Fortune Cookie Soap Scent Review: Summer 2013

FCS has finally launched their summer line!

      I finally received my Fortune Cookie Soap order. I placed an order the night they launched their summer line and I'm really lucky that I ordered then because a few of the products have already sold out. Don't fear though they will restock them as soon as they can so the rest of you can also enjoy them. In my typical fashion I ordered 2 of the body butter sample packs so that I could test out each scent before committing to the full products. FCS released 8 new scents for the summer so I have them all here to describe for you guys. So let's get started...

The first pack along with my free sample of bar soap.

One In A Melon:
Color: Bright Vivid Pink
Scent: This smells IDENTICAL to a watermelon Jolly Rancher! It is unbelievable how authentic it is. If any of you have tried Zombie Treats from last year's Halloween Soap Box, you will have probably heard how that was often described as smelling like a watermelon Jolly Rancher. Well FCS has upped their game because this is the genuine article of watermelon Jolly Rancher dupes. It smells like I could actual bite into it. Super sweet watermelon hard candy fragrance right here. I think this might be my favorite scent out of the bunch this season.

Aquaholic:
Color: Teal Blue Green
Scent: This is an interesting mixture of pina colada and sun tan lotion with a faint background of what the beach smells like to me. The strength of the sun tan lotion smell is balanced out with the tropical and creamy pina colada mix. I get also get this very faint like sea salt air that keeps the scent from being to strong or too sweet. This is the perfect beach scent. It has everything that makes me want to sit in the sand on the beach and sip a cold fruity drink. I have to say this scent surprised me on how much I like it. I usually am not huge on pina colada or sun tan lotion type fragrances, but there is something about this that just works for me. If this were an actual SPF lotion I wouldn't hesitate to buy it. This is perfect for you beach lovers!

What? It's Five O' Clock Somewhere!:
Color: Cotton Candy Blue
Scent: This is supposed to smell like a fruity cocktail and it does. I can pick out a slight pineapple and maybe a small splash of some creamy coconut. However they aren't the main notes of the fragrance. This mainly just smells like a really well blended blue summer time cocktail. It is nice and sweet and a little fruity. I will say though that since my free sample was in this fragrance only in the bar soap that the body butter has a tad weaker scent than the bar soap has. The bar soap just has much more of a clearer and stronger scent.

Body Shot:
Color: Pinkish Purple
Scent: This is supposed to smell like raspberry lemonade and that's pretty much what it smells like. I think it is a bit heavier on the lemonade than the raspberry. This smells like a tall glass of the actual drink. I get the crisp fresh squeezed lemons with water and I also get the sweet hint of raspberries mixed all in there. I like this one, it isn't my personal favorite just because there are others in this line that I like best, but I will certainly be using this baby up. If you are a sweet lemon fan or really just looking for a unique summer scent than give this one a shot. (pun intended)

The second pack...

Where The Sun Don't Shine:
Color: Pale Pastel Yellow
Scent: A yummy blend of tropical coconut and bananas. This one is really nice for the summer. The two scents are equally balanced so you get both the creamy coconut and the sweet banana. I like the banana in this because it doesn't smell like that Runts candy banana. Instead it smells like a real mashed up banana mixed with some creamy delicious coconut. This smells like something I would either like to eat, or slather all over my body like a sunscreen. I'm really loving this one right now! 

Do You Salsa Or Mango?:
Color: Pastel Neon Orange
Scent: You know it is funny when my mother and I first smelt this we both came to an agreement that it reminded us of those orange marshmallows you get on Halloween that are shaped like peanuts. I still stand by that description even though individually I can pick out the island mango with a hint of the lime, but honestly if I didnt know what was in this I would just think it smelt like a sweet orange peanut marshmallow. I know that sounds incredibly weird, believe me, but the mango in this isn't a sharp juicy mango it leans on the candy sweet side and I don't know what cilantro and chile smell like together on their own, but this scent is all light sweetness. I totally was not expecting this to smell like it does. Having said that however I actually like the scent even though I despise the peanut marshmallows to eat. Very nice and unique scent from FCS however I think people would like it more if it were re-named and added to the Halloween Soap Box.  

Ice Cream, You Scream:
Color: Off White
Scent: Waffle cones...that is the first thing that comes to mind. This smells EXACTLY like a waffle cone that you put ice cream in. In fact I think the name and description on the site fits this to a T. I get a very authentic ice cream cone scent with neapolitan ice cream fragrance. Like I can smell the smooth vanilla/light strawberry/creamy chocolate ganache mixture in this. I will warn you this is a super sugary sweet fragrance so if you can't handle really food like sugary scents then I would say you might want to pass on this one. For everyone else though this is truly a fun and different twist on summer time scents.

Mother Pucker:
Color: Lime Green
Scent: This has been described as a lemon PEZ candy type of fragrance and I can agree to that only I would say it is more lemon smelling than it is candy like. There is this fresh zest lemon, with a slight almost clean smell that I'm guessing comes from the garden mint, and then there is this tiny hint of sweetness that keeps the scent from being too sharp like a sour lemon. This is a cool light lemon scent that is creative and interesting for summer. This is for you lemon lovers or for those of you who don't like too sweet fragrances and instead prefer more natural crisp and fresh fragrances. I can appreciate this one for what it is however I'm not big on lemon scents personally and I'm more into sweeter things so this one was probably my least favorite of the entire line, but I still liked this one.

I love all the scents from this release!

      I have to say I liked this summer line a lot better than last summer's line, which is saying something because I really loved Pool Party, Summer Sweet Tea, and Pinky Swear. This launch however just seemed to have scents that were for everyone. There was sugary sweet Ice Cream, You Scream for food lovers, Mother Pucker for more fresh and natural scent lovers, of course there were the tropical fruity smells that are a must for this time of the year, and then there was even beachy and candy like scents. I have to say I just think the scents this time around were so creative and different while still staying in the seasonal bracket. Usually there is at least one scent that I don't like in all of the seasonal launches, however there wasn't a one scent in this line that I wouldn't use. They are all pretty great fragrances. I have to give FCS a round of applause for releasing a truly great batch of scents for the summer. I definitely recommend that you guys give a few of these a try because honestly these are just a great collection of fragrances. Anyways that's all for this season's scent reviews. If you liked this review then check back in fall when I will do another review of the fall launch. Until then take care everybody and don't forget the SPF!!

CBV Slap Yo Momma Smoothie Candle: Banana Smoothie

So good they will make you want to slap yo momma!

    Hello again darlings, I am back again this week for a mini-review of my Candles By Victoria Slap Yo Momma Smoothie Candle. They recently came out with this whole new line of specialty candles in March. They are all of Victoria's regular scents mixed with her Vanilla Bean fragrance. You can get them in typical smoothie scents such as strawberry, raspberry, grape, etc.. but they also come in more interesting fragrances such as peppermint, caramel chocolate, and even Victoria's popular scent captain crunch berries. They can currently be found on page 14 on the website. I decided to get one for myself in the scent Banana Smoothie. Here is what it looks like...

Topped with a wax banana slice.

   These tumblers are 13 ounces and single wicked. The top isn't too wide so I think it should burn pretty evenly without having to foil the edges. The color and decoration on top will depend on what fragance you choose. All of the candles will come dusted with glitter on the tops as well. When I first got this the Vanilla Bean scent was all I could smell, but the cold throw was decently strong. It has had about a month's cure time since then and the banana has come out much more. It is a candied banana fragrance similar to banana flavored Runts however the vanilla bean really tones down the candy quality to it. The vanilla and banana fragrances are equally balanced out now. So if you do decided to purchase these remember to let it cure for a little while before burning if you want to smell it's full scent potential. 

A better look at the glitter.

    These are really nice candles. I think they are really well priced for the amount of wax that you get considering a normal 2 ounce scent shot is $2.00 and this is 13 ounces for only $12.00. You actually end up saving a dollar and you get a nice glass jar and a decorated candle to boot. That is pretty good in my book considering most companies would charge you extra for both of those things. I'm happy with my candle. It is exactly what I wanted and I like that even though it is cute, I don't think I will be too torn up about burning it. I don't think I will ever be able to bring myself to melt my Smore Galore candle because it is so pretty. Sometimes simplicity is better. That concludes this little review. I hope some of you found it informative and helped you get a better idea of this line of candles.  

They are a really great addition to the CBV website.

Fortune Cookie Soap Spring 2013 Review!

Fuck Yeah! The FCS spring line is here!

       Fortune Cookie Soap launched their official spring 2013 line on March 15th. The collection introduced 8 brand new fragrances all inspired by the scents of springtime. These new additions also showcase FCS's signature humor when it comes to naming their products. The eight new fragrances are A Nod To The Hippies, Dirty Hoe, Down To Earth, Honey-Dew Me, I Wet My Plants, Kiss My Vine, Late Bloomer, and The Birds & The Bees. I only purchased 4 of these scents because the other 4 scents had certain fragrances that I know I am not a fan of. (A Nod To The Hippies has patchouli, Dirty Hoe & Down To Earth are obviously earthy fragrances, and I Wet My Plants has jasmine and baby powder in it. Two scents I'm not fond of.) As I always do I only purchased the 4 scent body butter sampler pack. I like to smell the small individual samples and then chose whether or not the fragrances are worth buying in a full sized product. And without further ado here is my review...

All of this little haul's goodies.

Honey-Dew Me:
Color: Fluorescent Yellow
Scent Description: After I got done giggling at the name I opened this little guy and saw that the body butter was this really bright and vivid fluorescent yellow. Most of FCS's body butters come in these pale pastel shades, but this one is in your face neon yellowish green. It looks like it could glow in the dark. (Sadly it does not though) After I spent the next few minutes just being impressed with the color I finally smelt this and whoa mama is it good! Depite the name it isn't just a honeydew scent, it is more of a sweet melon scent. A lot of melon scents in general tend to pack a very strong punch, but this one is nicely toned down. It is a really fresh fruity fragrance. I get a mixture of honeydew and cantaloupe melons, and in the undertones I can even smell watermelon. The site mentions this one also has apples and vanilla bean. I do not smell those scents individually, but I believe the apples probably blended with the overall wonderful fruitiness and the vanilla bean is probably what rounds out the fruits from smelling too thick or powerful. This is a wonderful fruity scent that is both sweet and refreshing. Perfect for the springtime. 

It smells so wonderful!

Kiss My Vine:

Color: Cotton Candy Pink
Scent Description: This one is supposed to smell like strawberries and champagne. I can kind of see how it smells like that, but to be honest when I first opened this I had forgotten what scents were in this. So when I smelt it my first impression was that it smelt like a light floral fragrance. It wasn't until after I looked up the description again that I started to notice that yeah it does kind of smell like strawberries and champagne when you think about it. The champagne scent isn't overly strong or sharply alcohol smelling like I feel a lot of "champagne" fragrances end up smelling like. The strawberries aren't really all that fruity either. They mix and blend in with the champagne to the point where they are almost indiscernable. If you were blindfolded and asked what fruit was in this, you probably wouldn't have guessed strawberries...at least I know I wouldn't have. This is a feminine scent that reminds me of an expensive bubble bath. It is certainly a different take on a springtime scent, but it is nicely done.

Not your typical springtime scent, but still lovely.

Late Bloomer:Color: Mint Green
Scent Description:  I was a little leary about this one when ordering because it has Polynesian Hibiscus, ripe berries, white amber, and vanilla. The reason I was hesitant is because I cannot do strong florals, overly dark berry scents, or too woodsy earthy scents. Luckily this fragrance isn't any of those. The main note in this one is a vanilla that is warmed up by the white amber. I smell the faintest trace of a soft smelling flower, but that's it. I don't get berries in this at all. There is nothing fruity about this scent in the least. The scent throw on this one is kind of weak. You can't really smell it until you rub it into the skin. It kind of smells like a fresh, clean, and natural lotion to me. Not my favorite of the bunch, but it is still nice. 

It was nice, but not my favorite.

The Birds & The Bees:
Color: Robin's Egg Blue
Scent Description: The official description for this one is incredibly vague. The site just says "Dont worry, we're not going to give you "the talk". But we will give you a sweet and fruity FCS."...that's it. Needless to say I wasn't quite sure what to expect with this one. I will tell you the first thing I smelt was artificial strawberries. Not the signature Laffy Taffy kind that is in FCS other strawberry fragrances though. It also has this vanilla cream like base to it. So it is kind of like strawberries and cream. It kind of reminds me of one of those Creme Savers Hard Candies. It is fruity and sweet and oh so creamy. I also happened to get half a robin's egg bath fizzy in this fragrance as my free sample. The egg shape makes it so very cute.  

To wrap things up...

       In closing I feel like this year's spring line was great. I like that they took a different angle on their scents instead of doing the generic run of the mill flowers and peeps/jellybean candy type fragrances that a lot of companies tend to recycle year after year. I ended up liking all four of the scents that I purchased which doesn't happen often. Usually there is at least one that my nose ends up hating, but happily that was not the case this time around. If I had to reccommend one above all the others I would say go for Honey-Dew Me. It is just a fresh melon explosion and it is fruity without being too in your face. I love it! The scents that I purchased are all for sale currently on their website, but you guys better hurry and try them now and stock up before the summer line comes around. That's all for this year's first Fortune Cookie Soap review. I will be back with another one as soon as the summer line lauches. Keep looking back for my review of a Candles By Victoria Smore's Galore speciality candle. Until then take care guys and keep it pretty!




Nail Polish Challenge Week 19: Galaxies!

It's Galaxy Nail Week!

           Hey everyone! I'm back for this weeks nails challenge and the theme as you could already tell is Galaxies! Galaxy nails are really pretty, but I have to say a little tedious. This was my first attempt at trying galaxy nails and I'm pretty happy with the results. I just wish my glitter would show up in the pictures. I need a new camera... Anyways here is how it all turned out.

        For the base coat instead of using a matte black like most people I decided to use my China Glaze Smoke And Ashes polish from the Hunger Games Collection. I like that it looks mostly black but when you see it up close and in person you see these tiny micro-flecks of green and teal glitter. With a small torn off piece of a make-up sponge I first used Avon's French Tip White and then layered on Avon's Sunshine followed by Avon's Viva Pink to create the galaxy gradient. After it had fully dried I added on Pure Ice's Don't You Wish which is just a clear coat that has lots of really fine raibow colored micro-glitter in it. I wish you could see the glitter in the pictures because it really adds that pop effect when the light hits it and makes it look like stars. 

\And another view...

       In the end I am really satsified with how it all turned out. I was honestly expecting a huge mess, but it wasn't that bad or that hard to create. I have a feeling when this nail polish challenge is over I will be wearing a lot of galaxy nails, playing with different colors and glitters. Anywho that's it for this week's nail polish challenge. I hope you enjoyed it and look forward next Monday for the next one. Bye guys!

Nail Polish Challenge Week 16: Tribal Print!

Nope, Its Monday again...

              Hello again everyone. Sadly the weekend is over and Monday has once again arrived to torment us all. Why is Monday never a good day? Anyways this week's theme is tribal print which is another form of nail art I had never tried before. I looked at a lot of reference photos online and then looked at my own nail polish collection and made do with what I had. Overall I'm actually quite happy with it since I figured it would turn out much worse than it did. So here is how it turned out.

Shown with me holding a NYC top coat.

And another for a better look.

        So for the blue base coat I used Zoya's Tahlula which actually turned out a tad bit darker than I had expected but still turned out pretty good I think. Then for my thumb and half of my middle finger I used China Glaze's Harvest Moon from the Hunger Games Collection. Then for the black detailing I just used LA Color's Art Deco nail striper in black and for the white details I just used my cheap dollar store white nail striper. To top it all off I used my always present NYC Long Wearing Extra Shiny Top Coat. Tribal prints can really range to so much but given my level of nail art talent (or lack there of) I decided to keep it simple with mainly stripes and dots patterns. I also stuck to just two colors instead of a lot more like I see alot of people do. It's nothing too fancy but I'm proud of myself for trying it and what I had accomplished when I put my mind to it. That's all for this week. Next week's challenge will be Glitter!! Now the hard part is to pick which glitter polish I want to wear. Seriously about 70 percent of my nail polish collection is juts plain glitter. Anyways see you guys next week!




Disney Villains Varnish Set 2012 & Other Swag

Disney Designer Villains Collection!

        Good evening darlings. I'm really excited to show you all today's post. I was bored about a week and a half ago and decided to randomly check out the Disney Store Website. Despite my love of all things Disney I don't check the site much because I find that their prices are really ridiculous at times. Come on 200 bucks just for a 8 inch snowglobe? Anyways I was browsing the site when I stumbled upon the Disney Designer Villains Collection. My face was like this...

OMFG!!!

       Seriously how did I not know about this beforehand?! Needless to say I was in heaven. What do I love more than Disney princesses? Disney Villains! Now sadly I came into the game a little late and so there were only a few things left and they were all on clearance. So while I was not able to get everything that I wanted I did manage to get my hands on some wonderful Disney swag. Obviously I bought the 6 set nail polish collection, which I will get to in just a second, but I also purchased two of their villain cups. One in Mother Gothel and one in Cruella De Vil. I really would have preffered the Ursula, The Evil Queen, or Maleficent cups instead, but since I came late those were the only two ones left available. I bought the Mother Gothel cup for myself and I intend to give the Cruella De Vil cup to my mother for Christmas since she is also a fan of Disney Villains and she can drink an entire pot of coffee by herself.  Here are some pictures of the Mother Gothel cup, no Cruella cup since it is a present.

One side that shows her full profile from the back.

And the other side which is just a close up.

     I also purchased a Bambi Wonder Linen Spray. I was hesitant at first to buy it because I wasn't sure about the scent, but all the reviews on it said it smelt wonderful and since it was only like 8 bucks I decided to get it. The scent description on this one is a delicate scent of lemon sugar, apple blossoms, and marshmallow clouds. Oddly enough I smell all of those things. The lemon is a really sweet and light fragrance mixed with an airy floral apple and then there is an undercurrent of sugary sweetness. I love this! I love it so much I'm thinking of stocking up and buying two more before they are all gone. The fragrance is so light airy and fresh. I can certainly see why it was so loved on the site!

The box that it comes in.

And the bottle itself. So cute!

      And lastly I bought a Snow White inspired reed diffuser bottle. It didn't come with any scent, but that's okay because I plan on buying some reeds and oils from Candles By Victoria. Yes, the obsession runs deep. I just haven't decided on what scent I want to put into it yet. There are sooo many choices!! So far I think Twilight Woods is coming in first though. Other than it has a lovely smell I also like how it matches the Snow White theme. As you can see below the bottle is an almost transparent stormy purple and grey. I can't wait to see what it will look like with oil in it.

The fairest reed diffuser of them all.

      Anyways I bet you just want me to get to the good stuff right? Well here is the collection. There are six polishes in total and they are all named after the lovely villainess' of the collection. The wicked selection features Cruella De Vil, The Evil Queen, Maleficent, Mother Gothel, The Queen Of Hearts, and Ursula. As you can see from the packaging these evil vixens have gotten a make-over. The polishes are 5 ounces each and come with a long tapered black handle.

Front view.

The back view, don't mind the torn off sticker.

Close up on our made over villains.

    Since I just recieved this yesterday I do not have individual swatches of each of the colors, but I will get those up soon for you guys. You can see The Queen Of Hearts's color in action on my 31 Week Nail Polish Challenge: Yellow post. I just wanted to get this up for you guys ASAP so if you wanted something you could buy it before they are all gone. As for the polishes themselves the handles on these are really long which I personally like because I think it makes it easier to control the wand. The bottles are decently sized and very prettily packaged. I've only used The Queen Of Hearts so far, but it only took two coats to become completely opaque and it went on nicely without any streaks. The picture above captures all of the colors well except for Maleficent which in the picture looks teal, but in actuality it's an emerald greenish color. It looks different when in different light, but I'm not sure if it's a duochrome or not. Cruella and Mother Gothel are both mattes I believe and The Evil Queen and Ursula are glitters. Maleficent and The Queen Of Hearts are both shimmers so it is a pretty well rounded set. 
      
     Overall I am very happy with this collection so far, my only gripe being that the nail polish has a strong scent to it, but that's just when you are painting them. Once dried on your nails the smell goes away. I bought this on clearance on the Disney Store website for only $23.00. Not too bad when you do the math for 6 polishes roughly rounded up that's only about $4.00 a bottle. Well that's it for this Disney haul. I hope you guys found something that caught your eyes. Now I'm off to enjoy my swag.


And I'm out.



Nail Polish Challenge Week 3: Yellow

Wwwazzzuuuppp?!

      How's it goin guys? Hope you all are getting ready for Halloween. I myself have been decorating the house and watching all the scary movies I can. I've been addicted to The Walking Dead for quite some time now and I just can't wait to see how they all hold up in this prison and what's gonna happen to Laurie's baby. I have to admit I'm hoping it will turn out to be a demon spawn. LOL I mean it is a baby made between crazy ass Shane & Laurie how well adjusted could it turn out? Anyways I know I'm a day late in getting this up, but I wanted to wait until I got my Disney's Designer Villains Nail Varnish Collection. And it didn't ship until yesterday so that's why. This week's theme is yellow. I stuck with the yellow theme, but went more with gold instead.

Sadly I had to trim my nails. They were becoming bothersome.

This has more shimmer in person.

      So on my nails I have The Queen Of Hearts from Alice In Wonderland from the 2012 Disney Designer Villains Collection. It is this beautiful shimmery deep gold color which I'm guessing represents the gold in the Queen's crown and septer. I would have expected a redish blackish color given the villain, but Cruella's color in this set is a bold red and The Evil Queen's color is a black purple with magenta micro-glitter so I can see how they needed a bit more color diversity in the collection.  This has the tiniest flecks of white and gold shimmer in it. I have on only two coats. I also have on NYC Long Wearing Extra Shiny Top Coat. I have a full review post of the Villains Varnish Collection comming up shortly for those of you who are curious as to what all the shades there are. So please look forward to that. Now I'm off to go watch some more horror movies!

Me when I watch scary films.