So between finishing up my latest column, launching Tiki Tiki, potty training, and life in general…my already fairly low maintenance “beauty routine” has suffered from an even greater lack of time and energy. I have time for a quick shower after a run, but aside from that, all the rest has to be pretty on-the-go. All this considered, it’s been the right time to try out a new product I received recently for review from Caress. The new Evenly Gorgeous body wash is part ofthe Caress Skinwear collection of body washes and beauty bars. The idea behind the line is to make glowing skin the ultimate fashion statement, and they promise to make that available straight out of the shower.
Now I have been a Dove girl ever since their tear-jerking Superbowl commercial featuring the song “True Colors” came out (I remember it so vividly because I’d just become a mami, and I used to rock our older daughter to sleep to that song many nights), and I love the way their body wash makes my skin feel. Caress’ marketing of the Skinwear collection with Kim Kardashian and Carson Kressly is aimed for a hiper demographic, for sure not the parents-with-young-kids crowd, and if the product hadn’t come to me first, that promotion wouldn’t have gotten my attention. BUT…I’m so glad it did, because the Evenly Gorgeous body wash itself is great, and actually very useful for mamis short on time yet desirous of glow.
The Evenly Gorgeous body wash foamed up nicely in the shower, and had a nice clean-yet-toasty/brown-sugary smell; it exfoliated somewhere in-between the barely-noticeable “gentle” exfoliators and the more abrasive ones- just the right amount- and the smell was energizing. I used up the whole bottle over a couple of weeks and my skin definitely glowed. Some days, it made me look better than I felt, which IS one of the good points of beauty/fashion, is it not?
I just ran out of the body wash and, next time I’m at the store, I’ll buy more…and alternate the Caress with my old standby, because I’m trying to strike a good balance between the cuddly mami and the mami who is all dressed up with somewhere to go.
