New product alert: Bath & Body Works Signature Naturals

With all the promotional email I get from Bath & Body Works, you think they'd mention something about a new line?! I walked into the store today to find a giant display for Signature Naturals! Yes, Bath & Body Works has produced a line of products that is 95% natural!! This is GREAT news because while I love Bath & Body Works' scents, most of their body lotion has parabens in it, and others have mineral oil and petrolatum, which aren't a complete deal breaker but I'd rather avoid petrochemicals.

I asked the manager about it and he said the line just came in this week and they are one of the limited number of stores selected for a trial run - that means it does have the potential to not become a regular line. So of course I had to support their new venture and buy some! They were included in the buy-3-get-2-free or buy-2-get-1-free Signature Collection promotion, and I had a coupon for a free Signature Collection item with a $10 purchase or more. So I ended up getting 4 products (the photo above only shows 3 because I got 2 of the same kind) for the price of 2! They are the same price as the normal SC items, $10.50.

They have three scents available: Fresh Lemon - "a bright citrus blend of fresh hibiscus, sunkissed lemon and orange oil", Lotus Flower & Mango - "a beautiful blend of passionfruit, white lotus and bergamot oil", and White Tea & Lavender - "a fresh blend of tea leaves, lavender petals and mandarin oil". They have body lotion, body wash, and fragrance mist in each of the 3 scents.

Ingredients for the Fresh Lemon body wash (photo edited for readability)

 Ingredients for lemon body lotion:

Ingredients for White Tea & Lavender body lotion:

The good news is, even if these products aren't available at your local store, you can still buy them online. They're pretty hard to find on the website (why are they hiding it? It should be on the front page if they want it to succeed!) so here's a direct link to the collection: NEW! Signature Naturals Collection. The BOGO promotion is also running online, so you can take advantage of that as well as 20% off with the coupon code SPRING20 - you can also try code S113992 for 20% off and a free travel sized Signature Collection item (add item to cart before using code). Coupon codes are not stackable but you can still get 3% cash back with Ebates.

New product alert: EOS hand cream and body lotion!

Love it or hate it, everyone's heard of eos (evolution of smooth) because of their cute little sphere lip balms. Although their lip balms aren't quite moisturizing enough for me, I've been thrilled at the brand's concept since they first came out - they're natural, organic, paraben-free, and have really cool packaging - not to mention they're downright cheap compared to other natural brands! For months they only had the lip balm and shave cream, but now they've introduced two new products to their line: hand cream and body lotion.

The products have been buzzed about in magazines for a while now, but it was only last week when I saw them for the first time in person!

The hand lotion is 97% natural, free of parabens, pthalates, lanolins and dyes. The above photo only shows the "nourish" hand lotion with blue packaging, but there is also a "refresh" one with green packaging that contains cucumber extract and is cucumber scented. It retails in their online shop for $3.99, but Walmart had it for $3.27.

The body lotion comes in three types: nourish (revitalizing care for normal to dry skin), active (refreshing care for normal to dry skin), boost (for dry to extra dry skin). They are also 90-97% natural, free of parabens, pthalates, lanolins and dyes.

The "boost" lotion contains both mineral oil and petrolatum (that is the 90% natural one), while the other two do not contain petrochemicals. All retail for $7.99 in their online shop, but were only $6.97 at Walmart.

I'm currently inundated with body lotions and it would be silly to buy any more before I use up some of what I have, so I'll wait until I can get a good deal on these before trying them - but I will definitely look forward to it!

New Neutrogena Naturals!

I stumbled upon this new line at Target yesterday, Neutrogena naturals. Everything is free of dyes, parabens, chemical sulfates, petrochemicals, and phthalates! The ingredients are itemized and explained on the backs of all the prouducts.

So far the line includes cleanser, cleanser + makeup remover, scrub, bar soap, and lip balm - all very reasonably priced! I'm excited that major companies are taking the step to become more conscious of the chemicals they put into their products.

Check out their site here for more information!