When things are really bad I often get out a legal pad and make lists so as to try to cheer myself up. Lists usually help. Sometimes my lists are “Things I have accomplished in my life”. When I feel really unaccomplished I often go way back just to add items to the list. I will list things like “I learned to walk and talk” or “I graduated from Kindergarten”. Hey, not everyone achieves those things. No, you don’t hear much about the non-walking/talking Kindergarten dropouts but that is only because they can’t talk.
My go to list for cheering myself up is “Things I am grateful for”. On really bad days my list is full of things like: “I can walk and talk” or “I have teeth”. When teeth make the list it is a really bad day. Today teeth do not make the list.
What I am grateful for today:
1. I found an office and I am jump up and down excited. It is gorgeous and it is mine!!!!!!
2. I have my first California client. I am sooooooooo excited. Champagne will be popped.
3. Nars Chihuahua lip gloss is my holy grail/dream lip gloss. It is the lip gloss I have wanted and never knew existed. It is the Platonic ideal of which all other lip glosses are mere attempts at duplicating the perfection that is Nars Chihuahua.It is so perfect that it should be named Nars West Highland White Terrier. I know this is going to be one of those items that I will buy again and again.
( Other items on the ‘I buy again and again’ list include: Bobby Brown gel eyeliner in black; Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer in Porcelain; Pureology shampoo and conditioner for colour treated hair; Trader Joe’s Lavender Body Scrub; Frederik Fekkai’s Protein Mask for hair; Nars All About Eve eyeshadow duo.)( I would love it if you would share your list of ‘buy again and again’.)
4. Just yesterday Igor asked me if I ever thought about teaching at the college level. It turns out that he thinks I would make a great college professor. He suggested I apply to the college where I went to grad school. I love teaching. I just thought it was too late. I thought I was too old. I thought I had to have a PhD. It turns out I might be wrong. Last night I submitted an application to another University for an adjunct faculty position in their psychology department.
5. How sweet you all were to vote on to bee or not to be. The votes have been tallied. My decision is not to bee. The yellow shoes have buzzed off. Thank you all for voting, you helped me make a decision that I couldn’t trust myself to make. As much as I like them in theory the reality of them was a bee of another colour
6. My friend’s, Anna Lefler, hilarious “How To Put On a Sports Bra” is featured on McSweeney’s. This is BIG. Really, it is New Yorker Magazine kind of big. I could not be happier for her. Congratulations, Anna! Today McSweeney’s, tomorrow the New York Times Bestseller list. Note to Anna: Please remember me when you are very famous and powerful.
7. Yesterday I had a lovely lunch with Deja Pseu and look at the gorgeous bracelet she gave me. Thank you, Deja! It looks so rich and elegant and I absolutely love it.
9. Craig Ferguson’s attempt to break out of the box of what late night TV is and in doing so he lost his audience for a night. I love you more, Craigy, than I did before. I so admire his honesty and candor and his willingness to take risks—it is so unusual to see that on TV. It is also unusual to see a comedian who refferences Freud, Salinger, Wharhol, Capernicus, and Salvador Dali. Yes, I am a card carrying member of Craig’s robot skeleton army.
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10. February is almost over. March will be better, I feel sure of it.
11. My boyfriend, James Hillman( who is my boyfriend in the same way that Bill Clinton and Cary Grant are my boyfriends). James is the father of Archetypal psychology and a scholar of Jungian theory—and he is likely the smartest man I am too afraid to meet. Let me explain, I have seen Hillman speak at least eight times and he intimidates me and makes me feel like a total idiot and that I am better suited to be at a Dr. Phil event rather than at a Hillman one, so I have never dared to meet him or ask him to sign his books for me or for me to kiss the hem of his adorable tweed jacket. I think my boyfriend is on the verge of becoming the Joseph Capmbell of the 2000′s. It is my hunch that very soon you will see Hillman on PBS. I imagine soon that Bill Moyer’s will have an eight part special in which we will hear Jimmy say things like “Follow no one.”
Why do I think this? Because Big Jim is hobnobbing with Hollywood and I assure you that J. is totally unimpressed and indifferent which I find totally charming. I have been to some of Jimbo’s lectures and have seen John Cleese in the audience and Cleese was hanging on my boyfriend’s every word and seemed to have a big time man-crush on him.
I just discovered that Hilly is going to be facilitating “The Red Book Dialogues” at UCLA’s Hammer Museum. April 20th Hillman and Helen Hunt are going to have a chat about Jung’s genius journal. April 25th he is pairing with Jungian Scholar Sonu Shamadasani. So now you know where you can find me on the 20th and 25th. I will be the dork who arrives at 9 a.m. for the 7 p.m. event, just to be sure that I get front row tickets which will require me to avert Hillman’s gaze should he deign to look at me as I am not worthy for his retinas to come in contact with. Hillman would interpret my extreme enthusiasm and my feeling of profound inadequacy as a raging father complex, and he would be right.
If you can’t make it to L.A. to see Hilly and me, you can find him here.
11. I am going to a four day psychology conference next weekend and I can’t wait. It is going to be a fantastic geek-fest of lectures, learning and obscure theory.Something about going to psychology conferences makes me wish I could pull off Jenna Lyon’s quirky-professor look. However when I wear glasses I just look plain dorky and not interesting and artsy like Jenna does.
12. The brilliant, kind, warm, and wonderful blogger that is MrsLittleJeans sent this video to Lily. Hope you enjoy it as much as Lily and I did.
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Please share what you are happy about today, even if it’s just teeth. Hope you have a weekend that inspires a list.
That dog is practically human!! Oh, this is a great post, B. Your first client in California! An office! You are fantastic. Honestly, I have so many exclamation points in me right now, I think I'd better quit.
Too late: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am grateful that the sun is shining (for what seems like the first time in four months). I am grateful for my yoga class this morning . . . it really sorted me out. I am grateful that my husband and I stayed up way too late last night because we couldn't stop talking.
I'd like to try that Nars lipgloss; his Orgasm blush is one of the things that I buy over and over again.
I'm really happy that your intellectual and professional lives seem to be exploding at the moment. Good for you!
What a hopeful list of things to do! I love numbers 4 and 11 especially. I had a Shakespeare professor who was rapturously beautiful and had exquisite jewelry. Have always secretly desired to BE her! Tragically, she died young(ish) not unlike a Shakespearean character. Anyway, I would happily sit in a student desk and listen to you for hours!
My sweet friend, your list is full of lovely…that bracelet from a friend alone is a treasure.
Congrats on the fab office!
And your first client!
HeWeasel healthy, you're healthy…
it's all good.
Also happy to hear that your lipgloss be poppin'.
Lipgloss…i don't leave home without it.
i rarely wear lipstick, but lipgloss always.
i'm grateful for you.
SO ABSOLUTELY thrilled I found your blog – through Jan at Race of Style – I have now jointed the "weasels" – I have always wanted to be a weasel and never had a chance before…I am a blogging lawyer (better than many other adjectives which generally precede the word "lawyer") and love to read about the adventures of other professionals/women/in their 40s! Will be back often – Salut! PS: I am still deciding whether I am grateful for anything this morning…
I am happy because it is the end of week A which means next week I get time to paint, yeah.
Plus
I am going to York for one night, even though my Mother is involved leyla is not and much as I love her we have spent way too much time together recently. Yeah for York
I am incandescent with excitment at recieving my first EVER Net-a-Porter black box, be still my beating heart.
May check out that lip gloss, and as for getting an office I am now waiting with bated breath for…The Business Card, oh imagine the networking you will be doing with that!
Oh my gosh, how INCREDIBLY EXCITING! An office and a client!!! You're such a star.
I've always wanted to pull off the nerdy/sexy intellectual look too, but on me it looked too frumpy when young and somehow "not right" now that I'm older. I've turned into more of a tough jeans and hiking boots chick. Funny how our self image and outer image don't always do what we want!
Office and client are wonderful – good for you! And a gorgeous office too!
I cannot wait to read Anna's piece, having had many of my own exercise bra moments. The best is when the bra is a bit tight, and you are sweaty post work out, and you get it up just so much – and get stuck. That's a great look. At that point I'm usually yelling to my husband "go away! I'll get out of this on my own and STOP STARING AND LAUGHING!!"
Science America recently
noted that people who kept
gratitude journals once a
week (noting at least 5 things)
generally increased their
amount of exercise by 1.5 hours
per week.
La Belette!
Your brilliant self knew
this already!!!
Watch out Olivia!!
XuXu
http://www.frenchshelter.blogspot.com
Wow, what a list Miss LBR, this one warranted a re-read on our part to ensure we didn't miss anything! It's wonderful you are off to a four-day nerd fest, we're thinking it will be glorious.
While simply devastated you are not going to bee, we're seeking comfort in knowing we can buzz off to learn all about donning sports bras. (This is just bad in every way, sorry, it was the evil twin.)
May your weekend be fabulous, and uber-hugs to lovely Lily!
tp
Life is good for La Belette!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have loads of fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I have K.Line's issue, too!!!!!!!!!)
EXCELLENT post! Very uplifting.
Today I am grateful for the following: my biopsy came back benign, I am looking for a house (time to start my life as a 40ish divorcee – - it sounds better with a French accent, non?), my three dogs, and that it's Friday.
My go to cosmetics: Too Faced Lash Injection Mascara, MAC Jest eyeshadow, MAC Plum lip liner, MAC Beurre lip liner, Make-up Forever High Definition Foundation and Primer (green tinted)….let's face it I love cosmetics!
I love your list, and I'm thinking to move to L.A. just so I could be your client. And you could introduce me to lovely Deja Pseu, so she could shower me with gifts too.
So happy for you, Belette. I really think you would make the most awesome professor. Have fun at your conference. I had heard from a friend who attended one last year that there's a lot of sex going on at those places. Maybe she just wanted to shock me as I am easily shocked. But just so you know.
The office n' cliet twofer? Today, that, tomorrow, a therapist to the stars. No, that would be a horrible punishment. I retract that.
Glad you mentioned Hillman, for I still haven't read that book of his you recommended!
Robot skeleton army?
K.Line: Isn't he adorable? I wish Lily could bark out her feelings of affection for me. Thank you for all the exclamation marks!
Bee: I am grateful for your list. And if you like Orgam I feel sure you will love the Chiauaha lip gloss
The feeling of intellectual expansion is one of my favorite feelings. It is so exciting and enlivening.
Tessa: I never had a gorgeous Shakespeare professor. I did once have a philosophy teacher who had a sort of Kate Spade meets Ivy league style. I loved her. She used the word cattywampus alot. I would LOVE to have you as a student.
Wow – what a fantastic list! Congrats on all the fabulous developments in your world – whee!
And thank you for the shout-out…you are an amazing friend and supporter. (And I'm glad the piece made you laugh.)
BTW, at first glance, I thought that Nars lip gloss was called "chihuahua." Then I read it again. That was a close one… [urp]
Thanks again and see you soon!
XOXO
Anna
Lola Sharp : Deja's bracelet is my favorite. I will not take it off.
It is all good. I am happy and I am grateful for you.:-)))
FA.J. :
1. I am grateful you found me at Jan's.
2. I am delighted you are a weasel. It is good to be a weasel.
4. Blogging lawyers are the best kind of lawyers.
5. I hope you come back again soon.
6. Sooooo nice to meet you!
indigo16: I am grateful you are painting and I can't wait to see your painting.
I have always wanted to go to York. Is it as beautiful as I imagine?
I am over to your blog, I must see what came in your net a porter box.
Sal: You are sweet to say so. I feel like I am in a wonderful place of expansion and it feels good.
Artful Lawyer: I feel sure that with just the right glasses and if my hair was just right then I could pull off the intellectual chic look.
Sorry that Anna's like wasn't working. i fixed it. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
French Shelter : ROFLOL!!!! I love the correlation you've made here. Well done, my friend!
I am taking Olivia down!;-)
Good morning LBR, and how thoughtful of Lily to let you share Mishka with us! Sometimes when I am reading your blog I hold my breath..why is that? Am I chuckling too much or thinking the next number is funnier than the previous one. Anyhow, you had a great list! First off you gave me the greatest idea of adding my kindergarten graduation to the list of my accomplishments : ) Second, love the bangle…sweet Third, I will check the gloss, I always check out things you recommend hoping I will look pretty like you do Fourth, love your boyfriend but did not know him…I will read Fifth, yeah for you…teaching, psych conference…I am going wooh wooh, Sixth, a new office…OMG, congratulations are in serious order Seventh…client
I assume you are celebrating big time this weekend.
Loved the post and ' I wuw you'
xx
thepreppyprincess: I am soo excited about the conference. It will be fascinating. It will be difficult to come back and not write about it(but I don't want to bore you all;-).
I loved your bee/sports bra paragraph. Well done!
Happy weekend to you and all who live in the PReppy Palace!
giggles: I LOVE all of the exclamations. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!
L :
1. I am so happy for your good news.
2. And a new house on the horizon?
3. Your three dogs inspire gratitude.
4. Thank you for sharing your list. When I go to the MAC counter I am going to check out your favorites.
Angie Muresan: If you moved to LA I just couldn't take you as a client as I couldn't bear to not have you as a friend.
I know you would love Deja. She is a dear.
So happy for you, Belette. I really think you would You made me snort with laughter at the supposed sex at the conference. I will have never been to a conference in which that was occurring. I will keep my eyes ope for it and let you know what I see.
Randal : Yes, please, no stars. I have already suffered enough.;-)
Hillman is a genius. Seriously, the man's cerebellum should be a natural treasure. ! hope you do read him.
Yes, I am in a Robot skeleton army? Questions? Judgements? One needs to take a stand when preparing for Chiulath's return or whomever it is you worship.;-)
Anna Lefler : COngrats to you! I am so excited for you. And, alas, I apologize for my inconsistent spelling. Yes the lip gloss is called "chihuahua."
MrsLittleJeans:
Lily loves Mishka and she LUVS you too! LOL! I love that you are adding that first graduation as one of your accomplishments. Isn't the bangle fantastic? I LOVE It. Want to go see my boyfriend with me? I am happy to share him.
Yes! There is going to be much celebrating this weekend!
Go you!! Hardcore!!! All things bright and awesome.
It was great to see you yesterday! I'm so glad you are enjoying the bracelet.
so much good news! Congrats on office and client and optimism! I'll cross my fingers for you re the adjunct gig. But I do worry that by the time I ever get myself down to LA, you'll be far too busy to attend that fantasy lunch I envision, the one where you and Pseu and I finally meet up and we talk and talk and talk like good old friends . . . sigh . . .
OH darn. Here I've been busy worrying that I've lost a big filling so perhaps I can't even say I have ALL my teeth.
Congrats on the job progress. And on this line: "It is so perfect that it should be named Nars West Highland White Terrier. "
Oh how fabulously wonderful!! An office and a client! And you would be such a great teacher, good luck on the adjunct gig. I'm crossing my fingers and spinning in circles….I don't know if the spinning helps but I hope it does.
Like Mater I hope you don't get too busy for a fabulous lunch if I ever get to LA, which seems to be moving further and further away.
I am happy it is snowing, although I may be the only one, and I am happy that I can sit here and look out at it but don't have to go anywhere.
I am happy that my shipment of Leonore Greyl Voluforme arrived between the snowstorms so that I can sit and look at the snow with gorgeous shiny soft hair that has body, unlike the fine limp mess it would be without said product. That is something I buy again and again, along with Bobbi Brown Gel Eyeliner in Caviar and Graphite, Nars makeup primer, and MACs strobe cream.
Congratulations all the exciting things that are happening.
The Storialist:Wish you were here. I could pick your brain on one of the items on my list. Any chance I will see you soon?
Deja Pseu: It was so fun. And, Thank you!!! He-weasel said, "That looks like serious jewelry. What on earth did you do to deserve that?"He's right. It is serious and you are so generous. Thank you!
materfamilias: WIsh I could meet you for lunch today( for many reasons) but I would love your advice on approaching academia. Hmmm…yet another reason to come and visit your porch.
WendyB : Poor teeth! Well, you can be grateful for your tongue or lips. Start small, I always say, when it comes to gratitude.
I am nothing if not a devoted dog parent who is committed to declaring that Westies are the besties.;-)
Mardel: Thanks for your encouragement. I love teaching but I just thought it was too late and that a M.A. wasn't enough to get a position. I hope I am wrong.
I assure you that nothing and I mean NOTHING would stop me from lunching with you and Mater.
I have heard good things about Leonore Greyl. I keep meaning to try their hair mask. I have never tried the BB gel in caviar. I must check that out. Also have never tried Nars primer. I do use MAC's strobe cream but I use it so sparingly that I may never run out.
I am a bit of a list freak too. This is a very exciting list though.
1 – that is fantastic
2 – that is double fantastic
3 – I will look out for this; I prefer lip gloss to lipstick but have not yet found the perfect one.
4 – that is double plus fantastic! Go for it – I am sure you would be a fantastic teacher
7 – that is seriously lovely
10 – I do hope you are right
As for me – I am glad that my cold is getting better now. I am very glad about my shiny new cooker. And I am double plus glad it is friday and payday and that tomorrow I am going to see the Misanthrop in London (with Keira Knightly, Tara Fitzgerald and Damian Lewis).
I love your list. So many good things are happening to you now, things well deserved and may many more successes be on their way to you. (How exiting if you became a college professor!)
That dog! Funny how his iwuvwoo turns into a long, expressive howl…
Am grateful I got today's run in before the storm. For all the new people entering my life, for the ones slipping out of it (good riddance). For small pleasures and having done a challenging job well. For a good night's sleep……
I would kill to be grateful for my teeth. I am staring in the mirror at a cracked tooth and an empty wallet.
But I am grateful for the snow falling outside my window, keeping me company while I jam out some work.
I am happy about so many things today that the list is endless
always lovely to read of another's happiness…
enjoy the moments
best wishes
Ribbon
I am happy that a) my power is back on b) you are blogging and posted this. Seriously. You are wonderful.
Completely Alienne:
)))
1 – thank you!
2 – double thank you!
3 – This is the perfect one.
4 –
7 – I lvoe it.
10 – Me too!
Hope you write a review. Have a fantastic time!
Cheryl:I am so excited thinking about being a professor. I can't imagine how great it would be. Isn't that dog a hoot?
I love your list!
Rebecca : Sorry that teeth aren't on your happy list!:-(
Ribbon: Hope your weekend is filled with happy things!
LPC: Your comment is the kind of comment that makes my happy list. Thank you!
Yah professor – I'm attempting to teach too at uni. What did you write on your cv. I am stalling on doing mine xx
PS Congrats on office and client!!!
To teach English conversation at a French university all you need is a BA! While it was exciting for me, I am not entirely sure the kids really benefited from my lessons based on Friends episodes. . . You are much better qualified and will be the funny professor all the kids hope they get!
I am happy that it's noon and all I've eaten so far today is chocolate cupcakes, and can justify it because I'm "testing new recipes".
This is all wonderful news and I couldn't be happier for you. Is it a corner office? You deserve one
I love your list, beautiful Belette. So much to be grateful for. Congratulations on the amazing progress you're making in your career. You are fabulous! xx
i am so happy you are sounding so good, dear la belette….i am not so won't even bother….i just wanted to say hello and tell you it warmed my heart to read your post
xoxoxo
Great post LBR – love your reasons to be cheerful… and am so pleased you have found an office and your first CA. client – wonderful news.. And btw what sort of colour is the Chihauhau gloss? – will go onto the link you kindly provided but sometimes they are not all that true to the colour. Am happy today because I just arrived back in Melbourne from Sydney to Mr SE. Hope you are having a great weekend. XX
This post is so full that it became my reason(s) to feel cheerful today. Congrats on the office and client, on a possible teaching post (you'd be great; Igor really is something); and your other reasons for gratitude.
O, I'm also grateful for this video. It's one of the best dog videos I've ever seen, and def. the best talking dog video, and I will share it during waking hours with my husband (or I could turn the speakers up to full blast and wake him up wondering who the stranger is confessing love in the other part of the house!).
Usually you need either an MA *or* appropriate professional credentials (a license)to work as an adjunct, so you should be fine!
Congratulations on the office and client!
Congrats!!!
Congratulations on your new office and first client! That's was quick. Well done. All the best for it. Lily is amazing as usual! Ciao. A.
I did this on the same day, 20 Things That Nurture Me…I love that bangle, Bel…gorgeous….and tomorrow I'm linking to you because….well why not?
Your comment a while ago about chocolate milk stayed with me
)
Make Do Style: I had my CV done before. I have done some lecturing and so I hope that is enough to be considered.
I am keeping my fingers crossed for you. I know I would love to take your classes.
Andromeda: Thank you! And, I would love to teach psychology based on Friends episodes. That would be a hoot.
I wish you could have left me a chocolate cupcake in your comment. I could really go for one.
susan: No corner office. But there is a gorgeous garden in the building. I am really excited about that.
Carol Anne: Thanks, lovely!:-)
linda: I am so sorry to hear that things aren't so good. But, hey lovely you, at least you have your teeth?;-) You do have your teeth. Don't you? Big hugs to you.
Semi Expat: Chihauhau is a YLOB gloss( your lips only better). It is pinkish but super pretty and soft. I don't usually do pink but I LOVE this one.
Lydia: Igor really is something. If it weren't for him I wouldn't be licensed in CA or have an office and I surely wouldn't be thinking about teaching. I am so grateful for the work I have done with him.
Isn't that dog the best??? And, LOL, I love the image of your husband waking and wondering who is declaring their love for you. You are a hoot!
Miss Cavendish: Since I have both an MA and a license they'll have to take me.;-) I wish that were the case.
Thanks! I am really excited.
Savvy Gal : Thank you!!!
lunarossa : I do wish Lily could say I love you. Even without that skill she still is perfection.
♥ Braja: I will come on over and see your post. I could use some more nurturing.
Thanks for the link, my sweet friend!
LOL! It is funny what sticks with us.
Oh, I agree! We'd be very good friends, I'm certain.
Shit, Belette what happened to your teeth? I hope you'll be able to replace them without too much pain
xxx
congratulations on your office! And the prospect of teaching at the collegiate level… yay!
I'm so excited for you – office and client! I shall be joining you in the champagne!
I am sitting surrounded by 52000 colour chips, for my personal colour analysis system, which although it means days of work putting them together into 1200 swatches, it excites me – all the work i've been doing for the past year has come to fruition. Email me your address and I'll send you your swatch!
xx pbc
Great postings, good list of things to do. xx
I'm wearing that Laura Mercier tinted moistuirizer in Porcelain as I type this. I'm a poor student and I will go without food to buy it, it's so amazing.
Lucky you, lunch with Pseu.
It is so wonderful to read all your good news: all the plans, anticipation, expectations — so exciting.
As I said in my blog today, I'm adding another award to your shelf — or shelves — full of them, but if anyone deserves them, you do.
(Did you ever receive the envelope?)
Warm regards,
Tish
It is 8 PM here now, and up to now there was literally nothing to be happy about. A real nasty day. So I hope for a happy moment til midnight still – and if it is that I rob the fridge and treat myself to spoonfulls of strawberry jam…shh! not tell anybody… kind regards, Martina
This was a really fun post to read! You're bubbling over with joy!
I'm really thrilled to hear you're investigating teaching. I agree with Igor that you would be really good.
Lovely post, so full of good energy and hope!
First of all: congratulations on the office, the patient, the new job application (and good luck!) and on the psi conference!
Second, here is my list: I am grateful for 1) my husband and destiny, the universe or whatever it is that brought us together 2) My babies 3) that my babies sleep through the night (15 months without a single good night sleep was more than I can take)4) that all the ones I love are in good health 4) That I can smell spring in the air 5) for my friends, few but wonderful friends. 6) for having been able to sort all issues out with my mum while she's still alive. 7) For having a roof to sleep under and food at my table: not everybody does. 8) For having been born a woman in the western world: in spite of all setbacks, we still have it easier than in so many other parts of the world!
Have a lovely weekend!
Is pureology shampoo that good? I am digging the DOVE therapy conditioner (with the mending oils in it). It is inexpensive, but works better than some of the most pricey ones I have ever bought, including one with caviar in it !
I also like the SEXY hair pumpkin shampoo. YUM! Not for this time of year, but fall/winter.
I also am digging some baby-oil that has lavender essential oils in it, Peanut butter Pretzel MoJo bars and my Caramel Boots No.7 gloss, in addition to Glow-Getter spray by Soap & Glory. Love it!
xxoo