Bath fizzy bombs!

I am a bath ho. Some of you know that already.

So I am addicted to Lush, BPAL, Moonalisa etc. Lush bath bombs are pretty pricey even in a Lush store. When I go to New Orleans I hit the Lush on Decatur and spend well over 100.00 bucks every time. I also get some Lush on ebay, but the shipping is a killer since the products tend to be heavy. I also found a seller on ebay that makes homemade bath bombs and sells them at a nice price. I have bought 23 from her so far....got the second box of them today. Xmas gifts mainly.
Here's her website. http://www.ibeautygifts.com/
No, I do not know her! She just makes hellish bath bombs for $1.35 each and they are big too! Smell great and since she uses oils and butters in them my skin is really soft and moisturized. I have 4 of her soaps too and have purchased a second bar of the African Violet soap.
So...I have decided to make them myself. Scented with all the bpals that I have. Since I use a bath bomb for every bath I figure it's a good way to use my bpals since I will NEVER use them all in my lifetime.
So I've been watching youtube videos on how to make them. I have no desire to sell them. I could never anyway because my dawgs shed (plus the 4 cats) so much I couldn't guarantee that they wouldn't have a hair or two in them. I wouldn't even be able to give them away for fear of that. LOL Sad isn't it. Maybe if I was immaculate, but I'm not and refuse to be. My mom was and I think it made her crazy. ROFLMAO!!!
Today arrived the raw cocoa (cacao) butter, kaolin clay and I bought a 13 lb bag of baking soda from Sam's Club. Now I just need to wait for the citric acid, clear fillable xmas balls, and witch hazel to arrive. I think I will also be purchasing shea butter, other butters, and some oils like grapeseed and sweet almond. I'm so excited! What excites me the most is I can make them with my fave bpal fragrance and make them as heavily scented as I want!
I'm gonna be the best smelling bitch on the block!!

I'll keep you all advised on how I do.....If I had the citric acid I could make some today but alas....

The cocoa butters are in the shape of little rounds the size of a quarter and smell really good. So I took one out and it melts in my palm. So cool. My Ava dawg has really dry pads on her feet and she tends to slip on the vinyl floor so I rubbed some into the pads of her feet. Freaking dawg loved it. She even lifted up her last back foot so I could get to it. ROFL  I think it's going to absorb better than people lotion does and also I am not afraid if she licks this stuff either. So WIN WIN!

I wore The Little matchGirl to work yesterday. Bpal. LOVE IT. It kept getting better and better as the day went on. Super feminine smelling.

I'm in the mood to brine a chicken. Haven't really done that yet but for some reason it's been brought to my attention several times in the last couple months so I think it's like a hint from God or sumpin. Either my brother brings it up or Guy Fieri makes one on his show, or it's on another Food Network cooking show......it's just being pushed at me....so I figure I'm gonna do it. I mean, who am I to not heed a God hint, right?


Since I haven't done a blind bpal oil lately, let's do one.



Queen


Knew Bpal had several oils with Queen in the name...Pumpkin Queen, Queen Alice, The Red Queen, Queen of Sheba etc etc...didn't know they had one named just QUEEN. (Wasn't that a hellish rock group tho??!!)

Light yellow in color.
In the vial it seems citrusy but wet on the skin it isn't. Do I detect vetiver....just a slight hint? It seems kind of creamy, sunflower seed smell, floral, yeah, there's a citrus here too it seems. Seems royal too. I don't know if it's just the name influencing that thought or not....but it does seem rather regal....like a Queen would wear this.  I can't really pinpoint any specific ingredient in this. It's complex and hard to define.

What's in this?
For use only by women. An extremely potent passion blend, used to great effect when you're converting feminine sexual energy into power.

Bah! No scent description. Go here to read the reviews:

http://www.bpal.org/topic/4946-queen/

Some got that regal royal feeling too! Now I feel smug. Snort. Like Sheldon on Big Bang Theory.

 

After all that tech talk let's get to the real discussion. QUEEN!!!

 

 

Corvette envy

That's what I have. Corvette envy.

It's one of those things I've always wanted.

Haven't got a clue why.




Really.


I'm listening to Don Henly Dirty Laundry right now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some bad things happening right now. Clarice at work, her dad just died today. She loved him a lot.

 

 

 I don't even know how to talk to my Dad. I love him tho. We went to Memphis and New Orleans last May together with him and his gal.

 

I feel like I am this monotone voice lately. I'm starting the change, so bear with me. Isn't that great?

Eff. Yeah!

 

 

I feel like jumping on him. (my husband)

 

 

I have to pee. LOL

 

 

 

 

Blind pick from Sharkdiver's Imps that I bought from her.

The Scales of Deprivation 

I wanted a weird one so pulling this one out was somewhat ironic.  It's a middle gold color. Like not dark but not light either. Middle.
I was really wanting a patchouli scent this time. I'm 'in the mood'. Which means it's Friday and I have about 3 Bud Lites down me. LOL I making up for lost time not drinking all week.

In the vial it reminds me of the sweat from a knight in shining armour. Peppery, steely gray, cologne-like and sinister.
There is a musk or something resiny to this. It's quite bright actually. Slightly sunflower seedy and metal.

It's one of those scents that I adore but can't wear in public because most people wouldn't like it. It's too 'different'. Almost manly in a way. Something that I alone adore. I know Jeff wouldn't like it either. ....but I should have him smell it. He's weird. The scents I think he won't like he does, and the ones I do think he'll like, he doesn't. I think we're on two different smell planes. I'm in first class and he's holed up in the cargo area. hehe I shouldn't talk about him so negatively since I actually like him.

Oy! all of a sudden I am reading all of these books that have Judaism or Jewish characters in them. What's up wid dat? The Prince of Tides...then this other mystery suspense novel that I actually had to toss in the garbage..... it was that bad. Isn't that funny how that happens? Like once I read a story about a dog, then the next book I read was about a dog too. Then the third book was a dog book. Freaky! I can name all the books too.
Merle's Door
Marly and Me
Racing in the Rain

Good books, so read them will ya!?!   :)



The Scales of Deprivation is the BOMB. Incredible scent. It's super unique. Musky, sensual, metallic, lemony, heady. What's in this?

Thin, dark, and shadowed. A scent that offers no sustenance, comfort or satiety: lemon peel, white sage, frankincense, lavender fougere, sandalwood, vetiver and labdanum.

This satisfies me immensely. Seriously. Exactly what I was looking for tonight.

BIG BOTTLE WINNER

Guess what!?

I am going to start making my own bath fizzy bombs. Not for sale, just for personal use. I have to! I'm tired of not only paying for them but paying the shipping too. bah! LOL
Plus I can make bpal bombs!! Yeah!
It's starting to get cold here in Iowa.  We've been really lucky so far that we haven't had any snow. But it's COMING! WINTER IS COMING! As the Game of Thrones would say.
OMG Frosty the Snowman is on! Memories!! Gotta go!!

 

I have this cat.....

that likes to lie on his back. Like, all the time. When we first got him 6 years ago, he had this chronic diarrhea thing going on and I thought he just laid on his back because his tummy felt better.

 I was wrong.

It had nothing to do with his stomach.

He just likes being upside down. He does it all the time but it's like clockwork if the dogs go out. Here comes Mojo.....on his back in the middle of the living room once we close the back door after letting the dogs out. Now don't get me wrong, it's not only when the dogs are outside. It's usually ALL the time. It's freaky. Picture an obese long haired orange cat upside down in the middle of the room in every room that you have. And he doesn't move. You can step right over him without him freaking out. The dogs don't even notice him anymore, that's how much of a staple he is lying there. We're all used to it!
So there he is with his big gut all spread out like a squished pumpkin laying in the middle of the road.
I told you all already.....I have some freaky ass animals.....So if you stop by, please ignore the McDonald's straws on the floor (cat toys), the excessive squeaky dawg toys, and the orange cat that thinks he's directing traffic using his body.

Ignore Ignore Ignore!

Otherwise............ you aint gettin' in.

Sail away..............................

My BFF gave me a bunch of cookbooks today. I don't know why she even has cookbooks. She can't cook. She told me one time she made instant potatoes and didn't realize that the water needed to be boiling before she added the flakes. So she adds the flakes, reads the box and realizes she messed up. So she dumps all of it in the garbage to start over. She says about 15 minutes later she looks in the garbage and lo and behold, there was instant potatoes. ROFLMAO....now that's funny. Once we went over there and she was pulling some things out of the oven on a large cookie sheet and exclaimed, "LOOK WHAT I MADE!!"
It was english muffins with jarred pizza sauce and pepperoni and mozzarella cheese mini pizzas. So I think you get the idea on what I'm talking about here...... haha! Gotta love her. And I do. :)


All Souls (2007)

This is from bpals 2007 Halloween collection.

Yum in the bottle. Yes this is a 5ml of this one. I think it might have blood in it. It seems simmery. Foodie too but not a sweet foodie.

Wet on the wrist. Strawberry or cherry. Head shop smell. I feel a slight tingle on my wrist. Cinnamon? There's a flamboyant floral in this one. Like jasmine or lavender or lilac, maybe gardenia or honeysuckle. I'm also getting a musk.

It's getting a lot more floral as it dries. I love this and will have to wear it to work on Monday to see how it plays all day. I am really liking the resin/floral combination on this. 
What's in it? ... An incense blend that invokes the higher qualities of mercy and compassion, mingled with the soft, sugared currant scent of offertory soul cakes.

Yay! There's a scent description....not much of one though. Booo.


Is everyone ready for Thanksgiving! I watched The Pioneer Woman's show on the Food Network today. She made a brined turkey that looked to die for. The way she shows how to cook foods reminds me of Anne Burrell, they both make it look so easy to make certain foods, so I'm not so scared to try to make it!

This All Souls needs slathered!!

It does smell somewhat foodie at first. Like maple syrup or gingerbread dough or something along those lines. Very chewy, honeyed, molasses cookies, or sweet brown buttered squash. Just everything sweet and bakery for the holidays. Then it turns musky. A good musk. Notice how this turned sweet foodie too?? I think this is one of those scents that men like their women to smell like. The homecook wife making toll house chocolate chip cookies, pumpkin pie, bread. Me thinks it goes back to mom cooking in the kitchen when they were growing up.

Okay, maybe that's too extreme, but that's what I pictured.

Is this better?

Door 13

I received a half of a bottle of Door 13 today. Had no idea what it smelled like. It was listed on Ebay and just by the reviews I knew I wanted it.
It starts out fruity and floral....then mellows into a nice minty, sexy concoction. Somewhat metallic, but actually reminds me a lot of very expensive over the counter women's perfumes.
The graphic on the bottle is what first caught my attention. A skull. Who doesn't love skulls? Day of the Dead jewelry is a fave of mine. This skull has really big holes where the eyes were. I had pulled up bpal listings and ran off to cook dinner. When I came back there were several listings up with their pics all in a line going down. As I came closer to the comp this one really caught my eye because of the skull.

 

 

Isn't that cool??  So of course I had to click on the listing! No lab description. Bah!! Have I made that clear that I hate that?? ack!   So after reading the posts, and 99% being positives, it. was. mine....since it was a buy it now. :)

 

It came in the mail today. At first I couldn't smell anything. And I thought, WTF!? So I slopped some on the back of my hand and got that first rush of candy fruit. Still, I was unimpressed. So I continued to ebay, read some discussion boards and kept getting whiffs of this slightly cold minty fruity goodness. Door 13 had finally opened! I kept thinking this isn't half bad!

 

I had also gotten off work early because we'd pulled in over $710,000 in collections last month so we were awarded a two hour bonus time off this month and I took it today, so I got home early. After perusing a few sites, smelling my hand, reading some blogs, smelling my hand, listening to Party All The Time song by Eddie Murphy on youtube (why am I lately addicted to that fucking song?????), smelling my hand, I was thoroughly worn out and I decided to take a Lush bath. And if you think THIS wears me out, you should see what sex does to me!!!  I'm laid up for days!! bwahahahahaha!! TMI TMI!  HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

 

I have these bubbleroons by Lush that are freaking awesome. They are these small bubble balls that have lotion in them or sumpin because they are soft and dissolve into the water creating this marvelous softness and smell.... Well, anyway...I get done with my Lush bath and my hand still had Door 13 left on it!! NO CRAP! But now it's a musky (yet still lively) sultry smell. "I must put more on!!!", I say!

 

OMG

 

Can you say heart stopping good? Say it. Just say it.       HEART. STOPPING. GOOD.    ;)

 

Awesomeness in a bottle. Too bad I wasn't posting on bpal right now screamin my joy! heehee

 

 

I must say.....smelling Door 13 and listening to Party All The Time has GOT to be one of the best things about being alive. Thank you e-Bay. Thank you Youtube. Thank you Bpal.

 

Clap! Clap!!

 

 

( I totally realize this is like the cheesiest corniest video/song out there....BUT I LOVE IT!!!)