What They Say: "End the invigorating bath and body experience with a creamy and extremely moisturizing Pookamint™ Body Lotion that will leave your skin silky smooth. Our body lotion contains Vitamin E, providing a smooth layer of natural sun protection for your skin."

Jen's Experience: I really love the way this stuff smells. It's minty, but not overpowering, and somehow smells a little sugary. I love that I can enjoy the scent throughout the day when I wear it on my face and arms.

As a moisturizer, it feels thick when I'm applying it, but less so once it's on my skin. It's a good hand moisturizer since it doesn't leave skin greasy and soaks in rather quickly. It's done wonders on some dry skin patches on my hands and around the nailbed.

I think this would make a good body moisturizer for most skin types -- dry, normal, even sensitive skin based on my experience. And with its delicious scent? Definitely a keeper in my book.

Retail Price: $12.00 (check PookieStore.com for a location near you)

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What They Say: "Ever licked the frosting bowl? We've got your number!!

Only the best ingredients go into Pookie™ lip balm. We've chosen a combination of high-quality natural oils and combined them with beeswax for the ultimate in conditioning and moisturizing.

Each Pookie™ lip balm contains:
Beeswax (Cera Alba)
Apricot kernel oil (Prunus Armeniaca): nourishes and revitalizes; rich in essential fatty acids
Avocado oil (Persea Gratissima): a luxurious oil with outstanding regenerative properties
Sweet almond oil (Prunus Dulcis): soothes and heals; rich in minerals, vitamins and proteins
Shea butter (Butyrospermum Parkii): a natural protectant from UV rays; conditions and rejuvenates
Coconut oil (Cocos Nucifera): softens and moisturizes
Vitamin E (Tocopherol): a powerful antioxidant


Pookie™ is never tested on animals, and all of our packaging is 100% recyclable."

Melissa's DeLush Downlow: Imagine a cross between a banana smoothie and vanilla frosting...that's how I would describe this super-soft and soothing balm by Pookie. It's got the tiniest bit of minty tingle too. Great for your pucker - and your sweet tooth!

Retail Price: $7.00 (at cosmeticmall.com)

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That's right...this is going to be Crazy About Lip Balm week at DeLush! We'll be having a Roundtable about your favorites tomorrow, and will be sharing some of OUR favorites Wednesday through Friday! So if you're a balm junkie (like me!), check in every day to see what's happening!

Now, to start the week off, here's a recent find that I'm currently crazy about!

What They Say: "An ultra-soothing mint and vanilla sensation in a jumbo cobalt tube. See for yourself why we call it 'the last line in lip nourishment.'"

Melissa's DeLush Downlow: They are NOT kidding when they tell you the tube is "jumbo". Compared to most balm tubes, it certainly is. Now at first, the minty intensity surprised me a little. But once I started using it, I became addicted to its cool/sweet flavor and its smoothness. With peppermint and spearmint oils, APOOKALIPS is bound to help freshen breath a little, too. This balm is now in HEAVY rotation for me - in fact, it's sitting next to my keyboard right now!

Want another plus? Pookie's products are never animal-tested, and its packaging is 100% recyclable!

Retail Price: $8.00 (cosmeticmall.com)

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NEW YORK- Excitement is mounting everywhere as people are being scrubbed, washed and moisturized with the newest creation to the Pookie family; Pookamint™ body. Well-known for their scrumptious all natural lip balms, Pookie splashed into the cosmetic industry first with a lip balm, then a color balm followed more recently by lip and eye pencils, and now the Pookamint™ body line.

The bath and body line includes everything one could need to get their skin in perfect form for their “Pookie.” Offering a complete treatment, the line includes Pookamint™ Buffing Polish, Pookamint™ Body Wash, and Pookamint™ Body Lotion! The wonderful Pookamint™ Buffing Polish ($22 retail) is a great sugar scrub for the whole body made with rice oil and rosemary to exfoliate, smooth and refresh the skin. Lather the nourishing Pookamint™ Body Wash ($16 retail) onto skin and feel the cooling and cleaning sensation of the green tea and Dead Sea salt. And end the invigorating shower experience with a creamy and extremely moisturizing Pookamint™ Body Lotion ($16 retail) that will leave the skin silky smooth. The body lotion contains vitamin e, which provides a smooth layer of natural sun protection for your skin.

“The Pookamint™ bath and body line is something we have wanted to do for a while,” explains Gianine Rothschild, co-owner of Pookie™. “We take pride in offering all natural lip balms, and wanted to develop a product that would be soothing to the skin in a natural way, and keep the fun, fresh feel of the Pookie name. The Pookamint™ line really does that, and we are excited to see where Pookie goes from here.”

Scented after the staple lip balm Apookalips, the Pookamint body line has a cool minty-fresh scent that is refreshing in any shower and will awaken the skin. Like all Pookie products, the Pookamint Body Line is all-natural and is a refreshing combination of Spearmint, Vanilla, and Peppermint oils that will refresh and nourish the skin. Pookie products are not tested on animals, and all packaging is 100% recyclable. All Pookie products are sold online at www.pookiestore.com, as well as in a variety of beauty retailers on the Web, and select retailers nationwide. For more retail information, call 866-4-POOKIE.