Friday Faves

I came up with this not so original idea of posting my favorite things from wherever on Fridays. It's taken me about a month to finally remember to do it. So, here I go:

1. I really like pizza from everywhere. I like it delivered from local joints, Pizza Hut (if I'd have to choose) and especially frozen. My husband and I decided to try out a ton of brands and one of our favorites is Dr. Oetker Pizza Ristorante. On our super laid-back pajama party of a Valentine's Day, we had the Vegetale. From the site: "Layered with generous helpings of tangy tomatoes, mouth-watering peppers, onions and chilies, on a crispy thin crust." & honestly I thought I was going to hate it, but it tastes like a delicious garden of veggies were dropped onto the best pizza ever! If you like gourmet vegetarian pizzas, I think you'd enjoy this one!

2. I have a problem with shopping and it's involved over the years. I've been obsessed with the following: CDs, zines,  jewelry from Etsy and most lately, makeup. I was never a girly-girl in high school, so I never really got into makeup...then suddenly, I stumbled across a blog about buying drugstore makeup called Nouveau Cheap.  One thing led to another and suddenly I'm on Hautelook scouting for department store brands on the cheap. Laura Geller was featured this week and I was FINALLY going to use my $10 credit only to totally forget about buying it. (I was going to splurge on the Baked Vanilla Nudes kit!) Oh, well, I didn't really need it, but who needs makeup? It's all about vanity!

3. ...and since we're already talking about makeup, I stopped in at Rite Aid and picked up some Wet n Wild eyeshadow trios and a Demeter perfume oil roll on in Pure Soap.



4. My husband finally updated his library card for our local library, so I picked up The Stand by Stephen King. It will most likely take me to the end of time to finish reading it.


5. We bought a cat bed, and after a few days of hesitation, he's finally taken to it. When I see him sleeping in it, I want to squeal in delight!

So these weren't really finds or faves, but five things about my week! I sort of like this better, but I'll certainly try to make it more interesting in the future.

Honey & Lemon

L'Occitane has so many great products. I'm certainly no expert in all things L'Occitane, but everything I've tried from that store has smelled wonderful. I could probably go on & on about all of my favorite products, but today I'm going to talk about the miel & citron (honey & lemon) scented items. I got to try out the shea hand cream and it's such a lovely smell. It's not overpowering but it does stay with you throughout the day. I love that the smell of the hand cream can actually be your fragrance if you don't feel like putting on a perfume for that day. It smells sweet with a hint of citrus. It pairs nicely with the Honey I Washed the Kids scent from Lush Cosmetics. If you're a fan of toffee, sweet honey and fresh lemon scents, I'd definitely recommend you check out this hand cream and the other honey & lemon scented items that L'Occitane carries. It looks like a lot of those items are Last Chance and once it's gone it's gone, which is a shame because I found out about this one too late to stock up at my local store.

P.S. I stumbled upon another blog mentioning the honey & lemon hand cream, so I think it may be a Christmas item! Yay! I hope to see this guy next year. :)

Trader Joe's Tea Tree Tingle Body Wash

A  long time ago I received some True Blue Spa Toe the Line Foot Scrub from Bath & Body Works for Christmas. This stuff was awesome. It scrubbed well, but mostly I loved the tingly feeling of the peppermint oil extract. I really wanted to find a body wash that felt the same way that I could use all over. I tried several different body washes & soaps but nothing left me tingling. I was starting to think that I was just some thick-skinned clout that would never feel the tingle of supposedly tingly body washes. The frustrating thing was that I really wanted to like these products. I had pretty much given up until I spotted the Tea Tree Tingle Body Wash at Trader Joe's. I have about a million body washes thanks to Lush Cosmetics, so I wasn't going to get it, but my boyfriend said, "Hey, it's only $4, you should try it or you'll regret not buying it later." He was right. I knew I would walk out of that store thinking about that body wash. I'm so glad I tried it out because it works! I got that lovely, refreshing tingle. It took a few washes with it to finally feel it, but hooray!

The other products I tried were:

- Freeze Shower Gel from Lush Cosmetics
- Ice Blue soap from Lush Cosmetics
- Peppermint Shower Soap from Burt's Bees (discon?)

Did any of these work for you? Can you recommend other tingly body washes or soaps for me to try out? I'm curious about Mentha Body Vitamin Body Wash from Bath & Body Works, but can't justify adding yet another body wash to my collection. What do you think?