Musings of a Muse

A Blog of Musings from a Cosmetic Whore

Nov 26, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving from the Muse

Hey Guys!

I was busy baking since I got home from work and I'm about to head to a mock Thanksgiving with some close friends. Sheesh, it's been a busy week of various Thanksgiving dinners with different friends.

I wanted to quickly wish everyone and their families a very Happy Thanksgiving! Don't forget to be thankful for the little things in life and for special people in your lives. The Muse is thankful for many things and of course very thankful for each of you who stop by daily to read my insanity here at Musings and offer a kind comment or a lovely e-mail (and remind me I'm not talking to myself around here but a rather large group of friendly people!)! I truly appreciate you all and I'm very thankful that you've touched my life in some way or form!

I'll see you all Monday with brand new reviews and exciting new products but until then I wish each of you and your close ones a very Happy, Healthy Thanksgiving!

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Lavshuca Anqitue Collection Antique Monochrome Review, Swatches, & FOTD

Last week I brought you a review of the Lavshuca Holiday Makeup Collection in Antique Sepia. As mentioned in my prior review Lavshuca released two separate coffrets for the holidays. Today I'll be reviewing the second color option available for the collection entitled Antique Monochrome.







If you read my prior review you already know the little details about the collection, the price, the packaging, etc....so I'll just dive into the review today without repeating much of what has already been said about the Lavchuda 2008 Holiday Collection. I wasn't particularly thrilled with Antique Sepia but it's probably my favorite of the two as Antique Monochrome doesn't have a whole lot going for it aside from the nice shade of gloss.







The shadow included with this set is a duo that includes an icy, creamy white shade with a pink iridescent finish and a contrasting gray black shade. I used the lighter shade as a base and highbrow highlighter prior to applying the grayish black shade on my lid and blending a bit into my crease. The pigmentation on the shades is as nice as Antique Sepia and the completed look is a bit of a smoky eye with a hint of girlish innocence due to the creamy pink base. Honestly, in my humble opinion, the look is a tad bit on the boring side but for a quick makeup look I do like it!















The Lavshuca Liquid Rouge Gloss in this set is a bright pink with silver sparkles. I mentioned in my other review how much I loved the gloss and in this set I feel the same way. The gloss is the best part of the set for me! It has a nice shimmer and sparkle and looks rather fab over a dab of lip stain!

















Overall, I wasn't particularly thrilled with Antique Monochrome or Antique Sepia but I am glad I purchased both for my Lavshuca Collection. I'm unsure if you really need to indulge unless you're a collector. The Lavshuca Spring Collection does hold a bit of promise for me so I'll look towards brighter horizons on the Lavshuca front!

How about you?

Loved these?

Which was your favorite set?

Planning on purchasing them?

Tell the Muse!



Lavshuca Antique Sepia Review, Swatches, and FOTD

Lavshuca Rouge Star Classic Review, Swatches, and FOTD


Lavshuca Color Conc Rouge Review

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Delish Gourment Bath Bakery Bubble Bath Cupcakes Review

Yesterday I was busy procrastinating and tweeting happily away with one of my lovely readers and we got to discussing Antique Bakery. Antique Bakery is a popular Japanese manga about four men that run a bakery/pastry shop. The story has since been translated into English and is available within the US under the same title. It's been misconceived that Antique Bakery is a yaoi manga and it drives me batty whenever I hear this because it's sincerely not yaoi in it's true format. In November Antique Bakery was released as a live action film which the Muse is quite excited about as Kim Jae Wook is in it!



The moral of my rather long story is that cute bishōnen boys and cake are truly a marriage most divine! After discussing Antique Bakery I got home late last night and I remembered my discussion and I started rummaging around in my review box. Inside I finally located what I was looking for...and sadly no it wasn't Kim Jae Wook but it was the next best thing (the Muse plans on running away to Korea and marrying Kim Jae Wook and having 2.5 kids but that's a story for another day!)! A cupcake!

Indeed I was feeling inspired to review cupcakes after discussing Antique Bakery! Ummm Muse why do you have cupcakes in your review box?

Well this cupcake actually isn't edible but more of the bath and body variety! I recently came across Delish Gourment Bath Bakery Bubble Bath Cupcakes on the Bath and Body Works site. After cruising around BBW I decided to Google up Delish and see what the story was!







Glad I did because I came across their rather awesome website which has a pretty extensive array of awesome bath bombs shaped like evil little cuppycakes that are too tempting for mere words! I actually have three of Delish's Gourment Bath Bakery Bubble Bath Cupcakes to review for you! Yay exciting!

Since I was in the mood for a warm bath last night I decided to slip a Delish Candy Cane Kisses into my bath tub! Although these promise to sud up they actually don't create masses of bubbles but more of a moisturizing foam. They fizz, pop, and sizzle around your tub while lightly scenting the water with a sweet peppermint fragrance. One of the things that absolutely thrilled me to bits was the fact that it turned my bath water into a ridiculously bright green shade! I felt like a little kid splashing around in all that green water! I was slightly worried all the dye would create a major ring around my tub but it washed away simply and easily. Unlike Lush Bath Bombs these are very subtle in their scent and aren't overpowering. They also last alot longer and fizz for a good 15-20 minutes before disappearing completely where as Lush Bath Bombs fizz for about 1-2 minutes. It's quite nice to have such a long lasting fizzing treatment in the tub! If you want you can crack them up prior to placing them in the water but I just sunk mine in whole and watched it twirling around as it fizzed. They are pretty big so if you're want to cheap it up a bit you can probably get two baths out of one cupcake!



As I mentioned I tried Candy Cane Kisses last night and it's a very soft, sweet peppermint scent with touches of vanilla and cake! I also have Sugar Plum Fairy which is a warm spicy scent with touches of cake and Birthday Cake which smells exactly like yellow vanilla cake! Mmmm! Each "cupcake" is decorated with icing, sprinkles, and bright colors eluding to it's scent! For example my Candy Cane Kisses had white frosting, green "cake", and cute red candy cane sprinkles! Each cupcake is themed in color and design to compliment it's scent.















































My green bath water hehe!


I got a real kick out of these and thought they'd make lovely stocking stuffers or gifts for the Holidays plus the price isn't at all bad! Bath and Body Works was offering a few separate sets and single cupcakes but now only has a duo available. I guess they sold out quickly!

The good news is you can still grab them directly from the Delish Gourmet Bakery website by visiting www.delishbath.com

Each large cupcake is $6 USD (about the size of my fist) and each mini cupcake is $3 USD. I haven't tried the mini cupcakes so I can't attest for their size however the large cupcakes are quite large and well worth the $6! The cupcakes are available in a slew of "flavors" like Very Berry and Hot Fudge Sundae, each decorated and looking like a real cupcake!

You can purchase Delish Gourment Bakery goodies online of course but they also have "bakeries" located in a few locations around the US. Check out this page for further details about where you can locate a cuppycake or two!

The Muse can't help but Muse Approve these for purchase! She loves the cute details on each cupcake, the inexpensive price tag, the funny little novelty of a cupcake bath bomb, and of course she thinks they'll make an awesome little gift for friends or family!



All the fun of a cupcake without the calories? Likey! Only problem is I have to keep reminding myself I can't eat these! Sometimes looking at 'em makes me hungry!



Check below for other fun Bath and Shower posts you may have missed!

Bath and Body Works Bath Fizzy in Twisted Peppermint

A Slice of Cake....Errr I mean Soap!

Cherrflip Christmas 2007

Basin: Cheap Lush Alternative

Clowns Aren't So Scary


Bath on a Budget: Skindazzles

Neil Gaiman Blogs Lush

Bath on a Budget: Fantasy Bath

Lush Chocolate Santa Review

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