Fall Scents - Bath and Body Works

As mentioned in my previous post, fall is my favorite time of year. I especially love the smells of fall. Pumpkin, spice, cinnamon, etc. I love it! And one of my fave places in the world is Bath and Body Works. I have been a fan of theirs since the first one opened up in the Lawton Mall in Oklahoma and changed my world forever (not a lot happened in Lawton, so this was literally life-changing at the time).

So today, I wanted to share with you a few of my favorite things I like to get this time of year.

Before we get started, I want to point out a couple of things:

• Try and wait until the candles are two for $22 this happens several times a season.
• Wall flowers are ALWAYS 6 for $24 or cheaper, but don't get duped by the two packs, if you do the math they are not always cheaper than buying them individually. 
• Bath and Body Works gives out coupons like nobody's business. Use them.
• Retail-Me-Knot ALWAYS has discount codes for shopping online at B&BW's website. You can download the app for free. I use this when I shop anywhere because they almost always have some sort of discount code going.

(excuse the non-fall candle hiding in the background - it's Cinnamon Sugar Doughnut if you're wondering)

I freaking love candles. I always have, and then I had a slight obsession with the movie The Craft and they were always burning candles for some sort of magical purposes and my love for candles has just intensified. I used to have like 20 of them in my room in high school, kinda weird I guess. And yeah,  I happen to think that Bath and Body Works has some of the best ones. My favorite scents in fall are Leaves (classic cinnamon-y scent), Marshmallow Fireside and then the Pumpkin ones. Here I have Sweet Cinnamon Pumkin and Pumpkin Pecan Waffles. One year they had a Pumpkin Latte scent and I LOVED IT, but I haven't seen it the last couple of years. 

I also picked up wallflower refills in Leaves. I have these all over my house and they typically last at least a month if not slightly longer (it usually depends on the size of the room they are in). 

And finally, I needed more hand sanitizer so I purchased their Autumn Scents pack for $5 (making these $1 each). My favorite so far is Fall Lakeside Breeze. It smells divine (as far as hand sanitizers go).

So that's it for today's post. What are your fave fall items to pick up from Bath and Body Works? What was your first scent you ever bought from them? Mine was Sun-Ripened Raspberry and then I was hooked on Juniper Breeze for awhile. 

Spray Lotion...is it worth the hype?

Today's review is being brought to you by request from my friend/co-worker Erin. Close to two months ago I asked on Facebook what you guys wanted to see reviews on and Erin recommended one of the new and really hyped up spray lotions. St. Ives and Vaseline make them now and there might be others I'm just not aware of. Honestly I was pretty curious about these as well so I was more than happy to try one.

Overall this is a good product. I have used this quite a bit now and the nozzle hasn't plugged and I have gotten a continuous even spray each time I've used it. It took me two weeks to get used to putting lotion on via spray bottle and the most amusing this about this is that when you spray it, there is a high pitched whistle that drives my dogs C-R-A-Z-Y. The whine in front of the bathroom door every. time.

Pros: it really moisturizes! and it lasts! It doesn't smell, and a few quick sprays provide plenty of moisturization.

Cons: it's expensive. For roughly $6.50 you only get 6.5 ounces, where as my fave Suave lotion is $4 for 32 ounces. If you don't spray it directly on your body/are trying to reach a smaller part of your body, like your arm or ankle, it gets all over the cabinets, walls, towels, dog, etc.

Bottom Line: While I feel this could be a good thing to bring to the beach or camping or on a road trip (you'd have to check it on a plane) I'm not sure I will be re-purchasing. It's expensive for a little bit of product.

Final thoughts: If you are someone who suffers from dry skin or tend to get dry/ashy throughout the day, this might be a good thing toss in your bag to re-hydrate your skin.

Thanks Erin for the suggestion! If you guys have any other products you want me to try out, leave them in the comments below!