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Bath & Body Works Toasted Coconut Mocha candle released last Fall and I know, I'm just now reviewing it! It doesn't feel like it should had been a Fall scent (I guess it was the Coconut part that confused me).
The scent notes include:Steamed Milk Latte, Toasted Coconut Shavings, Mini Marshmallows
The scent notes include:
Steamed Milk Latte, Toasted Coconut Shavings, Mini MarshmallowsOn cold sniff this does smell like a balanced fragrance of mocha and coconut. It's like the most welcoming morning coffee scent. It sort of reminds me of the Coconut Mocha Frapp they use to have at Starbucks every summer (whatever happened to that? It was my favorite drink ever)!
When lit it smells a bit more like mocha but also almost like chocolate. The coconut scent gets completely lost! I know the scent's to these candles tends to change the more you blow them out and the farther they burn, so I'm holding out hope that the coconut comes out at some point!
All in all, I keep this lit in my kitchen and it just gives me all these warm and fuzzy vibes when I walk in! Wish they had made this into a plug in! It makes the perfect kitchen scent, especially if you're a coffee addict like I am.
The scent throw is also really strong for this scent; from the kitchen it hits the living room and I smell it every time I step out of the office and head to the kitchen. I find that a lot of B&BW Mocha type candles have strong scent throws.
Are you into into coffee scents?
Oh wow, it's March already?
Anyone else feel like Feb was both the longest and shortest month? It's kinda weird. A lot happened in Feb which is probably what made it feel so long for me. Thankfully we're one step closer to summer. After that weird random snow storm here in Texas I'm MORE than ready for hot humid weather. Or well, as humid as Texas can get, I guess.
The next couple months are going to (hopefully) be exciting (if nothing gets prematurely cancelled). And I really really need a break from chores, life and the mundane.
I'm also convinced that Texas pissed off someone somewhere because all this bad juju coming to TX is not it. First the snow storm, then people losing power FOR DAYS and clean water. Then now this; them lifting the mandatory mask and now allowing businesses to operate at 100%. Like really? Some people are still trying to recover from the dang snow storm but sure, I guess this is more important. What makes it worse is that TX barely took it seriously to begin with. The amount of Texans I know who GOT covid is unreal. Seriously.
AINT SHIT TO DO OUT HERE, STAY HOME. Dang.
Lemme get into my goals before I go on a full blown rant lol;
2021 is the year of the Ox; my year. So I might had gone a bit crazy trying to find a ton of year of the Ox products. Hey, it doesn't happen every year okay? lol
Colourpop released a more extensive collection this Lunar New Year than the one they released last year. I love the packaging for this! All the reds and golds just call me like the horizon calls Moana. Well, okay it doesn't call me that intensely, but you get the point.
And while the palette case is really cute the thing that bothers me is that it's not an actual palette it's just pressed shadows in a palette. I didn't bother to check if these were shades in their permanent collection -- please don't tell me if they are lol.
In the collection was also a lip kit, a lip mask and a few blushes. I don't wear blush so I never really reach for those. I haven't swatched the lip kit just yet either.
I recently posted a review of the other lip mask I had tried from Colourpop and wasn't too much a fan of. I still want to try this one and see if it's the same.
I'm glad I managed to snag a few products from this collection!
What's your Chinese Zodiac?
I'm a Californian turned Floridian so I have ZERO experience with snow. And though I kept wishing for snow when I moved here... I didn't wish for this much snow!
We went from one mini snow day in January; which was fine and super fun. The snow melted out the next day but it was so pretty to see everything covered in snow that day! And yeah, some of it got in Tums face lol.
Winter isn't kind to most people who live in dry states. And as someone who's tried SO HARD to avoid dry states, here I am. lolihateithere. I've used a ton of lip balms for over night assistance but I'm always up for trying new products!
I decided to try Colourpop's lip mask. I tried one by Laneige which I liked okay but I couldn't really tell a difference.
This was the only product I picked up from the holiday Sanrio Colourpop collection; as much as I love makeup collabs with Sanrio, I always feel like they're such a hit or miss.
But with a lip scrub/lip mask combo, I figured it couldn't be that bad. Plus I've liked every Fourth Ray product I've tried!
The flavor says Peppermint Cookie but honestly it has a very faint scent and an even fainter taste. I was really looking forward to a Peppermint Cookie flavored lip balm, but this wasn't it. I really want to try other flavors of this product to see if they're just as faint or was it just this particular one.
The consistency is weird. I guess weird isn't fair. It's not something I'm use to. It wasn't sticky but it wasn't solid either. It didn't go on like a balm or lipstick, it was a lot more liquid than that. Pressing my lips together like you usually would with a lip balm didn't do much except get it in my mouth.
Maybe I'm doing this wrong? I'm not sure. But I didn't really notice if it helped or not in the morning, since I'd usually apply it before bed.
I really wanted to like this product, but I might have to figure out what I did wrong or if that's just how they work.
Looking at the reviews on the site, I think it's just me lol! Maybe I'll have better luck with a different flavor.
Final Thoughts;
Overall I didn't hate this product, I just expected a little bit more from it. The texture and consistency definitely threw me off. The upside is that it wasn't sticky and it did melt into my lips a lot quicker than I expected. The downside is that I felt like I might had used too much product because of how jelly like it is; and I didn't see a difference in my lip health the next morning.
Do you use lip masks? If so which ones would you recommend?
Valentine's Day has always a holiday I kept to myself. I wasn't like everyone else in Middle and High School that got those Valentine's Day Grams. I think my forever friend CJ was my Valentine for like the last 2 hours of the day once lmao. So it became a holiday that I used to show myself love. It sort of started the whole getting gifts for myself thing I'd do. I do kind of have an ironic Valentine's Day story that I'll probably blog about some time before Feb is over. I don't think I've told anyone about it -- except my brother (my actual biological brother) since he's the one who helped me!
And I was honestly SUPER confused, so I checked the note attached.
Sammie was my best of best friends in high school; we drifted because we dated some shit people who did some shit things. It wasn't until a few years ago we reconnected and especially now since we both now have kids. Austin is super cute and Tums spent a good amount of FaceTime time saying hi to him. I hope they can grow up to be friends!
I absolutely was not expecting this!! I feel SO bad because I didn't send her anything! But I did manage to send her a small xmas gift and one for Austin as well.
I'm super excited to try these Hot Cocoa Bombs just to see what all the hype is about -- as for the Sparkling Cider; we would celebrate the holidays over AOL together (she lived in SF and I lived about 40 mins away, and usually we'd be with "our families") and we'd ALWAYS drink Cider. It was like, tradition.
So last Thanksgiving I forgot to get Cider and she was saying how unacceptable it was so she tried to DoorDash me some lol! For Christmas she tried sending me a bottle but it somehow got lost.
Thank you so much for this gift Sam, it was seriously so freakin thoughtful of you and it made my day!
Normally I'd be SUPER excited for Spring and Valentine's Day; the splashes of pinks and reds everywhere, the fresh Spring air smell (that you get to enjoy in the 3 second gap between getting out of your car and putting on your mask), the feeling of waking up almost.
Except here in Texas, which I've dubbed hell.
Cause it's frozen over.
As I write this it's 7* outside. It's been in the single digits all day. And there's so much snow on my balcony I can literally build a snowman. We were on a severe winter weather warning from Feb 12th to the 15th. But now they're extending it until Thursday. That's damn near the whole week.
AND I LIVE IN TEXAS.
So there's no joy or refresh feelings here just yet. And it kinda sorta sucks.
Still, I wasn't going to not do anything I could to add a splash of pinks and reds (as if I don't already have enough)!
Did a small Bath & Body Works haul last month (did you know PayPal started a payment plan program? Lort. My bank account); I finally managed to snag a Valentine's Day candle that doesn't smell like roses. I want to say I've had the Bee Positive hand soap scent once and didn't like it enough. And the Be You scent is so soft. So soft it's almost like it isn't even there.
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