SHE Answers on “Edible” Body Products

April 2nd, 2008 by Poise Daily Staff Member in Poise Answers on Cooking, She Answers by Ms. Trendsetter, POISE Answers

Q. What’s up with “edible” body products? And are they really edible?

A. No, they’re not, but they sure as hell should be!

Lately we’ve been seeing an onslaught of “edible” beauty and spa products from many of the up and coming dot com beauty companies, and we can’t help but wish that we can help ourselves to some of the suds we’re soaking in or lick the scrub off our feet – as extremely gross as that may sound. Hey, who can blame us with products named like dessert?

If you have dry, lackluster skin, run Malie Kaua’i’s Mango Butter Bun under hot water after a nice shower, lather up, and you’ll not only have moisture restored, you’ll also spend the day smelling like a tropical mango. For a little adventure, you can be unusually-scented with the Peach Frangipani Flower Body Lotion from Diana B. (need I say more?). You can treat your killer feet to a FarmHouse Fresh Honey Heel Glaze scrub and have some English muffins on the side. And if ol’ Cleopatra bathed in ewe’s milk, you can bathe in chocolate Gourmet Bath Truffles from Treat’s and be totally delish.

So what’s with the allure of food in beauty products? It’s relatively simple. It’s indulgence to something sweet without the guilt – and the extra pounds, for that matter. Most of all, you get to pamper yourself at the same time, while smelling like you’ve been conspicuously dipped in food product. Yes, that should get ‘em boys running.

By Ms. Trendsetter

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