Balms of the Week 7.7.13

Hi all! I hope you're having a wonderful (long) weekend! We've been trying to be productive, but I think we've been doing more relaxing than anything else. Also, Rob actually went to his first Bikram class on Friday, and he liked it! Well...he didn't hate it...so we're going back today to see if he really likes it or not =). After that, the rest of today will probably involve sitting around because Bikram kinda takes it out of you. Do you have any special plans for today? Here are the special balms I've been using this week:

Aqua Blossom's Rainbow Love

This balm has definitely been my go-to balm this week, I can't get enough of it!

Chapstick's Strawberry Banana MixStix

I love these new MixStix from Chapstick!

Long Winter Farm's Honeyed Mango

I love that the honey isn't crazy strong in this balm, these new flavors from LWF are so wonderful!

Vintage Sister's Pina Colada and Shangri-La Shea Butter Relief with Lemon Essential Oil

Okay, seriously, the Pina Colada lasts through eating and drinking, and then some! The Lemon balm is also super soothing on my lips.

Epically Epic's Shamrock Shake

I've been taking this Shamrock Shake balm with me to Bikram everyday this week, it's super lovely!

What balms have you been using this week?

Happy Sunday!

Balms I've Got My Eye On 7.5.13

Happy Friday, everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday (or regular day) yesterday! For those of you who have today off in addition to yesterday, I hope you're enjoying your long weekend! Rob was lucky enough to have yesterday and today off, so we've got a nice long weekend this week. We'll mostly just be packing and cleaning though, so it won't be filled with doing nothing (which is Rob would much rather do). For those of you who don't have today off, I hope that this post can distract you for a little while =):

Moody Sister's Pink Grapefruit

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It's been a while since I've had a really great grapefruit balm, maybe it's time for me to give this one a shot?

Long Winter Farm's Sea Sprite

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I usually don't like lavender at all, but this balm is really intriguing me!

Ecolip's Restore (Coconut Ginger)

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I've never had a Coconut Ginger lip balm before, but this one sounds divine!

There you have it! Some lovely balms to drool over =).

Happy Friday, everyone!

Wrangler's Monthly Wrap Up: June 2013

Happy 4th of July, everyone! I hope you have a wonderful (and safe) holiday! Apparently June ended so fast that I didn't even realize I hadn't posted my normal monthly wrap up! I hope you aren't too upset that it's being posted today instead of a review. June was a wonderful month, even though it felt like it was only about two weeks long! Here are some of my favorite parts from this last month:

Hawaiian Bath & Body

Epically Epic Limited Editions Round Two!

ForGoodnessGrape Part VIII

Guest Review: Mirasol Farm

Filthy Farmgirl

Tracey Gurley Bath & Body

Vintage Sister's Lip Lickers

What were some of your favorite parts of June? Do you have any super fun plans to celebrate the fourth?

Have a wonderful holiday!

Haul of the Week 7.3.13

Hi all! I hope you aren't too disappointed by my super small haul this week, as I've been saying, I've been trying hard to cut back on lip balm (and other expenses) since we have a big move coming up in two weeks. Money is a little bit tight this month, so my hauls may not be getting much bigger than this, no promises though ;).

Long Winter Farm

I bought Amanda's Coquette perfume oil a few weeks ago and fell in love with it as well as her Mango Tea and Sangria perfume oils, so as soon as I saw Coquette in a lip balm form, I knew I had to have it! I've also had my eye on Amanda's Peach balm for a while and am super happy to have it as part of my collection now.

What balms did you receive this week? Anything from any new shops?

Happy Wednesday!

Symbolic Imports Part II

I've had these balms for a little while now, I meant to review them a few weeks ago, but so many things came up that I wasn't able to. I'm glad I finally get to share these lovely balms with you today! I also wanted to let you guys know that I think I'm going to change up the amount of reviews I post on Tuesdays and Thursdays, I think I'll post just one each day. I'm trying to figure out my new schedule (my workout, my Bikram class, and my MCAT studying [yeah, I'm studying for that again]), and I think that lessening my load on those two days will help me a ton. Anyway, onto the review!

Company: Symbolic Imports

Flavors: Pink Lemonade, Lemon Poundcake, and Salted Caramel. The Pink Lemonade smells of sweet strawberry and refreshing lemonade, a perfect treat for your lips this summer! The Lemon Poundcake smells just like a baked good with the scent of sweet lemons. It has a rich scent and smells absolutely delicious. The Salted Caramel has a super rich and decadent scent to it. It has a rich, warm caramel scent with just a little bit of saltiness. It's just wonderful!

Wear: These balms go on soooo smooth and creamy! They glide right on to your lips and melts right into them. My lips feel soft as soon as this balm goes on. There's really not too much else you could ask of these balms!

Packaging: These come in your average sized lip balm tubes with labels that have colors pertaining to the flavor of the balm. The flavor of the balm as well as the shop's name is presented nice and clear right on front.

Price: $4 per tube which is just about the most I'm willing to spend on a balm, but there's usually a Saturday Night Special or a sale going on that I can snag these for cheaper! These particular balms were buy two, get one free.

Overall
Pros: Flavors, Wear, Packaging, Price
Cons:

Rating: 4 out of 5 twists. These balms are pretty wonderful! Each balm I've tried from this shop has had a wonderful scent and a great consistency. I'd definitely recommend trying a few balms from this shop!

Ingredients: Coconut Oil, Beeswax, Sweet Almond Oil, Avocado Oil, Flavor Oil

Have you tried any balms from Symbolic Imports yet? What did you think of them?

Mini Monday 7.1.13

Can you believe that June is over already? I feel like it had just begun! Is it me, or does everyone feel like this year has been going by crazy fast? I apologize for my tardiness with this post, last night I had missed the sun to take the pictures for the post. Yesterday just didn't turn out even close to what we expected to do. We ended up walking down to the parade, realized that I couldn't see anything no matter where I went because I'm so short and really tall people kept shouldering in directly in front of me which made it absolutely impossible for me to see anything. So after thirty minutes or so of that, we decided to return home and take care of some stuff that we need to do before we move to our new place, which we didn't and couldn't do because we forgot that on Sundays everything is closed (yesterday seriously just wasn't my day). And we didn't do Bikram because we were just so exhausted and really just wanted to relax, the last two or three weekends have been crazy busy for us as we've been out of town or had people from out of town come in, so we just wanted to finally clean our apartment and then relax the rest of the day. We relaxed so much that that's how I forgot to take the pictures for the post, and thus forgot to write this post last night. ANYWAY, long story short, I apologize for the tardiness, but let's start this week off right, here's this week's Mini Monday!

ChapStick's MixStix Strawberry Banana Smoothie

This balm is seriously amazing. The strawberry smells sweeter than their usual Strawberry ChapStick, it's almost candy-like in its sweetness. The banana has a light, true banana scent; it's not like the banana candy scent that I usually get in my banana balms. When you mix them together, it's just wonderful! I really love the packaging with these new MixStix, I think it's just such a neat idea!

Aqua Blossom's Rainbow Love

This balm is filled with bright, fruity scents; perfect for summer! It's seriously got every fruity scent under the rainbow. Love this balm!

Symbolic Imports' Buttercreme

Okay seriously, I could smell this balm before I even fully opened the package or the tube! It smells incredible! It's so rich and decadent and just amazing. It smells just like rich and creamy buttercreme frosting, seriously, this is the best buttercreme balm I've ever tried.

There you have it! I hope you enjoyed this week's Mini Monday!
Happy Monday, everyone! Have a wonderful day!