Lush Dragon Egg

Before I start I will just say that all photos are taken with my iPhone and aren't great quality but I didn't want to take my camera near the bath, I'm too clumsy for that. 

So, my most favorite bath bomb as it goes, Lush Dragon Egg not that I already haven't mentioned that on previous blog posts but the more the merrier when it comes to Lush. All that time ago when the Lush shop first opened its doors at its Sunderland branch Dragon Egg was my first thing I ever bought from Lush. As I was young and purely went off how things looked and smelt, this was the most appealing. Due to its spots of colours Ion the outside I instantly assumed that my bath would be a rainbow of colours but oh no. Also I loved the strong uplifting citrusy scent, nothing overly floral.

 So now that I know that Lush is so much more than just good smells and colourful baths I've fallen in love even more.  One thing that I particularly like is their strong campaign to stop animal testing, its a big selling point for me. Also, I like that a lot of their products are created using natural ingredients and if they're not natural they're safe and beneficial. And when they are created, they're created in store and they're fresh. 

Ingredients: From the Lush Website

Sodium Bicarbonate 

Citric Acid 

Perfume 

Popping Candy 

Lemon Oil 

Bergamot Oil 

Jasmine Absolute 

Cream of Tartar 

Water (Aqua) 

Gardenia Extract 

Sodium Laureth Sulfate  

Propylene Glycol

Lauryl Betaine 

*Citral

*Limonene

* Linalool 

Gold Lustre 

Radiant Gold Lustre 

Colour 15510 

Colour 17200 

Colour 14700 

Colour 45410 

Rice Paper

Green being natural and black being safe synthetic.

    

When its first dropped into the bath it just creates white bubbles with white foggy water. Then the spots of colour start to kick in so there's odd bits of blue and pink, sometimes green. Then the bath bomb kind of just explodes into orange. The bath water goes a bit of a weird yellowy colour, sometimes stronger colours make it go orange but it depends how much colour was added when making it. If its a weak orangey colour it may look like you might of wee'd in the bath. But normally it is a strong orange like the photos above. Also it has a slight shimmer to it but nothing that would make you and your bath shimmer for a week, its subtle and unless you look you probably wont see. So this will be brightening for skin adding that extra bit glow. 

The water turns into orange silk, I find it strange that a bath bomb can change the water the water actually feels but this can. The water is softer and feels a bit thicker, its feels like it would give my skin the softening, relax, cleanse that it needs every now and again. Its always a pick-me-up when my some TLC for my skin, mentally and physically need to just chill out. 

Skin Benefits

All the ingredients sound great but not everyone knows exactly what they're beneficial for. 

• Lemon and bergamot oil is great for reviving dull hair adding gloss and shine by changing the cuticle in the hair to reflect light.  Its refreshing for body and mind whilst also calming emotions, its antibacterial and antiseptic so it will help to clear up skin issues.  
• Jasmine is usually used for fragrance but is also beneficial for muscles, calming stress sensitive skin and sometimes even depression. 
• Gardenia could possibly have an anti-inflammatory effect(under going research). Its been used for over 2000 years to treat headaches and tension, irritability, and certain infections.
• Propylene Glycol encourages skin to absorb moisture. Its often used in hair softeners to allow it to be combed easily. 
• Lauryl Betaine for cleansing and conditioning. Used in a lot of products including shampoo and conditioner. 
• Gold Lustre, used purely for shimmer because who doesn't want a sparkly bath from time to time.

 With all that in mind it just draws me back to the bath bomb and just lush in general more and more. Its my favorite for smellies. I think I have rambled on enough about the Dragon Egg but I just really love it haha. It will more that likely be featured in many more hauls and what not.

They're £3.35 and can be bought online here.

This has been a more in-depth review than normal and I've enjoyed writing it all! Made me feel abit cleaver. 

Whats your favorite from Lush? Let me know 

x

My Lovely Valentine

So this has been my first valentines that I haven't been single for (finally). So that being said, I have amazing boyf who has spoilt me rotten.  Okay so when I ramble on about things that I like I don't think he actually takes any notice of what I'm saying but after I received all of these its just shown me that he does. 

The first time I've ever received red roses and I was close to tears when he gave me them.

He knows me too well... LUSH DRAGON EGGS

I got 2 but one had to be used immediately  

And, I always love a good candle on in my bedroom. Since my boyfriend doesn't like my current one of the Yankee cherry and blows it out as soon as he walks in, he bought a candle when the smell approved. Sea Salt. It isnt something that I would go for but I am actually loving it. Its a fresh and clean, great for a bedroom.  

A massive love of mine has always been Nicola Roberts. When she brought out her own makeup I was dying to get some but at the time it just wasn't affordable for my beauty budget. I rambled on to him about how I couldnt get it and now its harder to buy. He is vvv good at surprises. 

And because I am just in love, a jar of nutella that may be already gone oopps. 

On the day it was just like a normal day, shopping, kfc and films. We dont need any fancy dinner to celebrate that we love each other or whatever, chicken and chips from a bucket then nutella does it for us.

I know that this is a little bit late but I've been abit busy over the last few day!

I hope everyone had a good valentines what ever yous were up to.

Lots of love

x

Newcastle Shopping Haul

So on Saturday my mother and I decided a shopping splurge girls day was long over due. Some where that my mam never ventures to but I know rather well is Newcastle. Yeah yeah newcastle geordie shore, sex and drinking yeah, BUT its the best place in the north east for shopping. Since my mam always stays in her comfort zone of Sunderland I thought why not break the mould and go somewhere out of her comfort zone to broaden the shopping horizon. So we jumped on a train and done some, erm financial damage shall we say....

Primark

Okay so first things first socks, yes sock.

One thing that I love primark for is the socks. They're cheap, nice quality and I love the cute frilly ones. So I bought some black frillies for £1.50, bargain eh. I also just bought some plain black because mine always seem to mysteriously disappear and you can't never have to many. 5 pairs for £2, definitely can never have too many.

Okay so if you're the one of out all your friends, family, everyone at school, work and all you neighbours who has the tiniest titties then you and I share the struggle. I wasn't sure whether to actually post about this but its a girl essential and surprisingly enough I am in fact a girl. So being the flat chested one Im always looking for a way to enhance things slightly, so when I was recommended by a friend to try a primark push up I thought why not. I paid £6 for this and it WORKS yes a cheap, comfy, push up bra that actually does what it says on the tin? Well worth £6.

 My assets have well and truly been maximised.

Something that Ive been meaning to try for a while now is a beauty blender, when I went to boots I intended on getting the real techniques one but I completely forgot. The when I was in Primark I saw this one for only £1.50. I figured whether it works or not, it was only £1.50 so why not. As you can probably see I've already gave it a whirl, rather liking it so far. 

Urban Outfitters 

 Christmas is officially over (cries) but that means that there are still some sales on. These glittery nail varnishes were £1 each ONE POUND. I think that glittery nail varnish can be worn all year round so these were not staying in the shop. 

Topshop

After falling in love with Topshops lippys from the Wicked  I decided to buy another. When it comes to lipsticks I always seem to stick to what I know and get reds and berry shades. So I thought why not try something new and try an orangey shade so I picked up 'infrared'. I've already worn this and I love it, orange ' as scary as what I thought.  

I paid £8. 

Buy online here.

Another thing that I picked up in topshop was this turtle neck crop. Im really loving high/turtle necklines at the minute so when I saw this for only £15 it was straight in my hand and to the till. I took the last photo just so yous can see how cropped it is. It sits perfectly with my high waisted jeans or leggings but I am a bit of a shortie. 

Buy online here.

Boots and SuperDrug

When it comes to blushers and bronzers I tend to just stick to bronzers. At the moment I only have one bronzer so I thought i needed a bit more variety. I've heard some good things about sleek blushers so I thought I would give them a try. I opted for the lace palette costing £9.99. 3 different colours are great because I.m still uncertain about blushers so finding the right shade for me has been made slightly easier. Also I would just like to say that the sleek packages has such an expensive feel to it. Love it.

The concealer cult. Of course, the Collection concealer. I was running low on my fave Rimmel Match Perfection concealer so I did originally go for that one but then I saw this one.  I used to use this and love this every day. Recently whenever I've been trying to buy one of these they all been sold out! So I picked one up just incase of another Collection concealer shortages. 

I paid £3.99.

Buy online here.

My all time favourite hairspray. Smells amazing, good hair spray, great packaging. Need I say anymore? Most people have tried this hairspray, its my hair essential. Much loved. When buying this I always go to SuperDrug just because its normally cheaper or theres some kind of deal on in comparison to Boots.  I paid £2.48 for it, it was £5 in boots. 

Buy online.

Lush

Girls day wouldn't be a girls day without lush right?

My trusted favourite bath bomb will always be the dragon egg. I love what it does to you bath, the way it makes your skin feel and most  importantly the smell. 

I LOVE this bath bomb been my solid fav for ages. I couldn't resist it. I bought it for £3.35.

Buy online here.

Something that I've never seen in Lush before, new maybe? It the unicorn horn bubble bar. Look at it. just LOOK AT IT. It just looks great haha I love it. It smells like lavender  (what else would a unicorn smell like) and I'm so excited to see what colour this will make my bath go. 

I bought this for £3.25.

Buy online here.

I've always wanted to try the lush skin care but just never got round to buying it. I have blemish prone skin, nothing major just the odd spot here and there. So something like tea tree is known for being a great spot fighter. Ive heard some good things about this tea tree spray so yes, like everything else I though why not. They come in two sizes but I opted for the small because I didnt know how my skin would react to it. I have used this twice now after cleansing and admittedly the spots that I had have disappeared. I am in now way joking. They have just vanished off my face with no redness either. So short term this has wowed me so lets see how this works in the long run. 

This cost me £4.25. 

Buy online here.

Another something from the Lush skin care is the face masks. I love anything like these, natural, messy, abit vile looking products. Ive never had a fresh face mask either so I was eager to try one.  When we were in Lush we asked a lady who worked there which face mask would be best for both of our skins because my mam and I are sharing this one. She recommended the Love Lettuce one for my blemish prone and my mams fine lines and wrinkles. I have used this mask once and I really enjoyed it.

I paid £6.50. 

Buy online here.

Annnd thats the end of my shopping.

I had such a lovely day shopping with my mam. It was great having a more in depth relaxed catch up. We both just really enjoyed it, was a great day out. I love going shopping with my mam, she just knows me too well and loves a good spend just as much as I do. In fact, I think my mam bought more than I did! Haha. After all of our shopping we thought there would be nothing better than a nice meal and a little drink. Chicken and purple rains? yes please. 

I will probably go more in depth with reviews in a little while after I give products a good try, but if you would like to know about any in particular just leave me a comment. 

Cocktails, wine and shopping all with my mother? What a perfect day:) 

xx