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[timepiececlock]

Oh god.

I've grown up, and in doing so become one of those women.

You know, the woman whose first act upon realizing she has more money than she expected in her checking account is to go to Bath & Body Works and buy shower products she'll never use.

::mourns for the wooden-sword-swinging monster-hunting child that never would have bought any bath product more expensive than bubble bath::

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[mrmonkeybottoms.livejournal.com]

Your icon is absolutely brilliant!

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Got it at userpicks. :D I'm pretty fond of it.

[octopedingenue]

I once watched aghast as a friend spent $300 at Bath & Body Works buying Toasted Hazelnut lotion and bodywash because the scent was being discontinued.

Then I discovered Coconut Lime Verbena and now I understand.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I'm still fishing around-- I tend to buy products based on function more than smell. But according to my housemates I need to find "my scent" and wear it every day and doing so will make men nearby associate that smell with me and they will come like moths to a flame. Supposedly.

Right now I got a sugar scrub (first time I tried it and I love it) that smells like Eucalyptus and Spearmint, and a body cream/butter stuff that smells like "tamarind nectar". I don't know what that is, but it comes in an pretty orangey-pink container.

[thisficklemob.livejournal.com]

If it's the same stuff, tamarind's a poddy-type plant that's sold in hard dried squares, or jars of concentrate like jam, to flavor Indian food.

Let is know how it smells. (I had some vanilla sugar handsoap and such for awhile there, but I'm not sure it's "my scent".)

[slacker-97.livejournal.com]

Don't mourn that wooden-sword-swinging monster-hunting child. Even she needs to pamper herself every now and then.

What you should do is buy something irresponsible to offset the shower products. Something that would make the inner child proud.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

Well, last weekend I did bring my semi-fake nunchucks and my steel, twelve-inch medieval dagger from my parents' house to my apartment. Just for the sake of having them around and accessible. Though now that I think about it I'm not sure I mentioned either of those to my roommate... ah well! Safe from monsters we shall be.

[bronwenstx.livejournal.com]

Lol. It's rather creepifying isn't?

-_- I was like that a couple of months ago. Buying things I'm know I won't be using.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Well, I might not use the body cream or the face wash after a week (I'm so bad at creating new habits), but based on the shower I just had I think I'm going to be wedded to sugar scrubs from here to eternity. Because. OMG. My skin is soft and it smells fabulous. I've tried other bath bead scrubs and never liked them. Clearly I was just biding my time till I tried the sugar kind.

[bronwenstx.livejournal.com]

XD Lol. Understood.

Oh and I reckon you'll be using the face wash soon.

I really think it's a matter of - unintentionally - becoming self-conscious of making yourself feel good and prettier by using these products. So we can't help but use it. Heh.

[scarlettfish.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've become one of those women too. Except with me it's Lush products. And perfume. And dresses. And shoes.

[yankeerose69.livejournal.com]

I know the feeling, how do you think I feel now? I work there right now for seasonal and I'm around such awesome smelly stuff. I'm not a lotion person but I do like their anti-bac. soaps and the showergels. Haven't tried the scrubs yet.

Good thing about working there, we get %30 discount.

Right now they have a sale going on with their B&BW products buy 5 for $25 (except for the new holiday smells which is so wrong cause they smell so good) and if you have a $15 purchase, you can also get their anti-bac. soaps for $2.

Hubby and I both got paid this week and I'm going to push him into letting me spend money there this weekend. My sis is a big user of their products so that will be a good X-mas gift for her and I can get some smelly goods too.