Flowering Tree Botanicals Product Review

Hello everyone. Today is a special edition of my blog, as I have a few new products from my favorite Bath and Body shop called Flowering Tree botanicals.  It is a home business owned and run by 2 women, and the emphasis is on fun and fragrance and safe ingredients. Their prices are great, and Layla is so helpful and fun to buy from. I
received a box with 3 of their newest products.
Today I opened and smelled the Cran Orange Marmalade whipped sugar scrub. It comes in 2 sizes, and I have the smallewr one her, 2 ounces, in a clear plastic recycleable jar. Oh, yum!! I love the sugar scrubs as they are both scrubby and creamy, its sugar so it dissolves without any harsh granules. It turns to a soft gently foaming soap, its great on the face and all over the body! I have found that if I scrub first and then apply water I get a more scrubbed feeling before the sugar dissolves, and then nice and smooth after. Its better than the one I used to buy with ground almonds that I loved and thought I'd always use! And the scents! So many delicious fragrances to choose from!
 After my shower I used the Cranberry Fig Whipped Body Creme, in a smaller version of the same jar, 1 ounce try-me size. Its a lovely delicate scent that is slightly sweet but not overpoweringly so. I was wary of the fig part in the name as there is a well known store that has some other fig scented products that are just way too sweet and strong and though one sniff is nice, they tend to make me a little nauseous after a while.  I had nothing to worry about, this in no way resembles that! Its wonderful. satiny smooth and soaks right in without leaving any residual feel, other that a touch of velvety smoothness. Not greasy at all. When used on my hands, there is no greasy feeling. I do love their cremes, especially in the harsh cold dry air of winter outdoors and the heating indoors! No itchy skin here!
 I have one more product that I have only just opened. Same packaging, and it smells like a pina colada! The fragrance is called Monkey Business, and its a Whipped Soap and Shaving Cream formula that I use in the shower. Also very smooth and moisturizing, I can't get enough of these!
 So my review is not unbiased becaus I already love these products! But one never knows what a new fragrance will be like. All three of these are winners in my book! These are products to make you feel special every day, and I often cannot wait to take my next shower or bath with the goodies from FTB!!!
 Check them out ! On Facebook they are: Flowering Tree Botanicals, http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=135639719822459&id=100001002550244&notif_t=feed_comment_reply#!/floweringtreebotanicalsfans

and on Etsy The Url is:  http://www.etsy.com/shop/laylaga_search_query=Layla&ga_search_type=seller_usernames
or you can go to http://www.etsy.com/ and enter 'Layla'  in the drop down menu where it says "handmade".

Testing ..one..two..three.. here we go!

It has been nearly 2 years since my last blog post from my other blog.. and I have been meaning and wanting to get one going again. It serves  more than one purpose for me, and it is somewheat scary to share with other people.  Having been sharing more of who I am on Facebook over the last couple of years or so now, getting to know myself better, and becoming stronger in my ability to be myself online, if not here in my mother's house, I feel I am ready to do this.
I have pondered having a particular thing to blog about, but I just can't focus it that way. I have too many interests to do that. So it will be a mishmash of whatever I am feeling and thinking about at the time, and I am not going to apologise for it, LOL. Well, not in advance, anyway. I have learned not to set constraints such as 'never' and 'always' as that is like asking for proof that I'm wrong.
 I would like to introduce myself, but that will happen a little at a time as I go. Suffice it to say I am living in a challenging situation which fustrates me often, and that will come through. I am interested in herbal studies as medicinal and crafts and I love to make tinctures and oils and salves, lip balms and body care products. I also make jewelry, and have a shop on Etsy to sell what I make.
 I love to cook and collect recipes, and on Facebook I have a group called A Cauldron in the Kitchen for serving those interests. I am a Pagan at heart, a witch by nature, and an avid Abraham-Hicks follower.
 I live on an income from disability for now, until such time as I can get my financial feet back under me in some way. I have fibromyalgia, and something else that I can't quite remember the name of at the moment (thank you Fibro). Also other fairly common american health problems. I believe in alternative health care and despise the pharmaceutical companies for what they and the government are doing. I do not believe in the almighty power of doctors, and would much prefer a holistic approach that addresses an underlying problem rather than the symptoms.
 I have two elderly cats who have me wrapped around their tails and whiskers. I love animals and nature and mother earth. I believe in eating as healthily as possible, and in using products that are not filled with chemicals, as unprocessed as possible, as close to nature as possible. I also love my coffee and chocolate, desserts are my weakness!
I think that's probably enough for now...Welcome to my blog.