Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Latest CH order

I'm still obsessed with getting the perfect pink lemonade scent in a perfume thanks to Philosophy's delicious new 3 in 1 and body butter, so that was really the catalyst for another CH order.


Shea creme samples:
Boy Crush - This was just eh for me. Another generic fruit scent.

Tropical Sno Cone - This is so yummy in the container - very fruity and icy, it really does smell like a water ice! Unfortunately on me it went to plastic candy. Ick.

Turtle Island Breezer - So delicious! It's a lovely blend of lime and coconut and something else that I can't put my finger on, but it's a nice tropical fruity scent.


Souffle samples (note: I normally don't get anything in the souffle but Paypal screwed up and my message to Lena didn't go through in the "notes" section, so I ended up with souffles. Bah.)

Lava Flow - I'm liking this so far, it's a nice mix of sweet banana and some other kind of tart fruit. I'll have to get it in either the creme or the butter to see if it works on my skin.


Melon Ball Fruit Cup - Very plastic-y and fake to my nose. I didn't even try it on.


Perfume samples:

Fuzzy Peach - Way too sweet and artificial. It was very candy-ish on my skin.

Lemonade Twister - Had such high hopes for this but it didn't work. It's definitely less sweet and more lemony than CH's Pink Lemonade, but on my skin it was all sugar. Still, if you're looking for a lemonade scent that's somewhere between a pink lemonade and a regular lemonade, this is perfect.

Ruby Red Grapefruit - This wasn't so great. Almost identical to CH Pink Grapefruit. On my skin it was awful.


Since mists were on sale I got one in Turtle Island Breezer and Pink Lemonade. Pink Lemonade wasn't as sickly sweet as SDE's version, but still too sweet for me. On my skin it was entirely too sweet and sugary.

RAOK!!

Lipglossina sent me a huge RAOK just because! How sweet of her! :D While some of the scents didn't work out for me I always love trying new scents, and she picked out ones that were right up my alley! And some autumn-ish scents so I can start planning my fall scent wardrobe!

CH
Almond Coconut - shea creme sample. To be honest I didn't smell any coconut, just almond, so I wasn't crazy about this. On my skin it was pure amaretto. Oh well.

Mojito - samples in the shea creme and perfume. This is a dead-on mojito scent, I was reminded of slurping these down at a Cuban restaurant in Miami. Unfortunately it went to powdery lime on me. Not a bad smell but not what it was in the container.

MMU
Frozen Strawberry Daquiri - To my nose this smells like fresh strawberry ice cream. Too bad it went to creamy plastic on me.

Coco Pearfection - This is so nice in the container, true coconut and pear. My skin, however, didn't like one of the notes (not sure which was the culprit, the pear or the coconut) and turned the scent to rancid coconut. :(

BI (lotion samples)
Cremasse - I can see why this is one of BI's best-selling scents. It's nice and creamy but not overly sweet, and there's something very comforting about it. On me though it smelled like sour milk, blech!

Halo-Halo - This was really nice, reminded me a little of CH's Cocolotus - creamy, sweet and tropical. Too bad it had a weird nutty undertone on my skin.

Vanilla Pumpkin - This smelled a bit off to me. I could smell the vanilla and the pumpkin but there was that weird nutty undertone again. So strange.

Wedding Cake - I've actually tried this before and couldn't smell anything. It was a tiny bit more noticeable this time around but still very faint. It's a nice cakey scent, but since it's so faint I wouldn't order full sizes.

There was also a sample of CYS Pomegranate Lime bath whip. I think the pomegranate made it go a bit sour. Oh well. And lipglossina included a nice-sized bottle of CYS Vanilla Marshmallow Cream. Alas, it didn't work in EdP form on me either (she had previously given me this scent in an emollient). All in all it was a lovely and generous RAOK, and the fact that some scents didn't work in no way diminishes the thoughtfulness of the package! I've already sent my retaliation, haha! ;)