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Posted by TheLipstickPageForums.com, Wednesday, July 26, 2006 12:57 PM (Eastern)
Article & photography by Raphaëlle.
Previously published on TheBroadroom.Net
MMUCosmetics is, to me, mostly a bath & body products company. They carry makeup but it's the incredible selection of scents that attracted me to this company. I have tried many of the products and a variety of scents. The products are mixed with scent once an order is placed. This means products are always fresh but it also means orders take longer to arrive.
MMU has quite a few different body creams to choose from. My favourite for Winter is the Shea Body Butter Souffle. It has a thick creamy consistency and is easier to apply if you take a small amount and rub it a bit between your hands before applying. A close second is Babe-Cakes Body Icing. It has similar thickness and moisturizing properties but it's harder to apply. If someone has drier skin, the Sweet Body Butter is even more moisturizing. It is, however, harder to apply. It's best to apply this right after a shower or bath when your skin isn't completely dry yet. For my mostly normal skin, this was too thick and moisturizing. For very very dry areas, 100% Shea Butter is great. I used it when my hands turned red and painful from washing my hands frequently. A word of caution: this is very sticky so probably wouldn't work very well during the day. I used it at night when my hands were in a particularly bad state and they were soft and smooth by the next morning.
For Summer, I prefer the "Jojoba-E Body Cream" and the Honey & Goat Milk Body Cream. These still have a nice creamy consistency but much thinner than the Shea Body Butter Souffle. Much easier to apply. Some people also like the Body Custard for Summer. This is more a lotion than a cream. I tend to prefer creamier products so this one isn't for me.Any MMU cream works well on the hands but they do have a hand cream: Hands Up. I actually found this better than other creams for my hands (except for the winter dryness). It absorbs faster and moisturizes well so it's easier to apply several times a day as opposed to a cream that needs a little more time to sink in. The hand cream can also be used on the body though I prefer to use it only on my hands. The other creams work better for the body. They seem to have better longlasting moisturizing qualities.
MMU has a hand cream, so of course, they also have a foot cream! This one is Sole Provider and can also be used all over. I like this cream well enough but I'm not crazy about it either. Again, I prefer the body creams for all over application. Sole Provider does a good job on the feet but it's my first time even using a cream for my feet so I'm not much of a reference!
A product I must rave about is the Silk & Shine Shampoo. It might not work for dry hair but does a wonderful job on mine (fine, wavy-curly, normal hair). I don't need to wash my hair as often with this shampoo and, this is the important part, it doesn't give me pimples! That's always a plus. All drugstore shampoos I've tried have given my sensitive skin pimples. This one is less expensive than salon brands and is good to my skin. I use it with the Protein Conditioner which is a rather light conditioner on me. It leaves my hair soft and helps detangle it but doesn't weigh my hair down like other conditioners do. And I like it because it's Silk & Shine's partner!Another great product is SheShe Balm. This is a shea butter based lip balm. It doesn't feel waxy like some chapsticks do. It does a really nice job of moisturizing the lips without feeling too greasy. I put this on before bed at night and my lips are nice and soft in the morning, no matter how chapped they may have been before I put it on. I've never tried it under lipstick but I suspect it would work well if given the time to be absorbed by the lips before applying the lipstick.
Shavettes is MMU's shaving cream and is the least irritating shave I've ever tried. Skin is soft and moisturized after shaving with this cream. MMU also carries excellent body scrubs, body washes and perfumes as well as colour cosmetics. With the array of products and the scent selection, everyone is sure to find something to their liking. MMU products can be bought at www.mmucosmetics.com. They do ship internationally but shipping charges can be quite high. However, they are about right according to the Canada Post price list.
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