My Review of Ceridwen's Cauldron

Originally submitted at LUSH USA

A magic spell for the skin named for a shape-shifting Celtic sorceress who conjured up a potion to grant the gift of poetic inspiration. You may just do some transforming yourself if you bathe in this magical mélange of skin-softening butters, soothing oatmeal and the bewitchingly clean fragra...

Ceridwen's Cauldron

My Favorite

By Briar Rose from Denver CO on 9/24/2012

 

5out of 5

When you survey your stash, you label this product: Most Wanted

Pros: Softens Skin, Lasting Effect, Smells Great, Relaxing, Soothes Irritated Skin

Best Uses: Bath, Gift

Describe Yourself: Normal Skin, Sensitive Skin, Dry Skin

This is one of my all time favorites, hands down. Its witchy, wonderful and long lasting. I cut it in half and use have at a time and its more than enough for one bath.
Leave my skin soft, smells great, doesn't leave the tub too slick.

(legalese)

My Review of Sunny Side

Originally submitted at LUSH USA

These glamorous bars turn your bath water into liquid gold. Sink into the glowing white bubbles and revel in the sparkling gold water while inhaling blissful sweet orange, lemon and tangerine essential oils. This glorious bar will help you see the sunny side of things even when you're feeling g...

Sunny Side

So much Love!

By Briar Rose from Denver CO on 9/24/2012

 

4out of 5

When you survey your stash, you label this product: Guilty Pleasure

Pros: Pleasant Smell, Easy To Use, Rich Lather

Best Uses: Baths

Describe Yourself: Brand Buyer

I was concerned that this was going to leave glitter EVERYWHERE and it didn't. My bath was sparkly, bubbly, and smelled wonderful. So much love!

(legalese)

A Note on Safer Sex

So we have all heard "There is no such things as safe sex, abstinence is the only way to protect yourself 100%" and this may be true, but there are ways to reduce the risk or disease transmission and pregnancy prevention.

On the note of pregnancy prevention, there are as many choices and options as there are stars in the heavens (for women) Everything from natural family planning methods to sterilization! Not as many options exists for the prevention of disease transmission. You really only have barriers. Condoms (Both male and female), Gloves, and dental dams. Luckily these are all pretty easy to come across.

Testing regularly is also a good idea. I have a full STD Panel done once a year and again if I am changing partners.

My current partner and I are fluid bonded, and have been for 10 years. (Meaning we have exchanged bodily fluids). Now this only protects us if we use a barriers with other partners and if we are open and honest about who we are sleeping with etc. This also (obviously) doesn't protect against pregnancy. Currently since we are 18 hours away from each other, we are not really concerned with pregnancy prevention, but I prefer a natural planning method that utilizes things like you basal body temp, the consistency of your cervical mucus and keeping track of your period to predict ovulation, and your fertile/not fertile days.

So what are your thoughts on safer sex?

Friendly Ex's

"Let's stay friends."
"I hope we remain friends..."
"I don't want to lose you from my life..."

I both love and hate hearing those words from an ex, granted I am usually the one to push for friendship in the long run, but I do try to witr for the healing period to be over before perusing a platonic relationship. My most recent ex and I have decided to stay friends after our break up just a little over a month ago. It has been an interesting road. There have been arguments, there have been tears (at least on my side, dunno about him) and there has been a lot more or at least better communication between us than there was in the last 2 or so months of our relationship. He has pointed out things about myself that I didn't see and I have enlightened him about things that were issues for me from his side of the relationship. This has been the most open we have been with each other in the better part of the 4 years we have known each other.

So the question I pose to myself and to you all is this: Can Ex's successfully be friends?

I have really started to look at this, I have quite a few ex's that I consider myself to be friends with but how many of those relationships are successful? How many have lingering anger or resentment? How many have lingering Lust or love that supersedes a platonic level?
(not that there is anything wrong with sleeping with an ex or wanting to sleep with friends.)

How many of these friendships are forced and strained? Thats what I am really looking at right now. How many of my ex's am I actually friends with and how many am I kidding myself about?

Thoughts?

Why do we cheat?

Why do we cheat? What drives us to sleep around? What pushes us into the arms of another lover?

Well I can't speak for everyone, or even every situation that I have been in but I do know why I keep going back to the same lover, even when it means hurting the ones I am with at the time. I want to say that I do warn partners about this person, but no one believes me. I tell them "If person X and I are in the same place, I will sleep with them" and partners always just smile and say "Aww you wouldn't do that to me" Well guess what? Person X and I were in the same place, I slept with him and now your pissed off at me, because you didn't listen. Should I have slept with PX? No. Am I alone in my fault? Nope, I gave you fair warning.

I have cheated for a few different reasons, I was unhappy with my partner's sexual performance, I wanted revenge, and in the case of PersonX because I am in love with him and we have had this on again off again thing for years. Its what we do, we hook up, talk about the future and make love. Love doesn't make what we do right, but it makes it worth it. I love him and he loves me. There will be more on PersonX later as the New Year goes on but for now, this is really all ya get for now.

Whatever your reason for cheating, please keep in mind what it will do to your partner when they find out. It hurts. It sucks. I have been cheated on and I hated it (which is why I warn people about PersonX). No one likes to be hurt. Examine the reasons why you want to cheat/stray, talk to your partner, maybe you can work something out with them.

I know what people say about me behind my back because of my actions. I am not proud, but I am happy with who I am. I wont apologize for doing what I have felt was right for me. I will apologize for hurting others though, for that I am truly sorry.


"Cant forget, wont regret, what I did for love..."