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OK, I have finally managed to login here despite the captcha madness. I need someone to raise their hand to take the Bath/Body boxes off my hands and organize a round robin for them. They have been sitting in my closet for a year (more?) and I don't have the time, energy, etc to deal with them. I realize I asked this a long time ago and then never followed through. I am terrible. But someone else will be better and I will mail them off (one at a time because I am also broke from borked student loans) and then I will feel less terrible.

Hi, kakiphony! I'm happy to curate the boxes and set up a swap. You can PM me if you want. If they've been out of commission for a year, some of the items may need to be discarded, but I have a lot of stuff to add, so it should work out fine.

Would anyone be interested in a Halloween-themed art swap? I'm imagining Halloween-themed altoid tins, paintings, fabric crafts, etc -- sound like fun to anyone?

This reminds me so much of BBW Sun-Ripened Raspberry, and I'm not complaining a bit! That was my favorite lotion in my 20s, before I discovered indie companies, and this scent brings that time in my life back to me thanks to scent memory. This is gorgeous. I want a bottle! This smells like picking berries in a sunny field on a hot spring day in Texas.

I was so excited to try this because I thought it would be a tropical delight, but all I get is fabric softener sheets? I mean, nice enough in that really "clean" sort of way, but nothing that screams tropics to me. Sadness! I was so sure I would love this.

This smells sooooooo good, but it's so faint that I can only smell it if my nose is resting against my skin. As I'm a slatherer that likes to move about in a cloud of my perfume (don't worry, I work alone, not in an office, so I'm not bothering anyone), this just won't work for me. Sadness! It really does smell good, just needs more throw.

Due to the seeming success of the Solstice swap I'm thinking about running it again for my other favorite pagan holidays (I'm an atheist but I think we need more holidays all the time!). Next up is Imbolc, on the night of January 31 through the day of February 1. Imbolc is traditionally the festival of the goddess/saint Brighid, and potentially themed gifts would include: fire/flame, something to "spark" creativity, something related to divination or wishing, a water-related offering, something silver, and something healing. Would there be any interest in that?

I'd love something like that! I too am an atheist who is still drawn to pagan holidays.

Anyone gonna run an ornament swap this year? I'm feeling crafty!

As a bit of a Grinch who favours Halloween, would anyone be interested in a "Nightmare FOR Christmas" kind of swap? Two small/medium-sized gifts to open on Christmas Eve and Day with an overall spooky/spoopy theme.

I'd love a swap like that! You could count me in.

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Also, responding to an earlier question about a solstice swap, I really truly adored the very ambitious but amazing solstice swap llamadolly put together last year. It was so creative and symbolic with its elements of light, sound, story, nourishment and sacrifice. It was the most creative swap I've ever been a part of, and I adored it. If someone ran that again, I would be all about it.

I skin-tested this randomly, without looking at the notes first, and my first thought was "this smells like Lucille Sharpe!" When I looked up the notes and saw the combination of red roses and black lilies, it suddenly made sense why I was reminded of Lucille Sharpe. This isn't quite as complex as Lucille Sharpe. It's missing the plum musk that darkens Lucille, *but* it's a passable dupe if you're running really low on your beloved bottle of Lucille Sharpe and don't want to sell a kidney to get another.

This was way heavier on the cinnamon than I was expecting. Wet, I get a hint of baked apples underneath a mountain of cinnamon. No strawberry cream to be found. It doesn't irritate my skin, luckily, so I guess I don't have a cinnamon sensitivity. I will say that the baked apple note is quite lovely. It doesn't go Yankee Candle on me at all the way most of the Lab's apple notes do. If you can get past the initial blast of cinnamon, this is quite lovely on the drydown.

This one reminds me a LOT of Uncle Brian from a few years back, one of my favorite candy/slushy/supersweet perfume oils! Love it! Brings back childhood memories of Fun Dip, slushies and microwave popcorn while watching movies with my parents.

Hi, kakiphony! I could take over the makeup round robin boxes at the end of the round if you're tired of doing it. I'm a makeup addict, so I have tons to add to boxes. ha ha

Oh my goodness. I nearly passed up this bottle because I was scared of the sage and cedar, but I'm so glad I gave it a test. This is everything I wanted Jacob's Ladder to be, but JL went sharp and perfumey on me. This amber is darkened and grounded by the tobacco. It's warm and sultry and just a teensiest bit musky. It's truly gorgeous! I'm so happy I was able to score a bottle from a friend who said it was all pencil shavings to her. It's delicious on me! This is going to be a favorite.

I'm totally down for a book swap!

Also considering hosting a fairy-tale theme crafting swap. Craft interpretations of your favorite fairy tales, anyone? I think it could be fun.

That sounds like fun! I would probably be down for that!

Oh my, this is nice. It's light and subtle, but when I toss my hair, I get a cloud of vanilla and rice that is pure delight. I only got a decant of this, but this is definitely bottle worthy. Must buy more! I think this would pair well with Hungry Ghost Moon. Don't be scared of the iris root -- it's not prominent at all.

This is a huge blast of strawberry and I love it! The first few minutes are a little overpowering on the strawberry, but it swiftly mellows to something creamy and fluffy and sweet. If Round Dance and Stekk were mixed together, this is what I imagine it would smell like. This smells like an expensive milkshake from a gourmet ice cream shop. I need a backup! This may be my favorite strawberry perfume ever.

I was afraid the cedar would make this smell like hamster shavings, but I don't get much cedar at all (yay!). The iris is subtle too. I don't normally go for florals at all, but this isn't screechy. It's nice! The golden vanilla is a good balance to the iris. This is very sophisticated and classy. Very nice!

I agree with Jenjin's comparison to The Bride. It immediately reminded me of The Bride, but with jasmine. I hate jasmine, but this is a soft, fresh jasmine that reminds me of the wild star jasmine that grows on porches all over the south. The non-foody vanilla keeps it from being screechy like some jasmine is. I'm not a floral fan AT ALL, but I love this and am glad I gambled on it. It's bottle-worthy for sure! I couldn't stop sniffing my arm.

APOLOGIES in advance if this is something that has been addressed and answered in this thread ... 40 pages, my eyes are sort of rolling and glazed ... and I could not find anything I could understand in the technical sections of the forum ... so ...

 

I know a BIG part of the fun when receiving your circular swap item is the unboxing and squeeing and posting PHOTOS ... but to this day I have yet to figure out how to do that here.

 

Can anyone please help? Do I HAVE to create a Flicker account and upload pictures there and then post the link into a post here?

 

Is there anyone ... anyone ... who could please give this technidiot a step-by-step tutorial on the easiest way to post photos in a post (I use my iPhone as my camera and post on a MacBook Air if that helps!)

 

Thanks in advance ... hoping the Pampering Senses IGIs start coming in soon ... I know one person who will have THEIR package Thursday! <3

I use postimage instead of Flickr because you don't have to create an account or anything, and it's quick and intuitive to use. YMMV.

https://postimage.io/

You basically just choose the file to upload, resize the image to be for message boards (it's an option on the drop down menu), and then it will give you a direct link to the image url, and you copy and paste that into the squee thread by clicking on the "Image" icon above (it looks like a picture frame).

After seeing all the March and protest posters (especially Lillith's...awwwww). I feel the need to continue the protest. Like the Facebook meme says this is not a one day event, this is day one! Is there any interest in an ATC (Artist trading card swap) in this theme? Like mini posters for women's rights, healthcare, human decency, the orange haired troll with his hair on fire? Whatever your inspiration.

 

Anyone interested in a swap like this?

I'm not great with 2d art (I mostly work in 3d), but I love the theme, so I'd give it a shot!

Im feeling the need for an art swap.

Venus will be moving into Pisces shortly and the creative juices are starting to move again. I have a theme in mind.

I love art swaps!

Just submitted the 12 Days of Christmas swap. Hopefully, it'll be approved! So excited for this year!

Yay, that sounds awesome. I'm definitely down for that.

I hope someone will do the ornament swap again, too. That was fun, and I'm much craftier this year than last, so I have some ideas for ridiculous ornaments. :-)

Soooo confused by all the reviews talking about how tropical and fruity it smells. On me, I swear it was red musk single note, although musk isn't even listed in the description. Red musk and I do not get along at all, so sadly, this went into the swap pile. Still searching for my perfect fruity scent.

This?

http://www.bpal.org/topic/18255-pumpkin-patch-i-2005-2006/