1Utama Beauty Fair

Ascending the escalator from 1Utama’s New Wing car park, I came across 1Utama’s Beauty Fair at LG High Street which is on until this  Sunday. The usual brands are represented, i.e. Kose, Kiehl’s, Himalaya Herbals, Shizens, Tanamera, The Face Shop, Skin Food, Caudalie, Covo, Laneige and many more.

However the brands that caught my eye are the handmade soaps/toiletries.

Claire Organics

These cute soaps are retailing at RM15 each.

Choose any 3 of the square soaps for RM50 and that is seriously good value because the soaps are above RM20 individually.

Il Puro

Meet Nora who is the lovely owner of Il Puro, she started the business online two years ago and is inspired by her travels throughout Europe. There are natural soaps, argan oil, bath and body products, handcrafted from natural, organic and plants derived ingredients.

The Olive Soaps (RM20) have the fresh aroma of ylang ylang and are infused with coconut oil, olive oil and palm oil.

Shea Butter Soap with Loofah (RM24) is an exfoliating soap with natural loofah, blend of oils of organic raw shea butter, ylang ylang infused coconut, olive and palm.

Morroccan Rhassoul Clay Natural Soap (RM22) has a blend of Rhassoul clay, ylang ylang infused coconut oil, olive oil and palm oil.

African Black Soap (RM35) is made in Ghana from 100% organic Shea Butter, pure honey, coco pod, aloe vera, lime juice, palm kernel oil and palm bunch ash water. Suitable for acne prone and oily skin.

Organic Shea Butter Cream (RM35) is a natural relief for eczema, dry and irritated skin. Contains unrefined organic Shea Butter from Ghana and Argan Oil from Morocco.

Argan Shea Hand & Body Lotion with Aloe Vera (RM35/60gm) contains plant derived ingredients of organic Argan Oil, organic Shea Butter, Aloe Vera extract, Lavender essential oils, water and non-paraben preservatives.

Tatana Roots

Wouldn’t you like to know that your beauty purchases are going towards a good and worthy cause? Soap maker, Suzane Samy is the founder of Tatana Roots, a NGO aimed at conserving the community at Kuala Penyu’s (Sabah) heritage through activities like education.

Ms. Red contains French Red Clay which cleanses, detoxifies and exfoliates the skin. Rich with poppy seeds which act as scrub.

Sandalwood has anti-bacterial properties and fights body odour. Naturally coloured with sandalwood powder.

Bamboo Charcoal absorbs odours and excess oils. Rich with loofah which acts as a scrub and clears away dead skin.

Truly Pink Salt is Tatana Roots’ bestselling soap as this isn’t your average handmade soap. It contains organic pink French clay and organic pink Himalayan salt for gently exfoliating and nourishing skin.

Tulsi Neem is a herbal soap for the prevention of acne, pimples, back acne and skin infection. Packed with antibacterial and antifungal properties. Naturally coloured with organic Neem and Tulsi powder.

By purchasing Tatana Roots’ soaps, you are contributing towards indigeneous community projects.

There’s a promotion till 9th May 2014 (as described above).