Thank You California Scrub Co. + The Boho Socialite!

A couple weeks ago, an awesome Instagrammer I follow, @thebohosocialite, ran a giveaway with California Scrub Co.…and I won! I wanna tell you guys a bit about my experience with this giveaway because I think it’s a great testament to the awesome fashion blogging community.

First, I was super excited to win this giveaway because, let’s face it, who ever expects to win anything through an IG giveaway? My package with the California Scrub Co. body scrub came and I could tell right away that the postal service had done something baaad with the package. It was dripping oil and delivered in a plastic bag (always a good sign, right?).

I let The Boho Socialite know that the package came but the product was destroyed and I accepted it as a lost. It’s a giveaway after all, and the post office was the one that messed up. It was no big deal. To my surprise, she told me she would see if she could have a replacement scrub sent to me. The awesome people over at California Scrub Co. told me they’d have another one sent out to me and within a few days, I received another (perfect condition) scrub in the mail!

The point of my long story is that the sweetness of these fashion bloggers is real and it was awesome to see how far above and beyond both parties went in order to get the scrub to me. I want to thank both The Boho Socialite and California Scrub Co. for their kindness and after finally having been able to try out the Spicy Chai scrub they sent me, I can say I’m in love!

Check out The Boho Socialite on her blog and on Instagram if you want to obsess over her style with me.

Also make sure to check out California Scrub Co. on their site and on Instagram for an equally bohemian vibe. I love their scrubs because they’re organic (so my skin is happy) and they use upcycled coffee beans, 100% recycled paper for their labels, and use glass jars, not plastic (so the environment is happy, too!).

Ciao for now,

Ashley

POST-CHRISTMAS HAUL PART 1—Lush & Forever 21!

Hey lovely people!

We’re well into January and, yes, I am still celebrating Christmas! As I mentioned in my What I Got for Christmas 2014 post, I received some money and gift cards this year so the first week of the month, I took my Christmas money to the mall to treat myself to a rare shopping trip. And let me tell ya, those four hours at the mall flew by!

I wanted to show you all what I bought as I am really excited about everything! As a broke college girl, getting to go on a shopping spree is really rare for me, so when it happens, I get REAL EXCITE.

My first stop was to Forever 21 where I bought two packs of skinny silver rings, both regular and midi. I’m definitely late to the midi trend but Forever 21 is so cheap and had some daintier looking styles (I have SUPER FAT and stubby size 8 fingers so I try to avoid chunky rings that truncate the length of my fingers and accentuate the width).

One pack contained plain silver rings with a few rhinestone ones ($3.80), the other had silver rings with the same smooth band but cool designs (couldn’t find it online, was about $6.80). (Pardon the hand wrinkles…)

My favorites are the twisted knot rings, the midi one looks like a pretzel, yummm.

Also at Forever 21 I got this insanely soft and comfy cowl neck sweater in a fleck pattern of soft blue, white, and dark gray. I couldn’t find this exact one on their website but you can type in ‘cowl neck sweater’ and see other options.

I’ve pretty much worn this every time I’ve stepped out of the house since I bought it, I love it that much. I’ll be mentioning it later on the blog, so if you want to hear more about my recent sweater purchases, stay tuned.

Okay, don’t judge me for this one, but I bought myself a onesie. Yes, adult footie pajamas are now in my life, it’s white and fuzzy and has a bunny hood and I am NOT ashamed! Being 22 never felt as good as when 1) TSwift released her ode to 22 and 2) I put this bad bunny on.

I actually bought everyone in my family a onesie for Christmas this year and have a really hilarious family picture of all of us in them! Dad is Batman and brother is Superman, both with pockets and detachable capes, mom is a french bulldog and sister is Minnie mouse, both of theirs have hoods. The photo shall never be released but the fact it exists is priceless.

I’m not going to show you what I got from Lush just yet because I’ll be doing another post on them (you can see that here), but I bought my first two bath bombs that I am really excited to try out. (Hint: I bought one for the scent, the other because I want my bath to look pretty.)

I got a few other random things with some of my Christmas money that I will show you in my next post, so look out for Post-Christmas Haul Part 2 (you can now find that here)!

Also, comment down below what you got or gave for Christmas or what you’ve bought recently, I love hearing about what other people like as personal inspiration!

Ciao ciao,

Ashley