As we near the end of April, Mother’s Day on May 12 will be here before you know it. Since I have been a lifelong fan of natural triple-milled French soaps, I wanted to introduce you to a new discovery that would make a lovely Mother’s Day gift or a fabulous hostess gift as we …
Bath & Body Sales at Humboldt Soap Co & Nature Island Botanicals
As you know, I am a great fan of bath and body products. I have two artisan-made, natural and organic, indie brands that are particular favorites: Humboldt Soap Company Nature Island Botanicals. Over time, I feel like Daphne from NIB who I’ve known for more than a decade and Arice from HSC who I’ve known …
Project Pan Update: March 2019 Beauty Empties
Lots of empties to go through from March. I am doing well toward reaching my goal of 100 empties in 2019. Nails Zoya Big Flipper Nail Polish Remover: Although I am sometimes lazy and I use the tub polish removers from CVS that you stick a finger in and swish around, Zoya Big Flipper really …
Ipsy Glam Plus End of Winter
I really look forward every month to my Ipsy Glam Plus box with 5 full size products. I have made some great discoveries from my boxes since I signed up last fall. Importantly, the value is definitely there with each of the boxes being worth well over $100. This past month, Ipsy sent an email …
Honestly Margo Natural and Organic Balms
I save many of the boxes that PR samples and some of my purchases come in, and I reuse them when I send out giveaway prizes. The ones that didn’t completely survive delivery or that have logos on the outside I recycle. As you can imagine, I’ve got a lot of boxes. I always try …
Coming Attractions on NSDB for Spring 2019
Instead of a review, today I’m doing a quick “Coming Attractions” over the next few months post! As you can see, I have a ton of skincare products to review. In order to adequately review most skincare products (except maybe cleansers and toners), I need to use the products for about a month. So I …
Thinking Ahead to Beach Weather and Soft Lips with BreezeBalm Pineapple Lip Balm
This is what my neighborhood looks like now. We got a foot of snow on Sunday night/Monday morning. I spent Monday shoveling. Today was a bright sunny but 29 degree day. My friend Sue and I went snowshoeing in the woods nearby. It was fun, but definitely a lot of work. The snow was deep …
Molton Brown Limited Edition Muddled Plum Shower Gel
In January, I picked up a trio of limited edition Molton Brown shower gel scents in adorable holiday bauble packaging. I reviewed the Festive Bauble Set in order to let my readers know about the after holiday sale and to give my initial impressions. Since then I thought I’d come back and give you an …
Project Pan February 2019: My Beauty Empties
This is the second month of Project Pan, the effort to use up more than 100 products during 2019, that I am participating in with a group of other beauty bloggers. It’s a voluntary thing, and not everyone will participate every month. But you know I will! I am bound and determined to finish up …
My Therapeutic Bath and Shower After A Physically Demanding Day
Yesterday, I wrote about my afternoon of snow shoveling, and how Elixicure Pain Relief Roll-On and Cream came to my rescue by taking away the pain of my sore muscles (here). Today was another action-packed day of exertion. Because last night, it continued to snow lightly for a few more hours, another inch or so …
Elixicure Natural Pain Relief with CBD Oil and Essential Oils
Although I had hoped that we were done with snow this winter (we didn’t have a lot thankfully), I knew that would be too good to be true. It started snowing at about 1a.m. this morning and it has continued snowing lightly throughout the day. We got about 4 inches so far, and thank goodness, …
Legendary Apothecary Smooth Feet
For the past few months, I had been slathering my feet every night with shea butter and other balms and putting on sleep socks to try to keep them softer and smoother. I frequently use my Amope Extra Coarse Electronic Foot File (reviewed here) to file off dry skin. But in spite of this …
Project Pan: Sharing My January 2019 Beauty Empties Reviews with Friends!
You know me – I love to use up beauty products! As I’ve said many times before, I hate throwing away products that are unused or only partially used (unless they’ve gone bad or expired, of course). Plus, I like to make room for new products. And I like writing about the products I’ve …
My Tropical Bath on a Four Degree Day!
On Sunday, we got less snow than originally forecast, only about 4 inches. But it was heavy wet snow, and then we got sleet and freezing rain on top of it so that it was encased in ice. I shoveled for about two and a half hours, and Jeff helped me, shoveling for two hours. …
Update on Molton Brown Bath & Shower Gel Scents including Festive Bauble Set on Sale
Right now, I have 8 different shower gels and scents in my shower. The vast majority are from Molton Brown. I got started on my road to ruin, lol, a couple of years ago, when I got a travel size bottle of deep purple Molton Brown Relaxing Ylang Ylang Shower Gel in my first Barney’s …