For healthier softer skin, coconut oil is one of the best natural treatments on the planet. Pure virgin coconut oil is an extraordinary moisturizer full of natural anti-oxidants, proteins and vitamins that repair and protect skin and hair. And it smells like heaven! Made with the purest oil, Coconut Spa brings you the centuries-old health and beauty secret of the South Pacific for every day body care.
Signifying ”kitchen” in Italian, CUCINA products fill your home with the delectable scents of fresh-cut aromatic herbs. With ingredients harvested from Mediterranean gardens and groves, the olive oil rich hand care and pure aromas indulge the skin and the senses.
Made with pure olive oil to deep clean and protect the skin from dehydration, the Cucina collection of fine hand care products also contains olive tree extract, known to help repair minor burns and cuts, as well as sage and rosemary essential oils, selected for their antibacterial and toning powers.
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Cali Oliva
Proprietress of the Cali Beauty Farm just outside of Rome, Baronessa Consuelo Calí shares the Italian skin care secrets passed down for generations in her olive oil based face, hair and body care collections.
Cali Tarocco
With the refreshing and invigorating scent of orange citrus, this luxurious collection is made with moisturizing extracts of Italian olive oil plus Sicilian red orange oil, naturally rich in vitamin C and other powerful antioxidants. Every product hydrates, purifies and pampers the skin, all with an incredibly invigorating citrus scent.
Valued since ancient times by people of the Mediterranean regions, the nutritional, medicinal and cosmetic benefits of virgin olive oil are legion. Used to keep skin supple, heal abrasions and soothe the burning and drying effects of the sun, now you can experience a centuries old natural skin care tradition reborn through research and innovative technology. Developed by one of Italy’s leading olive oil producers in the Umbria region, the Olivella products are full of the finest Italian virgin olive oil to treat you to an ultra healthy ‘Mediterranean diet for the skin’.
Behold the Humble Pouf Mesh Sponge
Chances are you’ve seen these bath puffs around the drugstores or beauty supplies, right? At first glance, they may seem superfluous or simply decorative, but in fact, they’re one of the best money-saving bath accessories around.
References to soap have been found in Sumerian clay tablets dating back as far as 2500 BC, and it is believed that the Babylonians were making soap as early as 2800 BC. At the ruins in Pompeii, archeologists uncovered a complete soap-making factory, with whole finished bars of soap still intact.
The earliest soap recipes were crude mixtures of animal fat, wood ashes and water (a blend known as potash) boiled in a cauldron over an open fire. The resulting soft soap mixture was used for the cleaning of clothes and the body.