Scenes from a Coffee Meet

Mid-December, you go for coffee with a close, dear friend, and you get a mocha latte...

And your friend gives you a great cookbook full of easy recipes, hand-drawn illustrations, and fantastic, homey photographs...

...And in addition to a Snorkin' Labbit and another toy, you give her a journal that appeals to both your sarcastic, snarky natures. :)

Merry Christmas!  Hope you have a friend to enjoy a day out of the season with. :)

Wordless Wednesday: Mother and Daughter Activities

I consider it an honor that my daughter and I vote together. :)

New at Lalalita - Lip Balms!

I've had a love affair with lip balms for a loooong time. I'm one of those people who's said, "I'm addicted to lip balms." I totally am. LOVE finding good ones. I get distressed when I can't find my Favorite O' the Moment in the recesses of my purse. I sure don't like discovering that I've wasted my money on one that doesn't work, or tastes too waxy.

A few weeks ago, I started working on lip balms here in the "Lalalita Lab". I'm happy to say I am in LOVE with the way this lip balm feels. Not too greasy or oily; not too heavy, but not so light that you can't feel its on your lips. And it really works itself in there and makes your lips feel soft and moisturized. With a combination of oils and wax, how could it not?

Right now, at the Lalalita Body Co Etsy shop, two "Lick My Lips" lip balms are currently for sale: Cotton Candy, and Pink Icing, which is my biggest seller in lip scrubs.  In the coming weeks, more scents will be released, like Peanut Butter Cup, Cherry Limeade, Marshmallow, Double Mint, and Red Velvet Cake.  As with my other products, the lip balms are paraben- and phthalate-free, mineral oil-free, smell great, and they're lightly sweetened.  And have I mentioned that they make great, affordable stocking stuffers? ;)

Stay tuned!

Smooth, Soft, Supple Lips

Lip scrubs are now available at Lalalita Body Co! Now your lips can receive the same luxurious treatment as your skin. :) Personally, I've been waiting for this release, and I was so excited when I started coming up with the perfect recipe. As a lip balm/chapstick freak, this is right up my alley.


"Lick My Lips" Lip Scrub is made from sugar, butters, oil, Vitamin E, flavor, and color. Yes, just seven ingredients: all skin-safe, without parabens, phthalates, and none of my ingredients are tested on animals. The firm lip scrub comes in a handy-dandy oval lip balm tube: to use, simply push the tip up, apply to lips, gently scrub, and rinse! And they taste great: believe me, as the official tester at Lalalita, I can attest to that!


Right now, you can find Orange Dreamsicle flavor in the Lip Scrubs section at Lalalita Body Co's Etsy shop. In the upcoming days more scrumptious flavors will be released, such as:

•Chocolate Mint Truffle
•Pink Icing
•Sno•Cone
•Butter Pecan
•French Toast
•Red Velvet Cake

Have a great day!

Autumnal Memories in Scent

What do you think of when autumn approaches? For me, autumn is associated with a variety of aromas. Cinnamon. Candy corn. A slightly cool chill that contrasts with a warm, almost burnt scent in the air. But above all, pumpkins are, for me, the number one aroma that comes to mind when I think of this glorious time of year that just bursts with color.

And you know what that means... it's the time of year to roll out the autumnal scents!


And first up is "Hush... Hush, Sweet Pumpkin Pie". Cinnamony and spicy, this scent definitely does its job to invoke the heady aromas of fall. It's quickly become my Favorite Scent O' the Moment, and I've already made myself a batch of shea butter and aloe lotion. It's also available in my emulsified sugar scrub, and you can find it in the "Holiday Scents" section of the Lalalita Body Co shop.