Ella Dean's Body Mist
$5.99 for single spray
$8.99 for spray/lip conditioner set
(+ $1.65 S&H)
From Etsy
[pure floral water from a daisy patch, spring water, vitamin E, essential oils, fragrance oils & isopropyl alcohol]
I am a huge fan of Ella Dean. What she makes and what she stands for. These body mists are a new creation from a creative mind. I was super pumped to receive them and try them out!
First, let's talk about my favorite.... Daisy's Burnt Marshmallows. I love marshmallows, especially what Ella does with marshmallow flavoring. This spray smells just as scrumptious as the lip gloss that matches! It is a light and sweet scent of a gooey marshmallow. Not one from the plastic bag, no, one that is homemade and lightly roasted. (There is a difference. If you have never had homemade marshmallow, get on it. It is incredible.) When you put it on it is just as sweet and sugary.
The second scent is Moonbeam's Summer of Love. This is an interesting scent. It is very sweet with fruity and floral tones. The best I can describe this scent as is a field of glorious flowers and pomegranate. It is delightful but it also subltey sophisticated. As much as I would want to, wearing marshmallow body spray to a job interview may not be a good idea, but this spray would work wonderfully. It is a stronger scent, when applied, that the marshmallow.
The final scent is Mia the Lifeguard's Summer Fling. I wore this to a wedding a recently went to and received TONS of compliments about how great I smelled. Everyone kept asking where I bought it and what designer it was. It was Ella Dean from Etsy! Everyone was really shocked that a Vegan, homemade by a lovely lady, and inexpensive body spray was on me, rather than some high end designer fragrance, which would be the typical me. The scent is light and sweet. It reminds me of fresh air on a beach. I wore it because it has this great envigorating quality yet also this sultry undertone. This is a great mist for going out at night and not wanting to smell like you just walked through the perfume area at Macy's getting assualted by old women with sprayers.
So, we've established how great these all smell, I now want to point out some fantastic things I have noticed about these all, just as body mists.
Putting the scents aside, I usually spray three squirts into the air in front of me, start at above my head, at abotu my neck and then chest area, and proceed to walk through the mist and the walk backwards. I find this is a great way to evenly apply this body mist (or any perfume for that matter). These sprays feel light and refreshing on your skin. You do not need to worry about feeling oily or greasey. And they do not leave stains on your clothes like some perfumes/mists do (thanks J.Lo).
After applying the Marshmallow spray one day, I went to a bonfire and was really concerned that because I sprayed sweet smelling goodness on me, I'd become large, living bait for mosquitoes and bugs. Not true. I found that these sprays (I later tried it with the other two) do not attract bugs. Which may not even cross your mind, but I think it's a good thing to think about because I know the Bath & Body Works body sprays DO infact increase insect interest.
Another great trait about these sprays is that their scents last a long time (especially if you spray a little into a brush and put it in your hair) and you can't sweat them off. A friend of mine recommended put the body mist on right after the shower over my entire body. She said the scent will abosrb into my skin better. I figured I'd try it. The scent did last longer but it did not radiate through my clothes, so the scent was much more subtle. I noticed however, I did not sweat off the scent. That's pretty awesome!
Overall, these body mists are super rad. They provide high quality perfume like scents that can go with most any occasion. They are in reasonably sized 3 oz bottles (I think that means they are airport safe!) that come with, as always in the Ella Dean style, bright and wonderfully colorful labels telling the tale of a wonderful and fun woman. If you are 5 or 55, there is an Ella Dean scent for you! (You could be way older than 55 becuase my seventy something grandmother really loves Moonbeam's Summer of Love.)
Rating: 5 outta 5
***ALSO***
Ella started a blog! And she has this super nifty competition going on, so if you are artsy fartsy or like to doodle, check it out. You can win some super cool stuff!!! Click HERE for info post via her blog.
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