super dry skin, the ingredients also keep it light and refreshing. It is non-greasy and sinks into skin fast.

4. Nivea Express Hydration Lotion - $7.49
This lotion features an ultra-light feel that absorbs faster than most, as it keeps skin soft all day. The light fresh scent is perfect for spring.

5. Vaseline Spray & Go Moisturizer Aloe Fresh - $7.99
A new and unique lotion that applies by spraying it on. To apply, simply spray up one side of your body and then down the other; rub the lotion in and be on your way. The Aloe Fresh lotion contains pure aloe and leaves skin feeling healthy and fresh.

6. Neutrogena Body Lotion - $5.99
An oldie but goodie, the light sesame formula leaves skin silky soft as it absorbs immediately into skin. It is very lightly scented, with a smell reminiscent of summer.

7. Aveeno Positively Nourishing™ Energizing Body Lotion - $5.99
This pomegranate and grapefruit infused lotion still has the soothing colloidal oatmeal at its' core, but is refreshing for spring and summer with the uplifting and energizing scent. It really nourishes skin, but still fells light enough for warm weather months as it evaporates into skin quick.

8. JĀSÖN® Naturals Soothing 84% Aloe Vera Hand & Body Lotion - $6.97
This aloe enriched lotion is lightweight with a light scent. It's a non-greasy daily lotion that naturally delivers deep, long-lasting hydration.

9. Olay Soothing Cucumber Body Lotion - $4.49
This cucumber scented body lotion is infused with avocado oil and lightly hydrates skin. The fresh scent and lightweight feel soothes and softens dry skin.

10. Burt's Bees Radiance Body Lotion - $5.99
This lightweight body lotion has a warm weather feel and look as it enriched with sunflower oil and mica to give skin a subtle glow. Look radiant and have soft skin at the same time.

All of these lotions are available at your favorite drugstore, drugstore.com or mass retailer such as Target or Walmart now.

Behind the Scenes with Venus Embrace.

Back in November, I had an exclusive opportunity to go behind the scenes to the Gillette World Shaving Headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts to see up close and personal just how a Venus Embrace razor is made. I honestly never knew how much planning and work went into something I take for granted such as a razor. Sure, I like to easily shave my legs, but so much technology to perfect the razor to make the process easier for women is involved, and I am very impressed. After seeing this in person, I won't ever take my razor or shaving experience for granted again.

Behind the scenes with Venus Embrace at the Gillette World Shaving Headquarters.

The Venus Embrace production line at the Gillette World Shaving Headquarters can produce hundreds of thousands cartridges per day.

From conception to design and the end razor result, the whole process takes years. P&G takes the input of highly trained engineers and even consumers who get to test the products before they are perfected and make it in our shower. Beside engineers and robots, yes - ROBOTS, I have to say that the technology is unprecedented.

Gillette World Shaving Headquarters utilizes these robots to transport Venus Embrace razor production materials across the plant.

I would have never imagined the fine tuning of the process that takes a large spool of steel and turn it into a razor - one that shaves my legs perfectly with ease.

• Venus’ five-bladed razor blades start with a large spool of steel, thoroughly washed, placed in a red-hot furnace and immediately cooled to harden.
• The hardened steel is sharpened, cut into individual blades and then coated with proprietary materials that help balance the cutting force and blade life. The sharpening ensures Venus Embrace and Venus & Olay blades have a thinner edge than a scalpel.
• The five blades in Venus Embrace and Venus & Olay are spaced closer together than a 3-blade razor. By reducing the distance between blade tips, these Venus razors minimize drag and skin bulge to improve comfort.
• Each Venus blade is independently mounted on tiny springs, allowing them to adjust to contours and stay in contact with skin, even on tricky shaving areas.
• Venus’ rounded, pivoting cartridge head is specially designed for a woman’s body, including all the hard to reach areas and curves, and helps prevent the razor from ‘digging’ into the skin while helping distribute pressure across the blades and cartridge head.
• The shaving cartridge head on Venus Embrace is surrounded by a protective Ribbon of Moisture for a smooth glide and distributes more lubrication than Venus razors with a lubrastrip alone. 
• Venus & Olay features Olay Moisture Bars containing skin conditioners found in Olay products: Petrolatum and Glycerin help lock in skin’s moisture for less dryness and deliver that goddess glow.
• Venus razors feature a curved, ergonomically-designed handle made with lightweight SoftGrip elastomer that makes them easy to hold onto in wet, slippery environments. 

Perfection is something P&G takes seriously too. Each and every razor is inspected 90 times by both a real person along the production line and in the end a computer, to meet very specific criteria. If something is off by even the slightest degree, the razor is rejected.

Venus Embrace has high standards when it comes to quality control – each razor is checked 90 times before making the journey to your home.

The care and perfection in the process, again, is astounding. I would also have never imagined that all of this would take place at a factory in the middle of Boston! It really was such a great experience and like I said, I will never look at saving the same way again.

This is also the perfect time to tell you that Venus Embrace just launched a new razor, the Venus & Olay Razor in Sugarberry. I was one of the first people to get a peek at this new razor. The Sugarberry-scented Olay Moisture Bars smell great and make for a super smooth shave without the need for shaving cream. How great is that? My legs are shaved to a super smooth finish each and every time I use it.

All Gillette razors are sold at your favorite drugstore or mass retailers. The Venus & Olay razors have prices ranging from $8.99 - $11.99 that make it super affordable for a luxurious shaving experience.

Tan Overnight with Sun Laboratories.

I am off to a sunny locale for vacation! Of course I am self-tanning because the thought of my pasty white legs on a beautiful golden sand beach even gives me the willies. An overnight is easy when you have the right products and I have found some new ones that are giving me the glow I want and fast. What am I using? Well, I am using three products as part of my self-tanning routine. They come from self-tanning brand Sun Laboratories, and this is the Tan Overnight Self Tanning Lotion Set.

The set includes three products: an exfoliator body gel, a self-tanner and a tan extender.

Exfoliant Body Gel

I use this gel with a netted sponge for a few days before I started self tanning. I'll continue to use it once or twice a week in order to keep the dead skin off, which helps keeps a self-tan longer.

Self Tanning Lotion

This tinted tanning lotion, with a yummy cherry almond scent, contains the right amount of color to see where I apply the lotion. It absorbs and dries pretty quickly.  I noticed my skin color deepen, almost too dark initially. Once I showered off the tint or color guide, the golden tan was a perfect medium shade. Not too light or not too dark. I am using Dark, which actually leaves my skin a nice believable bronze. I've had a lot of experience with self-tanning, so I am pretty good at application. There is also an Ultra-Dark shade available.

Tan Moisturizer Maintainer

I am using this every night before bed to maintain my tan. It is a lotion that contains a very light blend of DHA (the self-tanning ingredient) to help maintain and extend the tan. It has a fresh Aloe Vera scent and absorbs quick and keeps my skin hydrated too.

So far, my tan is looking good and I am on day three. I would probably reapply the Self Tanning Lotion every five days to maintain the color I want.

The Tan Overnight Self Tanning Lotion Set sells for $43.95 online.

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