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Product Spotlight
Cranberry-Yuzu Sugar Scrub

The very first sugar scrub we ever debuted way back in 2003, and still Bella Luccè’s very best seller to this day. A creamy blend of nourishing oils and rich shea butter, studded with real cane sugar and ruby red cranberry seeds to slough dead skin and restore your glow. It’s spring cleaning time for your skin too, you know? Find it here…at a very special price, for a very limited time.

Latest Obsession
Chocolate Covered Strawberries

When I think spring, I think of strawberries. And when I think of strawberries, I think of the big-as-my-fist models, dipped in milk chocolate and drizzled with white chocolate, sprinkled with nuts, dashed with coconut and studded with chocolate chips. Exhibit A: Shari’s Berries. They’re my never-fail, go-to gift and they always draw raves. Birthdays, thank you’s, anniversaries, apologies…there’s never a bad time to send a box, Hell, just send a box to yourself. :)

Monthly Poll

Two weeks and $10,000 to kill. Where to?

  • Thailand & Vietnam
  • Iceland & Scandinavia
  • Conqering South Africa
  • Peru & Brazil

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Ingredient of the Month
African Shea Butter

Revered for centuries by the women of Africa, shea butter is a renowned skin soother. Obtained from the karite nuts of a tree native to the West African tropics, the supple butter’s high concentration of fatty acids gives it the ability to deeply moisturize and retain the elasticity of the skin, while also protecting against the damaging effects of the sun. Bella Luccè is proud to use organic shea butter imported from the Ghana in our product collection.

Find it in: Vanilla Coconut Whipped Shea, Pumpkin Glow, Norwegian Oceanic Salt Rub

Food For Thought

“The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.”

~ Ralph W. Sockman

Home Spa Ritual
Cooling Cucumber Mask

The perfect remedy on a warm spring day, this softening mask utilizes our favorite skin treats from your pantry!

1/2 cucumber
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon heavy whipping cream
1/2 tablespoon yogurt

Toss peeled and deseeded cucumber into a blender or food processor and blend until smooth. Add honey, cream and yogurt and blend for 45 more seconds. To use: massage mask onto freshly cleansed skin. Grab a good book and relax for 10-15 minutes. Splash face with cool water to remove. Store any remaining mask in a covered container in the refrigerator and use within 4 days.

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Small beauty companies need our help!

June 27, 2008

Congressman Dingell, chairman of the Congressional Committee on Energy and Commerce, is currrently reviewing legislation designed to overhaul the federal regulations governing beauty companies. The Food And Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008 proposes new registration fees (up to $12,000 per year, with no relief for small businesses), a flood of new paperwork and a host of unnecessary new rules. Unfortunately, the proposal does not address methods for increased enforcement of already under-enforced federal laws and it offers consumers no more protection than the system currently in place. The end result will be a new law which will effectively stamp out small, independent beauty companies while corporate giants are left to flourish…and consumers pay the price via limited choice, a lack of new innovation and no more protection to speak of.

The Indie Beauty Network (IBN), of which Bella Luccè is a proud member, has taken the lead in challenging this unfair legislation. A draft response is headed up to the committee and I’ll be headed to Washington soon to make the case against the law (at least in its current form), along with key industry insiders who share our view. I’m asking that consumers who enjoy personal care products from Bella Luccè and other independent beauty manufacturers join us in the fight by signing a petition from IBN. Consumers are a critical part of this process and it takes just a moment lend your voice to the growing list of people who want meaningful legislation that promotes and supports small business, instead of more bureaucratic red tape that is the death nail of family business.

Don’t worry, Bella Luccè isn’t going anywhere. We’re FDA registered, fully compliant with Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) and ready to pay whatever fees are federally mandated. Yet, if these laws were in place when I started this company 5 years ago, we never would have gotten off the ground and startup beauty companies will drop like flies if this is enacted. Please take a moment to lend your voice by reading the petition. Then scroll to the bottom of the screen and leave your name and thoughts as a comment that will signify your support of the petition itself. Spread the word!


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