Cream 01 The Crop from page 8
you may find yourself using up an
entire bottle in a day and still endur-
ing dry skin.
Howell further advises consumers
to understand the differences among
lotions before buying. Hand lotion
really is meant only for hands,
because it's a more emollient cream
than body lotion, she says. Nor
should either of these be used on the
face, for which a whole different set
of creams is necessary.
Gimme Some Sugar
Todd's Room in Birmingham is a gar-
den of heavenly scented lotions and
potions. They come in bottles and
tubes, blue and green and white and
lilac, large and tiny. Helping you nav-
igate your way through is Michelle
Colbert, who works at Todd's Room.
A perennial favorite with cus-
tomers at Todd's is the Sugar Blossom
Hand Treatment from Fresh. An exfo-
out a second mortgage on your home
if it becomes a favorite. The Olivina
sells for $15 for 2.5 ounces, with
additional products in the line
including a bath oil, body butter and
body scrub.
Another Colbert recommendation
is Yu-Be, the favorite of mountain
climber Sumiyo Tsuzuki and other
women throughout Japan. "It's good
for seriously dry, rough skin, calluses,
split cuticles, hard-cracked heels,
chapped lips and sunburn," she says.
Yu-Be lotion also gets raves from
Theresa Hamilton, whose Poppy
Beauty Bar in Royal Oak smells
something very close to paradise.
Though outside the air is cold and
sharp, distinctly winter-like, stepping
in Poppy Beauty Bar is like walking
into spring, with scents of gardenia
and vanilla and spice.
Hamilton says Yu-Be, which comes
in an orange-and-white, Creamsicle-
like container (it's $15 for a 1.25-
\1.1\ R
■ A)1:.c-,(
MAR1
DES
,
N czoz.
•
CHICO'S
RUNNING FIT
DAKOTA BREAD
SOLOMON & SON
GREETINGS FROM
STAGE DELI
MAR 1 (-)
DE SC L I I
kl Nc
A 11 A Y '8
B o L) Y ,
T
0 N
-
HERSH'S
STEVEN FRANKLIN OPTICS
KaBLOOM
KOOCHIE KOO
MARGUERITE
SWIMWEAR
NEW YORK BAGEL
THE STUDIO
PORT CITY JAVA
TRESSA'S
REAR ENDS
UNDER IT ALL
RUBY'S BALM
YOU'RE FIRED
orchard lake road I south of maple I west bloomfield
10 • DECEMBER 2005 • JN GIFT GUIDE II
liating cream, it features hibiscus
flower acids, which help with cell
renewal, Colbert says. She also appre-
ciates the fact that while it has a sweet
smell, "it doesn't overpower you the
way some lotions can, which means
you can still wear your favorite per-
fume and the two fragrances won't
clash." The Fresh Sugar Blossom
Hand Treatment is $37 for 3.4
ounces.
Another treasure at Todd's Room
is Napa Valley Olivina Hand Creme,
which we "love, love, love," Colbert
says. "It has a lot of anti-oxidants,
aloe vera and sea kelp, so it's amaz-
ingly moisturizing."
It's also not going to mean taking
ounce tube, $24 for a 4.25-ounce
tub), is great for "hands in serious
need."
Fresh Sugar Blossom Hand
Treatment, which sells for $36, is as
popular at Poppy Beauty Bar as it is
at Todd's Room. "It really gets the
dead skin off," Hamilton says of the
cream, "and it smells lemony, very
nice. A lot of people are driven by
scent" when choosing a lotion.
"You really can't go wrong with
Fresh or AESOP products," she says.
Finally, for the all-natural crowd,
Hamilton recommends Davies Gate
Hand Cream with jojoba seed oil,
which costs $27.50 for 6 ounces. Its
secret: "It's very rich," she says.