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Color Me Christmas looks like a gingerbread house but inside the box is five fabulous pampering treats — Strawberry Santa Shower Jelly, Lil’ LUSH Pud Bath Bomb, Candy Cane Bubble Bar, Mr. Butterball Bath Bomb and Satsumo Bath Bomb.

Priced at just $29.95, this a terrific gift to buy for a child to give to a loved one. The gingerbread house box is meant to be colored in, allowing your child to personalize this gift before giving it.

To Be Jolly is another affordable gift. This selection of bath goodies includes: Mr. Butterball Bath Bomb, Ice Blue Soap and Cinders Bath Bomb. The wrapping paper on this gift is reusable. You can cut out the gift wrap pictures and use them to dress up the paper-doll snowman tag. The To Be Jolly set is priced at just $16.95.

Visit LUSH.com to check out more bath and body products that are ideal for holiday gift giving.

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Color Me Christmas from LUSH

• 4.0 oz Peppermint Hot Cocoa Shampoo, Shower Gel & Bubble Bath
• 0.5 oz Melting Marshmallow Cream Lip Shine
• 2.0 oz Melting Marshmallow Cream Body Soufflé

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The shampoo/shower gel/bubble bath produces a rich creamy lather with a magnificent scent. It’s perfect for relaxing in a warm bath. The body souffle is a fluffy cream that hydrates and protects your skin with antioxidants and rich moisturizers.

If you are having a winter wedding, this limited edition set makes a great gift for your bridesmaids. It’s also an affordable gift for a Secret Santa exchange. It’s priced at just $25 at Sephora.com.

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The Winter Escape by Philosophy

From their wrinkle serum to lip conditioner, Caudalie products are healthy and effective. If you are looking for an affordable gift idea, consider their Spa In A Bag set.

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This set contains several spa-quality products in a reusable bag. The products include:

• 6.7 oz Shower Gel
• 5.3 oz Crushed Cabernet Scrub
• 0.5 oz Hand and Nail Cream
• 1.0 oz Nourishing Body Lotion

The shower gel is a fresh-smelling cleanser that hydrates your skin. The Cabernet body scrub will help diminish the appearance of cellulite while nourishing and firming your skin. The hand and nail cream will keep your hands looking and feeling beautiful, while the body lotion is a creamy formula that leaves skin silky smooth.

You can get the Caudalie Spa In A Bag ($46 value) at Sephora for just $30. It’s an affordable gift idea that any woman will love.

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Caudalie Spa In A Bag

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The Angel Cakes set smells like a freshly baked angel food cake — sweet but not overly so, and absolutely delicious. If you haven’t tried Philosophy’s shampoo/shower gel/bubble bath, you are really missing out. This high foaming liquid leaves your skin and hair fresh, clean and silky soft.

The Philosophy Angel Cakes Set is only $20.00. It’s available online at Nordstrom.com and at select Nordstrom stores.

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Philosophy Angel Cakes Set

…full-size versions of Red Zone products; Body Spray, the Deodorant, the 8 Hour Body Wash, a “Deck Scrubber” shower tool, and a small size of the 16 hour Odor Blocker Body Wash.

I’m not a fan of overly man-scaped men (why do they insist on messing with their eyebrows?).  I do, however,  appreciate a man who smells good and has nice skin. The Old Spice Deck Scrubber, included in the gift set, is a mesh-type scrubber. It features a “manly” handle, so you don’t confuse it with a lesser, girly mesh scrubber.

These scrubbers are good for two reasons. One, you only need a little body wash to get a healthy lather (Guys, saving money means you’ve got more to spend on your lady. Yay!).  Two,  it exfoliates. Exfoliation is a trick that we women have known about for a long time. Exfoliated skin is soft, smooth skin.

To enter the giveaway, please leave a comment telling me what you think of the Old Spice commercials featured here.

The Old Spice Gift Sets will be available this season at stores like Walmart and Target.

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A Giveaway With Swagger

Top Notes: Juicy Berry, Sparkling Mandarin, hint of Coconut
Middle Notes: Creamy Frangipani, Soft Mimosa, Wet Honeysuckle, Wild Freesia, Apricot Nectar
Bottom Notes: Oud Wood, Skin Musk Captive, Vanilla Milk, Warm Woods

I appreciate the way Bath &  Body Works is presenting a more sophisticated fragrance product  these days. I’ve always loved their bath and body products, but these newer fragrances are fantastic; full and more complex.

All of the Twilight Woods products are eligible for the current Signature Collection Sales:

*Buy 2 Get 1 Free
*Buy 3 Get 2 Free

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Bath & Body Works: Twilight Woods

I really like the Signature Collection. It has an updated look and the fragrances are available in pretty much any form you could want or need including an eau de parfum, eau de toilette, shower gel, bubble bath, body lotion, body cream, body butter, and hand cream. This would be the perfect opportunity to do some early holiday shopping. You could buy someone special the entire line in their favorite fragrance, stash it in a cute gift basket, then check a name off your gift list.

I really like the P.S. I Love You fragrance. It’s fresh and feminine and has a warm musky base.

Top Notes: Fresh Citrus, Lychee, Peony, Yellow Rose, Sparkling Riesling
Middle Notes: Scarlet Velvet Rose, Orchid, Purple Lilies, Jasmine, Hypnotic Incense
Base Notes: Creamy Sandalwood, Patchouli, Golden Amber, Musk
 
Three online only offers include special prices on Signature Collection Classics Body Care for $6 (save $4.50), Select Wallflowers Starter Sets and Refills for $6 (save $6.50), and Concentrated Room Sprays for only $3. 

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Columbus Day Sale At Bath & Body Works

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While no more than 10% of breast cancers are genetic, science points to toxic chemicals, lifestyles choices and other causes for the recent increase in the incidence of breast cancer. Through education, policy initiatives and public awareness campaigns, the Breast Cancer Fund helps to put the message out there about methods to help stop the disease before it starts.

Visit EOproducts.com to purchase their fantastic products and learn more about their partnership with the Breast Cancer Fund.

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EO Teams Up With the Breast Cancer Fund

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I was recent at the local Bath & Body Works store and tried their new Ginger Vanilla fragrance … mmm, delicious. I’ve always been a fan of vanilla and the added ginger makes a nice combination. And right now is a great time to buy — they are having a buy one get one free special on everything from this special autumn body care collection. With each of these products priced at just $11.00, it’s an awesome deal!

Additionally, you can get other fall items such as their Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin, Spiced Cider and Country Apple fragrances. Look around the site for other great deals, they have some of their deep cleansing anti-bacterial soaps 3 for $10, and other products are buy two get 1 free from their Signature collection.

In addition to the Bath & Body products, you can find home fragrance products such as candles, room sprays, reed diffusers and much more.

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BOGO Free: Autumn Body Care

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The Cocktail Party from Philosophy is a bath time essential. This trio of products includes their multi-purpose shampoo/shower gels in three cocktail scents — Margarita, Mimosa and Melon Daiquiri. These hair and body cleansers smell absolutely wonderful.

You can get The Cocktail Party for just $30 at Sephora. It includes a 6 oz bottle of each product packaged together in a signature box. If you find you love one of these scents more than the other, a 16 oz bottle is priced at $16.

Since you are relaxing in the bath, you might as well as stir up an actual cocktail. Here’s a fabulous recipe for a Mama Mimosa — a fresh twist on the traditional variety.

Ingredients:

• champagne (4 oz)
• orange juice (4 oz)
• orange liqueur
• raspberries

Directions:

1. Add chilled champagne to an champagne flute.
2. Top with chilled orange juice.
3. Add a tablespoon of orange liqueur and stir.
4. Add a few raspberries and enjoy!

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Relax with a Mimosa