Lush Spring Collection Haul ♡

Lush is definitely my favourite brand ever and this time of year is probably the best for Lush addicts such as myself, we've not long had Christmas (the Christmas collection was one of my favourites, I went so overboard!) and now we've got Valentines, Mothers Day and Easter!
I have recently picked up a few bits from the Valentines and Mothers Day collections so thought I would mention them on here as they are so sweet, unfortunately Valentines Day is now gone but some stores might have a few bits left over maybe?
I will just say that I really wish that Lush had released more into the regular stores, the things I really wanted the most were Lush Oxford Street exclusive and I'm so sad that I can't get hold of them, but then I maybe don't need any more Lush things at the moment anyway, it could be a blessing in disguise, I do really want the Sunflower bubble bar though!

The Ladybird bubble bar £3.95
This cute little bubble bar is a new addition to the Mother's Day range, you could probably get 3 or 4 baths out of it and it contains peppermint oil and geranium oil, I absolutely love the minty smell of this, the scents are well balanced and I'm so excited to try it.

Lover Lamp bath bomb £3.95
This is from the Valentines collection, and is another new product, it's one of the bigger bath bombs that Lush have and contains fair trade, organic cocoa butter, fair trade vanilla absolute and Brazilian orange oil. It has a subtle chocolate orange scent and little bath melt hearts, there are white flower petals in the centre as well, it wasn't one of my favourite bath bombs but it is really nice.

Rose Bombshell bath bomb £3.95
Now this one I love! I never used to like rose scents but this one smells incredible, it contains rose absolute and rose oil, sicilian lemon and geranium oils and they make such a gorgeous, rich calming scent, this one also contains flower petals and the overall experience of using this bath bomb is really lovely, I would be happy if they made this one permanent, I love it so much I had to go back and buy a second.

Unicorn Horn bubble bar £4.25

This adorable bubble bar has made a return from last year, with the promise that it's brighter and stronger than before, the colours are indeed more vibrant, but I can't remember the scent of last years to compare it, it contains lavender oil and neroli that are very calming and uplifting, again you could get about 3 or 4 baths from this, I really don't see why they don't make this permanent as people love it! 

The Kiss lip scrub £5ish

I picked this up because I needed a new lip scrub, and thought I may as well try this one, it smells a bit like love heart sweets and has really cute little hearts in it, lush lip scrubs are always useful to have around, especially as I wear a lot of matte lip products so often find myself noticing that my lips are dry and flaky, this one also smells really nice which is a good bonus.

Twilight shower gel 

I wasn't sure whether to include this or not, as it was a kitchen exclusive so isn't available anymore, but I've been so obsessed with it I couldn't not show it, this contains lavender infusion and oil, as well as tonka absolute and ylang ylang oil, like with rose lavender was a scent I didn't like before, but the balance of all of these scents has made it one that I love, as you would expect it is very calming and soothing, and I've been loving using it, it is supposed to have lustre in the gel but I find with lush shower gels that contain lustre it sinks to the bottom and loses the effect, it is lovely though! 

Let the Good Times Roll cleanser £6.95
Finally I have a product that isn't limited edition, I needed a new cleanser and I have used and liked this one before, it contains maize flower, polenta and cinnamon and smells like buttery popcorn-I love the scent! With Lush cleansers you have to pinch a bit off, mix it with water in your hands and then massage it onto your skin, it can be used on the face and body and this once gently exfoliates as well as cleansing, the cinnamon powder also stimulates you skin leaving you with soft and revived skin. I do find that with this it takes a little longer to rinse off, as the little bits are harder to remove, but that just adds to the exfoliation.

So that's it for my Lush Valentines and Mother's Day haul, next is Easter so I thought I'd include a mini wishlist of the items I am eyeing up from the collection

                                                      

Bunch of Carrots, Ultraviolet & Golden Egg

Ultraviolet was my favourite last year so I'll probably be picking a couple of these up, it's a bubble bar that smells like parma violets, I love it! Bunch of Carrots has been updated this year and apparently the colour change has improved of the colour it gives the bath, I haven't used these before but they look and sound adorable, and finally The Golden Egg just looks too cute to pass up, it reminds me of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which, thinking about it,  would be an amazing range for Lush to release!
Thankyou so much for reading ♡

January Favourites 2016 ♡

I know it's a little late to be doing a January favourites, but I really want to try and do a favourites post for every month. January was a strange month for me, it flew by but I was really busy, and my skin had a bit of a tantrum half way through, so I was a little scared to keep trying new things. I do have a few things though so I thought I'd mention them.

I tried quite a lot of skin care last month to try and calm my skin down, but the one thing that I found really helped was the Origins Super Spot Remover, it's a gel like spot treatment that contains salicylic acid which is perfect for reducing spots, but I had little rash like bumps on my forehead and this cleared it up so quickly, I wish I had used it on it straight away, it did dry my skin out but I used a very nourishing moisturiser (I'll include that in my February favourites as I started using that in February but it was the Make a Difference Plus ultra nourishing cream)

For the most part of this month I've been layering two Mac blushes, Cheek Pollen and Stereo Rose mineralise skin finish, unfortunately they are both limited edition and aren't in stock, but together they give a beautiful natural glowy look to the cheeks, I had purple hair for the first half of the month so kept my cheeks quite neutral and these were perfect, Mac do have a habit of reusing their limited edition items in new collections, and I know Stereo Rose is re-released quite a bit so it might be worth keeping an eye out for them.

Another two products I've been using together have been the Urban Decay Gwen Stefani eyeshadow palette, and the Charlotte Tilbury Vintage Vamp palette, I love these both individually, but I also find that using "punk" from the Gwen Stefani palette with the Vintage Vamp shades, and blending out with Anaheim looks so pretty, they are both so pretty and I've been loving putting together different colour combinations.

L-R UD Baby-Anaheim-Stark-Steady-Punk-Charlotte Tilbury

With having bright hair for most of the month I stuck to more neutral lip colours, Invasion by Gerard Cosmetics is a beautiful grey toned nude, it's a liquid lip stain but is actually quite comfortable to wear, I wish the brand was easier to get hold of because I'd love to try more of them! 

I was so excited to see Ellie Goulding was coming out with a Mac collection, and I love the colour of her Only You Lipstick, but unfortunately despite their claims that it is a cremsheen formula it is definitely more of a lustre, so I found that putting it over Soar lipliner makes a really pretty, easy to wear colour, perfect for a nice everyday lip colour.

The last lip product that I was loving in January was Mac Persistence, it's a peachy cinnamon colour that is pretty without being too bright or dark, I love the formula of Mac matte lipsticks, they are creamy and quite long lasting, I wore this in place of red/bright lipsticks so that it wouldn't clash with my hair and it worked really well.

L-R Invasion-Soar-Only You-Soar & Only You-Persistence-Cheek Pollen-Stereo Rose-Cheek Pollen & Stereo Rose

I've discovered a few new TV shows in January, I started to watch Luther at Christmas, but finished it in January and loved it, it's a detective show set in London, and it really addictive! I don't know if there will be more series, but I really hope they do make more as it's so good, it was quite scary but if you like slightly more gripping, chilling shows you will love this! I also discovered Tattoo Fixers and am hooked on it, the second series is on at the moment, but I've also been watching the first series on 4OD as it's so good, it's basically three really good tattoo artists fixing peoples dodgy tattoos, the artists are amazing and I really want a tattoo by them now, they are really funny and the tattoos are stunning, love it! Finally Pretty Little Liars came back this month, I wasn't sure if the whole five years later thing would work but it really does, the new story line is really interesting, and refreshing after years of the same. 

 I read The Five People you Meet in Heaven last month and absolutely loved it, the story is really thought provoking, I really didn't want it to end, I'm going to review this book soon so I won't go into it now but I'd really recommend it, it was quite a quick read as well. I think there is a film based on the story which I'd love to watch as well.

As for music really liked X Ambassadors, I listened to their VHS album a lot last month and loved it, I really like Gorgeous, Feather and Hang On. I also really like Nina Nesbitt's Chewing Gum and The Weeknd's In The Night.

That's it for my January favourites, it was quite a long, rambly post so thank you so much if you got through it, I'm already really looking forward to writing my February one, the year is going so fast already!

Thankyou for reading ♡