After a few turbulent days and weeks, I have finally settled back (to some extant) into my routine again. While I was away I decided to make a few changes in my life that I hoped would make my life a little easier… And lo and behold, I sure is! For one thing, I bought a few Vegan cook books. I adore the book La Dolce Vegan by Sarah Kramer because EVERY thing I have made so far has been more than awesome.
I also started baking vegan with Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World and frankly, if you don’t have it already… I think you should! Some results (and a vanilla one soon to come) can be found in my Flicker account.
These minor improvements have made what I eat so much more versatile, yummy and easy that I can’t imagine my life without them! Another thing which have made my life certainly more comfortable has been using Rosa Mosqueta® Rose Hip Moisturizing Cream by Aubrey Organics. Finding a moisturizer is like finding a holy grail at times. Much like the deodorant, its a product that enables you to feel a little more comfortable with yourself. This might sound like an odd statement, or like something oddly superficial… However, walking around when your face is suffering an allergic reaction from some “natural”/”hypoallergenic” moisturizer makes me feel a tad self conscious. Another problem is walking around with dry dry skin or (suddenly) way too oily skin.
I think I am probably right when I say that you want your moisturizer to make your skin feel elastic, not itchy or dry, without any break outs or oily spots and the all important… Not make your face freckle even more. A lot of moisturizers have awful ingredients in them, such as those find in here:
What annoys me about it is that, when you don’t know what to look for you are bound to buy products that ultimately harm you. After quite a long search I ended up with Aubrey Organics. My skin is sensitive, very dry and I am prone to freckle; therefore, I was looking for something to moisturize my skin in a hot weather with minimal issues. I did find it in the Rosa Mosqueta® Rose Hip Moisturizing Cream. Now, the EWG rates it as a 2 hazard, but! it the rating is so high due to Vitamin A and Tocopherol (which is basically Vitamin E). I do realize that this is not *obsessively* natural but I have yet to find anything better.
The smell is decent enough, kinda rose like. The consistency is kinda weird and almost shiny. It feels almost watery and it absorbs nicely providing you don’t put too much on. Its totally vegan, biodegradable, and mostly organic. The bottle is not too big, but certainly not too small… still, you do pay at least 16$ for it at Whole Foods. I managed to buy it for 12.54$ when I bought it online at Vitamin Life though it was processing for literally a month before it was sent, so be advised to plan well ahead. Value wise its not a bad deal and my face looks and feels quite good. I totally recommend it, but if you find something more natural than be sure to let me know! The one thing I do wish it had was some sunblock protection. I guess it might make it less fitting to sensitive skins, but it sure would make my life easier. I use Badger’s sunscreen on it, unhappily. I will rate the sunscreen in another post.
All and all, I give it 8 out of 10.
Oh yeah… You might wonder why I don’t use it (a.k.a. Vegecol with Aloe Moisturizing Cream) and I am glad to answer that I did! Only it seems that my skin is more dry than anything else and it flaked when I did try to use it. It also WAYYY more expensive for something sooo small. I use it at night so that I wouldn’t feel like I wasted my money on something useless.
