CHRISTMAS AT LUSH

Anyone who knows me will know that Lush is my all time favourite shop, there's nothing like an amazing bath after a long day and lush products always make the experience so much more enjoyable, PLUS they're vegan and leave your skin feeling incredible.

Christmas Lush is the best kind of Lush!

This year Lush have bought out so many amazing bath products so I thought i'd share my favourite ones! They're perfect for christmas presents so hopefully this will help some of you. If you want to see any videos of what the baths turn out like they are all available on the website which I will link for each of the products.

I'll start off with my favourite bath product this year, it is The Magic Of Christmas - Bubble Bar, it's available here. This one is re-usable which is fab and it retails at £5.95. The only way to explain this scent is Christmas, it's a mixture of cinnamon and all other types of spicy deliciousness and the fact it's on the end of a cinnamon stick and covered in gold glitter - it looks adorable too!

Here's a brief description of the scents, why I love them and where you can get your hands on them;

Bath Bombs

These you pop into your already run bath and watch them fizz away and most likely take a few photos to show everyone the amazing experience.

Luxury Lush Pud, £3.95

This bath bomb was my favourite of last years bath products, it's just perfect for a cold evening! As you can see theres a load of different colours to start and it leaves your bath a gorgeous pink colour. I find this bath bomb so relaxing, you can really unwind! To me it smells a bit like incense with a hint of lavender, this is all thanks to the lavender oil! Lavender oil is perfect for getting rid of any tension and also helps with sore muscles! It's available here.

Frozen, £3.95

This bath really is magical, it leaves the water a gorgeous glittery blue shade! The scent is so uplifting but not too much, you really can let it go. The main oils in this bath bomb are grapefruit oil, rose oil and neroli oil so of course its going to leave you feeling refreshed! It's available here.

Golden Wonder, £3.95

First of all this fills your bath with gold shimmer, if this isn't enough there is actually a surprise waiting inside! I don't normally like things that are too strong citrus scented however this product really is lush. It's a lot of peoples favourites and I can see why, its so refreshing due to the orange and lime oil! It's available here.

Yog Nog, £3.95

The shea butter in this bath leaves your skin feeling incredible! It's such a sweet scented bath with a hint of toffee which is luxurious. There is also a hint of spice which is from the clove in it, this makes it such a christmassy scent to me. It's available here.

Lord of Misrule, £3.95

Don't be fooled by the green outer coating, this bath is so pretty when the pinky/wine colour mixes with it! This one doesn't smell as christmassy, you can definitely smell the vanilla, black pepper and patchouli oil so this may not be everyones favourite - but then again I'm a sucker for musky scents as well as sweet ones! It's available here.

Father Christmas, £3.95

If you love Snow Fairy you're going to love this bath bomb! It's such a gorgeous sweet scent, almost good enough to eat. Not only is it a pretty pastel colour, it soon turns into a stunning vibrant green. It's available here.

Bubble Bars

These you break off some and crumble it under the running water to create a "blanket of bubbles".

Five Gold Rings, £4.95

With bubble bars I normally find myself using them up way too quickly, with this bubble bar it's already separated for you so you have the perfect amount of bubbles! One thing I will say is they get glitter all over the place, but hey i'm not complaining. They have quite a subtle vanilla scent to them with a hint of gardenia extract. They're available here.

Holly Golightly, £4.95

This is another one of the typical christmas scented bath products and was also my other favourite from last year! A little warning, yes the glitter gets everywhere. It turns your bath such a gorgeous green, its so comforting. Again with the orange and lime oils it's quite an uplifting bath but the clove helps even it out so you have the perfect relaxing bath. It is available here.

Penguin Bubble Bar, I dont think this one is available anymore I just couldn't resist how cute it was!!!

What's your all time favourite Lush product?

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Mac Strobe Cream VS Kiko Glowing Potion

This Kiko Perfecting Serum is such a good dupe for Mac's Strobe Cream and it's half the price. So spend or save?

Mac's Strobe Cream is a huge favourite of a lot of beauty bloggers so I decided to jump on the wagon and try it out and I must say I wasn't disappointed. This product leaves the skin glowing, feeling really hydrated and in a genuinely good condition. It's great as a makeup base as it really brightens the skin, however if you do have particularly oily skin then I would just apply it to the high points of your face where you would normally highlight. It's a pink/pearl white finish and it's a really creamy consistency. 

Kiko's Glowing Potion Perfecting Serum is a bit more of a mouthful but it honestly is practically the same! It's more of a silver/white finish and obviously from the name it is a bit thinner in consistency as it's a serum. I actually think this product has a much nicer scent to it, it smells quite floral where as the strobe cream just smells like product, if you get what I mean? This serum also leaves the skin feeling in a much better condition, it feels hydrated and it's glowing!

I do love Mac's Strobe Cream and would definitely re-purchase it, however if you don't wish to spend as much I would 100% recommend this dupe!

Mac's Stone Cream retails at £24.50 and is available here if you're interested or

Kiko's Glowing Potion retails at £13.90 so it's quite a bit cheaper and is available here.

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Halloween Make Up Inspiration

Just like a lot of other people I have been struggling with which halloween makeup to do! Pinterest is my favourite app at the minute and theres some amazing posts on there for halloween so I thought i'd share with you my favourite ones.

 

 

Hope this helps!

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Beauty Hack: Not So Fake Eyelashes

Do fake eyelashes drive you insane as well? The last time I struggled with the whole eyelash and glue situation was about 9 months ago before I discovered this little trick which has made my life SO much easier and it's so easy to do.

All you need is your mascara - it doesn't matter which brand - and a setting powder.

To start off you just apply one layer of your mascara, the mascara I used for this was Too Faced Better Than Sex.

Then just grab a small eyeshadow brush and pack on a small amount of setting powder all over the lashes, the setting powder I used was Vichy Dermablend Setting Powder.

Your lashes are now ready for a second layer of mascara.

As you can see the lashes are already looking a lot longer/fuller. Then just repeat the process until you are happy with the results.

 

Viola!! Long volumized lashes without the stress of glue and ruining your eye makeup that you've already perfected!

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