Beauty / Bath - LaLicious body products

Beauty products usually don't come with "Please, no tasting!" warnings, but one sniff of a LaLicious scrub, rub or oil and you'll understand why the admonishment is required.

Every product we tried really did smell good enough to eat or drink.

Javaholics will swoon over the aroma of the Coffee Bean Sugar Soufflé Scrub. Pure sugar bean crystals and specks of coffee bean exfoliate dead skin cells while almond oil brings the moisture back.

Meanwhile, anyone who ever licked a bowl of cake batter will have to be restrained from burying their nose into a tub of the LaLicious Vanilla Body Butter. Based on Shea Butter and enriched with aloe, the product delivers a super shot of hydration without any greasy drawbacks. (And let us repeat, you'll probably want to lick your paws like a cat after spreading the body butter on your skin. Just try to emember, these products are for external use only!)

I have to admit that I'm not much of a body oil person. It's just so ... oily. But the guava body oil does smell delish. It made me recall a trip to the tropics and gave me a hankering for glass of fresh guava juice. (A hankering that alas went unfulfilled...)

From a Green standpoint, you'll be pleased to learn that all the made-in-the-USA LaLicious body products are now free of Parabens and Sulfates.

Parabens are chemical preservatives that can apparently mimic the human hormone estrogen with unfortunate results.

As for sulfates, in high concentrations, some of them (i.e. ammonium lauryl sulfate, typically used as a foaming agent in body washes and shampoos) may irritate the skin or eyes.

LaLicious also claims that none of its products have been tested on animals. (Although judging from the FAQ on the LaLicious website, it seems that plenty of canines enjoy sampling the sugar scrubs on their own. LaLicious recommends closing the scrubs tightly to prevent any impromptu dog taste tests.)

Like the idea of being oiled, scrubbed and buttered, but really just want to get clean? Stay tuned - LaLicious plans to introduce a new line of body soaps later this summer.

Where to buy:
Use the "Find Us" page on the LaLicious website to find a spa, beauty store or boutique near you that carries LaLicious products.