Again, apologies for the lack of posts, I'm currently at home with my parents preparing for my grandfathers memorial party. I'm doing alot of the cooking so that then leaves little time to do much else!
I'm back in London on Monday, and no doubt with the current state of things there I will be posting several fairly lengthy posts...anything to avoid the avoidable!!!!
Hope everyone is enjoying the sunshine, its making me super happy!
xxx
Thursday 20 May 2010
Tuesday 11 May 2010
5 Most wanted Lush products update!
In my last blog post I listed the 5 Lush products I most want to try, well already I'm needing to compile a new list!!! I visited a Lush store with my sister on Sunday, and I managed to pick up, either the product itself or a generous sample, as a result the R&B hair moisturiser is the only one i have yet to try!!!
As I have yet to use my Ceridwyn's Cauldron I can't really review that, I am however planning a rose inspired bath cocktail tonight, so i may update on that later tonight!!
The first item I was keen to try was the Grass Shower Gel - well well well, I just got back from my second trip to lush in as many days and I picked up another sample of this beaut! its AMAZING, it lathers great (using my loofah) and its the type of lather that sticks to your skin, it also smells amazing, it doesn't linger on your skin but its very refreshing in the morning. The sample I got I have used twice and I still have enough for one more shower out of it, so a little goes a long way, I have vowed to eventually buy a full size bottle!!!
Another item I was desperate to try was the Crème Anglaise moisturiser, this is Lush's most expensive single product, and as i stated in my previous post, one I'm unlikely to ever own a full sized tub of! The Sample is suiting me just fine though, again a little goes a long way, and it smells fantastic, its also a smell that lingers, so you can guarantee hours later you will still be able to smell it!!
Finally the last product I sampled was the American Cream conditioner, the smell isn't one of my favourite, however its by no means unpleasant, with the sample, it wasn't enough for me to get a real idea as to how this would work, so I may need to buy a small bottle in order to make my mind up on it!
As for my Ceridwyn's Cauldron expect an update very soon!!!!
As I have yet to use my Ceridwyn's Cauldron I can't really review that, I am however planning a rose inspired bath cocktail tonight, so i may update on that later tonight!!
The first item I was keen to try was the Grass Shower Gel - well well well, I just got back from my second trip to lush in as many days and I picked up another sample of this beaut! its AMAZING, it lathers great (using my loofah) and its the type of lather that sticks to your skin, it also smells amazing, it doesn't linger on your skin but its very refreshing in the morning. The sample I got I have used twice and I still have enough for one more shower out of it, so a little goes a long way, I have vowed to eventually buy a full size bottle!!!
Another item I was desperate to try was the Crème Anglaise moisturiser, this is Lush's most expensive single product, and as i stated in my previous post, one I'm unlikely to ever own a full sized tub of! The Sample is suiting me just fine though, again a little goes a long way, and it smells fantastic, its also a smell that lingers, so you can guarantee hours later you will still be able to smell it!!
Finally the last product I sampled was the American Cream conditioner, the smell isn't one of my favourite, however its by no means unpleasant, with the sample, it wasn't enough for me to get a real idea as to how this would work, so I may need to buy a small bottle in order to make my mind up on it!
As for my Ceridwyn's Cauldron expect an update very soon!!!!
Tuesday 4 May 2010
5 Most wanted Lush products!
Having not blogged in a couple of days, I couldn't think what to write about, so i decided to go for my top 5 most wanted Lush products! This may become a somewhat regular feature, as it does change often, and I'm planning on going to Lush this weekend and getting some samples!
Here goes...
1) Grass shower gel - £4.45 100g. This is a product which I will defiantly get a sample of first, as much as i love the smell of freshly cut grass, I'm not sure i want to smell of it all the time, so it will be something that i sample first, see how long the smell lingers/how well it lathers. Another issue i have with some shower gels is they leave an oily residue on my skin, so before investing in a bottle there are several things i need to see about!
2) American Cream - £3.80 100g. I get through conditioner very quickly as I have quite thick hair, so the fact this is quite reasonably priced is a promising sign of my buying it in the future! In the blurb its claimed to help detangle hair, which is something i really need help on! Because of the texture of my hair and the fact i live in the city, my hair gets very tangled very quickly, so I will try this and see if it can solve the problem.
3) Crème Anglaise - £25.00 225g. Lush's most expensive single product is one I'm unlikely to buy a full size of any time soon, it does however smell fantastic! I do need to find a great moisturiser, which is why I'm so keen to try this one, at that price I'm hoping it can not only walk the walk but also talk the talk so to speak!
4) R & B Hair Moisturiser - £9.95 100g. A product that is designed for afro hair, and yet I'm keen to try it, it aims to help defrizz hair, not a major problem for me, but one I would like to take care of! It also helps sort out split ends, which is one thing I do have a problem with! I will certainly be picking up a sample of this at the weekend!
5) Ceridwyn's Cauldron - £3.95 100g. Bath melts, i have only ever tried 2 of Lush's bath melts before, Dreamtime and Floating Island, but this one is supposed to be super moisturising and the oats in it act as an exfoliate, I love how slowly these melt and how moisturising they leave the bath water feeling, so I'm looking forward to trying Ceridwyn's Cauldron to see how it compares to the others.
Look out for another top 5 at some point, and I would also be interested to know what products everyone else wants to try!
Take care! xxx
Here goes...
1) Grass shower gel - £4.45 100g. This is a product which I will defiantly get a sample of first, as much as i love the smell of freshly cut grass, I'm not sure i want to smell of it all the time, so it will be something that i sample first, see how long the smell lingers/how well it lathers. Another issue i have with some shower gels is they leave an oily residue on my skin, so before investing in a bottle there are several things i need to see about!
2) American Cream - £3.80 100g. I get through conditioner very quickly as I have quite thick hair, so the fact this is quite reasonably priced is a promising sign of my buying it in the future! In the blurb its claimed to help detangle hair, which is something i really need help on! Because of the texture of my hair and the fact i live in the city, my hair gets very tangled very quickly, so I will try this and see if it can solve the problem.
3) Crème Anglaise - £25.00 225g. Lush's most expensive single product is one I'm unlikely to buy a full size of any time soon, it does however smell fantastic! I do need to find a great moisturiser, which is why I'm so keen to try this one, at that price I'm hoping it can not only walk the walk but also talk the talk so to speak!
4) R & B Hair Moisturiser - £9.95 100g. A product that is designed for afro hair, and yet I'm keen to try it, it aims to help defrizz hair, not a major problem for me, but one I would like to take care of! It also helps sort out split ends, which is one thing I do have a problem with! I will certainly be picking up a sample of this at the weekend!
5) Ceridwyn's Cauldron - £3.95 100g. Bath melts, i have only ever tried 2 of Lush's bath melts before, Dreamtime and Floating Island, but this one is supposed to be super moisturising and the oats in it act as an exfoliate, I love how slowly these melt and how moisturising they leave the bath water feeling, so I'm looking forward to trying Ceridwyn's Cauldron to see how it compares to the others.
Look out for another top 5 at some point, and I would also be interested to know what products everyone else wants to try!
Take care! xxx
Saturday 1 May 2010
April Favourites
Doing monthly favourites is a bit of a tough one for me, mainly because I have found my favourite products for most things, e.g Foundation/Mascara etc, so they don't change month to month, and also writing that they are my favourite every thirty days would get very dull, very quickly! As a result I have a few items, some beauty related and some random ones...
First up is my new Barry M nail paint in Berry (no. 308), I did a blog post earlier this week when I got it, and it was very much a first reaction type thing, I have been wearing it for 3 days now, and (touch wood) it hasn't chipped yet (BIG thumbs up from me for that!) I do top coat with China Glaze's No Chip top coat, but it can still go!
My next favourite is Lemony Flutter from Lush, I'm trying to get into the habit of moisturising my hands more often, and this is perfect, I only picked up a sample, and I have used it about 10 times and I haven't even made a dent in it! The sample alone with last me a long while! It also smells AMAZING! Very lemony (duh!)
This next favourite has been a bit of a life saver over the past week or so, with all the hot weather we have been having (ahh love it!) my feet have decided to develop heat rash (joy!) once it became obvious that the hot weather was here to stay (even though its raining now!) and that my feet were not happy, I bought a tube of E45 itch relief cream, this stuff has worked wonders! Whats now left of the heat rash is not itchy and when it is, i just slap on a bit more cream!
I'm not sure I can class the weather of the past week a favourite, but I'm going to put it out there and state that I LOVE THE HOT WEATHER!!! Phew, feels better to get that out in the open!!!!
Another thing I'm loving is listening to old songs on my itunes, alot of the time i will skip older songs, as i would much rather listen to newer stuff, but just recently, i have been listening to songs that were out between 2003 and 2005, I'm not deliberately seeking out these years, but they mean alot to me, and each song seems to have a brilliant story attached with lots of happy memories!!!
My final favourite is driving! I'm currently learning to drive (in London, I must be mad!) but I'm absolutely loving it! I get on brilliantly with my driving instructor, and crazy London mini cab drivers aside, i really look forward to each lesson! I now just cannot wait to get my own car...oh and my licence!
Hope everyone enjoys this bank holiday weekend!! xx
First up is my new Barry M nail paint in Berry (no. 308), I did a blog post earlier this week when I got it, and it was very much a first reaction type thing, I have been wearing it for 3 days now, and (touch wood) it hasn't chipped yet (BIG thumbs up from me for that!) I do top coat with China Glaze's No Chip top coat, but it can still go!
My next favourite is Lemony Flutter from Lush, I'm trying to get into the habit of moisturising my hands more often, and this is perfect, I only picked up a sample, and I have used it about 10 times and I haven't even made a dent in it! The sample alone with last me a long while! It also smells AMAZING! Very lemony (duh!)
This next favourite has been a bit of a life saver over the past week or so, with all the hot weather we have been having (ahh love it!) my feet have decided to develop heat rash (joy!) once it became obvious that the hot weather was here to stay (even though its raining now!) and that my feet were not happy, I bought a tube of E45 itch relief cream, this stuff has worked wonders! Whats now left of the heat rash is not itchy and when it is, i just slap on a bit more cream!
I'm not sure I can class the weather of the past week a favourite, but I'm going to put it out there and state that I LOVE THE HOT WEATHER!!! Phew, feels better to get that out in the open!!!!
Another thing I'm loving is listening to old songs on my itunes, alot of the time i will skip older songs, as i would much rather listen to newer stuff, but just recently, i have been listening to songs that were out between 2003 and 2005, I'm not deliberately seeking out these years, but they mean alot to me, and each song seems to have a brilliant story attached with lots of happy memories!!!
My final favourite is driving! I'm currently learning to drive (in London, I must be mad!) but I'm absolutely loving it! I get on brilliantly with my driving instructor, and crazy London mini cab drivers aside, i really look forward to each lesson! I now just cannot wait to get my own car...oh and my licence!Hope everyone enjoys this bank holiday weekend!! xx
Lush Love!!
I have to admit, I'm a total lush junkie! I LOVE IT! Whilst on YouTube today I came across a user who makes videos of Lush bath cocktails, what first drew me to her videos was the fact she had so many products to put in the one bath! So before I start properly on this blog, I will let you know her YouTube URL so you can check her out for yourself:
Having spent a large chunk of the day watching all her Lush bath cocktail videos, I thought to myself, "Right, I have a lot of Christmas products left over, tonight I'm having bath!" So taking Bam1282's idea of using a bath ballistic, a bubble bar, and a bath melt, I selected (with some difficulty) one of each to use! I knew I wanted a relaxing bath so I went for a 'Cinders' ballistic, half a 'Christmas Eve' bubble bar (these are amazing and REALLY relaxing!) and for the bath melt, I used the 'Want to Believe'.
So having lobbed everything in my tub, I put the shower on (the shower pressure is much better than the tap pressure in my bath!), the bubbles created were amazing, but did disappear very quickly! The colour was slightly odd as well, due to the mix of the yellow, blue and grey of each product it turned a very odd shade of green!
Colour and lack of bubbles aside, I have a lovely relaxing one hour bath, and i feel very relaxed! Oh, I also facemasked (not sure that's even a word!), I used Lush's Oatifix fresh face mask, this has to be my favourite fresh face mask, I cannot get enough of the smell! Its so good I want to eat it! Which in all fairness you probably could do, but I wouldn't recommend it!!!!
Anyways, now I feel super relaxed, even though its 1am and I'm up writing this! Hopefully I should get a good nights sleep...once I decide to stop messing around and GO TO SLEEP!!!!
Night world, 'til the next time! xxx
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