Remember when I reviewed those fragrances from Smell Bent a couple of weeks ago?  Well, I got an email from the company and they’ve got something special available for Halloween – A Bent Halloween Limited Edition Fragrances.
now you see ‘em and now you don’t.  these little buggers are elusive.  hanging around for a little bit, but never quite long enough for you to get sick of them.  it does break our heart that they have to leave.  but then again, they say absinthe makes the heart grow fonder.  wait, that’s not it … but you get the point.
This one sounds the …read more

I’m a barefoot girl, from way back. I’m barefoot indoors, always, and outside, I do my best to get away with flipflops all year. It doesn’t snow where I am from, but it does get frosty. If I’m wearing shoes, than chances are it’s my Asics running shoes.
All of these foot habits – barefootin’ it, constant flipflops, and running – they work together to give me some not so pretty feet. My toes, sure they look fine, I always have a fresh pedicure, but the calluses, well they are another story.
I was delighted to be given the opportunity to try …read more

Today, I have a simple tutorial for making your own bath salts.  I do a batch of this up every couple of months. My son, Max, and I love baths.  Max has very sensitive skin, so he likes the soothing properties of the salt. I keep it in a kitchen canister in the bathroom.  To use, I pour a scoop (about 1 gram size scoop) under the faucet, as the tub fills. It makes the whole bathroom smell wonderful. 
Ingredients are very simple:
2 cups Sea Salt
2 cups Epsom Salt
15 drops essential oil (I usually use Lavendar)
food coloring (optional)
 
 Lavendar oil has a very …read more