Fruits and Passion

Jasmine

Found: A Body Oil For Jasmine Lovers

If you love jasmine, you'll find Fruits & Passion's new Nourishing Dry Oil ($14) completely sweet.

If you love jasmine, you'll find Fruits & Passion's new Nourishing Dry Oil ($14) completely sweet. Its Monoi variety, made with argan and avocado oils, gives skin and hair a soft jasmine scent.

Although it's not exactly a complex perfume, it's pretty and light enough that you won't reek of flowers in the heat. It also soaks in really quickly—I've put on way more than I needed, and it still absorbed in just a couple of minutes. It also didn't make my clothing all oily and sticky, which is a big plus. On hot, humid days, it's the next best thing to sitting in the garden.

Lip Gloss

We Try Three New Paraben-Free Lip Products

While Fab and I were in New York earlier this month, the cold weather did a number on my California-spoiled lips.

While Fab and I were in New York earlier this month, the cold weather did a number on my California-spoiled lips. The word sandpaper came to mind. So for the past week, I've been on a quest to be kinder to my kisser. To do so, I tried three new lip products with different prices — all of them free of parabens. See how they fared by reading more