Gift Giving B&B the Handmade Way!

Well, well, well, finally we're dusting off the blog after the Holidays, and starting the New Year (Happy New Year!!) but I'm doing so with a post related to the Holidays, and all the gift giving that goes on.


I have a pretty good stock of B&B products, cause I usually either buy some extra stuff to have handy in case I need to put a gift together, or buy it with an intended person on mind, or use the extras I get sometimes on packages to give as gifts!


This Holidays, I realized it would be a good idea to put together a lil gift for my older nephew's girlfriend, something for my sis-in-law and while I was at it, I realized I needed something for my friends Irene and Gema too... So, I started thinking, and decided to grab a few of the B&B goodies I have around, and get them in assorted into gift baskets. Since I had no baskets around the house, I got some plastic/poly containers (the ones you get with food/fruit) and some nice wrapping paper, and voilá! I got three lovely gift sets!


This is the one I made for Laura, my nephew's girlfriend:




A Spa Therapy body lotion, a Right As Rain Lavender Happy Feet cream, a soy candle from Mrs Tattooed Geek (Etsy shop closed), a cupcake bath fizzy from My Other Princess (she's closed shop too, I'm gonna be hoarding my stash from now on!), one of Sweet Petula's mini soaps and a Spa Therapy lip balm!


This is the one I made for my friend Irene:




A Spa Therapy body mist, the must have Lavender Happy Feet cream from Right As Rain (her Peppermint cream is brilliant too!), the Pink Champagne soap from Two Rivers Soaps, a Spa Therapy bath melt, a cupcake bath fizzy from My Other Princess, a soy candle from Mrs Tattooed Geek and a Body Language Soaps lip balm!


And here you can see my sis-in-law opening her package and my friend Gema's face of surprise and delight when she saw hers!






Proof that giving handmade is always the right answer!

Heart J Creations -- Soap From The Heart

I am always searching for new soaps. I admit, I have an addiction. I LOVE finding new scents,new colors, and new shops. So during a search on Etsy, I stumbled across Heart J Creations. I was intrigued by the very organic look of the soaps. Now, if you know me at all, you KNOW I am a color FIEND, and for me to think something is interesting that is a bit plain...well, it mostly never happens. But I am also a firm believer in the though that a plain look can sometimes be hiding something spectacular! And this is the case here.

The first purchase I made was for a soap sampler. I am a SUCKER for samplers, because it means I do not have to decide on just one or two items, I can have a little variety! Plus, a sampler is only$6.95! And I knew that if I fell in love with the soap, my love affair would not break the bank, most of her soaps are around 4$ a pop! Amazing price for a full 5 oz of soap each bar!
The soap got to me VERY quickly, and Jodi sent me a convo as soon as my soaps had shipped, which I LOVE! Now, here is the kicker. When my sampler got here, I was SO surprised! This set was amazing, and would be PERFECT for a hostess gift, or for gift giving on the holidays! It contained 7 VERY large slices of soap, all tied with a  neutral cord. One of the things I really liked about the set, was that there was a card attached which identified the scents of all of the soaps in the pack! Which was really good for me, because I was planning on trying some of them on Gory, and if it was really floral, I knew Greg would have an issue with it. So we stuck with the Oatmeal Milk, and Honey (one of our all-time favorite scents on ANYTHING, for G-Pants).

Now. All of this sounds pretty amazing already, right? Well, my friends, it gets BETTER! Not only does the soap SMELL amazing (it is NOT overwhelming, which I sometimes really appreciate), but a lot of the soaps have oatmeal or other exfoliating ingredients in them. This is especially good in my house, because I used the soaps at my kitchen and bathroom sink, and when you have boys, you NEED a soap that is able to scrub kool-aid stains off skin, grease from under nails, and other junk and goop the boys get into.

Also, I really need to mention, this soap will LAST YOU FOREVER! Seriously, I still have my second bar of Oatmeal, Milk, and Honey at my kitchen sink, and it has been WELL over 2 months! The soap keeps well on a wooden soap dish, it lasts and lasts, and is a workhorse when it comes to cleaning, but not so harsh that it will leave you feeling dry! Your skin is left feeling soft, clean, and not dry at all.

I am very excited to share this shop with all of our readers. I know I will be back to Heart J Creations to purchase more soaps in the very near future, and I plan on getting a sampler set for my mom for her birthday, as she keeps commenting on it when she uses it while visiting! I urge everyone to head on over, and grab a sampler pack (at $6.95 that is a STEAL!) and tell her that the Two Girls sent you!

It has arrived, it is here, it's our own shiny blog button!

Hello there everyone!


Having a nice weekend? I sure hope so! I'm gearing up to full force after my vacation with the bf, and this entry is proof of it!


Brooke and me had been thinking about making a blog button for this our loved B&B bloggie, and I decided that I'd work on the image necessary for it during my vacation, where I'd have much more time free to find the perfect spot for the perfect shot! And the perfect spot was the bathroom in our room at the Alila's resort in Goa (seriously, what a bathroom, and what a bathtub! Glorious!). The props used for the shot are 3 super cute bath cupcakes by My Other Princess (see previous blog entry about her here).


So, without further ado, I bring to you, the Two Girls And A Bar of Soap blog button!



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If you have ever been featured in our blog before, feel free to grab and show it off, you can even add it to your Etsy listings if you feel so inclined!


And of course, if you love our blog, feel free to grab it too!

My Other Princess Bath'n'Body!!

Well, hello there!


I know, I know, it's been a while since either Brooke or me have updated the blog, but since Brooke has been buried under a ton of custom diaper bags, and I've been pretty busy at work and then on vacation... the blog has been feeling pretty lonely as of late.


But, here I am again, ready to rave about my latest love in the world of B&B! Cupcake fizzies (or also know as cupcake bath bombs)!


First of all, I have to send up a word of warning, these are NOT edible, and buying them and leaving them around the bathroom may result in bubbly conversations with the guilty soap-eater significant other... (No, I'm not exaggerating, both Brooke & me know what I'm talking about...).




I discovered "My Other Princess" shop on Etsy simply by looking for bath bombs that would ship internationally, and when I saw the amazing looking CUPCAKES in her shop and the fact that she was willing to shop worldwide, I was completely sold! The only question remaining was which of the many awesome scents to try first!


She has both mini sized cupcakes in sets of three and full sized ones that are sold individually, as well as mix and match sets where you can choose your custom scents.


I went for three sets of 3 mini sized cupcakes in Dulce de Leche, Blackberry and Cinnamon Bun!




Dulce de Leche cupcake




Blackberry cupcake





Cinnamon Bun cupcake



The first one I tried was the Blackberry cupcake, and Oh My! the scent is amazing!! And even if they have added almond oil for that extra punch of moisturizing in your skin, the bathtub does NOT become oily or awfully slippery, and I should know, cause I had a bath just last Sunday with three cupcakes!! That was cupcake heaven!!.




These cupcakes have become not only my favourite treat for taking a relaxing bath, but also a favourite prop to photography! They're a serious treat to not just your skin, but also the eyes! (Unfortunately not a treat for your mouth, but hey at least you're saving yourself calories right there!). They've been featured in my other blog button, and they will be featured in our shiny, soon-to-come, Two Girls And A Bar of Soap button! (More news on that on a soon-ish to come blog entry right here, so stay tuned!).


Right now, My Other Princess is celebrating her 1 Year Etsyversary, so every purchase from her shop from March 1st to March 6th will be added to a drawing for a $10 gift certificate for her shop! Go check her shop NOW!