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A Lovely Foot Soak at Home

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About once every other week I give myself a pedicure at home. I do enjoy it. Sometimes I will read, make a cup of tea or watch a vintage movie while soaking my feet. This past weekend I decided to try a new foot soak.

Dr. Teal’s Epsom Foot Soak
I saw this at Walmart a few weeks ago and decided to give it a try. And I am glad that I did. It was quite wonderful! My feet and toes felt very clean. 
The smell was not the sweet peppermint scent that I was used to. It smells a little more like medicine than something sweet. I love that fact that it has baking soda in it to help with odors and the epsom salt to help with soreness. 
I put just a little in my foot tub. I have just a medium clear foot tub. 
Then I added a little bit of my bubble bath liquid for bubbles. It was a nice pedicure. I soaked my feet for about 20 minutes. It was lovely. 
If you need a good foot bath salt then try this. I believe that there were other scents available. An at home pedicure is the best way to relax and take care of yourself. Have a good weekend!

(photos via Mrs. Shockley)

Trying Natural Soap

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I have been so inspired by Jennifer L. Scott’s natural home series on Youtube. I first shared a book called The Woman’s Herbal Apothcary and I have not stopped reading it. The next item that I was inspired to try was some natural soap.

Jennifer posted a video about natural soap from a company and I was just too curious not to try some.

Now I did not order the natural soap that she posted about in her video but I am going to be ordering the goat milk bath very soon. It sounds wonderful. 

I did however see this natural soap stand in my local mall. I was curious about it and began to ask questions. This is Finchberry Soap. All of of their soaps are natural and safe to use.

The Finch Berry promise…. 
Their soaps contain, water, olive oil, coconut oil, palm oil, shea butter, sunflower oil, lye, mica, oxides, select essential and/or fragrance oils and it smells WONDERFUL!
I purchased the sweet dreams bar. It smells so good and I have been USING it. My skin is so soft and afterwards so is the water. It’s kind of weird but it does something to the water too. 
It is a beautiful bar and you can smell the lavender and vanilla. It is quite lovely. The price was great too! Only $9 which I thought was very fair. If there are some natural soaps near you give them a try or order one of these delicious bars. I don’t think you will be disappointed. 
(photos via Mrs. Shockley, opinions are my own and this is not sponsored)

Florals in a Bottle

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In 2000 I purchased the bottle below from The White Barn Shop back when they sold body fragrances. I have not thrown it away. I simply love the way it looks and it has inspired me over the years to put faux flowers in my small bottles of perfume.

I buy small plastic bottles from the store and I put my favorite body spray or perfumes in them so I don’t have to carry a huge bottle of spray with me. But before I put the lid on I always add some small faux flowers to it. 
This is my small bottle of Amazing Grace that I keep in my purse. 

Small faux florals in the bottle. Lovely isn’t it? I hope this inspires you too.

(photos via Mrs. Shockley)

Estee Lauder ~ Pleasures

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Before leaving to go to D.C. I went to the mall with my family. I am a huge fan of Estee Lauder products. I purchased my facial cream and night cream and decided to smell some of the perfumes. I ended up loving the Pleasures scent. It smells like fresh flowers.

Such an attractive box 

Here is a description of the perfume….
One of life’s simple pleasures. Fresh as flowers after a spring rain, this sheer, shimmering floral is a spirited blend of lilies, white peonies and jasmine, all tingling with the rare essence of exotic baie rose.







I ended up purchasing this set. It included the body lotion and shower gel which I will use as bubble bath. It smells wonderful. This scent has such an allure to it. I will savor it this summer. I hope that you can go and try it yourself. 
(photos via Mrs. Shockley)






My First Jo Malone Purchase

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So excited about this blog post! My husband purchased my first Jo Malone fragrance two weekends ago! I was really surprised. We went in just to look around and ended up having a wonderful experience.

Our Jo Malone store here in our city. 

All the wonderful fragrances that they encourage you to mix and match. 
I kept navigating to the floral scents. She mixed their Red Roses scent with the English Pear & Freesia scent and it was quite lovely. Then she mixed the Red Roses scent with the Mimosa & Cardamom and that was quite lovely also. It was so much fun mixing scents and understanding the oils. I really enjoyed it! 
In the end we settled on the red roses scent. My husband just LOVED it!
The box was so wonderfully wrapped and chic!
We purchased the 30ml bottle for $65! I wanted to see how it went with my body chemistry. 
Loving it so far. 
She gave me lots of samples. I have been wearing them. I must say that I really like the red rose bath oil. She gave me a sample of it and I have been putting it on my feet, hands, knees, elbows. It is so nice. Oh gosh and with our below freezing temperatures it has been a God send!

Hand cream samples
I so enjoyed my visit to Jo Malone and will be going again for some of that Red Rose Bath oil. It was a wonderful experience and I thank my husband for the lovely gift. 
(photos via Mrs. Shockley) 

Pure Simplicity ~ Bath & Body Works

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A new beauty line has surfaced at Bath and Body Works. I stumbled on it this past weekend. It is called Pure Simplicity and it is lovely. The packaging alone will entice you to buy it.

This is the rosewater scent. I purchased the body milk cream and the face & body refresher.

It is very nice. 


The product line is alcohol-free and non-drying, our face & body mist instantly refreshes and conditions to leave skin feeling beautifully revitalized and lightly scented. Formulated without parabens, sulfates, phthalates, petrolatum, artificial color & gluten, our promise is pure & simple: gentle and hypoallergenic products specially crafted for those who believe that less is more.




This fragrance is a light sweet scent. It is very nice.
Almond Milk 
The sample station

The oil roller-balls 
I believe this new line will be a big hit. It is free from chemicals. Great for people who are sensitive to scents and artificial color. The scents are light and fresh. You will enjoy them! 
(photos via Mrs. Shockley)

A Little Perfume Shopping

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So last weekend I was running some errands and decided to stop in Sephora and look at some perfumes. There are a few that I like then there are some that I love. I wanted to share a few that I have tried and might be buying.

Now I LOVE all of the Aerin Lauder scents from her collection. Good gosh, this is such a good collection! The bottles are beautiful and so are the scents. I have lilac path right now and I have a packet of the samples for the other scents. I just purchased Waterlily Sun hand cream. You can read my blog post about that but I will be going back for the Honeysuckle. 

This is still so good. I purchased a sample to try it out and I still love it. 
Chloe
Now this is a new scent for me. I smelled the Tory Burch original but this Tory Burch Jolie Fleur Lavande is really good. You can smell the lavender notes in it. I got a sample and wore it the whole week. My husband just kept saying how good it smells. You should definitely try it. 
Now this is a classic and always will be to me. I have talked about Amazing Grace over and over. It is such as irresistible scent. It is soft, clean and feminine. 

Now Gucci Bloom is a new scent also. I like it but did not get a sample. I need to get a sample to see how it combines with my body chemistry. You can smell the jasmine notes in this. 

Yves Saint Laurent L’Homme is a men’s fragrance but I wanted to mention it. It is so good. My husband sprayed it in the store and I was a few feet away from him and I smelled it and said, “Oh man, that is good”! So he bought it. 
Now this is not a fragrance but a beauty elixir. I purchased an $18 bottle and I have been using it all week after I wash, moisturize and put on my make-up I spray my face with this. It is really good. It does make your skin glow. I read about the creator of this company about a year ago. See here if you missed it. Wonderful product!
Well, I hope that I gave you all some new fragrances to go out and try. I know I will definitely be getting that Tory Burch Lavande. It is just too good!

(photos via Mrs. Shockley)