For those who aren't very fluent in what a collaborative box or specifically Smidgen of Us is, allow me to elaborate... |
What exactly is the Smidgen of Us Box? Good question! Let’s get into that as well as what a collaborative indie box is, exactly. ℹ️
An indie brand is a term for an independently owned, small business like ours. A collaborative indie box is usually offered by pre-order and is a collaboration between a group of indie makers. Please note that Rules, themes, and sales dates, etc vary depending on the box. There are plenty of fun collaboration boxes out there and each are run and operated differently.
The Smidgen of Us Box is a themed box centered either around seasons or other themes often based off a poll that customers as well as makers get to participate in. This poll as well as the products that are to be sold are all in their Facebook Group.
Now that we have the pleasantries out of the way, let me delve into why you are going to want to grab your hands on one of these bad ghouls.. (see what we did there?) 👻
Growing up, my least favorite candy in my bucket at the end of a night of Trick or Treating were the candy corn and the tootsie rolls. In a crazy twist of events, they are now my favorite. 😂 Therefore in order to show homage to my newfound guilty pleasures, comes the scents I’ve chosen to go with for each of our two Smidgen of Us contributions. 😌🍬
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1 oz / $8.88
Capped at 24
🧴 This Cuticle/Hand cream will be scented in none other than Candy Corn. It comes in our fan fave airless pump. 🧴 It has all the vitamins, anti-oxidants, etc your body loves and needs! With ingredients such as cocoa butter, jojoba, vitamin e, sweet almond, avocado oil, coconut, sunflower, and etc. This luxe lotion will be sure to leave you feeling refreshed and ready for anything!
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.5 oz balm tube / $7.77
Capped at 20
Our second contribution is a scrub balm scented in Tootsie Rolls. 🍫
🍬 This Cuticle scrub balm was inspired by and is scented in Tootsie Rolls. It has all the vitamins, anti-oxidants, etc your skin loves and needs with ingredients such as shea butter, jojoba, vitamin e, + more. It is made up of fine brown sugar, which is known to be less abrasive as regular sugar crystals, making this better for cuticles all around. The balm texture helps soothe the skin as well as nourish it. This will be sure to leave you feeling exfoliated, hydrated, and ready for your next mani!
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That wraps up each of the products we are offering during this month's Smidgen of Us pre-order. They will be sold separately and not as a duo during the shop sales dates of August 23rd through to the 30th ONLY. Therefore, grab them while possible once the shop goes live!
Wishlisting goes live on the 19th of August, so make sure to add it to your wishlist for easier shopping once the site goes live!
ℹ️ Smidgen of Us is a pre-order box comprised of a group of indie makers. Every month has its own theme. Loving all things Fall/Halloween, (as it's one of my favorite seasons), the theme for the month of August was one I knew we’d love to be a part of. 👻
For our contribution, we went with our guts, quite literally 🤭, and decided on a perfect Fall time Snack scent for our Sphere Moisturizing Creme - Kettle Corn. 🫶🏼
Who doesn't love kettle corn?! This is an aromatic “treat” of freshly-popped popcorn drizzled with brown sugar & syrupy molasses then hit with a dash of salt. A unique, delicious scent for all ages!
🧴 This Cuticle/Hand cream has all the vitamins, anti-oxidants, etc your body loves and needs! With ingredients such as cocoa butter, jojoba, vitamin e, sweet almond, avocado oil, coconut, sunflower, and etc. inspired and scented in “Kettle Corn” , this will be sure to leave you feeling refreshed and ready for anything!
One last thing worth mentioning is this pump dispenser is airless. What does it mean for the pump to be “airless”?
Not only is this dispenser ✨ refillable ✨, it also doesn’t have the plastic tube to try & suction up product. 🙅🏼♀️ Instead, it has a mechanism that pushes product 🆙! This ensures you get to use ALL the product, missing not even one drop! 🧴
This exclusive contribution will be $8.88 per treat and capped at 25, meaning there are only 25 available. Although wish listing for these starts on August 19th, they will only be available for pre-ordering through the Smidgen of Us sales dates of August 23rd through to August 30th, 2022.
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Will you be grabbing some "kettle corn" goodness in your halloween haul this season? 🧴
Let us know in the comments below what your go-to autumn snacks are! 🍬
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What exactly is the Polished Gamers Box? Good question! Let’s get into that as well as what a collaborative indie box is, exactly. ℹ️
An indie brand is a term for an independently owned, small business like ours. A collaborative indie box is usually offered by pre-order and is a collaboration between a group of indie makers. Please note that Rules, themes, and sales dates, etc vary depending on the box. There are plenty of fun ones out there and each are run and operated differently.
The Polished Gamers Box is themed around games. 🎮 Whether it’s board games, mobile, consoles, and/or PC - this box has it all! Every month is inspired around a game and the game for the month of August is none other than Kirby! 💗✨
Now that we have the pleasantries out of the way, let me delve into why you are going to want to grab your hands on one of these cuties..
One of Kirby’s favorite foods in the anime world, were watermelons. So much so, villains knew it was Kirby's weakness; they would try to lure Kirby into traps with whole watermelons 🪤.
We will be offering our Sphere Moisturizing Cuticle/Hand Creme scented in Watermelon Temptation 🍉 through the Polished Gamers Box sales dates of August 15th through August 20th, 2022. Each airless pump will cost $8.88 and there will be a cap of only 25 available.
Sphere is a well rounded, hydrating cream perfect for cuticles, hands, and body put into a nifty, travel friendly *airless* pump/dispenser.✨
Made from scratch, our vegan cream is made of nourishing vitamins and nutrients that your cuticles/skin is sure to absorb and love. 🌸💖
An airless pump means instead of trying to transport your cream from an annoying plastic tube, up out your container - this pump squeezes ALL the product UP ⬆️, enabling you to grab every last bit! And The best part?? - it’s REFILLABLE! Be sure to check out more of our Sphere cuticle/hand creme scents available on our own website by clicking here.
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Let us know if you will be grabbing this cuticle/hand creme and what other things you look forward to grabbing at this month's PGB!
]]>Let's start off by saying: The month of April is a special one for many reasons! Special dates and people to celebrate aside, When we saw the theme for the “Smidgen of Us” box for April, we were all for it! 🤩
Smidgen of Us is a pre-order box comprised of a group of indie makers. Every month has its own theme. The theme for the month of April was one I knew we’d love to be a part of. Being a very spiritual being, the theme of Gemstones caught our eye. 💎
✨ We chose Moonstone as our inspiration. ✨
Moonstone is known as a stone for “new beginnings”, Moonstone is a stone of inner growth and strength. Moonstone enhances intuition, promotes inspiration, success and good fortune in love and business matters. Moonstone cultivates compassion and empathy. It is said to help us balance and cool down emotions and tension.
For our contribution, we have scented our Sphere Moisturizing Creme in Moonstone - a lovely concoction of teas, lavender, bergamot, star anise, jasmine, violet, ylang ylang, heliotrope, sandalwood, oakmoss, musk, amber, and vanilla.
The 1 oz airless pump is limited edition and exclusive contribution to the Smidgen of Us box. Wishlisting starts the 19th and will only be available for pre-order starting 4/23 at 11am est through to 4/30 11pm est for $8.88 usd. There will be a cap of 25 of these lovely enchanting creams available.
More reasons on why these airless dispenser pumps are
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Let us know in the comment section below what your favorite stone is, and if you're as excited about this special contribution as much as we are! 🙏🏼
Enchanted by the Animal X-ing theme for the month of April, we’ve decided to get back into collaborative indie boxes once again. We put our very own spin on this Polished Gamers Box contribution…
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Well, well, well… the time has finally come to hop right back in to collaborative boxes once again. (YAY!) One of the ones dear to our heart for the month of April was Polished Gamers Box. Why? Good question! Let’s get into that as well as what a collaborative indie box is, exactly. ℹ️
An indie brand is a term for an independently owned, small business like ours. A collaborative indie box is usually offered by pre-order and is a collaboration between a group of indie makers. Please note that Rules, themes, and sales dates, etc vary depending on the box. There are plenty of fun ones out there and each are run and operated differently.
Polished Gamers box is themed around games. 🎮 Whether it’s board games, mobile, consoles, and/or PC - this box has it all! Every month is inspired around a game and the game for the month of April is none other than Animal X-ing (Remastered)!
What does “Remastered” mean? Well, just like when they remaster an actual game in this day and age - it means offering the exact same game as the original, with small changes that reflect hardware improvements. Being that this theme has been used before, they wanted to re-use the theme but with new added contributions. How fun is that? 😁
We may have missed out the first round, but not this time! We put our two loves together and got the perfect contribution for this box, we're certain of it! 😌
Inspired by the catchable cherry blossom petals that float around the island during the first week of April in the Northern hemisphere, our Sphere Moisturizing Creme is scented in Cherry Blossom. 🌸
This Polished Gamers Box contribution is limited edition and only available for the month of April 2022.
This limited edition Sphere Moisturizing Creme will be available for pre-order on the Polished Gamers site during the live shop dates of 4/15-4/20 for $8.88 usd plus shipping. Each come in our nifty, travel friendly 1 oz airless dispenser pump. 🧴
No net is needed to catch one of these 🤓😌 BUT there is a cap of 25 however, meaning that once those 25 are accounted for - that's all there will be available...EVER! 🙀
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Let us know in the comments below what your favorite villager is and if you're as equally excited about this exclusive product as we are!
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A huge thanks to Kenia of @CurlyCutieCle for providing photo(s) of our Polished Gamers Box April 2022 contribution.
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Yes, you read right! 🙌🏼 And alllll you have to do is enter code: Ship10 at checkout. 🙀 Your cart must total a minimum of $10 USD or more for it to apply itself. Or just click on the link here -
https://knibeautyandbath.com/discount/Ship10
The link above will take you straight to the K.N.I. Beauty & Bath home page BUT will automatically apply the coupon code at checkout for you. 😎
This promotion ends on June 30th at 11:59 pm central time.
🤑Please note that our website only accepts one discount/promo code per order, therefore if you have another code put in, you may still have to manually input the desired coupon code in instead.
📦At this current time we are only shipping to those with a valid U.S. address due to the stricter Customs Regulations during this pandemic.
Thank you for understanding 💛
Stay tuned to see what next month brings 🤫😁🥰
Happy Shopping!🌻
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It's been a whole rotation around the sun since the last No Tricks, Just Treats Box. Le Petite Indies brought it back & we came along for the ride!
Last year we contributed a candy corn scented item so this year, we went with another halloween candy you tend to get in your loot quite a bit... a chewy chocolate delight. Now this isn't something you eat, but it's just as much as a treat.
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Atmos + Sphere will be sold alone as well as in duo kits for those wanting to try both, with a small discount atop of such an already great price!
Aside from all that hoopla, comes another new product that helps fight against dryness. Our Sun Drops ~ Acetone Additive helps restrict the amount of harshness that acetone brings your skin when used.
The best part? They all release in a few hours - Monday September 23rd - the first day of Autumn. They include both new & old fall scents, too. So go check them out & let us know what you think!
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The winning theme for September is Magic & Alchemy. K.N.I. Beauty & Bath drew inspiration from the magical golden flower in the animated movie, Tangled. *Ooo-ahhhh!*
Flower, Gleam & Glow ~ Vegan Cuticle, Hand, & Body Scrub Balm was named after the lyrics from the infamous song in the movie. This scrub balm comes in a large .5 oz tube (that is a little over 3x the size of standard balm tubes). The color purple signifies Rapunzel's dress. Inspired by the righteous castle horse Maximus himself & his favorite food ... apples, comes the fragrance Earl Grey & Apple.
Scent Description: A majestic blending of Earl Grey tea leaves, black teas, chamomile, shaved ginger root, dried pears, crisp apples, cinnamon sticks, nutmegs, cloves, anise, vanilla, cognac and geranium.
How to Use:
Wishlisting is currently open! The shop dates are 9/6-9/9. Our contribution will be $7 usd & capped at 55 US | 5UK. It will be available on polishpickup.com & polishpickup.co.uk
Not only is this scrub balm absolutely fun, it also carries luxe ingredients that is sure to make your skin feel just as enchanting & ageless as the inspirational magical golden flower.
Ingredients:
Sucrose, Vitellaria Paradoxa (Shea) Butter, Euphorbia Antisyphilitica (Candelilla) Wax, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Helianthus Anuus (Sunflower) Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Oil, Alpha Tocopherol (Vitamin E), Skin Safe Fragrance, Mica.
So now our questions:
Have you ever seen the movie, Tangled?
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Will you be picking this beauty up, come September 6th?
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Thank you for tuning in! We hope you've enjoyed this blog over our Indie Pickup contribution. We aim to continue putting out blogs over any future collabs or pickup exclusives we bring out. More than ever, we appreciate your support & are grateful for every opportunity.
Happy Nourishing,
♡ - Kass
Photo credit respectively to Lisa of @cosmeticsanctuary & Amy of @nailpolishedlife.
]]>The instagram nail community is a beautiful one. Although Sunday is known by many as Self Care Sunday, It is known by many more as "Dani Sundays" - by Danielle of @creatively_danielle (pictured below). Inspired by her friend, Joanna Howland, Dani Sundays officially started in December of 2016 & has grown gradually ever since.
This vinyl duo is made in collaboration with Danielle, the proclaimed Rose Queen herself in honor of Self Care, Self Love, & Friendship.
After knowing Dani for a while & seeing how passionate we both were about nails & the friends attached to them, accepting her collab proposal was almost automatic! It is the Rose Queen who suggested it, after all. 🙌🏼 Who could say no?
Going off of that, let's start on this new duo! I pondered long on what to design that exuberated Dani & her legacy all over it. Then it came to me. To match her everlasting title & status quo is "Rose Queen".
Rose Queen is made up of rosette type roses, leaves, & various crown shapes. Fitting & perfect.
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If you're an existing Dani Sundays participant or just a passerby, you instantly grab the fact that Dani always ends her posts with a Tip of the Day. Which brings our next vinyl, "Dani's T.O.D."
Dani's T.O.D. is reminiscent of a vintage diary awaiting for your newest journal entry to fill it's pages. Adorned with three roses on the upper left corner, this vinyl is one of a kind.
These amazing vinyls are available now for $3.50 each. Every sheet comes with 12 vinyls.
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Words from the Rose Queen herself:
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"How did I become the Rose Queen? You know I ask myself the same question 🙈🌹Yes those are carnations garnishing my towel. (Pictured above). They reminded me of a rose crown.
Well here are the Rosy deets:
I didn’t see nails as just that. Even the word grated on my nerves. Say it and see. 🙈🌹 So I thought up an endearing term for them and what is more iconic than a rose? It is found in the most reknowned poems, metaphors, and similes. It’s meaning crosses cultural boundaries. It was the epitome of how I felt about my nails...they were beautiful roses. So I substituted the word nails for roses. Many began calling me Rose Queen like 🌹@budding_nailartist, others called me Diamond girl like @imanafig 💕🌹
and as Dani Sundays blossomed into something bigger than @creatively_danielle I made a post and asked if I should be The Rose Queen. Well you all were thrilled and so many said yes. That’s how I officially became The Rose Queen. You all brought that title to life & I haven’t looked back.
It’s more than just rose care! It’s about kindness, love, and supporting one another. All roses are beautiful & all roses can bloom and flourish with a little love and sometimes, in my opinion, a little push and learning that something new. 🥰🌹❤️
We all have beautiful roses, and This Rose Queen hopes that through her trial and error that I bring that something new to help your roses flourish and blossom to their maximum potential and beyond!"
See more of Dani over on Instagram @Dani.Sundays or at @Creatively_Danielle
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*sound of tires screeching to a halt* ... wait ... WHAT!?😵😱
You read that right, beauties.😩 The full article will be sourced down below.🤕 On January 27th, the new shipping rates go into effect. We will try to keep our shipping options as low as possible & will be looking into carriers other than USPS if it comes down to it.📦 If any more new updates occur, I will revise this blog post.
On a positive note:
Please note that this will not affect the handling or shipping time of any orders processed.
Thank you so much for all your support! I couldn't have done this without you.
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