4 LUSH Cosmetics Favourites That Aren't Bath Bombs

Surprise surprise here we have another LUSH post. If you can't sense my love for LUSH by now then something is seriously, seriously wrong..

My usual LUSH posts would normally consist of pretty bath bombs & face masks, admittedly though.. normally Bath Bombs - I'm obsessed! I don't think there has ever been a time when I've stepped away from that (which is surprisingly difficult because we all know how bloody amazing LUSH's bath bombs and face masks are) however to mix things up a bit I thought I would share my 4 favourite products that don't always get the attention they deserve.

Lip Scrubs.

Admittedly I used to think people who bought a LUSH lip scrub were being pretty silly and wasting their money, as, lets be honest.. I could quite literally head to my kitchen mix up some sugar, syrup & flavouring and voila! my very own, much cheaper, lip scrub. How wrong I was though. Obviously, these are super easy to make yourself, but why bother when the hard work is done for you? They smell amazing, taste amazing, and last a lot longer than any home made scrub would do. I tend to use mine on a morning when I know I plan to wear certain lipsticks that might be a little drying, and it works wonders. The scrub in the above photo is from LUSH's Christmas range, however you can find the flavours they currently have available here. 

Body Conditioners. 

Never in my life have I ever experienced such baby soft skin until I used LUSH's body conditioners. Im not just saying this, but this little invention is my favourite thing from LUSH. Yep, I said it. You apply the body conditioner whilst in the bath/shower - something I didn't realise when I first used it. You rub it in thoroughly, I tend to leave it to 'soak in' for a few minutes although you really don't need to do this, and then wash it off before I get out. You're then left with baby soft skin, I can't actually describe how soft my skin feels when I use this, my other half notices when I use it too! Which for a bloke to notice, you know it must be good. Again, the one pictured is from the Christmas range as I stocked up because I love the scent, however you can find the scents LUSH currently have available here.

Bubble Bars.

The Comforter scent has always been my absolute favourite from LUSH, I love the fruity scents the best and The Comforter in a bubble bar form doesn't disappoint. It's not as strong as the shower creme, however still leaves my skin smelling amazing for hours when I get out the bath. This particular one will last me a good 4 or 5 baths, granted at £4.95 its a little more pricey than your average bubble bar, but it lasts so much longer. It's a firm favourite and one I will always repurchase. It also creates an insane amount of bubbles, so much so that i'll run myself a bath, come back and it's literally overflowing haha. You can find it here.

Shower Gels.

Another LUSH product that is a staple in my bathroom. Especially in the scent 'Plum Rain'. Im rubbish at describing scents, but to me this literally smells like a greenhouse, as soon as I smelt it it reminded me of being in my nan greenhouse when I was little, think warm tomatoes?! - odd as it's not tomato scented I know haha.. it's super thick and fruity, I usually have to warm it up in the bath with me so it's slightly runnier and easier to use, but aside from the comforter it's my new favourite and again, another product that I keep repurchasing. 

Aside from Bath Bombs, what are your LUSH staples?!

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October Instagram Roundup.

October went by so quickly didn't it?! It really doesn't feel like its been a month since I wrote the September roundup, I've had a pretty busy October - meaning it practically whizzed by, and lots of new photos!

It was my birthday in October, which was a good excuse for cake; how amazing is this cake though?! Mac and me found it in Asda, I really didn't want to cut it! Its white chocolate.

For the first time ever, I broke my beloved iPhone 6! :( I was pretending it was a microphone, and flung it down the toilet haha. It was completely dead,  I spoke to apple, who said it would cost me £260 to repair, so I went to Carphone Warehouse hoping to pay off my contract, and start a new one with a new phone. To find I was due an upgrade months ago, wuhay! :)

Not gunna lie I'm so impressed that I managed to do these myself.. *grins*

I received a fair few gifts for my birthday, all of which I'm really grateful for. My mum bought me the Soap and Glory eyeliner, and the Glad Hair Day. I do love a bit of S&G!

I'm so impressed with the bath bomb collection I've got going on haha.. Matt bought me a gift set for my birthday, I loved everything, so I went on the Lush website to find they now have all of their christmas bits in, clearly I couldn't help myself and bought the whole bleddy shop!

I seem to say this every month, I bought another red lipstick, the obsession is forever strong haha. This one looks so pretty, although I have loads of reds I can assure you each one is a different shade, or so I think, everyone thinks they're exactly the same! 

This little beauty is Matt who I'm forever talking about/bigging up. Who I recently described to my friend as being an 11/10 haha, he was very chuffed. He made my birthday the best one yet, he bought me the nicest, most thoughtful gifts and I couldn't be more thankful. You could tell he thought about each one really carefully, he knows me better than I know myself. This was taken outside of the place we went for a Carvery, for my birthday. But how vile does my hair look.. definitely need to get it dyed! 

This little beauty was one of my presents from Matt, if you've never heard of Imperial Candles, go straight to their website now because you'll definitely want one! Its basically a candle with jewellery inside, Matt chose a ring to go inside mine. He also chose to get me a bath bomb too, which had the prettiest necklace inside. Amazing idea!


I took too many photos this month, so Ive only included a few,
how was your October?!

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5 Instagram Accounts I've Been Loving.

Instagram has quickly became my favourite social media platform, I'm always on it.. it's a bit of an addiction haha! Today I wanted to share another 5 accounts with you; they're beauts so make sure you  give them a follow, and as always, you can find my account here;

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@em_barker

A firm favourite, her account is really bright and colourful, everything I'm aiming for mine to be - but she's doing a much better job at it haha. I'm completely envious of her Instagram and her blog, if she could take over all of my accounts that would be wonderful haha. Em is always liking and commenting on my pictures, which is just lovely of her, and I'm always doing the same back. As i type this she has just liked one of mine haha, we're in sync Em! Her account is just beauuuuutiful, so I think you best get following her!

You can find Em's blog here.

@abieelucas

I don't think I've written a post recently which doesn't feature Abiee in some way?! She's my all time favourite, blogger, instagrammer, yep i definitely just used that word, and internet friend. As I'm sure you've probably gathered by now. She's recently been to France so you can imagine how pretty her account is looking at the minute. I'm pretty sure I've liked every photo of hers, slowly beginning to look like a stalker..  But honestly she's great. Out of everyone that I've featured in todays post, Abiee is the only one who is unfortunate enough to also see my bad side, via my snapchat ahah. Life isn't always as it seems on Insta guys! I love how she doesn't care though..  - need to meet you one day dear, I'm sure we'd get along famously! 

You can find Abiee's blog here.

@iridescentplaces

Again, another account which I'm very envious of, this one consists of brightly coloured photos - most of which are of products, and I'm definitely not complaining about this as recently she reminded me that I needed to try the new Barry M Daylight Curing nail varnishes, so I bought 4. Maybe not so good for those of us that don't like to spend our money haha, but either way the photos are really pretty - as is she!

You can find Caroline's blog here.

@theperksofbeingjade_

Firstly, a massive thank you to Jade, because she is always popping up on my feed and liking my photos - which is lovely of her, and I always find myself doing the same back. She's also a lover of Lush and Disney which is always a bonus haha. I'm slightly obsessed with both.  She makes literally everything photo worthy, and pretty along with it. I have no idea how she does it, when I take a photo of my Starbucks it looks terrible?! Educate me please Jade haha. Again, thank you for being so lovely Jade xo

@mandyferrugia

Ok so how adorable is that dog?! So effing cute.

Before following Mandy's Instagram, I was addicted to her blog, in awe of her photography skills, and how pretty her pictures looked. I then discovered she had Instagram, which has resulted in me not only commenting on pretty much all of her blog posts, but liking a vast amount of her photos on Instagram.. again, looking like a top stalker haha. She just posts the prettiest photos, and I'm so jealous aha. I always keep an eye out for her pictures, they're always so lovely. :) 

You can find Mandy's blog here.




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September Instagram Roundup.

It's been a good while since I've done an Instagram update/roundup, I love these posts, as I get to talk about the picture a little more than I would on good old Insta.

Before we get started, you can find my Instagram HERE.

1 - Macbook. 
Possibly my favourite photo of the month purely due to the fact I finally bought myself a Macbook Pro. Id been saving for this for a little while now, I had enough money so I thought I'd bite the bullet and do it, although I had the money, it still hurt parting with it even though I knew I'd be getting myself a Macbook, I'm a very stingy person! haha.

2 - My Dog.

I visited home this week, (mums house), at the minute I'm living at my dads for a bit as he's on holiday, to find my mum had taken my dog to have a haircut, she looks so tiny when she has one, love her hah.

3 - Lipstick.

This photo is from one of my older blog posts, Red Lipstick Obsession. I really do have a red lipstick obsession, everyone seems to think they're all exactly the same, but lipstick lovers like myself will know they most definitely are not! haha.

4 - My Dads Cat.

I have a new found love for this cat, before staying at dads I hated cats, but this one cuddles up to me and Matt every night, and is generally a really silly cat haha. Matt and myself returned from work to find her sat in his bag, because.. well why not, maybe it was really comfy.

5 - Cupcakes.

Again, whilst staying at dads I made these pretty cupcakes, I never usually bake but I had a craving haha, and I'm so proud of my piping skills! :)

6 - Makeup Purchases.

Everything you can see in this box I bought in September, I can't stop buying makeup.. It's a problem..

7 - Gold Magic Perfume.

Another new found love, this smells incredible and I absolutely love it!

8 - Lush Bath.

My house was freeeeezing last month, so baths returned, and I cannot have one without a Lush product of some sort! 

8 - Jord Wood Watch.

Yep.. Still in love with this. It's beautiful. made completely from natural wood, with a rose gold face, what's not to love really?!

9 - RT's Bold Metals Brushes.

Whilst shopping in Cardiff I spotted these and wanted both, initially I decided to only buy the contour brush, but Matt was kind enough to buy the other one for me, he's too lovely to me! I'm very lucky.

10 - Cavachon Puppy.
I wish this was mine, but unfortunately not. However I'm determined to get one, they are adorable, I need one in my life!



And that would be the end of my Instagram roundup, I hope you enjoyed having a nosey through my pictures, make sure you leave your accounts in the comments, because I'm always stalking people on there and liking too many pictures aha!



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My Autumn|Winter Bedroom.

 

I absolutely love autumn/winter, so much so that I moan through the whole of summer, and when autumn starts to appear I change my room to suit the season literally straight away haha.

 

My bedroom is quite bright and pretty plain, so making it feel warm is actually quite difficult, especially as it's white! So I thought I would share with you the things you would typically find in my room throughout the autumn/winter months, to make it feel a little more cosy! :)

 

I've done this a lot earlier this year, because the UK has been pretty chilly recently! and I'm a really cold person haha.. Or maybe I'm just a little excited that it's almost winter..

 

 

 

 

Now it's getting colder in the evenings I've been opting for baths rather than showers, I can't seem to have a bath without a lush bath bomb, they're my absolute faveeeeee. I keep all of them in my bedroom, because they smell absolutely amazing - last year I had all of the Christmas ones, and my room smelt incredible, and so Christmassy!

Pictured, is Lush's Experimenter.

 

 

Yep.. there it is, the Christmassy looking bedding.. with woodland creatures and reindeers, honestly the aim wasn't for this post to be so Christmassy haha! Throughout summer I either had a butterfly duvet cover, or a bright pastel patch work cover, they're very pretty but for the cooler months I prefer something a bit more muted, and I don't know why, but when I think of the woodland cover I've got on now, I automatically think of autumn/winter, I have no idea why haha! I've also recently changed my thin duvet over to my thicker one, which is so strange getting used to again?! But I always sleep with the window open, even in winter, so this helps massively!

 

I've recently discovered an amazing luxury bedding company called Parachute., and I'm so glad I've found them because their bedding is literally incredible. When we get right into winter I'll be ordering a duvet from these guys, they're incredibly thick but also light weight, there's nothing worse than a thick duvet that's stupidly heavy. I'm used to really cheap bedding, so this would be a treat for me, at the end of the day you get what you pay for, and I imagine their bedding quality is brilliant.

 

 

The fluffy slippers are back! Oh how I've missed these..

 

 

I always find myself cuddling up to this cushion at night, it keeps me so warm haha, is that weird to say?! Probably..

 

 

There's nothing quite like fairy lights in autumn/winter. I have them on literally all the time, they help my room feel so much warmer. And they were only £4 from Primark, bargain!

 

 

Candles are an essential for making a bright room feel cosy. I always have at least one burning, this one in particular was Yankee Candles Cranberry Pear - it smells incredible! I've popped it in my fireplace, as it doesn't actually work, but putting a candle in there gives the illusion that it does, or so I think. Now whilst I was browsing the Parachute website, I stumbled across their candles, and found their Fireside Scented Candle - imagine how amazing this would smell?! I need it. Now. You can find it here.

 

 

And last but not least, I don't think there will ever be a time in the colder months where you won't find a hot chocolate in my room.. and a cake to go with!

 

 

I hope you enjoyed seeing how I change my room around to suit the colder months, it feels so much more cosy now, I'm glad to see the back of summer!

 

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This post was written by myself, and all opinions are my own.

A Big Drugstore, Yankee Candle & Primark Haul.

Myself and my boyfriend spent the weekend just gone in Cardiff, one of the best places to go for shopping - or so I think anyway, it's massive! I picked up a fair few things, so I thought I would share with you what I bought! I haven't included everything, because if I did, you would get incredibly bored.. I bought far too much!

 

 

Primark -  Bambi PJ Bottoms. These are so so soft, and really comfortable. I love the little quote on the leg - these are more of a thin pair of jogging bottoms than PJ's, there's also a matching top but I went with just the bottoms! I think these were around £7.

 

Primark - Fluffy Bed Socks. I wasn't going to buy these! Matt made me haha, and I'm so glad he did. I'm a sucker for anything Disney! These were £2.50
 

 

Primark - Hair Clips and Earrings. I don't think I ever go into Primark and not buy their hair clips, they're the best I've found for my stupidly thick long hair! I also picked up these earrings, the boyfriend chose these, they're rather pretty!:)
Hair Clips - £1.00, Earrings - £1.50

 

Primark - Scarf. Ive wanted a new scarf for aaaaages, I saw this one without even looking at the price at bought it straight away haha, It was only £4.00 though which is an absolute bargain!

 

Boots - Little Mix's Gold Magic Perfume. My new favourite perfume, it smells amazing! I wont try and explain what it smells like because I'm rubbish haha, but seriously it's incredibleeee! £19.95
Hollister - sneakily adding this one in haha, I've always used Hollister body sprays, this one is in the scent Lunada Bay. £11

 

Yankee Candle - Berry Trifle & Snowflake Cookie
Yankee Candles are my favourite, I've bought snowflake cookie 3 times now, however berry trifle is new for this year! I know it's not Christmas yet, but I'm so excited haha!

 

Boots - Sleek MakeUP Crème To Powder Blush in Gerbera -£5.99
Barry M Gelly Nail Paint in Blackberry - £2.50
Both of these I am yet to try, expect a post of me reviewing them when I have tried them!
Rimmel London Match Perfection Foundation - £7.99
Rimmel Lasting Finish Nude Foundation - £7.99 **these are 2 for 10 at the moment!!**


 

So there we have it, I also bought a few pairs of jeans which I haven't included, they're your basic black and blue and not too exciting haha.

Hope you enjoyed having a little nosey into what I bought, expect a few reviews coming up soon, I'm pretty excited to try everything out!

 

 

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JORD Wood Watches.

 

 

 

Oh. My.

I am absolutely in love with this watch, seriously, how beautiful is it?!

 

I will apologise now, this post is going to be very photo heavy.. I literally couldn't stop taking photos of this little beauty.

 

So thanks to the lovely people over at Jord Watches, I am now the proud owner of a Sydney Maple and Rose Gold watch, and how excited am I to share it with you?! Very! When I was first made aware of Jord Watches I was instantly intrigued by how different they look, they are made from 100% natural wood, something which I'm sure I've never seen before, its certainly eye catching isn't it? The wood that Jord uses is completely untreated, and sustainably sourced, and not only do they use maple wood, they also use bamboo, and ebony to name but a few. Very unique.

 

It didn't take me long to choose the watch I wanted, I had a good look through the wide variety they offer, and instantly fell in love with the Sydney in Maple and Rose Gold. I seem to have a big obsession with rose gold at the minute, so I knew instantly this was the one for me, and I definitely wasn't disappointed.

 

 

The Swarovski crystals set around the clock face itself add such a pretty, feminine touch to the watch, I mean, who doesn't love rose gold and sparkles?!

 

The watch didn't take long to arrive at all, I waited just over a week, although it felt longer as I was just so excited to receive it. I annoyingly missed delivery, how annoying is it when you literally miss it by seconds?! So off to the post office I went to pick it up. Opening up the package I didn't expect it to be in such beautiful packaging..

 

 

The watch itself was sitting on a little tweed cushion, inside a really pretty wooden box, I'm going to keep this - and maybe keep jewellery in it, it's too pretty to not get a use out of it! The packaging is always an important part for me, if the packaging feels cheap and tacky, I won't have high hopes for the product - is that bad of me? Probably.. but the packing for this watch looks and feels of such high quality, I'm very impressed.

 

But what it all comes down to is how it feels to wear it, it's incredibly lightweight, which is a bonus for me, as my wrists are tiny, and anything too heavy is super uncomfortable, this sits nicely, without sliding or moving around. This is due to the brilliant sizing system Jord has, you are able to measure your wrist on their website, you then send them your measurements, and they make the watch to fit. Brilliant! Extra links are also included, should you ever need them.

 

 

Psssstttt, can we just appreciate how pretty it looks with my black nails? Haha.. the little things!

 

 

 When wearing this watch, I've had so many lovely comments, and that's because of how delicate and truly beautiful it is, I cannot big it up enough.

And an even bigger bonus? Jord now offer FREE shipping worldwide, yep, that's right, completely free. So now you have no excuse not to get one! If you are anything like me, and have never worn a watch, this one will completely convert you. It felt strange to begin with, but wearing it so often I now feel undressed when I don't have it on.. Like when I go out without perfume on haha.

Make sure you have a good look through all of the watches, you will fall in love with them all! You can find them HERE.

To have a look at this particular watch, you can find it HERE.

Ps, make sure you are following Jord Watches on Instagram, their feed is literally flawless, and shows you a good variety of what they have to offer! - Jord Wood Watches.

 

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