Fortune Cookie Soaps, First Impressions & Review

Fortune Cookie soaps are Hand mad gunk free soaps and bath products. They make soaps that are shaped like fortune cookies and even have the message inside which I think is supper cute. 

(Description from FortuneCookieSoaps.com)

Only Safe "Gunk Free" Ingredients

We are committed to formulating our soaps and bath products using only safe ingredients. All raw materials are rigorously researched not only for their therapeutic properties but also to make sure there are no harmful components. We don't use any of the following:

• No parabens
• No sodium lauryl sulfate
• No synthetic preservatives
• No animal testing!

Lemon Zing Fortune Cookie soap ($2.75)

I really like this product. It is shaped like a fortune cookie and even has a message in it. The smell of it is Just like a lemon drop candy, which lemon is my favorite smell. I have been using this soap in the shower and it leaves my skin so soft and gives that clean feeling without the tight feeling which I feel most bar soaps always leave me with. The soap is even gentle enough to use on the face without drying me out or leaving that tight feeling.

Lemon Zing Fortune Cookie soap

Dragon fruit Shaved Ice Bath Bomb 8oz ($6.99)

This looks exactly like a snow cone and smells like one too! You can get about 3 uses out of one bomb, but I did find it hard to break it up. I had to almost chisel it with a butter knife. I really like this product. I enjoy bath soaking products and this was a great on. It left my shin feeling soft and smelling good.

Dragon fruit Shaved Ice Bath Bomb

 

Juicy watermelon Lip Tint .07oz ($4.25)

This product goes on so smooth and leaves lips really soft. The smell is a strong artificial watermelon smell reminding me of watermelon candy. The lip tint doesn’t have any tint to it in my opinion; it doesn’t add any color to the lips. I don’t feel that for the $4.25 price for .07oz and the fact that it has no tint it’s worth it. However if it were twice the size which is the size of a regular chopstick it would be worth the price.

Juicy watermelon Lip Tint

Cupcake Bar soap ($6.95)

This is an adorable soap, looking just like a cup cake. The smell of it is just like a baked strawberry cake. This would be one of those soaps that is too cute to use, and would be a great decorative bathroom soap. I have yet to use it just because I like how it looks too much.

Cupcake Bar soap

Carrot Cake bath Melt 3 for ($11.25)

The carrot cake bath melts smell just like spiced carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. You put them in the bath tub and soak. They leave your skin really moisturized and would be great someone with dry skin.

Carrot Cake bath Melt

Over all I really like the products from Fortune Cookie Soaps. The fact they only use safe ingredient is an awesome plus. They smell amazing and leave my skin feeling good. My only real problem was the packaging, or the lack there of. Some of the products came packaged in plastic zip lock baggies. I received the bath melts in a broken and crumbled state. Even though the website had a disclaimer saying that the bath melts may arrive either broken crumbled or melted, I think that even if it were packaged in the plastic baggie it could have been tightly wrapped inn the baggie to prevent the breakage.  I also think that a fragile this side up sticker when it was shipped would have prevented the cupcake soap from looking so banged up.

July Birchbox

If you don’t already know what Birchbox is, it is a monthly subscription program that sends you 4-5 deluxe samples a month, You can sign up for the 10$ a month plan or pay for an entire year’s subscription for 110$ which essentially gives you 2 boxed a year for free.

This is my first month of getting a Birchbox and overall I’m really pleased with it. The samples aren’t really sample size they are more like travel sized products, so you actually get more than one use out of them. Some of the products they send you are actually full sized products which that alone can retail for more than the box itself. This to me makes the program more than worth it. Another reason why I really like the concept of this program is if you live in an area where there is not a Sephora or Alta which are stores that often give free samples, this allows you the opportunity to try products that you might not otherwise get a chance to. 

Birchbox also has a rewards program. Each 100 reward points can be redeemed for $10.00.Each $1.00 spent will earn 1 reward points. Each earned reward points record expires in 365 days. Plus for every friend you refer and that friend places their first birchbox order you receive 50 points.

 What I received, with full sized retail price:

Koores, Shower gel. 13.53oz $19.50

Philosophy, Purity Made Simple One Step Facial Cleanser. 8oz $20, 16oz $32

Redkin, Shine Flash. 4.4oz $17

Ybf Beauty, Automatic eye brow pencil In universal taupe. .005oz $12

Extra: Kind, Almond and Apricot snack bar 

This is my first month of receiving a Birchbox and I wanted to share it with you.

Koores, Shower gel

 

Philosophy, Purity Made Simple One Step Facial Cleanser.

Redkin, Shine Flash.

Ybf Beauty, Automatic eye brow pencil In universal taupe

Kind, Almond and Apricot snack bar 

I’m really excited to try everything out and can’t wait for next month’s box. I’ll let you know what my favorite products were next month.

Click here if you want to try Birchbox

Happy 4th Of July! ( Stop Scaring the Kittys!)

Dear 4th of July Fireworks,

                            I would just like to start by saying how fun you are. You are so pretty to watch all your different colors. You look like falling stars, and those fancy ones that look like weeping willow. Your so fun to light up and no 4th would be the same without twirling your sparklers. Also the excitement of never knowing who might go to the ER is always fun to placer bets on. But there is a problem you see. You scare the bajesus out of my little cat. Granted he is afraid of everything but your extra loud and random booms, cracks, and snaps really seem to upset him. So if you could be pretty and fun without all the noise little kitten would greatly appreciate it.
   So until that happens I'm going to go dig Kitty from under the bed and snuggle him to make him feel better.
                                                                             Love Always , Nikki B.

Opposites Attract (Blue & Orange)

I have always loved complimentary colors in my artwork, and I guess it was only natural that it translate to my makeup. I was playing around tonight and came up with this Blue and Orange look. I'm thinking of making it a series, not sure if I want to make it a series of tutorials or just pictures. Let me know what you think.

June Favorites

 These are some of the products that I have really loved from the month of June.

·        - Clinique Bottom Lash Mascara

·        - Bourjois Bronzing Powder

·        - Sally Hansen Crackle Overcoat

(01 snow blast, 02 vintage violet, 03 fractured foil, 04 fuchsia shock, 05 distressed denim)