Mistral Signature French Soap – Hall of Fame Worthy?

Pros – truly French soap.
Cons – I use liquid soaps more often.

Does it stay in the Hall of Fame?

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If you’ve read Cybelesays.com long enough, you know that I am pretty driven by my nose. Scents, fragrances, I really love a good one and especially around this time of year! And here’s a few that are tickling my nose right now!

  GOLDFADEN Body Exfoliating Polish Peppermint Infused ($45/8oz @ bloomingdales.com)
ARCONA Pumpkin Lotion 20% ($35/4oz @ nordstrom.com)
MISTRAL Winter Pine Holiday French Soap ($8.25/7oz @ smallflower.com)

Disclosure: Samples of these items were provided to Cybelesays.com for review purposes.

What chick on your list doesn’t love bath products? And because the season falls during the coldest time of the year, feel confident gifting any of the below.

• ME! BATH Mini Bath Ice Cream ($15 for 6-2oz balls) and Shower Sherbet Exfoliating Sugar Scrub ($21/16oz) both in Gotta Have It Pomegranate. Both @ target.com.
• MISTRAL 3 Soap Wrap in Winter Berry, Winter Pine and Winter Snow ($15/3.17oz bars @ mistralsoap.com).
• LUSH Snow Fairy Shower Gel for Body and Hair ($$19.95/3.3oz @ lush.com).

We are quite obsessed with products that work and smell terrific so let’s focus on body parts this time. We clean them and moisturize them and these are some that will make your skin tingle and nose dance.

MISTRAL Organic French Shea Butter Soap in Lilac of May ($7.50/7oz @ amazon.com)

JUNE JACOBS Papaya Body Balm ($46/7oz @ dermstore.com)

MOR new Fruits of Cornucopia Body Bar ($19 @ @ morboutique.com)
PURE HAPA Haupia Orange Soufflé Body Cream ($24/3.2oz @ purehapa.com)

After trying Treat Beauty’s Sugar Free Hand Therapy Butter a few weeks ago, it got me to thinking about products that smell great and work and those that smell great and don’t work. In the next two months, we’ll bring you a few that we are just loving. Hair, body, face, it can be in any category. So here are some ones that smell heavenly AND work!

MISTRAL Extra Rich Bath And Shower Gel in new Wild Blackberry ($16/10.8oz @ mistralsoap.com)

Why miss big time with your man? You can’t when it comes to soap. They all use it and need it. One mine will be getting this year is MISTRAL Men’s Bar Soap in Cedarwood Marine ($14/8.8oz @ amazon.com). It’s a triple milled quality soap made with Shea Butter, and extracts of Green Coffee and White Ginseng. And the fragrance of this one? All man! Cedar wood, eucalyptus, amber and forest.

I consider greens, as in mossy greens, a very neutral color. They are so earthy, warm and natural that they could take the place of nudes in most cases. Olive, tarragon, and the creatively named products below, all make up our 2^nd Fall Color Pick, Mossy Green.
The way I’m thinking about this piece is if I were to paint a picture of moss using different shades and textures, which ones would I use? Here are our picks to make up our portrait:

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1. PORTICO SPA Clarifying Shampoo $14/6.7oz @ porticospa.com
2. L’OREAL H.I.P. Pure Pigment Shadow Stick in Mesmerizing $9.99 @ amazon.com
3. PUR MINERALS Pur Colour Shadow in True Emerald $12 @ ulta.com
4. URBAN DECAY Smokeout Blending Eye Pencil in Green Goddess $14 @ nordstrom.com
5. ORLY Nail Lacquer in Green With Envy $3.19 @ jcpenney.com
6. CREATIVE SPA by CND Sea Rocks Soak $12/5oz @ cnd.com
7. THE BODY SHOP Shimmer Smudger in Slate Green $13.50 @ thebodyshop.com
8. ASTARA Green Papaya Nutrient Mask $39/2.2oz @ dermstore.com
9. BECCA Line + Illuminate Pencil in Fiji $22 @ beccacosmetics.com
10. LORAC Front of the Line Waterproof Eyeliner in Green $20 @ nordstrom.com
11. URBAN APOTHECARY Mineral Shadow in Citrine $10 @ urbanapothecary.com
12. SISLEY Phyto-Ombre Eclat Long Lasting Eye Shadow in Anis $40 @ net-a-porter.com
13. DIORkiss in Granny Smith 308 $19 @ sephora.com
14. SONIA KASHUK Eye Definer and Eye Smudger in Olive Suede $5.99 @ Target stores
15. PRESCRIPTIVES Colorscope Creamy Eye Color in Jungle $18 @ prescriptives.com
16. GIELLA Nail Polish in Cat’s Eye $25 @ giella.com
17. MISTRAL Bath Salts in South Seas $5.50/2.1oz @ mistralsoap.com
18. H2O+ SPA Exfoliating Sea Marine Body Wash $18/8oz @ beauty.com
19. TARTE Eyeshadow in Peyton Place $17 @ tartecosmetics.com

The MISTRAL South Seas (Mer du Sud) collection is one of my all time favorite scents (see Hall of Fame pics). Picture ocean mists, citrus and white flowers and you have South Seas. Our picks from the collection are the Bath & Body Massage Oil ($10/7oz), Exfoliating Shea Butter Scrub ($14/6.75oz), Large 100% Shea Butter Large Tin ($22/3.53oz), which is great for feet, and of course the French Shea Butter Soap ($7/7oz). Each is perfect for the season. All @ mistralsoap.com.