How To Keep Your Lips Soft

One of the worst things about it getting colder is dry lips and the problems that they cause, particularly in the lipstick department. Lipstick looks awful on cracked and uneven lips no matter how well you prep them and I have often given up on trying half way through application and taken it off again.
I'm very thorough with taking care of my lips, and the number one product that I would recommend is the LUSH Bubblegum Lip Scrub (£5.50, 25g).

Bubblegum Lip Scrub

This is one of the best selling products from Lush and it's very easy to understand why. All you do is take a small amount of the scrub and rub it on your lips before licking off any excess. Once it is all gone I find that I can genuinely feel the difference in my lips before and after. I do think it's a bit pricey for something with only 6 ingredients but you don't really need to use much each time so it should last you a while. You can may DIY scrubs if you want to though, you can easily find instructions with a quick google search. Also, if the Bubblegum flavour isn't really to your liking they have Mint Julips and Popcorn all year round and Santa's Lip Scrub at Christmas time so you're sure to find something you like. This is a product I would repurchase again and again so if you haven't got round to trying it yet head out to your nearest Lush immediately!

After using the scrubs I like to use some Vaseline (£2.18, 20g) or another lip balm just to add a little extra moisture. Some others that I like are the Maybelline Baby Lips or Nivea Hydro Care Lip Protection.

Vaseline

I'm not sure there's much I can say about Vaseline apart from that it's effective and that I find that it helps my lips. At the moment it's being sold in cute little Vintage pots which I quite like too. I want to try some new lip balms as I haven't really tested that many so if anyone has any recommendations let me know! I just thought I'd include Vaseline as it is what I typically use after the scrub and it seemed like it fit in nicely to the post.

Have any of you tried the Lush scrub or have any even better solutions? Having soft lips is something that I think is quite important so be sure to let me know!

Thanks for reading,

Eleanor xx

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HAUL: Lush, Make Up, Satchel + More

So I may have a bit of a shopping problem. And that may be the understatement of the century. But as most of you reading this will be fellow bloggers and/or beauty and fashion enthusiasts I'm sure you'll understand. Anyhow, I'm pretty sure the most important thing you'll learn from this post is that I shouldn't be allowed in LUSH.

My LUSH shopping

Other things that I picked up

LUSH Shower Gels; LUSH stores/online; £4.50/£3.75; 100g

Snow Fairy is a Lush Christmas classic so I knew I had to get it. Although when I smelled it last time I was in Lush I didn't actually like the super sweet scent, a second time round I had a change of heart and decided to pick it up. I also got So White as I love the smell of the bath bomb version so I thought I best grab it. Weirdly So White is more expensive than Snow Fairy (something I didn't realise until I looked at my receipt later on) but I'm sure there is a reason. So White smells of apples and has a very fresh scent so I think it would be a good pick me up in the mornings. They're both quite shimmery which I actually really like so they should make for a nice shower. I do think that the shower gels from Lush are slightly overpriced (I bought tiny bottles and one of them was still almost £5!) but I'm hoping that a little will go a long way.

LUSH Drummers Drumming Bubble Bar; LUSH stores/online; £5.25

In all honesty I bought this for the cute bells. I also love the idea of a bubble bar on a stick and I prefer this scent to the Magic Wand bubble bar. The Lush website says that this is supposed to smell like strawberries and cream but I don't really agree - it does smell really good anyway though so I'm looking forward to trying it out!

Golden Wonder Bath Bomb; LUSH stores/online; £3.75

I love the smell of this bath bomb so much! It smells kind of like sherbet and is a super cute present shape. Every time I get it out of the bag my hands get covered in gold dust so I kind of dread to think what I'll be like when I get out of the bath! I am really excited to try it though as it's one of the nicest smelling things I bought.

Ice Blue Soap; LUSH stores/online; £3.10 per 100g

I'm not much of a solid soap kind of person but I really liked the smell of this (it's kind of minty but not too much like toothpaste!) so I picked it up too. I might use it as a shower soap rather than a hand soap but whatever I use it for I'm sure it'll be really great!

L'oreal Color Riche Natural Lipstick (256 Blush Fever); Boots; £6.99

When I went into Boots I wasn't planning on buying anything (as if that ever happens) but I was quite intrigued by the premise of having specific lipsticks for particular hair colours. They range from light blonde to dark brunette and were designed to look fairly natural without being nudes. I grabbed one of the light brunette shades and having tested it out when I got home I think it's going to be one of my favourite lipsticks! It added a lovely colour without being too in your face and I think it would be great for casual wear even though it does have a slight shimmer to it. It glides on really nicely as well as having a very pretty finish and I will probably pop out to Boots to get a few more shades soon!

Bright Kohl Eyeliner Pencils (03 + 05); Hema stores/online (link); £2.50 each

A shop that I hadn't heard of before popped up in one of my typical shopping locations and as I was enticed by the brightly coloured nail polishes near the window I headed inside to have a quick look. I soon found inexpensive make up, candles and a very wide variety of other products. I am yet to try out my colourful eyeliner pencils - I picked up a green and a purple - but I'm hoping that they will be good so that I can continue to shop there, I might try some of the nail polishes next time!

Bow Necklace; Hema stores/online; £3.95

Again from Hema I picked up this gold (I think it might be very slightly rose gold, actually) necklace. I thought it was really cute and a great price as well as being something which I think I will really enjoy wearing and will go with a lot of outfits!

Essie Nail Polish (Stylenomics); Superdrug; £7.99; 13.5ml

As much as I have zero need for more nail polish I decided to get this as I've never actually owned an Essie nail polish before (shocking, I know) because I really loved the colour. It's a very dark green, almost black colour which I think will be great in the colder and darker months - especially around Christmas time! I'm definitely looking forward to trying this and seeing if Essie nail polishes are really as good as everyone says they are.

Hot Pink Satchel; WHSmith; £19.99

I have a weakness for satchels. They're just so my style and I love them immensely. Unfortunately my favourite satchel company - Cambridge Satchel - are just so expensive so I can't really get one at the moment. This satchel has a very similar design for a fraction of the price so I couldn't let it slip through my fingers! I have actually owned this exact satchel in a different colour before but it broke after less than a week of use and I ended up returning it but I'm hoping that it was just a fluke and that this one will last me a while.

Well that was quite a long post - congratulations if you made it to the end! Have any of you tried any of the products mentioned? Let me know!

Thanks for reading,

Eleanor xx

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LUSH CHRISTMAS COLLECTION HAUL!

As everyone who enjoys to read blogs now knows, Lush have just released their Christmas range. So naturally I went shopping as soon as I could to pick up a few things and ended up wanting to buy the whole shop - as per usual. So I thought I'd jump on the bandwagon and do a quick post about some Lush Christmas stuff that I got.

Father Christmas Bath Bomb

So this little Santa was the first thing I grabbed. He has a fairly sweet scent which actually kind of reminds me of Dragon's Egg from Lush (one of my favourites). He's very crumbly though so I'd be careful with him - I have a whole load of dust at the bottom of the bag!

Sparkly Pumpkin Bubble Bar

This bubble bar is just so cute! I think it's actually a Halloween product but I'm hoping they'll keep it out past then because I really like the smell. It's quite small so I don't think you'd get many uses out of it, maybe three or four if you're lucky (I'd probably go for two). The scent is actually quite fruity which I don't normally like but I'd say that this is an exception. It's also super glittery (hence 'sparkly' pumpkin) so be careful not to get it all over your face when you sniff it!

So White Bath Bomb

It's not the most exciting looking bath bomb in the whole world but it smells super nice. It's got a lovely apple scent which I really liked and I think they actually have a So White shower gel this year so I might grab that next time there as I'm not actually that much of a fan of Snow Fairy.

Butterbear Bath Bomb

This little guy is actually smaller and cheaper than the others at just under £2. He smells like chocolate and looks like a polar bear, a combination which I totally love.

The Comforter Bubble Bar

I know this isn't new but I thought I'd include it as it was one of the things I bought. This is something a lot of people like so it's kind of surprising that I haven't actually tried it before. It smells amazing - just like blackcurrants! It's enormous so you'd get a lot of baths out of it. I'll probably save it for last just because I love the smell SO MUCH. I'm definitely going to repurchase this one.

Have you guys bought any of the new Lush stuff recently or are you planning to get some soon? I'd love to hear!

Thanks for reading,

Eleanor xx

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LUSH Melting Marshmallow Moment Bath Melt

A week or so ago I found myself in Lush, mostly drawn in by the AMAZING smell all Lush shops have without the intention of buying anything due to the quickly decreasing amount of money in my purse caused by all of my other purchases - going to Westfield was probably a terrible idea.
Although I managed to restrain myself somewhat I still came out of the shop with one product: the melting marshmallow moment bath melt, which looks like this -

It had a fairly strong scent while solid which I wouldn't necessarily compare to a marshmallow but was definitely very sweet and obviously a very pleasant scent (although I found that if I sniffed it for too long it became a bit too much).
Being a bath melt rather than a bath bomb it didn't fizz a great deal and took a while to actually completely dissolve and I ended up crumbling it. This isn't too much of a big deal though as it happens with a lot of bath products. It turned the bath pink, unsurprisingly.
This is how it looks in the bath -

It creates a few bubbles and smells amazing, much less overwhelming than when it is solid. Overall it made for a great relaxing bath and I smelled just like the bath melt when I came out of the bath. It also did not stain the bath pink which is a plus. I would recommend this to anyone who likes sweet-scented bath things!