Nick Axelrod of Into the Gloss recently wrote an article called Things We Finish about how his job as a beauty writer is to try every new product that comes his way. It is the products that he actually finishes and buys again that stand out.
I bought my first jar of Egyptian Magic exactly two years ago today. [Thank you amazon.com for tracking my purchases.] I know I read about it in a magazine, and an eco-friendly, California-bred movie star like Kate Hudson probably said she used it. This was before the solid to liquid consistency of coconut oil had come into my life, and the solidity of the ‘Magic’ seemed a little odd.
The jar arrived, and my first inclination was to rub it all over my face before bed. Since I live in California, my skin is no longer exposed to freezing cold winters. I really don’t need the heavy creams that were essential 4-5 months of every year on the east coast. Something about the cream reminded me vaguely of Bag Balm, a protective ointment I used during long, cold New York winters. Bag Balm works; it coats your skin with a salve developed for farm animals. And while it is made of natural ingredients, the smell of this product was not for me.
Thinking about Bag Balm reminded me that I still had not found a great foot cream. So I decided to put the Egyptian Magic all over my feet. Two years later, it is my staple. My feet are soft and even with the lack of sandal weather in San Francisco, always ready for an open-toe shoe.
It has six ingredients: Olive oil, beeswax, honey, bee pollen, royal jelly and propolis. It does not smell like honey, in fact it has very little scent. The Environmental Working Group’s informative Skin Deep database gives Egyptian Magic its highest rating, a 0 for toxic ingredients.
Egyptian Magic works, and it is good for you. Give it a try - let me know what you think!
