HardLotion.com! Review

Today for a review for you on and online store that goes by the name of HardLotion.com and they sent me two different products to share with you and give you my full review on. I'm so excited to do this review for you all!

The first type of product that was sent to me is called there hard lotion. Your probably thinking what the heck is that?!  Allow me to explain, pretty much all it is, is a solid form of lotion and while you are using it the lotion starts to melt with your body temperature turning it into a lotion that you are more familiar with. As we gets little further down in this review you will see some pictures of what this product really looks like. Anyways, I have seen a few companies makes these solid lotion products and I have been very curious to try them out for myself. They sent me two different scents one is a chocolate scent and the other is just a plain honey scented one.

http://store.hardlotion.com/Beesilk_Pocket_hard_lotion_bar_p/beesilk-hard-lotion-bar-pocket.htm

Retails:($6.95)

http://store.hardlotion.com/cocoa_butter_lotion_bar_pocket_p/au-choc-hard-lotion-bar-pocket.htm

Retails:($7.75)

This is what the lotion looks like when you open the can. They are pretty big chunks to be honest with you. I wasn't expecting them to be that big. Each one is wrapped in wax paper so it doesn't melt. Which was another thing I was worried about. I can assure you that these arrived in perfect condition none of these were melted at all which is really hard to believe considering I live in Florida. Lol

This is what the product looks like out of the paper. As you can see it's a nice size. And it's pretty thick. I only tried this one, which is the honey one because I'm not a huge chocolate fan. I like the scent of this one it smells pretty good and isn't too overpowering at all which is awesome. I can assure you if you like chocolate you will love the chocolate one, it smells just like the real thing! So these products are pretty cool, there very different which is what I really like the most about them. It's not everyday you see lotion like this. I think this is a perfect product for winter time. Not so much summer especially where I live. These would melt all over in a heartbeat. I really do like the concept of this idea. This is perfect if your in a hurry or if you just need to apply some lotion to a smaller area. Personally I think this is great for moisturizing your hands. I really do like this product and I recommend checking it out and trying it for yourself.

Next up we have one of their lip balms. Let me just tell you they couldn't have done a better job at picking a scent that I would enjoy lol. Peppermint is my all time favorite scent so I was super excited to see this one was in my package. I have about a million peppermint lip balms but you really can't have enough to right?! Lol

http://store.hardlotion.com/Peppermint_Lip_Balm_p/peppermint-lip-balm.htm

Retails:($4.50)

As you can see this looks like your everyday lip balm that you see pretty much everywhere. I think this is very good lip balm to be honest with you. I think it is super moisturizing and really does a good at making you feel refreshed I think peppermint is perfect for making you feel awake and energized for the day. So I have been keeping this next to my bed and using it every morning when I wake up and I really like it.

 

I am super excited about both of these products, they are so nice and I will definitely  be using them till there all gone lol. I want to thank everyone at HardLotion.com for sending me some products to review, I think they were awesome and I'm so glad I now own some :) This website is packed with all kinds of products, there really is a lot to look out so I highly recommend checking out this website. I'm certain that you will find something you cant live without lol.

 

http://hardlotion.com/

 

 

 

SandysSoaps! Review!

 

I received three different bars of soap from a shop on Facebook called SandysSoaps

 

 

I received three different bars of soaps, and each one is in a different scent. I have to say I have done quite a few reviews on soaps, but these one are the most gorgeous I have ever seen. It is so hard to believe that all of these soaps are homemade and not bought from the store. The first bar of soap I have to review for all of you is this one in the scent Exotic Coconut. I am an absolute huge fan of the scent coconut, so this one was definitely a hit for me. I know a lot of the time soaps can be a hit or miss with the scents. A lot of the time soaps just aren't very strong with scents and they go away after time. In this case it is completely different. This scent is so strong, even if this didn't have a label on it I would instantly know what scent this bar of soap is. I love the look of this one as well. As you can see in the picture below it is a really pretty blue color, with small little pieces of white. The white in the soap makes me think of what coconut really looks like.

 

Next up we have Lemon Grass. Out of the three scents I enjoyed this one the most. I thought this gave your hands a really nice clean scent to them. When I think of hand soap for the kitchen I instantly think lemon, so that's where I placed this one. I fell in love with the scent each time I used it. It has a very sweet and fruity scent to it. As far as looks go for this one, this one is incredible as well. I love the design of this one. So much creativity was done when creating each of these, and you can really tell. The design of this one really makes me think of a castle.

 

I saved the best for last :) This is one of the most unique bars of soaps I have ever seen in my life. It is a small rectangle and inside is another piece of soap that is in the shape of a Lego brick. At first glance I thought that the Lego brick inside of this piece of soap was a real Lego lol. I had to double check. I was wrong however. I truly cant get over the design of this one. I can honestly say I have never seen anything like this before, and I really enjoyed using this one as well. I had this as a hand soap in one of my bathroom and received so many compliments on this one. This bar of soap is in the scent Watermelon, which is one of my favorites. I think this smells amazing, and really sweet. It smells just like a watermelon. It smells so good I could almost eat it....but I wouldn't recommend that lol.

 

 

 

As far as creativity goes, these are the most creative soaps I have ever seen. She has so many other listed on her page as well you would be amazed. The scents of these soaps are amazing. I used each of these as a hand soap and I can honestly say they left my hands feeling really clean and smelling great. I don't have anything bad to say about this shop at all. I am so honored I got to work with Sandy myself and I really hope to have her featured again on my blog.

 

Make sure you check her shop out for yourself:

https://www.facebook.com/SandysSoaps/

 

SkinGlowsByCeleste On Etsy Holiday Gift Guide Review!

I received an item from a shop on Etsy by the name of SkinGlowsByCeleste

The product that was sent to me to review is called a 3 in 1 face cleanser and exfoliator. I was pretty excited when I learned about this coming to review, just for the simple fact that I am a hugeeee fan of exfoliators and I have tried so many of them in the past. I was super excited to be trying a new one, one in fact that is homemade which makes this product even cooler in my opinion. The scent I received is called Oatmeal, Honey and Geranium. From the first whiff I wasn't to satisfied to be honest lol. I like things that are sweet smelling, or that smells like food lol. This doesn't smell awful, it just really isn't something I would go far but that's okay! It's good to try new products and scents to see what you like! The direction for this product is pretty simple, your suppose to use a quarter size amount and massage into your dampened face. For me I found that a quarter size was actually too much for me, so I only used about the size of a nickle. I used this for the first time as soon as I go out of the shower and washed my face with it. I instantly felt refreshed, clean and soft too!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/249444736/3-in-1-face-cleanser-exfoliator?ref=shop_home_active_7

Retails:($20.00)

Usually when I get out of the shower I wash my face with some type of product and immediately I have to put one some moisturizer on my face, sense I have really dry skin, especially now that the weather is getting a little cooler where I live. With using this product I didn't even have to grab my moisturizer, which was amazing! This is probably the only product I have ever used that has not dried my skin out, which was great. This saved me a step in my skin routine which is the best feeling ever lol, I love being able to be a bit lazy! This makes it so much easier, and saves me a little time when is needed. I have had this product for a while and have used it quite a lot sense the first time I have tried it out, and every time I use it I fall in love with this product. I love the texture of this product, as you can see from the picture below it looks like it is pretty gritty, and it is. It's not too gritty thought, it's not to rough on your skin which is good. This is pretty much the perfect consistency.

I think the best part of this product is that it comes with a little spoon! This is just a simple thing but it really does make so much of a difference. I hate using products and getting all messy, and now I wont have to which is going to be really nice, and I'm sure I will probably end up using is more often just  because of the spoon actually. It is really cute as well lol, it's the perfect size for a product like this this because you don't need to use a lot in the first place anyways.

These are the benefits of this product:

*Organic Oatmeal, Raw Local Honey & Geranium

*Gentle Exfoliator

*Improves Skin Tone

*Anti Aging

*No Toxic Ingredients or Preservatives

*Skin Brightener

*Retains Moisture

*Removes Makeup/Cleans Pores

*Fades Dark Spots

*Improves Circulation

*Calms Redness & Irritated Skin

I would highly recommend this shop. This shop isn't like most homemade beauty products. She really puts a lot of time and effort into creating different products for her customers and it really shows. Even her packaging is really nice and neat, the labels on her containers are waterproof as well. This shop just goes above and beyond to make sure her customers are happy, and I can proudly say that I am one happy customer!

This would make a great gift for practically anyone, you could purchase a few of these products and make a super nice gift basket which would be a great gift. I know I have only tried this one product from this shop, but I'm almost certain I would feel the same about the other products in her shop.

Make sure you check her shop out here:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/SkinGlowsbyCeleste

BeechRiverNaturals On Etsy! Holiday Gift Guide Review!

I received two different items to review for all of you guys today from a shop on Etsy by the name of BeechRiverNaturals

As you can see in the picture above this shop sent a total of 4 different items. There are 2 different items. A hibiscus and a beet lip and cheek tint. This shop sent a sample size of each product for me to review for all of you, and then they also included a full size of each of the products for me to giveaway to one of you lucky people out there ;) So stay tuned because details with that giveaway will be coming up here shortly!!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/246748696/hibiscus-lip-gloss-colored-lip-balm-lip?ref=shop_home_feat_2

Retails:($6.00)

https://www.etsy.com/listing/246645447/beet-lip-gloss-colored-lip-balm-lip-balm?ref=shop_home_active_2

Retails:($6.00)

Oooh Ahh! The photo above is the products you will have the chance of winning for yourself :)

These little guys are what I have had the chance to review for you guys. I've used these products for the last few days, and found both of them to be extremely similar. It says on the package you can use these for lips and on your cheeks. I'm not really a fan of cheek stains in general, but for reviewing purposes I thought I must try it out lol. To be honest I was impressed. This went on really nicely and had pretty good color payoff. I like the formula of these products, its a thicker, kind of sticky, but isn't messy. I think these will be great to just throw in your purse, and would be the perfect  thing to use to give your face a little color! I think I'm going to get a lot of use out of these, especially sense winter is officially here. I find these products to be really moisturizing, especially on my lips.

Here are the swatches of both the Hibiscus and Beet lip and cheek stain. As you can see they both have really good pigment. That was with just one little bit, these are pretty buildable as well, you can make these as dark, or as light as you like which is pretty cool. I'm not sure if I'm wrong or not lol, but both of these looks like they are pretty much the same color. Personally I love the colors of these, they aren't too dramatic and could be warn pretty much year round. I think these colors are perfect for fall and winter though :)

Overall I'm impressed with these products and cant wait to use them some more.

This shop is packed with all kinds of other beauty products, I think they would be great gifts you could purchase a few different products and make up a really nice gift basket, which would be really thoughtful!

Check out this shop here:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/BeechRiverNaturals

TheMuddyMoose On Etsy! Holiday Gift Guide Review!

 

I received a few different products to try out from a shop on Etsy called TheMuddyMoose

 

 

The first product I got to try out is one of their lip butter in the scent Bubble gum. I love the packaging for this one, you easily slide the top over and it opens. I was amazed by how much this really did smell like bubble gum.

 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/18162697/lip-balm-natural-lip-balm-flavored-lip?ref=shop_home_active_2

Retails:($3.99)

 

I'm not really a huge fan of bubble gum. So I decided to hold onto this and use this for one of my upcoming giveaways for you guys to enjoy!

 

 

Next up we have a foaming sugar scrub in the scent green tea and cucumber. I was very interested in this products when I first opened the package. A foaming super scrub? I have never heard of such a thing before. I am a huge fan of sugar scrubs in general so I was super excited to see a new type of product I could try out. Green Tea and Cucumber didn't exactly sound like a scent I would like either, but I was very wrong about that. This scent is so nice and clean it really reminds me of Cucumber melon from Bath and Body Works, from back in the day, that was one of my all time favorites.

 

As far as texture goes, they weren't kidding when they said it was foaming lol. This was probably one of the strangest textures of a scrub I have ever tried, and by strange I don't mean bad either. I really did enjoy this product it did an awesome job and exfoliating my skin, and wasn't too harsh on it either, which was really nice sense I have super sensitive skin. In fact I found this product to be really refreshing. The only bad thing I could say about this product is that I wish it was in a bigger container, and had more product lol. I love this product, and a little really does go a long way but I am going to be extremely sad when this is all gone lol.

 

Next up we have the same product but this time it's in another scent. This foaming sugar scrub is in the scent Lavender. I do really enjoy the scent of Lavender but sometimes My body decides to not let me lol. I sometimes get really bad migraines just from the scent, but that's okay! This will be another giveaway item!

 

Another thing I really like about all these products is that they all have the safety seals on them under the lid, which is really nice. I kept this one on so you guys can enjoy this product :)

 

A skin cream is next, in the scent Sandalwood Vanilla. This smells amazing, I was instantly hooked when I seen the name vanilla lol. I opened this and was surprised on well this smelt, I thought it would have a strong scent of the Sandalwood, but it really doesn't. In my opinion is just smells like vanilla.

 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/123817234/1-oz-goat-milk-face-and-body-cream?ref=shop_home_active_3

Retails:($3.99)

 

 

The texture is super thick and really creamy as well. I tried this on my hands and it was extremely moisturizing and felt really nice. I didn't have the chance to try this on my body, however I do think this would get a great lotion for after the shower. I'm really excited to try this product a few more times.

 

The last thing I have to review is a bar of soap. This one is in the scent spiced cranberry. This smells amazing, I can't even begin to explain to you how amazing this smells. It smells so sweet and yummy. I used this a few times  to wash my hands, before my mom stole this from me lol. This is her all time favorite scent of all time lol.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/230230276/homemade-goat-milk-soap-cinnamon-soap?ref=shop_home_active_7

Retails:($5.99)

 

 

This really is a nice soap, it does a great job at washing and cleaning my hands, and makes your hands smell great. I think this would be the perfect bar of soap for the kitchen, and this scent is great for the holiday season :)

 

 

Overall I'm highly impressed with this shop. There products work great, they are packed with amazing fragrances and all the packaging is great as well. These look like products you would buy from the store.

 

These would be the perfect gifts for anyone, you could make a really great basket out of these products from someone special in on of their favorite scents, and it would be a really great gift.

 

 

Check out this shop here:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/themuddymoose

 

ThreeChangos On Etsy! Holiday Gift Guide Review!

I received two different products from a shop on Etsy by the name of ThreeChangos

The first item is a bar of soap in the Scent sparkling peach.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/249980712/artisan-soap-sparkling-peach-champagne?ref=shop_home_active_4&ga_search_query=peach

Retails:($7.00)

Let me just tell you, just by opening the box I could instantly smell the scent of the peach and it smelt amazing! I was amazed how strong it really was, I hadn't  even opened the bar of soap yet and could already smell it through the packaging. This right there was a major browning point in my book lol. As soon as I opened this I rushed right into the shower. It smelt so good I just couldn't resist lol.

This was probably one of the best bars of soaps I have ever tried. I wouldn't normally go for a bar of soap but in this case I do lol. I love this product so much!

As you can see from this photo this in fact is not only a really large bar of soap its actually really thick as well. This bar of soap is going to last you a really long time and that's for sure :) You can also see from the top the sparkles that are in this bar. They are gorgeous!

Next up we have a sugar scrub in the same scent Sparkling Peach.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/201977560/sugar-body-scrub-sparkling-peach-whipped?ref=shop_home_active_1

Retails:($6.50 for Full Size)

Now this product was pretty amazing as well. I was amazed by how "soft" it was. Most of the scrubs  that I have tried are super rough feeling, almost like the texture of sand, which is sometimes rough on my skin. I was surprised by how soft this formula was. It made my skin super soft as well. I'd say this texture was the perfect combination. It was rough enough to exfoliate my skin, and it was soft enough to moisturize as well. I am in love with this product as well. Just like the soap the fragrance in this one was just as strong and as enjoyable.

You can even purchase both of these products together in the perfect gift set!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/252168990/gift-set-artisan-soap-and-sugar-scrub?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=ThreeChangos&ref=sr_gallery_7

Retails:($17.00)

Overall I'm highly impressed with these products, it's hard to believe that these are actually homemade. These are easily some of my favorite beauty products now :)

These products would make the perfect gift for anyone really, mom, sister, friends, co workers!

Check their shop out here:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/ThreeChangos

TheSoapClub! Holiday Gift Guide Review!

I received two different bars of soap from a company called SoapClub

This first bar of soap is in the scent "Peary Perfect". I really liked this scent and really enjoyed using this product. I thought the scent was very sweet but not to overpowering at all, which was really nice. I only used this to try out on my hands and it really did do a good job.As you can tell from this picture this is a really big sized soap bar.  I think this is a bar of soap you could use in the shower as well.

This is the description of the scent that they have on their website:

"Sweet and summery, our Peary Perfect artisan soap combines notes of crisp, juicy pears with fragrant sweet berries for a fruity and refreshing scent. Made with natural oils and butters, our soaps are deeply moisturizing for replenished, revitalized skin."

https://soap.club/product/peary-perfect-soap/

Retails:($12.95)

The next bar of soap I received is in the scent "Oatmeal Goat’s Milk Clean’n’Calm" To be completely honest I wasn't too excited when I seen this one in the box, just because I have tried soap like this this in same scent and I have never been too over excited about them before. To my surprise I actually enjoyed this one so much more. I loved the scent of this one, it was very relaxing, and calming. I used this one in the bath actually. I used this as shaving cream to be honest. I have super sensitive skin especially on my legs, and this worked wonders! It was super super nourishing and made my skin super soft. I loved it! This is probably one of the best soaps I have ever used before. This isn't packed with lots of scents, so this one is pretty much perfect for anyone who has sensitive skin. This would also make a great soap to just use on washing your hands as well.

This is the product description listed on the website for this soap:

"Deeply moisturizing, our handmade Clean’n’Calm soap is finely crafted with goat’s milk and oatmeal to calm irritated skin. Gentle and soothing, Clean’n’Calm has a light, comforting fragrance and a rich lather to pamper even the most sensitive skin."

https://soap.club/product/oatmeal-goats-milk-soap/

Retails:($12.99)

Overall I'd say I'm super impressed with this company and super curious about their products. I can tell you from my experience that this company is really great. They even have a monthly program where you can sign up and get a box of soap delivered to your door each month! How cool is that?! There are so many options, with different price plans, so you can find the perfect one for you and your budget!

Each soap comes in its own box, so you don't need to worry about having damaged soap come to your door. The boxes they come in are really nice as well.  I am truly blown away by this company and how amazing they are, I am so honored I got to work with them and hope to work with them again in the future.

A great gift would be signing a friend up for the subscription box, and make it a surprise. It's a very nice thought and would be an awesome surprise gift :)

They also sell these adorable soap holders that you can get here:

https://soap.club/product/handmade-wooden-soap-dish/

Retails:($19.95)

This is the link to their website is here:

https://soap.club/