Saturday, July 6, 2013

Happy Button Soap Co: Sweet Snuggles Scrub

A little something different for you all today - its been a long time since I have blogged about my other vice: Bath and Body!

I recently entered a contest over at the Happy Button Soap Company facebook page to create a scent for an upcoming customer inspired scrub scent trio.
My entry was Sweet Snuggles - a mix of Lavender, Pink Sugar, White Chocolate and a hint of Coconut. All of these are my favorite fragrances on their own and I thought they'd be awesome all blended together! I often do layer these together from the perfumes that I have in my stash. Yep, I've got a huuuuge perfume stash too, but that's another story! I came up with the name because I remembered Bree's sweet dog, Koumpi, and the Sunday morning snuggles she gets from him. I was one of the lucky winners and Bree sent a full sized scrub to me in the scent that I created!

Her packaging has only gotten more colorful since I last ordered! I don't know if she remembered that I love purple and green or if it was coincidence, but she not only wrapped it in purple tissue, the scrub itself is a light lavender color topped with hot pink sugar!



She even included a scrub sample with my free scrub! Its called Alice and has a very fresh and somewhat nostalgic scent to me. I can't quite put my finger on where I've smelled something similar before, but I love it!

I took this photo a while back, but her scrubs still foam up like this - its insanely gorgeous foam!


I also love her shampoo and original conditioner, it is one of the few sets that I don't have an allergic reaction to when I use them and they're safe for color treated hair! I also love her solid perfumes and body cream and lip balms and - well I don't think she makes a product that I don't love!

The other two winning scents in the trio were:
Blueberry Basil Jam - Blueberries, white sugar, and a touch of sweet basil (created by Julienne Marie)
Spicey Earth - Vetiver and cinnamon (created by Karin J Leary)


All three scents are available in her shop so why don't ya show her some love and give her lil shop a visit after July 7th! (she's on vacation)
Her items are pre made and she ships super fast, sometimes the same day!


Friday, June 28, 2013

Upcoming Indie Shops!

I've found a few upcoming Indie Polish Shops that I thought I'd share with you all!
Each one has a facebook page, but their shops aren't set up yet. There are some gorgeous polishes on their pages, have a look!

Chili Bird Co.


Daphine Polish


Lacquer by Lissa



I am also working on updating my Indie Shop links list, it should be up in a few. :)

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Nail Polish Meet Up!

This past weekend I had the opportunity to meet up with Connie, whom I met through polish groups on facebook! We met once previously when she came to my city, but this time I went to hers. :)
I left on Friday afternoon and stayed until Sunday afternoon. We were both totally immersed in polish world! Shopping, swatching, talking, stalking, doing spreadsheets, manicures, taking photos, blogging and oohing and ahhhing over each others polishes! I had an absolutely awesome time!

Connie took me to a lake where there were tons of sailboats, restaurants and a lighthouse! Its only the second lighthouse I've ever visited, so that was pretty exciting for me.
I took a photo of it but the sun was kind of in the wrong place so this photo has been edited to brighten it up a little bit.


What good is a lighthouse without polish anyway, amirite?
In these photos I am wearing Dark Cloud from Elevation. It is a custom polish that was created for a group. Because Dark Cloud is a custom creation, it will not be available for sale via the website and cannot be recreated for purchase.


These photos have the sailboats and restaurants in the background, the buildings were interesting to me. The darker looking building had all windows on the side facing us!
Connie is also wearing a custom polish but from Lynnderella. Its called 231 Blessings in a Bottle, which she won in a special giveaway. Because it is custom, it is not available for sale and will not be recreated.


Connie was not only kind enough to let me fondle the bottle of her custom Lynn, but to also wear it!
It is packed full of green, purple and pink glitters in hexes, stars, butterflies, flowers, diamonds, shreds and squares. Its absolutely stunning!
I'm still wearing it, and I don't want to take it off!


I had a wonderful time with Connie, and hope that we can meet again sometime soon!