Larry H. from Cake Blast reviews products from Skin Free & Blue Ridge Gypsy Studio

Today's Guest Blogger is Larry from the Cakeblast. I'm excited to have a gentleman review our products! Listen up, Guys Out There. Skincare is for everyone. Don't be lame. This stuff is't all "girly". Real Men take care of themselves and have great sexy skin. Women love this! I'm just saying ;)

Here's what Larry had to say"

"Both Blue Ridge Gypsy and Skin Free Skincare create quality lotions, body sprays, creams, scrubs, soaps, facial masks, and more. All of their products contain only natural, cruelty free, vegan ingredients. I tried out the Skin Free Renewal Kit and Blue Ridge Gypsy Honeysuckle Butter Creme and am very pleased with the results.

The Skin Free Skin Renewal System includes an 8oz tub of Sweet & Smooth Sugar Scrub and an 8oz tub of Whipped Tamanu Body Butter. This is everything needed to exfoliate and moisturize the skin and would make a great gift for anyone who is concerned about skincare.

The Tamanu Body Butter leaves my skin feeling very soft and supple. It is fragrance free, but the ingredients have a natural scent that smells similar to butter pecan ice cream. The best thing about the body butter is its extraordinary hydrating abilities. The body butter thoroughly moisturizes my skin making it obvious why it is so good for babies, the elderly, or anyone with dry or sensitive skin. Men will often not admit to using moisturizers, thinking it is feminine. However, guys should want to look their best too. I moisturize, and this body butter is perfect after a good Exfoliating sugar scrub.

The Sweet & Smooth Sugar Scrub is another excellent Skin Free skin care product. I love using this in the shower to remove dead skin cells and smooth my skin. It can be ordered by itself for $14.95 + s/h.

The Skin Free Tamanu Body Butter can be ordered separately for $18.95 + s/h. The complete Skin Renewal Kit like the one I reviewed is $32. All orders under $50 ship for a very reasonable $5.00 in the U.S. and $6.95 to Canada. On orders over $50, Shipping is FREE!

The final product I received was the Honeysuckle Butter Creme from Blue Ridge Gypsy Studios. The products from Blue Ridge Gypsy all contain the same all-natural ingredients as the Skin Free line, with the only difference being the addition of fragrance. None of the Blue Ridge Gypsy or Skin free products contain petroleum, steroids or any harmful chemicals. In fact, both companies are owned by the same entrepreneur Julie Hilton, who has over 30 years experience in compounding and natural skin care.

When I first opened the Honeysuckle Butter Creme, I was a bit shocked at the lotion’s pink color. It is a very pretty shade of pink, I just didn’t expect it to be that color. The lotion keeps my skin soft although as expected it doesn’t absorb into my skin the way the body butter does. The honeysuckle smells wonderful albeit with citrus tones that remind me of grapefruit.

Blue Ridge Gypsy Studios has many other scents available including summer scents which are only available (and on SALE) for a limited time. Blue Ridge Gypsy butter creme hand and body lotions are available for $12.99 + s/h and like I mentioned earlier, if you buy four bottles or otherwise spend over $50, shipping will be free! What a great reason to buy some as gifts!"

Thanks for the input, Larry! I have to say the pink color of the Honeysuckle Butter Creme was a surprise to me, too!!! Something happens when I add that eseential oil blend to the warm Butter Creme. BTW, this is the same Butter Creme recipe as the Skin Free Extra Moisturizing Butter Creme. We just add essential or fragrance oils.
The Honeysuckle blend is our own interpretation of the wonderful honeysuckle that grows wild here in Virginia.

Thanks for the support everyone! Hope you are having a great summer. Please go to Blue Ridge Gypsy and check out our SUMMER SALE. It won't last forever.

All the Very Best, Julie

Forever and Always A Fan of Skin Free Skincare

Ashley B. lives in beautiful North Dakota with her two young sons and her husband. Like most of us, she uses blogging to get away from it all.

Skin Free Skincare helped her escape by sending her our Skin Free Whipped Tamanu Body Butter and our Skin Free Sweet and Smooth Sugar Scrub

We got the desired effect. Ashley says, "I am in heaven."

She's hoping to share that wonderful feeling by offering a $30 gift certificate to SkinFree.net So please visit Ashley's review and enter her contest for a whole bunch of good stuff! Best, Julie

Stefani @ Mommy Enterprises Loves our Skin Free Sweet & Smooth Sugar Scrub

Anyone who is a Work At Home Mom (WAHM) or who wants to be a WAHM should rush on over to Stefani's blog Mommy Enterprises where she just reviewed our Skin Free Sweet and Smooth Sugar Scrub.

Stef's Blog is sited as "Thoughts, Opinions,Reviews and More from a Work At Home Mom". She offers suggestions for income raising projects for home, a link directory for moms, parenting tips, and a network of SAHM's for support.

Thanks for the review, Stefani. We appreciate being part of your network.

JoAnna on the Lake - Come on Down! You've won the Skin Free Mem Day Giveaway

Hallooo Joanna on the Lake! I'm not sure what lake you're on, but you need to paddle in to shore and contact us with your UPS shipping address (send to julieh@ceva.net, please). You have won the Skin Free Memorial Day Giveaway which includes:

1) Skin Free Extra Moisturizing Liquid Soap

2) Skin Free Sweet and Smooth Sugar Scrub

3) Skin Free Whipped Tamanu Body Butter

Yeah!!!

It's great to combo up a little Liquid Soap with the Sugar Scrub and get rid of those nasty scaley dry skin cells left over from winter before you start showing off a little summer skin at the beach ( or the Lake, as the case maybe!)

And I just can't tell you enough wonderful things about Tamanu for your skin. It's even good for sunburn, but I perfer it after a nice cooling tea bath. A What Bath?

Yes, tea (like orange pekoe or some other garden variety brown teas) contain tannic acid. Tannnic acid will take the sting out of sunburn immediately. I always get those gallon size mega teabags at the Sam's or Costco's because they are easier to use than opening 2 dozen of the little bags. Even if you aren't really burned, a nice soothing lukewarm tea bath is very relaxing after extended sun exposure and helps prevent sun damage.

After your soothing tea bath, apply Skin Free Whipped Tamanu Butter to make your skin free great and heal any other sun damage that might have occurred. Sounds like a great spa treatment to me!

FYI, if you get badly sunburned on your face or neck, you can use the larger tea bags as a poultice after soaking in cool water. You won't believe how quickly the pain goes away!

Let's be careful out there! The ozone layer is slipping away. Ciao ciao ciao, Jules

The-Give-Away Gives Away Skin Free Spa Kits

Katie Lyons at The- Give- Away Blog has written up a great review and is offering a major give away of SEVEN (7) Skin Free Spa Scrub Kits! The Skin Free Spa Scrub Kit includes our all natural Skin Free Extra Moisturizing Liquid Soap and our Skin Free Sweet and Smooth Sugar Scrub!

I love the Spa Scrub Kit in the warm weather because it gently exfoliates dry skin and makes you sparkling clean to bare skin hidden away in winter. Nobody wants to greet the Spring with alligator skin! Exfoliating dry rough skin also helps with itching and gives you a radiant glow.

You can purchase the Spa Scrub Kit on the Skin Free Website OR you can visit Katie's blog and get some free stuff!!

Whoopi Goldberg Loves Skin Free Skin Care!!!

I got a very exciting call and email from one of the producers of "The View" on ABC. She told me that Whoopi Goldberg was crazy about Skin Free Skin Care and wanted to share the products on the show.

Early in February, I had sent out gift bags to my favorite talk show hosts and beauty editors. Apparently, they were a big hit with Whoopi.

The producer wanted to know if we would provide products to be given out to the studio audience. But, of course!!!! What were Whoopi's picks?

She asked for the Extra Moisturizing Soap and Shampoo Bar and the Sweet and Smooth Sugar Scrub. Not a bad selection, right?

Now I just have to wait until the producers pick a date. You'll be the first to know!