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Leslie Blodgett’s Bare Skin Eau de Parfum Review

Posted 27 Nov 2009 — by Jennifer
Category Reed Reviews

Leslie Blodgett’s Bare Skin Eau de Parfum

Leslie Blodgett, CEO of Bare Escentuals, created Leslie Blodgett Perfume Diaries which is a “limited edition fragrance collection, created exclusively for Sephora, that revisit and evoke pivotal moments in Leslie’s life.” Bare Skin being the first scent of this creative series starts with a scent that reminds Leslie of a trip she took to Mexico. The sun shining down upon her, the beach setting gave her a carefree spirit and the hope is that each of us could feel carefree and inhabited to live a little with the help of Bare Skin. 

Receiving my sample for review in the mail I was excited and relieved.  Bare Skin scent isn’t overpowering yet is screams out a statement at the same time to say the least. Bare Skin has a hint of “black pepper, freesia and anise, heart notes of iris, vanilla orchid, plumeria and patchouli, and the dry down sizzles with sandalwood, labdanum and musk.” When I opened the package I could smell the scents of black pepper, anise, patchouli and sandalwood right away. My two favorite scents are Rose or that of Sandalwood so I grew even more excited to try out Bare Skin. 

I’ve been wearing Bare Skin for a few days now and I’ve received different reactions. My sister-in-law I asked outright what she thought after I placed a small amount on my wrist and neck. She told me, “That smells delicious… I wanna eat it!” I was laughing and told her back off. She knew immediately that there was sandalwood in Bare Skin. She let me know she wanted her own bottle. 

A few of my children told me I smelled good and asked me where I was going! That’s a good sign. The kids must have thought “Mommy smells special… it’s date night for daddy and mommy.”

Then the funniest reaction was that of my husband. He got out of his car and had arrived from a potluck at work. He smelled something good… he kept sniffing the air. Then took put his head in the car lightly and smelled again. He asked if that was me that smelled good. I laughed and told him about Bare Skin. He told me he was so worried he carried a scent home from one of the ladies dishes he had in his hand. Being we have six children, we have dibs on the leftovers, hence the reason he had “ladies dishes” (I should’ve warned him I had a new scent Ha Ha)! Too funny, my point is Bare Skin is a scent to make others “wanna eat” you up, make people wonder what your up to and where you are headed, and Bare Skin make others love the smell so much they get worried the wife is not going to understand. Not that Bare Skin is a trouble making scent, just that the scent of Bare Skin is just that… Bare skin is a flirty scent that is very comforting and earthy.

Bare Skin has different products to suit different needs,

Bare Skin Product Offerings

  • Bare Skin Eau de Parfum 1.7oz ($55):
  • Bare Skin Solid Perfume Compact ($35):
  • Bare Skin Perfumed Body Cream ($30):

I will be watching Leslie has she pushes out more scents our way. I’m  very please with Bare Skin and love the comforting, soothing, and exciting feeling I get when wearing this scent. I love the reactions I received wearing Bare Skin as well.

To grab your Bare Skin products click here to visit Sephora.com. If you’ve tried Bare Skin or you do in the future please let me know what you think by commenting below.

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Hailey’s Dragonfly Garden Of Botanicals Review

Posted 20 Sep 2009 — by Jennifer
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Visiting Hailey’s Dragonfly Garden of Botanicals website, I had no idea what to order first! Choices, Choices, Choices! From soaps for men, women, children, babies, and not just soaps! I decided to order what I know! 

I ordered two soaps, and I must say I’m really impressed. Rose Milk, and Dreams of Dragonflies Soap – Sandalwood Vanilla are the two I ordered. With my order came a Cucumber Melon Soap sample as well. Here is my review on each of the soaps! 

Rose Milk Rose Milk

Rose Milk Soap, I always loved the scent of rose, soaps, lotions, oils… You name it. I love rose scents so much that my husband buys rose incense, and rose air freshener instead of some spring scent that would suit him better. Well, I have to say this soap is great. Not only is it beautiful, I love the way the soap has three layers, but it feels good on my skin. A lot of handmade soaps don’t lather well. Whatever Hailey’s Dragonfly Garden of Botanicals is doing in creating her soaps, she is doing it right. 

Dreams of Dragonflies Soap - Sandalwood Vanilla
Dreams of Dragonflies Soap – Sandalwood Vanilla

I ordered Sandalwood Vanilla, so my soap wasn’t blue. You get the picture though. What I like about this soap is that it last! My kids sneak my special soaps; yes this is special soap… My daughter left both soaps in the bath water, why she had both of them, I’m not sure! Well, soap using turns to a gooey mess when left in tub water. Not the case with my new special soap. Of course, naturally, it shrunk a bit… But not like regular soaps. I will be ordering again, very soon! 

 

Cucumber Melon Soap

Cucumber Melon Soap

This is the funny part, my husband hates handmade soaps! He smelled this Cucumber Melon Soap; I asked him, “Would you use it?” What do you know, he agreed that he would. This was just a sample, I have to order some more… Now get this, I later go to take my shower and it was used, by whom? My SON! Enough said.

Besides the soaps being so great, Hailey’s Dragonfly Garden of Botanicals offers great customer service, and fast shipping! Best of all, I now have a great friend, one in a million I tell you!

If you’d like to check out her creations, or purchase some of this great soap click here.

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