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Indulgences and Addictions
Feb. 9th, 2011 10:11 pmReally, I think everyone has them, at least to some extent or another.
For me, it's The Body Shop and Villainess. (Well, among many other things - like coffee, for example. But they're not the subject of this post, and so don't matter.
I've been using the former's shampoo for years, and even though their tendency to stop making certain kinds just as I become very fond of them is annoying, they haven't done me much wrong. Over the years, I've sworn by their hemp lotion line (the stuff is industrial-strength, and prevented cracked hands for several years running), tea tree oil (how I loved it in high school, and still do), and seaweed (just need to remember to use the stuff now, really). In short, they've done me well.
I used to get their body wash as well, until more recently, I discovered Villainess, which is a company out of Waverly, TN that makes awesome soaps. And lotions. And other glorious personal-care things. I confess, the names on their products drew me in, as well as the descriptions. I'm finding for the price, they're pretty worth it to my mind. Smell nice, feel good, and tend to make me happy. I like smelling good, but I sort of dislike perfume (which explains why I haven't jumped on the BPAL bandwagon yet, not for lack of desire, though...). This seems to be a perfect match.
With names like Mall Santa (The pervasive scent of cinnamon buns and cream cheese frosting, underscored with cheap whiskey, tobacco stains, toffee candies and delicious filthy lucre), Pyromania, Killer Beez, Mudslide (A positively filthy mix of day-old coffee grounds and vetyver, blackened hazelnut, sweet graham, and rich cream), and so forth, there's a very nice variety to choose from.
Plus, I'm convinced they have a good sense of humor, which is always nice. For example, the following was from one of their newsletters:
Also returning, the Killer Treez soap, The bleeding sap of a thousand fallen conifers covered in maple syrup. I think our original commentary was to the effect that "it smells like you slaughtered an x-mas tree in a cedar closet and then polished off a short stack covered in maple syrup."
For me, it's The Body Shop and Villainess. (Well, among many other things - like coffee, for example. But they're not the subject of this post, and so don't matter.
I've been using the former's shampoo for years, and even though their tendency to stop making certain kinds just as I become very fond of them is annoying, they haven't done me much wrong. Over the years, I've sworn by their hemp lotion line (the stuff is industrial-strength, and prevented cracked hands for several years running), tea tree oil (how I loved it in high school, and still do), and seaweed (just need to remember to use the stuff now, really). In short, they've done me well.
I used to get their body wash as well, until more recently, I discovered Villainess, which is a company out of Waverly, TN that makes awesome soaps. And lotions. And other glorious personal-care things. I confess, the names on their products drew me in, as well as the descriptions. I'm finding for the price, they're pretty worth it to my mind. Smell nice, feel good, and tend to make me happy. I like smelling good, but I sort of dislike perfume (which explains why I haven't jumped on the BPAL bandwagon yet, not for lack of desire, though...). This seems to be a perfect match.
With names like Mall Santa (The pervasive scent of cinnamon buns and cream cheese frosting, underscored with cheap whiskey, tobacco stains, toffee candies and delicious filthy lucre), Pyromania, Killer Beez, Mudslide (A positively filthy mix of day-old coffee grounds and vetyver, blackened hazelnut, sweet graham, and rich cream), and so forth, there's a very nice variety to choose from.
Plus, I'm convinced they have a good sense of humor, which is always nice. For example, the following was from one of their newsletters:
Also returning, the Killer Treez soap, The bleeding sap of a thousand fallen conifers covered in maple syrup. I think our original commentary was to the effect that "it smells like you slaughtered an x-mas tree in a cedar closet and then polished off a short stack covered in maple syrup."
