NIVEA Girlfriend Pampering Spa Party #NIVEAmoments

I was excited to be selected to host a NIVEA Girlfriend Pampering Spa Party to celebrate #NIVEAmoments. The kids and I recently helped at  community Pampering Day event for low income mothers in the area. When I saw this opportunity, I knew I would love to give back to those forty plus volunteers that made that day happen for those ladies. The volunteers need pampering too, right? So I sent out a great Evite to everyone and waited for replies to roll in to figure out what supplies I needed for the party.

I went shopping based off my RSVP list expecting three ladies for sure with five maybes. A small crowd out of the over forty volunteers but I kept the plan to host the party. We did our shopping at Sam’s Club where twin packages of NIVEA lotion are a great price.

We are at Sam’s Club weekly for shopping anyway and this week we had an overflowing buggy since were not only doing our shopping but shopping for the party.

I decided at the last minute to let my girls come with me to the party. I figured they could help set-up and enjoy the fun evening with everyone. We set up the dessert and goodie table first with the featured NIVEA lotion bottles for everyone to grab one to take home!

I loved the poof balls in the little cups as a favor and decoration combination! Here is the whole table …Then we set-up the bath salt craft table where we put the small bottles of NIVEA lotion.

I loved how the little bonus bottles fit into these “stations”.

We waited but no one came to the party. This was the first time I had no one show up to an event I have host. I was devastated to put so much into the event for no one to come but instead of mopping, I decided to let the girls enjoy the event. Of course they wanted to start with the snacks!

Then want the “craft” so they made bath salts. Sophie picked the lavender scent that we made purple. Grace picked the peppermint scent that we made pink. I did the measuring but the girls did all of the stirring and pouring into the containers. I was pleasantly surprised at how kid-friendly this “craft” idea was!I was then informed their hands were tired and red from so much work so they put the NIVEA lotion all over their hands. Can you see how excited they were to use the NIVEA lotion (also known as the “mommy lotion” in our house)?!

So while the evening didn’t go as I planned at all, the girls loved the experience and the time with me. We have supplies for a lot more bath salts so I think that will be one of our holiday gift giving crafts. Maybe we will pair it with goodie bags filled with the full size NIVEA lotion, hand soap, tissues, and manicure kits too!

To see my full shopping trip and party through pictures, check out the Google + Album!

You can find more details about NIVEA on the NIVEA USA webpage, by liking NIVEA on Facebook, and following NIVEA on Twitter. If you are looking for some great picture inspired tips, check out the NIVEA Moments Pinterest board too!

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