When was the last time you really felt relaxed? We had the opportunity to treat our local girlfriends to a melt-your-cares away, relaxation filled evening, and help out a great cause while we were doing it. Thanks to our friends at Johnson & Johnson, our Girls Night for Chari-Tea was a success.

When Johnson & Johnson asked us to hold a cause party to help preview their new body care line, we were very interested. After all, Johnson & Johnson is a brand we trust and respect. They’ve been taking care of us since we were babies! And they’ve now introduced a new body care line focused on relaxation and rejuvenation. J&J has asked select bloggers around the country to hold cause parties to introduce this new line. Cause parties are a great way to get together with your girlfriends! At a cause party, guests bring a donation to a charity, or “cause” of your choice. In this case, we decided to have our party to benefit the Northern Illinois Food Bank, which feeds the hungry here in our home state. Our girlfriends brought donations of both food and money, and Johnson & Johnson generously made a donation as well.

J&J also provided some nice amenities to make our party go more smoothly, from cute conversation starters to tie to the stems of our glasses, to reusable totes filled with their body care products, which were provided to all the guests as “goodie bags” at the end of the night.

In keeping with our theme of relaxation, we held our cause party at Teas and Toes, a teahouse and foot sanctuary in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Teas and Toes provided a tea tasting, allowing our girlfriends to sample six beautiful and delicious teas including roobios, green, black, white and herbal teas. Making tea is an art and our hostess Hazel definitely has mastered it. In addition, each girlfriend was treated to a mini reflexology session and a chair massage. We definitely felt pampered, and can’t wait to return to this peaceful retreat. What an indulgence! Check out our video recap:

All in all, we really appreciated the opportunity to relax and rejuvenate with our girlfriends, while collecting donations for a very important cause and being able to send our friends home with some lovely products. Thank you, Johnson&Johnson!

Have you had a cause party with your girlfriends? We’d love to hear about it.