Lighten Up with St. Ives Fresh Hydration Lotion.

It's bad enough that we have to dress in heavy layers in the cold winter months. The last thing I want to put on my skin is anything heavy right now though I do need heavy body creams to soothe and moisturize my parched skin. Luckily St. Ives just took the heavy out of lotions with their new Fresh Hydration Lotion.

The new St. Ives Fresh Hydration Lotion is a continuous spray lotion that effectively moisturizes the skin, yet it feels super light on the skin. The super cool 360 degree spray makes spraying at every angle easy, so getting every nook and cranny (like behind the knees and the back) a cinch. I love that I can get every part of my body moisturized so my entire body is left soft and smooth, yet I don't feel like I am wearing any cream at all.

St. Ives Fresh Hydration Lotion comes in three varieties for various skin types:

St. Ives Naturally Soothing Oatmeal & Shea Butter Fresh Hydration Lotion

Formulated with oatmeal & shea butter to soothe dry skin. It is scented with notes of white floral, honey, almond and coconut.

St. Ives Naturally Indulgent Coconut Milk & Orchid Extract Fresh Hydration Lotion

Contains coconut milk and orchid extract to leave skin silky and smooth as it indulges the senses with a light and luxurious fragrance.

St. Ives Energizing Citrus & Vitamin C Fresh Hydration Lotion

Grapefruit Extract and vitamin C leave skin feeling energized and refreshes with the citrus blended fragrances notes mixes with a soft musk for an ultimate refreshing body treat.

Look for St. Ives Fresh Hydration Lotions at your favorite drugstores or mass retailers now. They retailer for about $5.99 - $7.99. 

Great Gifts: Limited Edition Essence of Beauty Holiday Body & Hand Cream.

I love seasonal scents, and the fine fragrance collection essence of beauty has a few limited edition holiday scents that are perfect for the season. Featuring fine ingredients, whimsical packaging and three new luxurious timely scents, these beauties are pretty perfect for the holidays.

The seasonal scents:

Sugar Frosted Mint - Sparkling scent features top notes of iced peppermint and spearmint with mid notes of warm milk, jasmine and a touch of spice, and base notes of creamy coconut, vanilla bean and warm milk.

Vanilla Wishes - Comforting fragrance features top notes of red plum, spun sugar and pomegranate, mid notes of vanilla bean and sweet toffee, and base notes of sultry amber and coconut milk.

Snowy Apple - Enchanting scent features top note of apple, orange and pineapple mid notes of apple, florals and pear, and base notes of osmanthus, peach and sweet vanilla.

The ultra rich Body & Hand Cream restores moisture to skin as it conditions it with ingredients including revitalizing passion flower seed and rice bran oil, nourishing Vitamin A and E and soothing Aloe Vera. It's super soothing to my skin.

Look for the Holiday Body & Hand Cream exclusively at CVS/pharmacy now. They sell for $1.99 each or 3 for $4.98.

DIY Spa Night.

Every Sunday night I retreat to my bathroom for an hour. I gather a few key products, lock the door, turn on soothing music and escape. It is my own Sunday, DIY Spa Night.

I can't afford weekly spa treatments, so I have learned that by shopping smart for products that work, I can recreate that spa experience at home, by myself. From deep conditioners to foot scrubs, I do it all.

My favorite treatments have got to be my mini facials. I always starts with a steam and I love a facial sauna. It really starts my spa night off right and opens up my pores for the rest of my routine. I then use Kate Somerville ExfoliKate Intensive Exfoliating Treatment. A mini-facial alone, I use this to remove dead, dull skin. Next, I use a mask on my face. I have a few that I depend on and select it depending on my skins needs that week. The rest of my routine includes a long relaxing soak in the tub. When soaking, I apply a deep conditioner on my hair, a body scrub, and I never forget my feet. My new favorite beauty tool is the Clarisonic Pedi Sonic. My feet haven't been in as good of shape since I started using. My DIY spa night is one of my favorite times of the week.

I found super deals for some of my favorite spa products right on eBay and even created a DIY Spa Collection that features some of my faves. It also features a few little luxuries that I can only dream about! 

Disclosure: My eBay collections were curated as part of my collaboration with eBay and Style Coalition.