Shopping Handmade: Secret Santa for work

Hi there everyone!


I'm guessing you must be wondering... "Where the heck are Sunday Shots!?" well, they are in the making, I have to say that for the most part it's my fault, I haven't been too inspired this past week, nor was I today, so maybe later today or tomorrow they'll be up!


Last Friday was work's Christmas dinner and Secret Santa gift exchange! I got a super cute Hello Kitty set of pj's (huge Hello Kitty fan here, so that was a big score!), and the person receiving my Etsy & handmade purchased gift loved it too!


I got a gift set of bath & body goodies from DressGreen, that included body cream, lipbalm, hand cream (travel size) and perfume oil, all packed up super cute in a take out box!




And here's Mayte, my co-worker and lucky owner of those goodies now!



And I know I've been promising this for the past two weeks, but I'm hoping I'll blog a bit more this week!

Two Girls And A Bar of Soap!

Hi there!

Finally, I'm back! I've had a few busy days at work, very busy days, I'd even say, and I really haven't had the energy and the time to update the blog, or even to plan the next entries, which I shall be doing this week. I can't wait for my holidays, which will mean some time to just relax and be with my boyfriend, and on occassion, write a blog entry with finally some decent pics of myself taken!

But, this blog is not just to rant about myself, this blog is dedicated to announce my new blog! I'm now the proud co-author and collaborator of a new blog dedicate to review Bath & Body products!: Two Girls And A Bar of Soap!

Brooke, from Crossbones Couture, which I can proudly name, not only as a favourite seller of mine, but as a good friend, and fellow B&B products junkie, proposed this idea to me, since we both love handmade B&B products and we love talking about them! We have only started, and will be doing reviews of our favourite products so far, and you can find the links to our favourites shops in the blog too!

Also, if you want us to review your products, e-mail us, we love trying new products and discovering new shops!

Spa Therapy Works

It's been a few days since I last blogged, but since I want to focus on writing about current packages for now, and I don't have all the time I'd want to dedicate to this blog... I'm thinking of sticking to two blog entries per week, if I get enough packages, that is, if not, I'll look back to some previous purchases.

Today, I got two packages, and once again from two of my most beloved sellers, which means, I have two entries to work on! I've already been working on the pictures for them.

I will start with Jussara from Spa Therapy Works! http://www.spatherapy.etsy.com/

I must say, I don't remember how I found her shop, but I know that since my first purchase, I was really impressed with her amazing customer service! Unless other sellers that aren't keen on shipping to Spain, she was delighted to ship here, and was trying to find the best way to determine a fair shipping cost, and since that very first time, she's always refunded any excesive cost of shipping.

Her amazing customer service was just the first of the many things that turned me into a not just a repeat customer, but a total fan! She's always been so nice and helpful!

I fell in love with her B&B products as soon as the first package from her arrived, her soaps are amazing and so are her bath salt and body scrubs... and I can go on and on with all her products!

After trying her soaps I switched to handmade soaps, and forgo liquid soaps and all kinds of regular commercial soaps, and so it happened when she developed her facial line, with day cream, night cream, serum, toner, facial scrubs and facial soaps:

Here you can see my daily facial care routine, all by Spa Therapy, even the soap dish! Facial day cream, night cream and scrub, serum and toner in the sides. I was never very constant with facial care, till I started using Jussara's products, the texture and smell is fantastic, and so are the results! I usally have a tendency to get stress rushes (atopic dermatitis) that have got waaaay better since I've been using her stuff!

Here you can see the Dead Sea Mud soap, which works great, but my favourite one has to be the Patchouli Mint Frech Green Clay Soap, that I'll be getting really soon to replace the Dead Sea soap when it's gone.

I'm not sure if any of what I use in B&B body products is not made by her, cause she has amazing body lotions in varied scents for all year long, and fantastic whipped body frostings for the dry dry winter, that melt into your skin and look & smell good enought to eat! She also has fantastic vegan deodorants, that are NOT antiperspirants, so don't block the cooling effect of the sweating, but that keep you smelling great all day long! They've stand the test in India of all places, so I can say that, yes you will sweat, but you will smell AWESOME all the time!!

She's also started a new line of hair care products with two types of shampoo & conditioner, for normal and dry hair. I got samples of the dry hair shampoo and conditioner, and though the shampoo leave my hair great, it isn't as effective against dandruff as I'd like, but the conditioner... oh, the conditioner is a total joy for my hair! And, did I mention they're SLS-free?

One of her bigger hits with all my co-workers are her VEGAN lipbalms, that smell delicious, taste as great and not only moisturize and protect your lips but also give them some lovely shine! I've had a pair of my co-workers to ask me order her lipbalms for them more than once.

An unexpected hit was her shaving soaps with the bf, he's already said he won't use anything else for shaving! They just lather so well, and the shave is so close, I don't want him to use anything else either!

Everytime I get a package from her, I always feel like a lil girl opening a pressie, and I go crazy sniffing everything, yes, I do have that weird habit of sniffing B&B body products, and I always know that any Spa Therapy product is gonna smell awesome! I've also found my favourite scent ever, what I consider MY scent, and it's the Black Raspberry Vanilla, and I just love that scent on anything, be it soap, deodorant, whipped body frosting, body lotion... even body mist! I just hope she won't stop using it, EVER!.

Onto today's package!

I got bath melts, deodorant & whipped body frosting in Black Raspberry Vanilla, and the Snowed In soap! And also a Raspberry Sorbet extra soap! I just can't wait to try this bath melts, cause they smell fantastic! Chocolate & Orange! I need to make sure the bf doesn't decide to eat them!

She also has a lot of nice gift ideas for this holidays, and I've already got a few for my friends!

If you want a change from store bought products, and want quality B&B products, most of them vegan friendly, Spa Therapy Works is your place to shop! I've recommended her products to loads of friends, and they all love them and become repeat customers too, so she must be doing something right!