Holiday Hauls Part Four: Bathed & Infused

Finally, this is the last edition of Holiday Hauls! I promised myself that I would get everything up before the end of 2008 because by 2009, I think the excitement would have worn off! (Quick divert, I can’t believe it’s almost 2009! Scaryy)

So this Bathed & Infused haul was by far the biggest ever order I have placed at any e-tailer. How big? Let’s just say the final amount I paid was in THREE DIGITS! But in my defence, all of it was not for me, the bulk of it were gifts for my family and my best friends. Hey, I figure I should spread the love right? 🙂

First, let me say this. I know that B&I is not the cheapest e-tailer around (in terms of product prices and shipping) and I probably spent a lot more money that I should have. But I do think that they are one of the more classy and reliable retailers with very professional packaging which alone makes it worth the money spent. Since most of what I was ordering would be gifts, I definitely wanted them to be presentable and gift-y looking.

I ordered on 30 November and my order was shipped out via Priority Mail International on 3 December. Curtis actually emailed me to inform me about the day my package shipped out! Not just a shipping notice, but a personal email! I was really impressed by that! I received my order on 12 December, only 7 business days!

Look at my big box full of smelliesss…

front view.

side view

Another personal touch that I really appreciate from B&I. Through our email conversations, Curtis knew that most of the items were going to be gifts and he was so nice to write a little note on my sale receipt! I love this little touches, makes me feel like they were thinking of me when they packed my order!

My goodies all nicely cushioned with brown paper! The box contains the bigger 4oz bottles and my sample pots while the ones outside were mostly 2oz mists and HDHCs.

My entire order! The Bathed&Infused logo next to the paddles is a magnet, a little freebie gift!

Closeups of the 4oz Tea-infused Body Washes and Body Lotions. I got two body lotions and one body wash!

Roll Ons! Only Funeral is for me, the other two is for my Mum’s birthday (which was yesterday, Happy Birthday Mum!)

Honey Dream Hand Cream, 2 for Mummy, 1 for Aunt and 1 for cousin.

2oz Body Mists and only two out of this whole army is for me!

Sample pots, ALL MINEEEE!

Although most of them are gifts, I stole a couple of uses out of each so that I can do scent reviews, so do look out for them! Well, that concludes my holiday hauls series! I hope you enjoyed looking at them! I definitely enjoyed myself and I am pretty sure B&B is going to be my 2009 addiction of choice after receiving all these hauls! :)))

1st Bathed&Infused Order

Since this blog is supposed to chronicle my bath & body and makeup exploits, I thought I would add in a post about my first Bathed&Infused order since it’s recent enough and it’s always good to spread some B&I love.

B&I was the first e-tailer I heard about for bath & body through some blog posts of other Voxers. They are a really awesome e-tailer, with a very professional website, a very welcoming forum and 400 over scents on their list. I really like that their products are packaged very professionally because they are very presentable as gifts. B&I also constantly has sales throughout the year so they are a very very dangerous company for addicts with no willpower (I.E, me!)

I guess that’s enough raves for the company, let’s move on to the actual haul!

I ordered on 6 October and it arrived on 2 November, which means the package took almost 4 weeks to travel from Colorado, USA to Singapore. At first I was worried that the package had gotten lost because Jen sent out my Camellia Rose order at about the same time but it reached me in and about 3 weeks. So I was really relieved when my Dad texted me to tell me that B&I had arrived. And when I got home, I realised why it took so long. The entire order was in a box! It was an even bigger box than the one for my EDM Superkit! Everything was protected really nicely with mounds of paper and nothing spilled. I love the packaging of the products, they look really professional yet very approachable. From my lurkings on the forums, I can tell that that’s what Curtis and Nicole are like, professional yet approachable people who love to interact with their clients 🙂

Here’s my haul in all their lovely smelling glory!

Honey Dream Hand Cream in Flying Squirrel

Body Mist in Lait Sucre and Once Bitten

Body Lotion Sampler Pack in American Dream, Pumpkin Cremasse, Bubble Tea, Roasted Pear Bellini, The Lost

I am really pleased with my B&I order and I can foresee myself buying lots more from B&I despite the steep shipping. Well, that’s what sales are for…

I Just Can’t Stop!

Just lately, my favourite song has been Closer by Ne-Yo. I know this song has been around for awhile but I only got to know it after watching monologues from The Ellen Degeneres Show (love love love the show!). And if you know the song, the most addictive part of the songs is “I just can’t stop, I just can’t stop”! Well, I really can’t stop…

making orders at Cleanse Your Soul, that is!!

I just placed my second order at CYS, about a week of my first order arriving. That $5 international shipping is just so addictive! I really have been doing too much online shopping lately but I am consoling myself with the thought that I probably can’t buy next year, not if the American dollars goes up to $1.8 against the Singapore dollar, therefore I should buy more. Well you know, any excuse you can get for shopping, you use it!

I had another very pleasant conversation with Judy regarding the size of the items and the box. She’s so nice and always replies super fast. This time I also asked some questions regarding some scents and asked for recommendations for citrus/tropical scents. After reading through her recommendations and constantly changing my mind to get the best combination of foodie and citrus scents in my order, this is the final version!

* Goat’s Milk and Honey Cream (2oz), in Blood Orange Lime Fizz [Tart, juicy blood oranges blend perfectly with limes…but when you combine it with a splash of 7-up, it’s magical!] At first, I thought of reordering either the Body Milk or the Creamy Oil but there’s a bit of a base scent so I decided to try the other moisturizers to decide which one doesn’t have base scents if I decide to order bigger sizes in future. Blood Orange Lime Fizz is also a recommendation of Judy’s, since I heard great stuff about her Blood Orange scent, this scent was a no brainer in my order!

* Aloe Smooth Lotion (2oz), in Lemon Marshmallow Wafers [Vanilla wafers sandwiched with a layer of our lemon marshmallow cream] A highly raved scent on the MUA forums, how could I stay away from it?!

* Hair Protein Mist (2oz), in Vanilla Bean Noel [Bath and body works dupe (but better!) Delicious vanilla with caramel] Although I just received the BI dupe of VBN, the CYS dupe is apparently amazing as well so I thought if my body is going to smell good, then my hair should match up as well!

* Sample Sized Soaps X 2,
in Joyful and Triumphant [Eggnog with extra cream, accompanied by a vanilla buttercream frosted sugar cookie] This one is purely because I have always been curious about what eggnog is and how it will smell like. I wiki-ed it and it sounds very creamy and foody. I hope I won’t be disappointed!

in Yuzu Coconut [Amazing blend of tangy yuzu and creamy coconut] I actually wanted to try Cranberry Yuzu or Yuzu Caramel Tart but when Judy had this in her recommendations, I chose this instead. I have no idea how Yuzu smells like and I only wanted a Yuzu scent because I recently fell in love with the Japanese band Yuzu and I wanted something in honour of them! I am weird like that! I am really curious about how the yuzu and coconut scents will meld together.

* Tart in Warm Apple Cream [Crisp red apples, sprinkled with brown sugar topped with rich vanilla cream] I tossed the tart in my cart because I had a couple of dollars left in my paypal account. No point leaving that minuscule amount in there, might as well use it! After reading the MUA boards, I am getting interested in tarts, like I need another outlet to waste my hard earned money teaching kids. Lol.

Remember, the $5 shipping offer will be on until 31 December, that’s like 3 days! Go go goooo!!