The Time To Unwind

Hey Ladies,

Baths are a integral part of my week there is nothing like lighting a few candles, grabbing a good book or setting up a movie and taking a long hot bath. And you can't have a bath without dropping in a Lush bath bomb its written in the rules. This week I picked up 2 bombs that I have never tried before Honey Bee and Blackberry.

They smell SO good. Honey Bee smells deliciously of honey and toffee and when I used it I found it left my skin SO soft. Blackberry on the other hand smells much much stronger and has notes of blackberries and bergamot! Some people cut these in half to get more than one use but I like to pop that sucker straight in so I can soak up their unusual aromas and have the scent linger on my skin.

I think we all deserve a wee treat every now and again and for such a small price it is SO worth it!

Ship Shape Lips For Summer!

Hey,

In case you haven't noticed my last beauty post was lip related as I am on a serious lipstick binge and it seems my bank account can't resist a bright pink. Summer is just around the corner and its time to de-flake our lips from their wintry state and prepare for some sun. Today I am bringing you my top four products that will revive any lip condition!

Bubblegum Lip Scrub by Lush
This will be your saving grace if you suffer from chapped lips and can't seem to get rid of the flakiness. Made from castor sugar and jojoba oil it gently scrubs away dead flaky skin to leave your kissers smooth and read for lip balm or lipstick. Lush carries a couple of flavours of lip scrubs such as popcorn and mint julips but personally bubblegum is my favourite. The best part? This product is edible so you can lick away the excess. The price tag? €6.75 and it will last forever, you can find this product in your local Lush or on Lush.co.uk!

EOS Lipbalm
This sphere shaped lip balm has taken the beauty world by storm, with fans all over the globe from the Kardashian's right down to the bloggers and beauty gurus on YouTube. Also containing jojoba oil and shea butter this nourishes lips with no colour payoff so you can replace your Vaseline for this handy little ball. It also come in a range of fruit flavours so there is something there for everyone. I picked mine up in the US but you can find it right here in Ireland on BeautyEmporium.ie for €6.25!

Baby Lips by Maybelline 
Unfortunately this product is currently unavailable in Ireland but with its huge success in the US I have a feeling it wont be long till it arrives on Irish shores. This products promises to protect the lips for 8 hours with its "exclusive lip renew formula" and does it do that? It surely does. I have the shade Grape Vine that smells just like sweet grapes and has a tiny purple tint to it, but with 6 variations I'm sure it won't be hard to find one to suit you. I have heard a rumour that these will launch in April and retail for around €10 but that could just be a rumour considering that it is now the last day of the month! As soon as I spot them I will update this post.

Lip Butter by Korres
If you want a lip balm with more pigment/colour pay off to it then maybe the much talked about Lip Butter by Korres might be the perfect product for you. Fleur De Force on YouTube is a huge fan of this product so I had to try it out. Made from rice wax and shea butter this product leaves the lips deeply moisturised and it is also paraben free! This product also comes in 6 shades/flavour but my personal favourite is Quince which is a pinky red perfect for during the day when I'm not brave enough to wear a red lip! You can find Korres products on ASOS.com and at €10.50 with free shipping, I think you've got yourself a bargain.


Love,
S

The Biggest Haul Ever!

Hey Ladies, 

I have had this post sitting in my drafts for the longest time and I wasn't too sure whether to put it up or not. This is quite a picture heavy post so I am just going to leave the info about the products and not go into too much detail, don't want to bore you to death! I don't have the pricing for most of these products as I bought them a while ago but if I can remember, you bet I will leave it there for you.

Happy Wednesday

Love, 

S

NYX Jumbo Pencil in Milk

€5.75 from BeautyEmporium.ie

MAC Brush Cleanser 

MAC Prep and Prime Skin Smoother

MAC Painterly Paint Pot

MAC Wipes in 30 Sheets

MAC Nightmoth Lip Pencil

Lush Fun

€6 each

Kiehl's Hand Salve

€16.50 Arnott's

MAC Pearl Cream Colour Base

MAC Studio Fix Concealer NC15

MAC Omega Eyeshadow

MAC White Frost Eyeshadow

MAC Cranberry Eyeshadow

Clinique Teddy Bear Eyeshadow Quad

Real Techniques Brushes

3 for 2 Offer in Boots 

Brush Kit €28.99

Single Brush €13.50

Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation Shade 51

Part of 3 for 2 Offer in Boots

Around €15

Just Hype?

Hey Ladies,

Here is my opinion on a product I regret buying. In my bag I carry a small pouch for emergencies, with items in it such as floss, plasters, hand sanitizer, soap etc.. So when I was in Lush last September I picked up the product Toothy Tab's as they claim to be toothpaste in pill form. Handy! 

So I put them in the pouch and didn't need to use it until recently on a over night stay in my brothers. Let's just say I was not impressed. The idea is that you put the tablet in your mouth, chew and then run your brush under the water and then you can brush to your hearts content. It went a bit more like this..... chew.....spit.....use toothpaste instead. 

I am the type of person that if you give me a mint I will break it up straight away but with Toothy Tabs it was like biting a paracetamol very powdery. Then I had little bits of the tablet floating around and so I started to brush and I didn't feel the bits break down. So I gave it my best go but in the end it still felt like I needed to give my teeth a good brush. 

The main reason I bought this product was because you could choose from different flavours, so I chose another version of minty. But, to be honest I didn't even taste the mint when I used the tab. Maybe my tablets have gone off? I hear you say but when I bought them I asked the sales assistant the best before and she said a year unopened. So its unexplainable to me why there was no flavour as I hadn't opened them or used them previous to this one time.

I don't think Toothy Tabs are for me! What do you think of them?

Love,

S

Note: Please excuse the shoddy photography!