CBD and hemp have been infused into just about every body product you can imagine in recent years and for good reason. Hemp provides strong anti-aging and anti-inflammatory benefits, thanks to its rich Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids profile. Similarly, CBD's properties makes it great for treating skin conditions like acne while also helping to relieve pain and reduce anxiety. Chances are, if there's an issue you're dealing with, be it as simple as dry, irritated skin, or as big as mental and physical stress, there's a CBD oil or hemp cream for it. Here are 13 hemp and CBD products that make great stocking stuffers this season.
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High Priority Cannabis Cleansing Foam
Macys
Cannabis sativa seed oil and bioflavonoids in this foam cleanser remove dirt, makeup, and other impurities, as they hydrate and refresh skin.
Brown Girl Jane Glow
Brown Girl Jane
The founders of Brown Girl Jane launched their plant-based wellness company specifically to make the benefits of CBD more accessible to Black women. Earlier this year, the brand expanded into beauty with glow, a facial serum made with organic cannabis sativa seed oil and broad spectrum hemp oil to bring natural illumination to your complexion.
Sagely Naturals Relief and Recovery CBD Roll-On
Neiman Marcus
Keep this roll-on in your purse for on-the-go pain relief and aromatherapy benefits thanks to its combo of CBD, cooling menthol, and an essential oil mix of peppermint, rosemary, and eucalyptus.
Foria Intimacy Natural Lubricant with CBD
Foria
Enhance your sexual experiences with this lubricant made from Organic MCT coconut oil and 200mg of broad-spectrum CBD. The oil can also be used to relieve painful pelvic conditions and issues related to menopause.
Kiehl’s Cannabis Sativa Seed Oil Herbal Concentrate
Macys
Formulated specifically for oily and blemish-prone skin, cold-pressed hemp seeds and oregano oil in this concentrate help improve the skin's barrier, reduce redness, relieve problem skin, and calm and soothe.
VERTLY CBD-Infused Bath Salts
Macys
Take your soak to a new level with these salts formulated with CBD, healing salts, magnesium, MSM, and a blend of essential oils to completely relax a tired body.
e.l.f. Happy Hydration Cream
e.l.f. Happy Hydration Cream + hemp-derived Cannabis Sativa Seed OilNourish dry skin with this lightweight creamy face cream that's packed with Vitamin B5, Hyaluronic Acid, and Niacinamide (Vitamin B3) -- the standard skincare hydrators -- plus the added benefit of hemp-derived cannabis sativa seed oil.
KHUS + KHUS Bleu Body Wax with CBD
Neiman Marcus
Ideal for those with eczema, sensitivity, and other skin issues, this anti-inflammatory wax helps reduce pain and inflammation in the body. In addition to cannabinoid hemp extract, this herbal fusion is formulated with Blue Tansy, Blue Yarrow, Baobab, Babassu, and Marula Oil to moisturize, protect skin from free radicals, and soothe irritation.
CBD Restoring Facial Oil
This oil was created specifically to restore stressed, dehydrated skin, which pretty much all of us have right now thanks to constantly wearing masks. With 99.9% ingredients of natural origin, including CBD and hemp seed oil, squalene and patchouli extract, this lightweight vegan oil soothes the discomfort of dry skin to leave your face smoother.
Cannuka CBD Calming Eye Balm
Cannuka
Beeswax, grapeseed oil, shea butter, hemp seed oil, orange peel butter, vitamin E, rose hip oil, coconut oil, grapefruit extract, and manuka honey are poured into this eye balm to help relieve dryness and bring a glow to the undereye area. The nourishing oils also soothe skin, combat free radicals, and regenerate new skin cells to keep your eyes looking refreshed.
Origins Hello, Calm Relaxing & Hydrating Face Mask With Cannabis Sativa Seed Oil
Macy's
Formulated with Cannabis Sativa Seed Oil, which is rich in Omega-6 and Omega-3, this masks helps hydrate and calm skin. A blend of essential oils also helps calm the senses during its use, making this the perfect at-home spa treatment.
FLOWER Beauty Chill Out Skin Serum
Calm irritated, unbalanced skin with this Chill Out Skin Serum that's infused with hemp-derived CBD to "rebalance skin to a zen state." The infusion of hyaluronic acid ensures skin stays moisturized as well.
Hempz CBD Aromatherapy Rose Oil Herbal Body Moisturizer
Kohl's
100% pure hemp seed oil and coconut oil help to moisturize skin while rose extract and vitamins A, C, and E in this lotion protect against free radicals while putting the mind at ease.
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While speaking to xoNecole, Eva shares that she’s a lot like the beloved 1994 character in many ways. “Lyric is so me. She's the odd flower. A flower nonetheless, but definitely not a peony,” she tells us.
“She's not the average flower you see presented, and so she reminds me of myself. I'm a sunflower, beautiful, but different. And what I loved about her character then, and even more so now, is that she was very sure of herself.
"Sure of what she wanted in life and okay to sacrifice her moments right now, to get what she knew she deserved later. And that is me. I'm not an instant gratification kind of a person. I am a long game. I'm not a sprinter, I'm a marathon.
America first fell in love with Eva when she graced our screens on cycle 3 of America’s Next Top Model in 2004, which she emerged as the winner. Since then, she's ventured into different avenues, from acting on various TV series like House of Payne to starring on Real Housewives of Atlanta.
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Eva praises her castmates and the play’s producer, Je’Caryous for her positive experience. “You know what? Je’Caryous fuels my audacity car daily, ‘cause I consider myself an extremely audacious woman, and I believe in what I know, even if no one else knows it, because God gave it to me. So I know what I know. That is who Je’Caryous is.”
But the mom of three isn’t the only one in the family who enjoys acting. Eva reveals her daughter Marley has also caught the acting bug.
“It is the most adorable thing you can ever see. She’s got a part in her school play. She's in her chorus, and she loves it,” she says. “I don't know if she loves it, because it's like, mommy does it, so maybe I should do it, but there is something about her.”
Overall, Eva hopes that her contribution to the role and the play as a whole serves as motivation for others to reach for the stars.
“I want them to walk out with hope. I want them to re-vision their dreams. Whatever they were. Whatever they are. To re-see them and then have that thing inside of them say, ‘You know what? I'm going to do that. Whatever dream you put on the back burner, go pick it up.
"Whatever dream you've accomplished, make a new dream, but continue to reach for the stars. Continue to reach for what is beyond what people say we can do, especially as [a] Black collective but especially as Black women. When it comes to us and who we are and what we accept and what we're worth, it's not about having seen it before. It's about knowing that I deserve it.”
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
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Fortunately, five simple words have simplified my dating process and ushered in clarity faster: “Would my husband do this?”
A couple of years ago, I met an entertainment lawyer who was tonguing down a twenty-something-year-old woman for breakfast while I slurped my green smoothie and chomped on a flatbread sandwich. Okay, Black love, I grinned and thought as I sauntered out of the Joe & The Juice. As soon as I stepped down from the front door, a torrential downpour of Miami summer rain cascaded and throttled me back inside to wait out the storm.
I grabbed a hot green tea and vacillated between peering out the wet door and anxiously checking my watch. My lengthy agenda started with attending the Tabitha Brown and Chance Brown’s “Black Love” panel, and I was already late. That’s when the lawyer introduced himself to me, after he made a joke about neither one of us wanting to get soaked by the rain. His female companion had braved the storm, leaving us to find our commonalities.
We both lived in L.A. and had traveled to the American Black Film Festival to expand our network. He represented various artists, including entertainment writers, while I was working as a writer/creative producer in Hollywood.
While there is no shortage of internet advice on how to strategically meet a prominent man at conferences, if I spend my hard-earned funds on career growth, I have tunnel vision, and that doesn’t include finding Mr. Right. So, I stowed his contact details away as strictly professional.
Keep It Cute Love And Hip Hop GIFGiphyAs the humidity and mosquitoes were rising around L.A., two months later, another suitor-turned-terrible match cooled off after three unimpressive dates and a bevy of red flags. I posted what some of my friends called a thirst trap, but it was really me wearing a black freakum jumpsuit with a plunging neckline to my friend’s 35th birthday soiree despite feeling oh, so unsexy and bloated on my cycle.
I’d been waiting to post a sassy caption and finally had the perfect picture to match: “You not asking for too much, you just asking the wrong MF.”
That’s when the entertainment lawyer swooped into my DMs and asked me to dinner. I was quite confused. Is he asking me on a date? Or is this professional? Common sense would’ve picked the former. Once it clicked that this would in fact be a date, I told my mentor, who’s been happily married for over twenty years and has often been a guiding light and has steered me away from the wrong men.
Upon telling him about how we met, he emphatically stated, “He ain’t it.” He followed up with a simple question, "You have to ask yourself: Would my husband do this? Would you tell others that you met your husband, tonguing down another woman, and later married him?"
Aint It No Way GIF by UFCGiphyOuch. The thought-provoking question cleared any haze. Prior to going out with the lawyer, the first thing I inquired about was the woman.
“You saw that?” He said, taken aback that I’d witnessed his steamy PDA. Surely, anyone with two open eyes peeped him caressing her backside as he kissed her in the middle of the coffee shop.
He brushed her off as a casual someone he’d gone on a couple of dates with but had since stopped talking to. He said he hadn’t been in a serious relationship in over three years. Though I was still doubtful, dating in L.A. is treacherous and ephemeral. Making it past three months is considered a rarity.
With my antennae alert, I dined with him at a cozy beachside steakhouse restaurant where we were serenaded by a live jazz band. I’d emphasized forming a platonic friendship first.
Break Up Friendship GIF by TLCGiphy“I’ll come to you,” he obliged. I liked that he had made me a priority by driving over 50 miles to see me. I also liked the effort he made to check in with me daily. But I still couldn’t wrap my head around the fact that he initiated on a professional pretense and then alley hooped through the back door on a romantic venture, which bombarded me with confusion.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my dating life, God is not the author of confusion; any man who brings confusion, rather than clarity, is simply not The One. It doesn’t matter how many boxes he checks–eventually, that confusion will manifest itself into bigger problems, in time.
After diving into deeper conversations on the phone, post our first dinner date, I quickly realized this man was indeed not The One for me. But I’m grateful for the valuable lesson I learned.
I don’t expect some unattainable fairytale of a husband; we all have our own flaws and conflict is inevitable, but after dating for two decades, through failure and success, I’ve realized that the person I ultimately marry must mirror the values I exert into the world. He must reciprocate kindness, patience, and respect. He must be quick to listen and slow to respond. He needs to be forgiving and trustworthy, practice healthy communication, and be a man of his word at the bare minimum.
If I’d had “Would my husband do this?” in my toolbox when I was dating and floundering in stagnant relationships, in my twenties, it would’ve saved me a lot of precious time. But now that I’m equipped with the reminder, it’s allowed me to ground myself in my non-negotiables and set/maintain the standard for the special person, I’ll one day say, “I do,” to.
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