MoonaLisa: Halloween Giveaway and Soap Review!

I promised you guys a MoonaLisa Halloween Giveaway here when I first shared the amazing talents of this wonderful artist.

There is a tradition in the MoonaLisa fanbase community of “mooing it forward” which basically means that you try to share slices of soap, decants of lotions, perfumes when you can so that others may get to experience these fabulously scented products, sharing in this way is rumored to confer magical benefits on the giver as well!. I figured what day would be better to moo it forward to my readers than the day before Samhain which is a very special time for this great artist.You can check out her blog here  MoonaLisa More about the Halloween giveaway after the jump!

 

Winter Solstice Soap

picture courtesy of  MoonaLisa

Winter solstice soap

Winter solstice soap

MoonaLisa Venetian Coffee Swirl soap sans wrapper

Venetian Coffee swirl soap

Venetian Coffee swirl soap

coffee Swirl soap-front

coffee Swirl soap-front

MoonaLisa uses the melt and pour method for making her soaps . Yes, soaps made using the cold process method can be very nice but cold process is brutal on scents often resulting in bars that look pretty & lather well but that have little to no fragrance. Soaps without scent aren’t part of finer living around these parts Smile

Moona’s soaps are richly scented, they lather like a dream & cleanse the skin without leaving you stripped of moisture . If a soap leaves you with that “squeaky clean” feeling chances are good it’s robbing you of the moisture skin needs to stay hydrated,dewy and youthful looking.

Venetian Coffee Swirl Scent Description

Scent description provided by MoonaLisa

Made with real coffee butter and grinds , layered deliciously with goats milk and coffee and chocolate oils.

Review

This soap smells so amazingly like a rich,robust cup of coffee that I felt like I’d been transported from my shower into a Soho coffeehouse, I followed up with the matching body butter, the scent was rich,deep & lasted all day, I got a lot of positive comments!

Bonus Pic- Gorgeous Enchanted Soap

Enchanted

Enchanted Soap

I’m pleased to announce that comments #24 by Alisa  has won the 1st prize & comment # 71 by  mrstkeller has won 2nd prize! Ladies please either DM me on twitter or using the contact form here so I can arrange to ship your prizes! Congrats to you both & thank you all for entering! Btw Moona herself has promised some goodies for the next giveaway here at the ShoppinQueen!

ovely aren’t they? LOL ok enough babble, onto the Details of the giveaway

MoonaLisa: Halloween Scent Review and Giveaway

Prizes

1. full sized Bongo Poppy Cake 4 in one gel which can be used as shower gel, bubble bath, shampoo or to launder your delicates & a full sized Bongo Poppy Cake Potion Lotion

2. Full sized Potion Lotion in the Blue Moon Scent & 1 bar of MoonaLisa’s Herbal Scrub Soap made with Amber Resins, Lavender Absolute & finely ground Walnut shells

All products are new, unused & untested purchased by me directly from Moonalisa

How to Enter- Mandatory

1. Subscribe to my website via the feedburner subscription box located on the upper right hand side of this page (your email will never be traded or sold) come back & leave a comment letting me know you’ve subscribed & telling me what your favorite Halloween ritual is.

Extra ways to enter

1. Follow me on twitter @geekbabe –counts as one entry (I follow backSmile

2. Tweet about this giveaway x1 per day come back, leave the link for your tweet You can use the tweet this button at the bottom of this post or copy & paste the following tweet:

Moonalisa Bath & bodygiveaway from @geekbabe http://tinyurl.com/3yae8u3

Special Note

Many Moonalisa fans reside internationally, this contest is open to my International Readers, all I will ask is this, if you win please guide me thru the best way to ship to your countrySmile

The Rules

To enter, you must be 18 or older. The contest runs from 7pm EST on  Sat, Oct 30th through 11:59pm EST on Sat, Nov 13th. Make sure at least one of your entries includes a contact method (i.e. Twitter, email, blog). One winner will be chosen shortly after the contest ends using Random.org. The winner has 48 hours to reply or another winner will be selected

Do you Like products reviews & giveaways? Subscribe via my Feedburner email to be  sure you’re the 1st to know when a new giveaway is posted & feel free to mention The ShoppinQueen to friends!

FTC I have not received any compensation or products for making this post, my relationship with MoonaLisa is that of a devoted client.the products for this giveaway come from my personal collection.

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Comments

  1. Angela Johnson says:

    Favorite ritual – going to an apple orchard and making an apple pie — then trick or treating with my son and hubby! Love Fall – it is my favorite season! (by the way, I subscribed!!)

  2. Angela Johnson says:

    Follow you on twitter – user angkaye

  3. Angela Johnson says:
  4. Sandy Y says:

    I’m a subscriber. My favorite Halloween ritual? I don’t really have one other than passing out candy.

  5. Sandy Y says:

    I follow you on twitter – @sandyy456

  6. Sandy Y says:
  7. Lisa M. says:

    I subscribed. My favorite Halloween ritual – I don’t really have one! I do like some good Halloween candy, though. :-)

  8. Lisa M. says:

    I’m following on Twitter: @bunkie68

  9. Lisa M. says:

    I tweeted!

  10. Karla Sceviour says:

    Im subscribed via email,and my favorite halloween ritual is going trick or treating with my boy,although this is his first year going out with his friends without me! :(
    ksceviour@hotmail.com

  11. Karla Sceviour says:

    I follow you on twitter
    @ksceviour

  12. Karla Sceviour says:
  13. I’m subscribed via email :) My favourite Halloween ritual is baking, I like to make a spooky cake every year if I can – last year it was a Jack-o-lantern cake, and I have an awesome idea for grave cupcakes this year ^_^

    Kate1485 at hotmail.com

  14. I’m following you on Twitter (@NTFancy)

    Kate1485 at hotmail.com

  15. I tweeted about it:
    http://twitter.com/NTFancy/status/29245828760

    Kate1485 at hotmail.com

  16. Saya says:

    I’ve subscribed. My favorite Halloween ritual is sewing my Halloween costume with my mom. We always pick a costume and work on it together, it’s great mother/daughter time.

  17. Mistysunrise says:

    I subscribe. I have never tried Moona! All of this sounds so lovely. :)

    My favorite ritual is to go to the stores on Halloween, or the day after, to get deep discounts on the candy. :)

  18. mistysunrise says:

    already following you on twitter.

  19. mistysunrise says:

    tweet

    http://twitter.com/MistySunrise/status/29267753901

    mistysunrise at gmail.com

  20. Laura says:

    I subscribed. Following you on Twitter. My favorite Halloween ritual is watching scary movies and giving out candy to trick or treaters.

  21. Angela Johnson says:

    I tweeted today!

    http://twitter.com/#!/angkaye/status/29277949647

    angkjohnson (at) gmail (dot) com

  22. Kat says:

    Subscribed to your blog via email (I hope this counts!)
    My favourite Halloween tradition is hoarding candy, giving as much as I can out to the whole 8 trick or treaters I have gotten (8 this year…none last year), then I cry a little because we hardly got any trick or treaters. Halloween is my fav holiday! I then throw some candy in sadness, then pick up the candy, take it to my room, and eat it LOL
    My fav Samhain tradition, which I have just done, it to light a Sahmain candle, blessing it and welcoming the spirits in. It will sit burning in my windowsill all night as a beacon to the spirits. I also make something sweet just for them to further entice them into my home, and to stop and rest a while.

  23. Diane says:

    I subscribed and am following you on Twitter. My fave Halloween ritual is to do a special tarot spread.

  24. alisa says:

    We are mostly doing a lot of trick or treating since Nathan and Marin are at the age to become human candy grubbers!

  25. Laura says:

    I am subscribing and following you on twitter. My favorite Halloween ritual is watching horror movies and eating anything pumpkin flavored!

  26. hollyfaery says:

    I subscribed via e-mail.

    My favorite Halloween rituals include: Scary movie marathons, blood orange martinis, and pumpkin spice lattes & pumpkin scones from Starbucks in the morning. :)

  27. goddesslynne says:

    subscribed via email!! My fave Halloween ritual: handing out candy to the little cuties!! I love the little kids in costume!! Over age 12 or so…I let DH do it!!

  28. Michelle says:

    My fav Halloween tradition is sneeking chocolate out of my kids candy when they go to bed! Hehe!

  29. Michelle says:

    Oh, I subscribed via email and tweeter!

  30. Liz D says:

    Subscriber. Favorite ritual is pumpkin patch and carving or painting pumpkins

  31. Susan says:

    My favorite Halloween ritual is dressing up and doing my make-up, burning a fall type of scent around the house, and wait for the kids to come by for treats. I tend to sit on my porch and have my black cat with me. She tends to get the biggest ooohs and ahhhhs. She is of course a queen (Cleopatra). After the kids are done – I go inside and watch some great campy horror flicks. Tonight I am sure I will be catching The Walking Dead because it looks like my type of show.

  32. Karla Sceviour says:
  33. skye says:

    Following and tweeted.

  34. mrstkeller says:

    Following. . . .both on twitter and your blogity blog blog. . . and Tweeted!

    http://twitter.com/mrstkeller

    : )

  35. Laura says:

    Subscribed! My Halloween ritual is handing out candy to all the little ones!

  36. sam364 says:

    Subscribed via e-mail. My fave Halloween ritual had been handing out treats until this year when I took my toddler trick-or-treating for the first time :-)

  37. mistysunrise says:

    tweet

    http://twitter.com/MistySunrise/status/29391849002

    itsjustme62613 at gmail.com

  38. mrstkeller says:
  39. ANGEL JACKLYN says:

    SUBSCRIBED VIA RSS AND MY FAVORITE HALLOWEEN RITUAL IS HAUNTED HOUSES kytah00@yahoo.com

  40. ANGEL JACKLYN says:

    FOLLOWING YOU ON TWITTER USER NAME “kytah00″ kytah00@yahoo.com

  41. ANGEL JACKLYN says:
  42. jessyca says:

    I have subscribed to your email.

  43. jessyca says:

    i subscribed to your email, and my favorite halloween ritual is dressing myself, and kids up. its so much fun and this is the only day its acceptable to look all crazy.

  44. jessyca says:

    i follow you on twitter @jessyca81

  45. Barbara says:

    subcribed.
    My favorite is passing out candy. I love seeing the kids in their costumes

  46. Karla Sceviour says:
  47. Angela Johnson says:
  48. Mistysunrise says:

    tweet

    http://twitter.com/MistySunrise/status/29515508332

    itsjustme62613 at gmail.com

  49. Tracy says:
  50. Claudia says:

    I Subscribed to your website via the feedburner subscription

  51. Claudia says:

    I Subscribed to your website via the feedburner subscription and I love watching the Greenwich Village Halloween parade either in person or on tv.

  52. Claudia says:

    I already follow u on twitter. You are one of my favorite tweeps.

  53. Claudia says:
  54. Mistysunrise says:

    tweet

    http://twitter.com/MistySunrise/status/29564206373

    itsjustme62613 at gmail.com

  55. Angela Johnson says:
  56. Karla Sceviour says:
  57. Karen P says:

    I subbed. I thought I already had but I guess I just subbed to your feed and not the email deal. My favorite thing about halloween is dressing up! I love all the creativity of costumes. I love everything about Halloween though. It’s my favorite holiday.

  58. Karen P says:

    I follow you on twitter but then you knew that!

  59. Karen P says:

    I tweeted for you

    http://twitter.com/#!/KarenP_KarenP/status/29637247211

    P.S. You have to remind us Junkies about your twitter parties. I haven’t been using twitter much lately but if you remind me I will surely attend. You have my support!

  60. Claudia says:
  61. Mistysunrise says:

    daily tweet

    http://twitter.com/MistySunrise/status/29677319260

    itsjustme62613 at gmail.com

  62. Karen P says:

    Tweeeted again for you today so I might as well take advantage of another shot at Moona!

    http://twitter.com/KarenP_KarenP/status/370182933446656

  63. Sandoz says:

    I subscribed! My favorite Halloween ritual is a tie between watching scary movies with my hubs & handing out candy to all the cute little goblins and ghoulies. :)

  64. Mistysunrise says:

    tweet

    http://twitter.com/MistySunrise/status/541187991670784

    itsjustme62613 at gmail.com

  65. Angela Johnson says:
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  67. mrstkeller says:
  68. Mistysunrise says:

    daily tweet

    http://twitter.com/MistySunrise/status/919503097565184

    itsjustme62613 at gmail.com

  69. Angela Johnson says:
  70. Gigi says:

    Followed you on twitter, tweeted today, and subscribed to your blog

    http://twitter.com/#!/venushakti
    @venushakti Moonalisa Bath & bodygiveaway from @geekbabe http://tinyurl.com/3yae8u3

    My favorite Halloween ritual is drinking lots of pumpkin spice coffee

    thanks for your generosity!

  71. mrstkeller says:
  72. Karen P says:

    I hope you get a record number of participants

    http://twitter.com/KarenP_KarenP/status/1109622689632256

  73. Karla Sceviour says:
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  78. mrstkeller says:

    http://twitter.com/mrstkeller/status/1456500849516544

    hmm. . if this gets posted twice, so sorry. I thought I posted it already and it didn’t show up.

    : )

  79. Karen P says:

    Why do they make it hard to copy and paste links now witht hat extra # thing in there?

    http://twitter.com/KarenP_KarenP/status/1474924929613824

  80. claudia says:
  81. Mistysunrise says:

    daily tweet

    http://twitter.com/MistySunrise/status/1669267439226880

    itsjustme62613 at gmail.com

  82. Gigi says:
  83. Claudia says:
  84. Mistysunrise says:

    daily tweet

    http://twitter.com/MistySunrise/status/2076090700931072

    itsjustme62613 at gmail.com

  85. mrstkeller says:
  86. Mistysunrise says:

    daily tweet

    http://twitter.com/MistySunrise/status/2432648643346432

    itsjustme62613 at gmail.com

  87. Gigi says:
  88. Gigi says:
  89. Mistysunrise says:

    daily tweet

    http://twitter.com/MistySunrise/status/2753291607871488

    itsjustme62613 at gmail.com

  90. Claudia says:
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  92. Angela Johnson says:
  93. mrstkeller says:
  94. Mistysunrise says:

    daily tweet

    http://twitter.com/MistySunrise/status/3250418524102656

    itsjustme62613 at gmail.com

  95. Gigi says:
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  97. Mistysunrise says:

    one last daily tweet

    http://twitter.com/MistySunrise/status/3356368455081984

    itsjustme62613 at gmail.com

  98. Angela Johnson says:
  99. Kat R says:

    Following you on twitter! I am deviantkitten 13 there!

  100. Kat R says:

    Daily tweet. I am a little slow getting this thing LOL
    http://twitter.com/deviantkitten13

  101. Gigi says:

    Last tweet! Thanks again for doing this!

    http://twitter.com/venushakti/status/3502632966561792

  102. Karla Sceviour says: