Winter Fortune Cookie Soap Haul & Review!

Yep, it's that time of year again.

      Hello internet! The holiday season is now officially upon us and so is the rush to get all our loved one's presents. So just in time for the Christmas season Fortune Cookie Soap has released it's winter line-up of scents and products. I have samples of body butters in almost all of the new seasonal scents except for Stuff My Stocking so if you are looking for a unique gift for a loved one or friend or maybe just a special treat for yourself then keep reading to find out which scent is right for you.

So here are the tops...

And here are what they each look like.

Tangle In The Tinsel:
Color: Pastel Pink
           First up and my personal favorite is Tangle in the Tinsel. It is an odd mixture of Cola and Pink Sugar. You can definitely smell the Cola even the carbonation in it, but it's tampered down by the sweetness of the pink sugar. Honestly at first I was a little confused by this one, not just the off the wall mixture, but because it had nothing to do with the holiday season in general other than the name. Now that I've tried it I really like the fragrance even though I was unsure at first at smelling like sweet Cola. Somehow this little baby has just grown on me even though it still has nothing to do with the holidays. Oh well maybe it fits New Year's more.

Mistletoe Mistress:
Color: Mint Green
           The site says this is inspired by crisp winter air, and is a blend of nutmeg, clove, warm vanilla, sandalwood, cranberry, and zesty orange. Personally I get none of that and all of that at the same time. This one is such a complex fragrance. I get the almost fruity basenotes, but they are deeply blended in with the vanilla and sandalwood. There is nothing spicy about this scent though since I've had a lot of clove scented things, (Thank you CBV!) I can tell that there is some clove hinding underneath all the other scents. This scent is majorly seasonal and lovely. It's not too fruity, not too earthy, and not too spicy. It's just the right combinations of scents to make a completely original one. Very nice.

Baby, It's Cold Outside:
Color: Pastel Peach
           First off I was sold into buying this by the name alone and then I read the description. This one is supposed to smell like mouthwatering chocolate mixed with mandarin, tangerine, lemon satsuma, red grapefruit, with middlenotes of bergamot, and oakmoss. I smell artificial chocolate and oranges with a background of bergamot. It really is heavier on the chocolate than the citrus notes. In fact all the fruits kind of get swallowed by the artificial chocolate. It's not a bad scent in anyway though I just find that for as many citrus notes said to be in their it isn't a majorly fruity smelling product. It's nice for all you chocolate lovers out there though be warned it is an artificial chocolate.

Snow Day:
Color: Creamy White
           The description for this is a warm cozy blend of cinnamon bark, luscious berries spiked with fresh pear. I get the cinnamon bark which isn't the same as cinnamon because you can smell the earthy bark of it and the cinnamon is majorly toned down. There is a hint of dark fruity sweetness which I'm guessing is the berries. They smell almost like cranberries if I had to guess. And then I smell the middle notes of pears. This is a well rounded holday scent that reminds me of the fruit baskets you get around thi time of year.

Snow Bunny:
Color: Pastel Grey Blue
           This one is very spa like to me. Its supposed to be a blend of sandalwood, peppermint leaf, strawberries, raspberries, and vanilla. I get the peppermint but it isn't in your face like most mint scents. It is really suppressed by the warm sandalwood. I really don't get any majorly fruity notes in this one, but it does have like an herbal sweetness to it. Like I said this reminds me of what certain upper crust spas smell like. It's a mixture of refreshing mint, with a hint of earthiness, and calming sweetness.

The above scents...Me Gusta.

Candy Cane Fluff:
Color: Creamy White
           As a mint lover I was most excited about this fragrance. The description is Indulge in the sweet scent of crisp peppermint and fluffy marshmallows. How could I not get this one? Sadly though I am not as in love with this scent as I expected to be. Don't get me wrong it's not bad, I just don't like it as much as I would have wanted to. I get mainly the thick marshmallow scent with just a pinch of peppermint in the mix. I'm not big on marshmallows myself so I would have preffered it to be the other way around with me smelling more of the peppermint instead. Still I have to say Fortune Cookie Soap makes a hell of a marshmallow scent because it does smell like the real deal. It smells sugary and fluffy like legit marshmallows. So while I do not enjoy smelling like marshmallows those of you out there who do need to get this scent. You will probably adore it. 

I wish this smelt more like peppermint than marshmallows!

We Three Kings:
Color: Pastel Yellow
           This one is a mixture of patchouli, plumeria, and sweet orange. Now I should have known I wasn't going to care for this fragrance when I read patchouli. I hate patchouli! Still I've had other fragrances with patchouli in it that I liked because all the other scents masked it. This one however does not. I was hoping the sweet orange and plumeria would be enough to drown out the earthiness of the patchouli however I was mistaken. The main scent is earthy smoky patchouli with just the tiniest undertones of plumeria. Such a let down for a patchouli hater like me. But if you like patchouli or earthy scents in general and don't need a lot of sweetness in a scent to like it then this one is right up your ally. It's woodsy, sharp, and not at all sweet or soft.   

White Elephant:
Color: Pastel Purple
           Now this is a little different from the rest because it is a mystery scent. It is said to be a curious blend filled with mystery and intrigue. If you can correctly guess the fragrance and email it in you will be entered in a $100 giveaway. The winner will be chosen on December 20th. Now I'm going to tell you all what I think it smells like, but I wouldn't go entering it in the giveaway because honestly I have NO idea what it really is. My scent description is really grasping at straws on this one. But to me I think this one is a mixture of Cola and either lavender or violets. Truthfully though I have no idea, but I'm willing to bet it has Cola in it because it has the same carbonation in it that Tangel In The Tinsel has. There is almost a sour note in this one to me like Coke and dying flowers. Lol I told you not to go entering this into the contest. Hoenstly though I have no idea only that I don't like it at all. 

Did I like We 3 Kings or White Elephant? NO!

       My free sample actually turned out to be a White Elephant bath bomb which I will probably NEVER use. Maybe somebody else I know will like it and I can give it to them either that or I might stick it in the next Candles By Victoria Round Robin if I decide to participate in it. Overall I liked most of the scents with only two of them disagreeing with my nose. I hoped this little review helped some of you narrow down your decisions. Please look forward to my next installment of the Nail Polish Challenge and for more Candles By Victoria reviews. Bye guys!

FCS: The Halloween Soap Box

Another FCS Haul!

      Hello folks! I finally received my Halloween Soap Box from my favorite bath company Fortune Cookie Soaps. You can no longer order just the Hallowen Soap Box, but you can buy the individual and full-sized products for a limited amount of time. You can find them all here. There are 10 things for me to review for you all today. You can see them all together in the picture below. And yes that is a tart in that picture, but it isn't from my beloved Candles By Victoria, this one is from an independant company known as Sentsory Overload and the company had a one time partnership with FCS just for this box. Seeing as I am a scream queen how could I possibly pass these little beauties up? 




All the swag except for the supposed Vampire Blood which they forgot in my box.

Grave Digger: Fortune Cookie Soap
           The card that came with my box says that this is supposed to smell like freshly dug earth. Now I first just want to point out the oxymoron of a soap smelling like dirt. It's kind of funny. Needless to say that's exactly what this smells like. It smells like wet soil and fresh grass. Almost has a gardener like quality to it. The soap even has little black crumbs on it that look like dirt. While I personally do not want to smell like mud, I can appreciate the novelty of this product. It is kind of mind boggling to think of a soap that smells like dirt. It certainly is a unique take on the Halloween spirit. As for the soap itself it is shaped like a fortune cookie and does have an actual fortune inside like all of their fortune cookie soaps. The fortunes themselves are usually funny and individual to each soap. I cannot tell you what my fortune was inside this one because it is tucked all the way inside where I'd have to break the soap if I wanted to see it and I don't want to do that just in case I want to give this away as like a gag gift. This particular soap though is a bit bigger in size than their regular line of fortune cookie soaps. Needless to say I probably wont ever use this, but I still think it is a cute twist to their Halloween line.

The color of this is actually more true in the first picture.

Scary Spice: OCD Hand Sanitizer
          This is supposed to be scented as a blend of pumpkin, apple, and caramel. When you first pop the cap open it smells like caramel banana. Really strange. I do not know why it smells like that at first, but once you actually get the product onto your hands and rub it in it smells like warm spicy pumpkin with a tiny hint of caramel apples. The pumpkin is really the main note of the fragrance though. This is a full sized product and the bottle is made out of hard plastic which is kind of a double edged sword. On the upside it wont break very easily and you wont have to worry about it busting in your purse, on the other hand though you can't simply squeeze the bottle to make the product come out. You have to tilt it and tap it against your palm. Not such a huge deal though just a little different than most hand sanitizers. After the product is rubbed in it doesn't have an alcohol scent to it that a lot of hand sanitizers have.The product does not dry my hands out either which is nice. These little guys even have a cute suprise in them. Floating in the container is a little fake black spider. Gives it a nice festive touch. I don't know how long I have just sat here tilting the container back and forth to watch him swim about.  Plus when I first read the name of this my brain immediatly thought of the Spice Girl. LOL. There was a mix up in my order however, instead of a bottle of Vampire Blood Body Wash which I was supposed to get that comes in a bottle identical this one only darker, they accidentally gave me two of these instead. So I gave the extra one to my mother and then she proceeded to watch the spider glide about. Such a simple, but genius idea really.  

View from the front.



View from the back with the spider.

Zombie Treats: Bath Fizzy

         I have to admit that I am most excited about this product. I will probably buy the full pack of 3. This is a bath fizzy that smells like a watermelon Jolly Rancher. Big deal right? Well it also GLOWS IN THE DARK! How awesome is that? It comes wrapped up just like one of those chocolate candies you get on Halloween and after you unwrap it, it doesn't really look like much, but put it close to the light for a little while then turn the light off and it glows! I have not put this in the bath yet, seeing as I wanted to get this up for you guys asap so you could place your orders before these went out of stock so I do not know for sure if these will make the bath water glow as well, but I do know that they will fizz up in your bath water and that they have oils and vitamins in it that are supposed to make your skin soft. As I have said before, I am not a bath person so much as a shower person, but this product actually makes me excited to get in the tub.   

What it looks like wrapped.



And unwrapped.



Ghost Gum: Hydrate Me! Bar

           This is one of their hydrate me bars that is shaped like a skull and it supposed to smell like a 50/50 Orange Cream Bar. I do not know what an Orange Cream Bar is, but to me this smells like orange vanilla ice cream. It has that sweet Dreamsicle quality to it. I don't really know why it is called ghost gum though when it is shaped like a skull and smells nothing like gum. I don't know if there is a Halloween candy that this is modeled after, but I've certainly never seen or heard of it. Still this one smells delicious. If you are a fan of orange and vanilla sherbert like scents then you will love this. The Hydrate Me! bars are really nice in general. You use them at the end of your shower when you are still damp and you just rub it all over your body and it locks in moisture and hydrates your body with soft oils. It kind of feels a bit like wax at first when you are rubbing it in, but the waxy feeling does eventually go away. While I like the hydrate me bars and the smell of this I don't think I love it enough to stock up on it. 

Shaped like a cute skull!

Headless Horseman: Bath Melt

         This is in the shape of a pumpkin because the Headless Horseman's head is replaced by a pumpkin. I like that they went with the Headless Horseman myth instead of just saying this is a pumpkin. The card says the scent on this is a tropical pumpkin blend, but when I smell it i just get a strong pumpkin scent with an odd unidentifiable note. I don't really feel it's tropical at all, but I can't say what exactly is the accompanying note I get along with the bold pumpkin smell. Personally not really a big fan of this fragrance, the pumpkin is a bit too strong for my liking and the "tropical" notes just rub me the wrong way. There is nothing bad about this scent it just isn't for me. However I know you pumpkin lovers out there will probably adore this. You just have to take a chance and try it for yourselves. This is a bath melt so you just drop it into your bathwater and it will dissolve and fill your water with nourishing oils and vitamins that will make your skin super soft. 

The Headless Horseman Rides Again.

Witches Wart Be-Gone: Clearly Complexion Face Mask 

             This is actually just one of their regular products (Clearly Comlexion Face Mask) re-named and with the color darkened. Still I don't mind that so much because their face masks work great! The clearly complexion lines are formulated to help clear up acne prone skin and like all of their masks it hydrates and tightens the skin. I have the original Clearly Complexion and I love it! It makes my skin feel so soft and smooth even if the application is a little messy. To use this product all you have to do is pick which activator you want to use. It has a list on the back of what all different ingrediants you can use (most of which can be found in your kitchen already) Depending on what kind of skin you have (dry, oily, combination, or acne) you can go through the list and choose which ingrediant will mix the best. Of course just plain water goes with all the skin types so you can just use that if you don't want to mess around with the milk, honey, tea etc..activators. A caution to the wise though, this is really kind of messy to apply and it dries rather quickly so you will want to spread it on your face as quick and evenly as possible. This will look ridiculous on your face as most masks do and you should leave it on your face for 10-15 minutes. Despite the mess though it will leave your face feeling softer, tighter (not dry though), and will look smoother. 

The front of the package.

Gremlins, Goblins & Ghouls OH MY!: Whipped Cream

          This is a small sample of their whipped cream body butters. It is the exact same size as the samples you would get when you order the 4 sampler pack.  It is a beautiful light purple color and it smells like grape Laffy Taffy. It is definitely an artificial grape candy smell. I adore the formula of FCS's body butters. They are my favorite body lotion of all time. It feels light and creamy, but once you rub it in which doesn't take very long it actually sinks into the skin and doesn't leave it with any filmy greasy tacky residue on the surface. I love how it instantly moisturizes my skin and makes it silky smooth and that my skin is instantly dry once I've rubbed it in. There is no slickness left on the top that most lotions has. I like the smell of this one even though I'm not a huge grape fan. The name is also a fun homage to both Halloween and The Wizard of Oz. I think I like the color most of all though since most of FCS's body butters are pastel colored and this one is a vibrant purple.

Smashed Pumpkin: Wax Tart

          This is something new and different for Fortune Cookie Soaps to do. They have not started making wax tarts, but this is a product from Scentsory Overload a small independant guest company. This is said to be made out of soy which according to the Scentsory Overload facebook page is supposed to burn longer and be better for the enviroment than bee's based wax. I don't know about that because I have yet to burn this, but we will see how it matches up to my beloved CBV tarts. This is supposed to smell like pumpkin and rum and that is indeed what it smells like. The main notes are a thick spicy pumpkin with a hint of rum although it does not have an alcohol smell you get the warmth from the rum itself. Overall it smells great! I don't really have a whole lot of pumpkin scents from Candles By Victoria so I can't really compare it scent wise to any of hers because the ones I do have smell nothing like this. I know this is supposed to be a sample product, but I'm not sure if it is half full on purpose or not. I really hope that's just because it is a sample because I would not purchase it if it were only half full. You can see in the picture below the comparisons between this shot and one of CBV's. The containers are actually the same size, but you get waayyy more product with the CBV scent shots. Because this is made of soy you can also see the difference in texture between the two as well. Will have to burn this one later to see how it stands up in strength compared to CBV. Scentsory Overload currently does not have an official website up yet (though they are working on it). However you can check them out on facebook or contact them through email at scentsoryoverload@gmail.com. 

As you can see CBV is filled to the brim.

     So that is all for this haul. While I am a little dissapointed that I did not receive my intended Vampire Blood Body Wash I do understand how such a mix up could happen. The Vampire Blood comes in the same kind of container as the Scary Spice OCD Hand Sanitizer so I can see how during the packing process they probably saw a dark cap and figured it was the Vamp Blood and just added an extra OCD by mistake. The free pack of Sixlets chocolate candies made up for any lingering sadness though. I felt just like a little kid again. Free chocolate! Such a cute touch to finish of the Halloween box. Overall I'm happy that I ordered this even though some things weren't exactly things I'd consider purchasing again like the Grave Digger fortune cookie soap or the Headless Horseman bath melt. Still I can appreciate their novelties and I'm glad I at least got to try them. The stand outs of this order are the Zombie Treats Bath Fizzy and the Scary Spice OCD Hand Sanitizer. I will more than likely cave and buy the full 3 pack of Zombie Treats before they are all gone. Anyways I hope you guys enjoyed this haul and found it somewhat helpful. Please look forward to my next 31 week nail polish challenge and also another future CBV haul and review.

Goodnight guys!

Fall Fortune Cookie Soaps Haul & Review

Good morning internet friends!

          I'm back and as promised in my last FCS haul/review I am here with some of the new fall fragrances for you guys. So I bought another whipped cream body butter sample pack and then I saw they had these new lip scrubs for your lips so as I am a balm/chapstick junkie I had to get it. I'm always willing to try anything that will make my lips nice and soft. And then as always with every order you get a free sample product. So now onto the review...

Though it doesn't look like it this has glitter in it.

Capitol Diamond:
Color: Pastel Pink
           This fragrance is actually inspired by the Hunger Games's Effie Trinket. Not the description on the site says that it is made out of coconut, clove, citrus, vanilla, and strawberries. Now that is a lot of contradicting scents in there so I wasn't sure exactly what this one was going to smell like. This smells to me like sweet artificial strawberries and creamy vanilla. I don't smell any of the spicy clove at all and if there is coconut and citrus in it then it is incredibly overshadowed by the strawberries and vanilla notes. The only thing keeping me from instantly ordering this in the full size is the very tiny microglitter flecks hidden inside. You don't see it in the jar but they show up very subtley on the skin.Unfortunately I kind of hate body glitter so I will just enjoy the sample piece I have. Overall though this is probably my favorite out of the whipped creams that I got. It has a nice toned down sweetness to it that I really like. I think that FCS did a great job in capturing the girlyness of Effie in this one. It makes me really curious to try there Tiny Tribute fragrance which is based off of the character Rue.

Capitol Diamond is Effie Approved.

 Snickerdoodle:
Color: Pastel Yellow
           First off snickerdoodles are my all time favorite cookie. A few years ago I went on a crazy baking spree and I made a huge batch of them like every month for half the year. So I was super excited when I saw this on FCS website. Sadly I think I set my hopes a bit too high. This scent isn't a bad or gross one it just wasn't all that I had hoped for. I think I was expecting more of a baking scent, but instead this one smells like butter, allspice, and that fake sugar cookie smell. I don't smell any cinnamon in it at all. I mean it still smells like a cookie, but it smells fake and I'm just not a fan of that. I wanted it to smell like the kind I make from scratch. Overall I was a little dissapointed, but the scent isn't bad. I will still use it all up. I would reccomend this to those people who like that thick artificial sugar cookie smell.

Snickerdoodle #Not Impressed...

 Ripe For The Picking:
Color: Pastel Maroon
          As I said in my last FCS haul, apples are my favorite scent and that I was hoping that this fall they would release a scent that was similar to their How About Them Apples scent from last fall which is my all time fav Fortune Cookie Soap scent. It smells just like a pure fresh cut Macintosh apple. So you can imagine how excited I was when I saw that this scent. The website describes this one as reminiscent of apple picking. It is supposed to be a mixture of Red Delicious, Granny Smith, and Macintosh apples. And I have to say it smells exactly like what it says it's supposed to. I get ripe crisp fresh cut apples, but it isn't distinctly one type of apple. I'm really happy with this one, but I still like How About Them Apples better. That one is more fresher and straight up cut-apple smelling where as this one is a bit more on the sweeter side. Still this one is a must have for apple lovers! Doesn't smell artificial at all. I'm seriously thinking of ordering this in the full size container.

This pleases me

Figs & Berries:
Color: Mint Green
          This one is a really complex scent to describe. The description on the site says that it is made out of fig, amber, sandalwood, fresh lemon, and berries. Honestly I have no idea what figs smell like. The only fig I have ever come close to is a Fig Newton. And no this does not smell like that. This one is really difficult to put into words because it doesn't smell fruity nor woodsy. It doesn't smell like anything I've ever had before. If I had to break it down I'd say it smells like a hint of berries blended very well with a slightly masculine soap. It is fresh smelling with some fruity notes filled out with a deeper woodiness and a hint of a perfume like undertone. Don't be alarmed by the woodiness description because this one is still a feminine scent.So frustrating trying to narrow this down and make it sound like what I smell. You guys just have to try this one out for yourselves to get an accurate reading on it. Overall this is a nice scent. It's not my favorite out of the order, but it is something different that I've never had before. So I'm kind of neutral on it. Don't love it, don't hate it.

Note the size!



Top of the lip scrub.

Itty Bitty Gritty Caramel Apple Lip Scrub: 
       This is a brand new product from Fortune Cookie Soaps. What it is for those of you not familiar with lip scrubs, is a sort of clear lip balm with sugar crystals (yes REAL sugar crystals) in it that help exfoliate dry and chapped lips. All you do is put it on like any other lip balm, now you can wipe off/ lick off the sugar cystals if you like afterwards and your lips will still be hydrated from the balm. However you can just leave it on as it is, you just might see some of the sugar crystals sticking on your lips. Personally I just lick off the sugar. The sugar makes it really sweet tasting. So the one I ordered is Caramel Apple and it smells just like granny smith apples. Truthfully I don't get any caramel in this, but that's okay because it still smells great. If you have seen my previous FCS review then you will know that I reviewed their Green Applemint lip balm and that is exactly what this is only with the added sugar crystals that scrub off the dead skin off of your lips and without the mint. So it is their lip balm with a sweet upgrade. This product is a bit more expensive than their lip balms, but you also get ALOT more product and the sugar crystals so it comes out pretty even I think. This tube is going to last me a year I already know it. This product works really well. My lips already look and feel a lot better and I'm glad I purchased this because winter will be here before you know it and I will be needing this to battle the frigid cold air. So I'm very satisfied with this. 

I give it two thumbs up!

My free sample.

Cram Your Face In My Sweet Pumpkin Pie Bath Bomb: 
       So as you guys can see mine got a little crunched in transit, but that's okay since it is a bath bomb and will disolve in water anyways. This is actually a return scent. They came out with this one last fall and it was such a hit that they brought it back for this year. I missed out on it this year so I'm happy I get to see what all the fuss was about. This one does not smell exactly like pumpkin pie, but it is still a  fabulous scent. I smell pumpkin, with clove, and ginger. It says there is cinnamon in there too, but it doesn't stand out to me. I just sort of smell sweet spiced pumpkin. As for the bath bombs themselves, I have never tried them before so glad I get to now. I have not used this particular product yet, but I will let you know what I think of their quality as soon as I try it. I'm just not that much of a bath person (you're sitting in your own dirt after all), I prefer my showers, but when I find the time I will test this baby out. 

     That's it for this little fall haul. I have the Halloween Soap Box being shipped to me as I write this so once I get my hands on it I will get that review up for you as soon as possible for those of you who may want to buy their limeted edition Halloween products. I'm really excited for the Zombie Treats bath bomb because it glows in the dark and is supposed to smell like a Jolly Rancher! So much fun! Well I will see you all lovelies next time!