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Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:42 pm |
...making such kick a** body care products?
Yes friends, I'm talking about Candessence!!!
So I received my second order over the weekend and I was greeted not only with my hand lotion, body polish and aloe body spray but I had an extra body soap and bar of "F'ugly" hand soap to play with!
The hand lotion can't be beat, seriously! It soaks in really well and doesn't leave my hands the least bit greasy, which is always a pet peeve of mine with handcreams and lotions. You've at least got to try it!
The body polish is soo wonderful, it leaves you very moisturized and came in a bottle that can hang from the showerhead. I don't get the dry, itchy feeling anymore when I get out of the shower. Our water is very hard here in AZ from all the treatment it goes through. It spreads nicely, especially in the heat of the shower. I've been concentrating on my elbows, which are usually very dry and itchy. Combining the body polish with my previously purchased body butter has done the trick on my elbows! I really want to try her foaming body scrub next.
The body spritz is the most moisturizing I have ever used...I have used Victoria's Secret, the Body Shop, Bath and Body works, etc...but none are as "soft" as this. The scent really layers well with the other products (all are Pink Sugar, obsessed? Yes ). I carry the spray in my school bag as a "pick-me-up" throughout the day.
The body soap (bar form) is actually one of my favorite products. I don't usually "do" soap because I was convinced it dried my skin out too much. This is amazing! I will definately order this next time. The scent is throughout the entire bar (unlike other soaps that tend to lose their fragrance) and my whole bathroom smells slightly of Pink Sugar. This bar is so moisturizing, so much more so than even the most expensive bars I've bought (a Fresh bar in linden...dried me out like mad...and even my 18 dollar bar of Chanel soap, neither were as good for my skin as this one!) This combined with the body polish leave me good enough to go...no extra lotion needed, but what's the fun in that? So I layer on my body butter and I smell fabulous!
The "F'ugly" hand soap is awesome! It smells to me like chocolate orange and has coffee and orange essential oil in it. I use it in my bathroom to wash my hands after applying my body butter and before I start in on my face routine. I also used it after I washed really dirty dishes the other night and got even the "ickies" out from under my fingernails. It also does not dry your hands out and using the encore hand lotion afterwards is a great way to keep in the moisture.
So yes...I'm sold on Candessence. Candy is such a great person to do business with and always goes the extra mile for her customers. I highly recommend you give a few (or more!) of her products a whirl. You won't be disappointed |
_________________ 32, Fair Skin, combo/break-out prone. Simple routine of REN No. 1 Purity Cleansing Balm and Argan oil as a moisturizer; Clarisonic when needed. That's it! |
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Thu Oct 12, 2006 8:37 pm |
ditto to Candy not stopping, she had my order made and shipped by the next morning, did I mention I didnt order till after 5 the nite before, oh and btw, she didnt even really sell (yet) what I requested she whip up!!!! Used the dmae serum she made for me tonight, sank right in, skins very soft. it!!!
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Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:20 am |
ParisTroika and MelissaMarie...ditto to everything you both said! I, too, don't know how Candy gets it all done...but lucky us, we reap the benefits of the best skin and body care products on the planet!
I also got the pink sugar body polish (with the cool "shower hanger" container!)...and I agree, it really stops that dry, itchy post-shower feeling you get out here in the desert (I'm an Arizonan, too, Paris!). And of course the pink sugar scent is to die for! Oh...and the "F'ugly" soap...LOL! I got one of those, too, and I love coffee-chocolate-orange smell!
The DMAE is the best I've ever used. Candy puts such care into all her formulations, and this one is no different. In my book, it's better than any high-end serum on the market!
Mary |
_________________ 43, Confirmed desert rat (Scottsdale, AZ), animal lover (3 kitties and a pup) and hopeless product junkie (I blame EDS...lol!) |
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Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:26 am |
Agree on dmae Mary, I've been using a different one and Candy made me a requested "higher strength", its fabulous, skins loving it and even feels firmer already (thats fast, but could be that I have been using a lesser version for a few months now already) but hers sinks in WAY WAY better, the other would kinda sit there abit, some in, rest left on face, I am not finding this with Candy's version!!!!!!! |
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Fri Oct 13, 2006 12:24 pm |
MelissaMarie wrote: |
Agree on dmae Mary, I've been using a different one and Candy made me a requested "higher strength", its fabulous, skins loving it and even feels firmer already (thats fast, but could be that I have been using a lesser version for a few months now already) but hers sinks in WAY WAY better, the other would kinda sit there abit, some in, rest left on face, I am not finding this with Candy's version!!!!!!! |
MelissaMarie, I can believe you felt the results rather quickly! As you know, Candy's products are "full strength" by nature (no fillers or other junk), so anything she makes is going to contain more of the "good stuff" than commercial brands. But if you requested something in an even higher strength, no wonder you're seeing/feeling an improvement! I love that Candy is willing to tailor things to what your skin needs...makes you feel like you have your very own "Custom Candessence Skincare" line!
Mary |
_________________ 43, Confirmed desert rat (Scottsdale, AZ), animal lover (3 kitties and a pup) and hopeless product junkie (I blame EDS...lol!) |
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Fri Oct 13, 2006 12:34 pm |
Next DMAE is going to have to come from there. Thanks for your inspirational reviews! |
_________________ 40, fair skinned, dark hair, blue eyes |
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Fri Oct 13, 2006 1:14 pm |
*rubs little hands together* Now for the perfect face cream, one that takes us back to say 30!!!!! Oh Candy!!!! UHOOOO!!!!! |
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Fri Oct 13, 2006 1:33 pm |
c4ward wrote: |
Next DMAE is going to have to come from there. Thanks for your inspirational reviews! |
You won't be disappointed c4ward!
Melissa...I like the way you think!! Sign me up for that "I Look 30 Again" face cream!
Poor Candy...we're sending her back to the lab again!
Mary |
_________________ 43, Confirmed desert rat (Scottsdale, AZ), animal lover (3 kitties and a pup) and hopeless product junkie (I blame EDS...lol!) |
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Fri Oct 13, 2006 3:43 pm |
Does anyone have a website for Candessence by chance?
Thanks a bunch |
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Fri Oct 13, 2006 4:00 pm |
Kimberleylee wrote: |
Does anyone have a website for Candessence by chance?
Thanks a bunch |
Here you go!
www.Candessence.com
Mary |
_________________ 43, Confirmed desert rat (Scottsdale, AZ), animal lover (3 kitties and a pup) and hopeless product junkie (I blame EDS...lol!) |
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Fri Oct 13, 2006 4:06 pm |
ww.candessence.com
superb products !!!!! |
_________________ Location: Denmark. Me = 32, think I'm combo without oiliness + sometimes sensitive. Have noticed that skin doesn't heal as quickly anymore and I've developed fine lines around my eyes... Hormonal breakouts which are sometimes cystic. PCOS |
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Fri Oct 13, 2006 4:30 pm |
if you don't see what your looking for on her site, email her, shes great. What I ordered was not listed, and again the serum I am using is at a percent NO ONE should start with. But 3rd use now and wow Candy better remember what she did, cause this will def be a re-order. |
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Sat Oct 14, 2006 3:49 pm |
oooohhhh i am tempted!!! you girls are making me spend my xmas bonus long before xmas.
i checked the website and i think i will be getting a few things to try. yummy. what great entrepreneurship. i am well in support of that! |
_________________ 35, combo skin, can be acne prone; use Decleor, PSF 02, SKII products and anything that works including ancient voodoo hee hee. London based. |
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Sat Nov 11, 2006 4:59 pm |
So I must update! I'm currently awaiting another order of Candessence...so excited.
But anyhoo...so I posted in another thread that I had ordered from Sephora a Pink Sugar gift set. In this set is a small (1.67 oz) container of their body mousse. I'm being completely honest when I say, Candessence is better both in moisturizing properties but more important for me, the staying power of the scent. My fragrance lasts soooo much longer when I layer it with Candessence Body butter than when I layer with the actual Pink Sugar body cream. No joke.
And FYI...I was on campus yesterday and my skin on my stomach and side was itching because it was so dry. Luckily I remembered I had my Candessence Body spritz still in my bag. I went into the restroom, lifted my shirt and spritz my tummy and sides...the itch went away immediately and I didn't have a problem the rest of the day. I knew it was moisturizing but I'm very happy it took away the itchies!!! |
_________________ 32, Fair Skin, combo/break-out prone. Simple routine of REN No. 1 Purity Cleansing Balm and Argan oil as a moisturizer; Clarisonic when needed. That's it! |
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Sun Nov 12, 2006 3:04 pm |
Hey Paris,
I just ordered some bath products for my sisters, for their b-days!!! Sounds like, I need to add myself some stuff to that order..great review!! |
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Sun Nov 12, 2006 5:51 pm |
Must agree with what everyone is saying: Candy is a CLASS ACT. Every product I have used from Candessence was made to perfection. |
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