My hands are chapped as hell, I'm not gonna lie. For some reason, San Diego thinks it's fun to watch me suffer by throwing rain + 55 degrees and 88 degrees + a Santa Ana stagnant air into a weekend.
In case you didn't pick up on my massive discontent, it sucks.
Case in point, ever since last week, my hands have been dry, chapped, broken, harsh looking...and they hurt, too. :(
(PS: Does anyone know a remedy, thus negating the purpose of this entire post??)
Many, many bloggers and YouTubers
swear by Ariel's Secret Garden, a soap and body care shop on Artfire.com. People swear by her creams, lotions, and soaps, so I figured I'd place a small order for one item, that way, if it didn't work for me, I wouldn't be out much money.
I had to take a photo of this pretty detailing, love the bow and mesh wrapping!
Top view, cute little sticker.
The scent I chose for my Luxury Body Frosting was Cotton Headed Ninny Muggins, which is described as: "
One of our favorite movies of all times is "ELF". At one point in the movie, Buddy mentions that he feels like a "Cotton headed ninny muggin"; AKA...an ELF Airhead. This made us think, "What would a cotton headed ninny muggin smell like?" Cotton headed ninny muggin fragrance oil begins with sweet, buttery, creamy coconut and vanilla frosting; leading to middle notes of powdery heliotrope and spicy hints; and sits on a powerful vanilla base." Cute description, and I LOVE the movie "Elf," it's one we must watch every year at Christmas! It's yellow and pink lotion swirled together...
...but most of the pink is at the top. The consistency is pretty thick,but it IS body frosting, which tend to be thicker. It smells really nice, like buttercream and coconut!
Along with my order, I received a Trick or Treat scented cupcake soap (which was really glittery and irritated my hands, but once I wiped the glitter off, it left my hands feeling smooth), as well as a non-scented face lotion. The thing I like about these lotions are that they are not greasy like most of the stuff I have used in my life. It's a huge plus!
I also got a drink/soda pop cozy, hand-knitted! This is so cute, but I haven't found it yet from our unpacking! It will turn up some place. :)
Finally, the note Sherri and Ariel wrote to me. I love the goodies, thanks for the samples, ladies! I have liked using my lotion a lot, but find I forget to use it all the time. I am going to put it on top of my side table next to my bed instead of in the bathroom, so I won't forget!
Have you tried this company? From the looks of it, it looks like she's closing her site in May...does anyone know if this is permanent or temporary?? :(
She's a huge fave over on the Makeup Alley B&B board and they haven't mentioned anything about a permanent close, so likely just a seasonal thing. (I hope!)
ReplyDeleteGood to know, thanks for telling me! Her lotion is really nice, hopefully it's just seasonal!!
DeleteLOVE Ariel's Secret Garden and have ordered from there several times. It's been a while since the last time though.
ReplyDeleteThey have closed their shop a couple times in the last year or two but always seem to come back. I don't know what's going on at the moment though because I've fallen out of the handcrafted soapie world lately.
~Deb
I'm glad it seems like she'll be back! Do you have any products from her store right now left from when you did order?
DeleteNope, don't have anything left at this point. I had a small chunk of Oatmeal, Milk & Honey soap from her that I was hanging onto, using up as a face soap, but I think that's gone now.
Delete~Deb
Yaaaaaaay! Nice order. Cotton Headed Ninny Muggin smells so good! Love it.
ReplyDeleteIt's super delicious smelling...I sort of want to eat it! :P
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