A Killer Wardrobe

I am horrified.  As I combed through my closet, hoping to purge myself of the painfully old and unused items impeding the addition of my newest duds, I was taken aback with shock and awe.  Lurking about my fabulous frocks were many items (and I mean quite a few) that were not only hideous, but looked AWFUL on me.  Seriously, I looked like a 400 pound rhinoceros in homeless shelter hand-me-downs!  And these are not just things that I bought and never wore, either.  These are things that I swore made me look fantastic, and I wore ALL the time.  Like ALL THE TIME!  I could die.  How could this be?  How could my judgement have been so impaired?  Has this happened to anyone else or am I a total fashion victim here?  I mean, I've never been up on the latest and greatest -- no matter how hip and trendy I try to be, I still end up looking like I just tripped out of an Ann Taylor clearance sale -- but I thought I at least looked put-together and my clothes flattered my figure.  How could I have pranced about looking so horrendous without my closest family and friends notifying me of my great missteps?  I'm frightened.  With clearly no one around to tell me the God's-honest truth, what if the finery I think is delicious today really looks just as assy on me?  What if I have absolutely no fashion skills?  What if ... ah, hell.  I give up.

*Product Review:  Carol's Daughter Sugar Vanilla Bath &
                            Body Collection

I'm clearly in no place to be advising you on fashion right now, so I'll stick to bath and body.  I ordered this kit, which contains the 8 oz. Body Cream, 8 oz. Shower Gel, 4 oz. All Over Sheen, and Shower Poof, from HSN.  I got it on autoship, as a Today's Special, for $36.90, but now it's $47.90.  I'm generally not a fan of Carol's Daughter, as her scents have a powdery undertone that I don't appreciate.  Initially, I was disappointed with this product, even though I detected none of her usual powderiness.  When I envisioned Sugar-Dipped Vanilla, I imagined something more edible.  This is not very vanillay, and too perfumy to be edible.  However, the more I wear it, the more it grows on me.  It has a sweet, cotton-candy undertone to it, without being young-girl sweet.  I guess it has a certain sophistication.  Though it is more perfumy than I had wanted, it isn't so much so that it gives me a perfume headache.  I'm very sensitive to that.  I'd say it is very similar to Aquolina's Pink Sugar fragrance.  If you like that, you'll enjoy this.  Though I'm kinda over the Pink Sugar thing, I'm really diggin' the Sugar-Dipped Vanilla.  Her creams do moisturize well and this is no different.  The cream is very emollient (without being greasy), the shower gel lathers up and smells consistent, and the dry oil spray adds a subtle sheen and fragrance to my hair.  Yeah, I don't do the whole oil on my skin thing.  It's too messy and awkward, but I bought it with my hair in mind, and it's working well for that.  I bought the accompanying Eau de Toilette roller ball, and I like it, but all-in-all this fragrance does not last long.  That's so atypical with Carol's Daughter.  I once applied her Groove body cream and, not only did I still smell like it the next morning, my CLOTHES smelled like it 2 weeks later.  Now that's staying power!  There's nothing more frustrating than a great scent that disappears before anyone else can appreciate it, so it definitely looses points for that.  BUT, for a sophisticated sweet and mucho moisturization ...
4 Stars.

Carol-s Daughter Sugar-Dipped Vanilla Bath and Body Collection