Coconut Lane Haul ♡

Today I'm really excited to write about a brand I came across during a homeware wishlist spree the other day and I fell in love with their site straight away, so I placed an order straight away and wanted to share what I got with you as well as hold my first ever giveaway (so excited about this!)

The brand it called Coconut Lane and they have such a good variety of stock, from prints to hang on your wall, cases to put on your phone and notebooks to get creative with and much more, I love the style of their products and that they are really affordable, as well as having a more luxe range as well.

I could have gone crazy and spent so much but I restrained myself and just bought three items, though I am planning on getting more once I've moved and not having to save money anymore, it's just too tempting!

I've been looking for prints to hang on the wall in the new flat and when I saw this one I knew I had to have it, it's so me! They have so many prints to choose from with all sorts of cool, sassy quotes on them, they are A4 and you can choose between a bold font or the script like the one above. They are only £6 which is makes them one of the more affordable prints that I've found, I can't wait to find a frame to put this in. They also have cute greeting cards that are smaller if you want something a little smaller, I'm definitely considering this.

I've been loving all things Flamingo lately so when I saw this notebook I had to have it, they have lots of designs  of notebooks that are £6 or you can get a pack of three for £14, they also have marble effect ones which I'd love to get next. They are A5 sized and made from 100% recycled eucalyptus pulp which is really good, and they are unlined so you can use it as a notebook or a sketchbook if you'd like.

The last thing I bought was a little difficult to get a photo of but it's the mirror phone case in rose gold. I was eyeing up so many of the phone cases but I'm due an upgrade in a few months so I'm trying not to buy too many cases, I really wanted this one because one of my friends at work has one and I love it! They are £9.50, come in silver, gold, rose gold and charcoal and you can get them for iPhone 5 and 6's. The case is quite soft but has little covers for all of the open sections of your phone (like the earphone and charger ports) which I really like. 

So that's everything I got from Coconut Lane this time, I really want to get some more bit's but I'm going to hold off for now until I've moved..or at least I'll try to, I can't be making any promises. I do have a discount code if you'd like to place an order, if you use the code ditsy20 you'll get 20% off of your order!

Thankyou♡

Lush Review-Intergalactic, Ultraviolet & Bah Humbug ♡

I may have mentioned this before (like a hundred times..I'm still very upset about it) but I'm moving into a flat soon with no bath, so I'm having to try and work my way through my lush stash and I'm going to be reviewing bits of it as I go. I've already reviewed The Experimenter here  and today I actually have three products to talk about, Intergalactic bath bomb, Ultraviolet bubble bar and Bah Humbug bubble bar, three of my absolute favourite products from Lush.

Intergalactic is quite possibly my favourite Lush bath bomb ever, I think I love it even more than Lord of Misrule! It used to be exclusive to Oxford Street but is now available in all stores, it costs £3.95 and is one of the bigger sized bath bombs and in my opinion one of the best all round.

It's a stunning bath bomb from first glance on the shelf to when it's fizzed away, and even after as the scent tends to linger on your skin in the best way. On the outside you have the bright blue with the swirl of pink, white and yellow that gives the illusion of a galaxy (maybe...to me anyway) and once you drop it in the bath you get the most amazing display of colours, it's definitely my favourite one to photograph and instagram (insert shameless plug here) it does also contain lustre but it doesn't stick to you, and rinses off of the bath so if you don't like glitter don't be put off!

So if you can't tell already I love the way this bath bomb looks, both in and out of the water, but it's really the smell that has won me over completely with this one, it contains peppermint, grapefruit, vetivert and cedarwood oil and it smells incredible. The mint is obvious but in a refreshing way, balanced with the citrus from the grapefruit and I really with that Lush would bring this scent into more products, I know they have Dirty which is minty but it just isn't quite the same, this is definitely the product I'll miss the most once I don't have a bath anymore and I'd recommend it to anyone who is looking for a Lush bath bomb to try!

To try and work my way though my ridiculous bubble bar stash I've been trying to pair bubble bars together and to go with Intergalactic I really wanted to use Ultraviolet and Bah Humbug, both were unfortunately limited editions but Ultraviolet has been in the last couple of Easter collections and I think that Lush would be daft not to bring Bah Humbug back next Christmas (again I really wish they'd bring this scent into more products, it's amazing!)

Ultraviolet bubble bar is one of the bigger bubble bars that Lush do, it's about the same size as The Comforter but in a rainbow shape, I've adored this since they first brought it out because the smell is divine! It contains rosewood and ylang ylang oils, violet leaf and jasmine absolute and smells beautiful, fresh but earthy, like Parma Violet sweets but not as sickly, perfect for those who don't like the very sweet scents that are typically associated with Lush. You can easily get loads of baths out of this, and thanks to the mix of colours it can be paired with several different bath bombs if you're going for  colour schemes-I used the purples for this bath and have the bluey green section coming up in the next bath in my review series.

I believe Bah Humbug was new to the Christmas range last year but I fell in love straight away, it was incredibly unique amongst the other Christmas products but it was definitely my favourite from the collection, it smells like liquorice but mixed with lemon so that it sweetens it up a bit, I don't know if I'm selling this very well but if it's out this year go and give it a smell, it's amazing! 

You can see the colour that the three of these made in the top photo, it made a beautiful inky purple blue bath with the lustre from Intergalactic, it was stunning and I'd definitely try this mixture again, like my last Lush review the only editing in these photos is slightly in the top collage which I put on instagram, all of the rest are true to their colours so you can see how pretty they really are.

Thankyou so much for reading this, I'm looking forward to doing more Lush reviews as I work my way through my stash and may be doing a giveaway with any unused left over items closer to when I move so keep an eye out for those!

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March Favourites 2016 ♡

This is probably a little bit late for a monthly favourites but I wanted to post it anyway, I've set myself an unofficial resolution to post a favourites post every month, for me March dragged slightly but I did have a few things I really enjoyed that I wanted to share.

At the start of this month I was considering getting rid of my Urban Decay Naked 3 palette so I decided to try to use it for a bit to decide...and fell back in love with it..I don't know why I go through phases of not using my Urban Decay palettes but when I do use them I remember how much I love them, I've specifically been using the shades Liar, Darkside and Buzz, and of course Nooner to blend, it's such a pretty palette!

Also at the start of this month I was in Holland with my mum, and while we were in Amsterdam I found this contour powder by Etos which I think is like the Dutch equivalent of boots or superdrug? I've been looking for a contour shade like this for so long, it's the perfect colour for contouring, and only cost about €5 and I'm really dreading running out of this, it's so good!

I also got my first ever Limecrime product this month, their Velvetine lip colour in Pumpkin, I used to love orange lip colours and decided to try this one to get back into them, and love it so much! It's really long lasting and isn't crazily drying, I love the formula so much that I actually don't like wearing regular lip formulas anymore, I've actually just ordered their new colour and am so excited for it to arrive.

More orange now, but this time on my nails, I got this Miss Sporty nail polish from my work the other week and have been loving wearing it with Rimmels It's a Scorcher on top, I wouldn't say these in particular are my favourites, but more just the colour in general, I love orange all year round but having it on my nails makes me feel all summery. The other polish I've been loving has been Urban Outfitters Oilslick, I love stalking the nail polish rack in Urban Outfitters, and can't wait 'til I move so I can live near one, I got this last time I went and love it so much, it's a beautiful colour shifting polish that lasts a while on your nails too, I've found a few interesting nail polishes from their before and while they are slightly pricey I do think they are worth it.
Lastly for nails I've been loving Seche Restore, I love the Seche Vite Dry Fast topcoat but it does go very thick about halfway through the bottle, Seche Restore isn't a nail polish thinner, it doesn't break down the formula it replenishes what is lost when the polish drys out, so it won't lose it's consistency, you only need a few drops so the bottle will last a while, and it works in normal polishes too.

While in duty free I caved in and bought YSL's Black Opium, I've been lusting after this for so long and I'm so happy I finally have it, it smells very deep and spicy and probably isn't quite appropriate for the season but I love it regardless.
Carrie Fletcher is one of my absolute favourite people ever, her youtube channel never fails to make me smile so obviously I had to get her book All I Know Now, I don't know why I put off reading this but I'm so glad I finally got round to reading it. It's aimed at a younger audience than myself, designed to be a sort of guidebook to growing up, but for me I love hearing stories so it was like having a sort of one sided chat with Carrie..if that makes any sense whatsoever..moving on..
Also this month I read The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion, it's a bit different to the other fictional books I've read lately, it's more lighthearted but is still a really interesting read, I'm currently reading the sequel so might do a review of both of them when I finish that one but they are so good!

TV wise this month I've been loving Buffy The Vampire Slayer on netflix, I used to like this when I was younger but didn't really watch it properly but I've been addicted to watching it lately, once you get over the 90's style it's so good! My favourite characters at the moment are Angel, Cordelia, Willow and of course Buffy.
I also really loved watching Thirteen, it's a BBC drama and was so interesting, it's about a girl called Ivy who escapes her kidnapper after thirteen years and it follows her relationships with her family and friends, and also the police in their investigation to find her captor, I do wish they had put a little more back story into the final episode but it was a really gripping show and is only five episodes long so is a really quick watch if you don't have much time.
My last TV favourite was Pretty Little Liars, I did mention this when it came back but I decided I'm allowed to put it in a favourites again now that it's finished, I know the five years on thing has divided opinions but I really like it, I love that the storyline feels fresh and I mostly like how the characters have developed, Hanna is still my favourite but I feel like I appreciate Spencer a lot more now  than I did before, I really want to rematch the entire show at some point but I don't think I'm prepared for how confusing that could be, I am dreading when they decide to end the show though, it's definitely one of my favourite shows ever.
Finally I have a music favourite and it has to be Adele's album 25, I don't know why it took me so long to download this but I am in love with it! I actually listened to it on repeat while reading The Rosie Project so it reminds me a lot of that book, but the songs are so beautiful, as of course is Adeles voice, she's another one of my favourite people! It's hard to pick specific favourite songs but I do love  When We Were Young, River Lea, Love in the Dark, Water Under the Bridge...I could list all of them to be honest but I'll behave and leave it there.

Thankyou so much for reading, I'm getting closer to moving now so hopefully I'll be able to keep on top of posting at least once a week..maybe..probably not, I'll try my best though, If you're still reading after this rather rambly post then I hope you have the best April!
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