Shower Post #1: Moonalisa Coffee Butter Scrub; Lathers & Lights April Showers Shower Creme; Moonalisa Strawberry Sugar Shortcake Bubbling Bath Brew; Blooddrop Milk & Honey Softening Soak; BPTP L'Eau de Engouement Bath Oil; Moonalisa Strawberry Sugar Shortcake Bath Truffle

I'm thinking of occasionally posted what I'm using in my shower since I change them so frequently. Here's the 1st:

~ Mixed a bath with Moonalisa Strawberry Sugar Shortcake Bubbling Bath Brew- lots of bubbles like the Grapefruit Haven, initial strawberry NesQuik scent (which I loved) but again faded quickly. I probably won't buy anymore of these bath powders. The bubbles are great but I just can't justify the price.

~ Added Blooddrop Milk & Honey Softening Soak. Awww, I finished my bottle. I love this stuff. It makes the water milky and creamy (but no real scent), lasted probably 5-6 baths for $15. Unfortunately, she's sold out of this. I think it   was for the winter release and hopefully it comes back.

~ Added BPTP L'Eau de Engouement Bath Oil because I wanted more scent. Scent description is: pink strawberries, sugarcane and candyfloss. It added a light sweet pink strawberry scent. My whole bath smelled like the color pink really. Really springy and a very light strawberry (kinda artificial but like sniffing one of those strawberry-scented toys or strawberry milk- kinda enjoyable, strangely enough). This was from the 2012 Lupercalia release (Bath oils last forever! It only takes a tiny amount to scent a bath or cover my entire body)

~ Lathers & Lights April Showers Shower Creme- I got this in one of my sampler packs. Scent description: carnation, lily, white grapefruit, jasmine, tuberose, cyclamen, violet, vanilla beans, E Indian sandalwood, rose crystals, sexy musk.
Actually, I got a slightly floral aquatic. Nothing else really but it was very pretty and fresh smelling. I really like it. I would re-order, especially as a shower product scent.

~ Moonalisa Coffee Butter Scrub. I got this in the winter release and I have 1 more use of it. It's a perfect scrub for me, very scrubby! Has lots of ground coffee beans in it and a strong coffee scent. It also leaves a very thin barrier on my skin afterwards which is nice if you don't want to apply more lotion but it's thin enough that you can without it interfering. I would reorder in a heartbeat, I'm glad it wasn't LE.

~ I received a Moonalisa Strawberry Sugar Shortcake Bath Truffle in one of the Easter baskets I ordered. I was going to add it to my bath but I read on the Moonalisa forum that it could be used as a moisturizer as well since it was purely cocoa butter with scent. The truffle was about 1/4 the size of my hand and it covered my entire body and then some. I'm serious. I melted instantly (I applied it immediately after my shower). The strawberry milk scent was very strong and lasted hours even until the next morning. The cocoa butter was extremely moisturizing and very greasy. Since I applied this after my shower in the evening, the greasiness was fine but I wouldn't suggest this for daytime use. Can't wait to try my others. I hope she starts selling these.

BPAL Miss Forcible Review

MISS FORCIBLE
A classic vintage musk.

Both Miss Spink and Miss Forcible scents have a bit of tea splash and biscuit crumbs.

In the imp- commercial high-end department perfume

Wet- very strong, musky, perfume-y, maybe a slight bitterness. It kinda burns my nose a little bit.

Drying- I get the impression of a vintage musky perfume. I definitely don't get any tea or biscuits. It smells well-blended and expensive. A good replacement for a vintage perfume without any alcohol. It's not a delicate scent either. It hits you in the face pretty well. I do get a feminine vibe but not pretty or delicate feminine, like a scent for a CEO. However, I wouldn't wear this at work or anyone with scent issues. 

Dry- It becomes softer over time and loses that bitterness I found wet. It becomes more feminine and maybe a little prettier.  After two hours, I have to put my nose to my skin but if I walk around I get whiff of it. Maybe I could wear this as a work scent if I applied it 2-3 hours before I got to work.

Verdict: I like it. It's not love and I don't know where I'd wear this to, but I'm glad to have it and the musky quality should age well.

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BPAL Miss Spink

Official Description- BPAL
A grand, over-the-top tuberose gardenia

Both Miss Spink and Miss Forcible scents have a bit of tea splash and biscuit crumbs.

BPAL Coraline Jones

Official Description- BPAL
“What should I do?” asked Coraline.

“Read a book,” said her mother. “Watch a video. Play with your toys. Go and pester Miss Spink or Miss Forcible, or the crazy old man upstairs.”

“No,” said Coraline. “I don't want to do those things. I want to explore.”Dry grass, clean skin, and a little bit of mossy berry.


Miss Spink and Miss Forcible lived in the flat below Coraline's, on the ground floor. They were both old and round, and they lived in their flat with a number of ageing Highland terriers who had names like Hamish and Andrew and Jock. Once upon a time Miss Spink and Miss Forcible had been actresses, as Miss Spink told Coraline the first time she met her.

“You see, Caroline,” Miss Spink said, getting Coraline's name wrong, “both myself and Miss Forcible were famous actresses, in our time. We trod the boards, luvvy. Oh, don't let Hamish eat the fruitcake, or he'll be up all night with his tummy.”

“It's Coraline. Not Caroline, Coraline,” said Coraline.

BPAL Ambergris

Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab is doing a Limited Edition single note collection. Every month there is a new note that comes and goes with the lunacy. They've had Madagascar Vanilla Rum, French Tobacco (to die for), Hungarian Paprika, Rum-Soaked French Tonka, Spanish Red Carnation, Haitian Vetiver and a few others so far. 

This month is Ambergris.

BPAL- Peony Moon and Coraline Update

I ordered several decants from a decanter: