New Offer Added: $9 3-Wick Candles!

Hi all! All 3-wick candles from Bath & Body Works are now on sale for $9. There is no code necessary for in store purchases, but online use the code SHINEON.

Are you picking up any candles? I am!

Eva.

Coupon: $10 off $30!

Happy Saturday y'all! Bath and Body Works has out out a coupon code for $10 off a purchase of $30 or more. The in store code is 9374 and the online code is EXTRA10. This coupon expires on July 7th, the last day of the Semi-Annual Sale!

Just incase you forgot some of the deals for SaS, I'll give you a few below:

- $3 body care of classic fragrances that have returned for a limited time

- select candles $10

- all signature body care is currently but three get three free

- select wallflower 2-packs are on sale for $6

- select Anti-Bac hand soaps are $3

Have you shopped SaS a few times like I have? Did you find anything new in the more recent times you went? Let us know in the comments!

Happy shopping,

Eva.

$4 Body Cream - Today Only!

Hi all! Happy Tuesday! Today only at BBW you can get body creams for $4 a piece, normally $12.50. In stores, use the code 9358 and there is no code necessary for online orders.

Have a great day,

Eva.

$10 off $40 purchase ends today

Hello! Happy Monday! Just letting you all know that the coupon for $10 off a purchase of $40 or more ends today! The in store code is 9338 and the online code is MUSTHAVE. 

Have a great day!

Eva.

The Sunday Haul!

Hello all! So on Sundays Lindsay and I will post what we bought that is body/fragrance related. It may not necessarily be from BBW, but we will try our best to keep you entertained regardless.

Eva:

I ended up picking up a few things at the Semi-Annual Sale at BBW this week, including:

- Two car portable holders, this one that I have named Pingo and another that I can't find online :( It's a blue bird with a purple and white plaid bow.

- Three car portable scent refills; two in Wild Apple and one in Pinecone. Unfortunately, neither of these two are up online so check in stores!

- A deep cleansing soap cover that matches a candle holder I have. This isn't available online either, but it was a brushed steel with birds and flowers. Check for this one in store too because both the candle holder and the soap cover are on sale!

- This super cute cosmetic bag trio that came out with the Italy collection. High quality and very nice. On sale now too!

Then I grabbed a few PINK fragrances from Victoria's Secret. On sale (all the time I think) 2/$25 or 3/$30:

- PINK Pretty & Pure Body Mist

- PINK Sun Kissed Body Mist

- PINK Warm & Cozy Body Mist

Lindsay:

I got a few things from the Victoria's Secret Fantasies line, which were on sale 3/$25 or 5/$30:

- Love Spell Hydrating Body Lotion

- Pure Seduction Hydrating Body Lotion

- Pure Seduction Body Mist

- Vanilla Lace Hydrating Body Lotion

- Amber Romance Hydrating Body Lotion

If you want reviews on anything, leave a note in the comments!

Have a great week, everyone!

- Eva & Lindsay

Eva's Summer Loves: Capri Seaside Citrus

Happy Thursday, everyone! Like Lindsay, I'll be doing a top five scents of summer series for you all. Mine aren't going to be in any particular order, because I seem to wear them equally! The first on this list is a scent from the Italy collection called Capri Seaside Citrus.

Let's start off with the official description from BBW's website:

"Lavishly spray on our sunny seaside fragrance and radiate this sparkling blend of fresh citrus, juicy nectarine and orange flower.

Top Notes: Mediterranean Grapefruit, Sparkling Bergamot, Juicy Nectarine

Mid Notes: Muguet, Orange Flower, Coconut

Dry Notes: Amber Driftwood, Creamy Musks, Whipped Vanilla"

So at first sniff, straight from the bottle, I pick up a bit of the saltiness you'd associate with it being a "seaside" inspired fragrance. It's most definitely citrus-y, but I don't pick up on any of the musk or amber when it's in the bottle. I don't get any of the muguet either (which for those of you like me who had to go ask google what the heck it was, translates to "lily of the valley". Very fancy, BBW, very fancy indeed). However, I definitely can smell the spicy kick from the bergamot right off the bat.

After it settles on my skin, it mixes wonderfully. I hold onto most of the fruity notes - namely the nectarine and grapefruit. I get a bit of the floral in there too, which I'm going to safely say is the orange flower and not the muguet. (I don't love the smell of lilies because they smell like a funeral home. Just my personal taste). Strangely, the spiciness of the bergamot doesn't stick on me but I definitely get some of the vanilla and a little bit of the musk, which is funny considering I can't smell it straight from the bottle. Fragrance is a fickle thing!

I really love this scent for spring and summer. It's light, beachy and not at all overwhelming like some fruity or citrus-y summer scents can be. I have Capri Seaside Citrus in a fine fragrance mist, shower gel, body lotion and super fruit body scrub. Capri Seaside Citrus went on sale at the beginning of the Semi-Annual Sale, so if you're interested in going and giving it a sniff for yourself, I'd high tail it to your local Bath & Body Works. Otherwise, there is a fair amount of it still available online!

I hope you enjoyed this review! Stick around for more reviews on Lindsay's and my top picks for summer! 

- Eva.

Eva's Story Corner: Sales Make People Do Scary Things

Scary, scary things indeed. And I'm not just talking about your garden variety sale nuts that will sell thier firstborn child to get thier hands on the last bottle of Cherry Blossom lotion you have in your hands (Yes, this happened, but that's not what this story is about. Although by the look that woman was giving me, I thought the flesh was going to melt off my face. Just put the bottle down and back away slowly).

Anyway, here I was, shopping the Semi-Annual Sale, scouring the boxes in vain  thinking I might magically find a bottle of Lemon Vanilla shower gel but alas, to no avail. 

(Hey, you never know what you'll find. That's how I found the last tube of Capri Seaside Citrus super fruit body scrub. I saw photos of hauls where someone found a Cinnamon Sugared Donut 3-Wick Candle and another who found Sweet on Paris shower gel. You go, Glen Coco!)

But that particular day, I felt defeated and believed that it would be a shame to walk out empty handed.

So I went and looked at scents I never paid much attention to. And the pretty packaging of Rome Honeysuckle Amore caught my eye. It smelled alright in the bottle and it was on sale, so why not? My inner shopaholic was egging me on like the Green Scarf from that Isla Fischer movie. So I sprayed it on my wrist and la-dee-dah'd around the store for a while. 

And then I sniffed my wrist.

That was when my common sense put on her sassy hat and told me I smelled like a dying sea monster from hell. And I'm not even going to try to argue against her, because she was pretty spot on. Never has a scent smelled so horrible on me (aside from Victoria's Secret Sky Bright, so maybe I'll do a review on that in the future...)

Yeah, moral of the story? Just because something is on sale does not mean you need it. And just because it is cheaper does not mean it will smell any better. Rule of thumb: if you wouldn't buy it at full price, don't buy it when it's on sale. 

You will still smell like a dying sea monster, no matter how cheap it is.

- Eva.