Lush Bombardino bath bomb

I know this is a christmas limited edition lush bath bomb, but I thought i'd give my thoughts on it anyway. first of all, in the packet this smells really strongly of cocoa butter and it kind of made me feel a bit ill, you know when a scent just goes straight to the back of your throat and makes you feel a bit queasy? yeah that's what this bath bomb did to me... the strange thing was that I actually liked the scent! It's very warm and slightly sweet, perfect for the winter time. Lush say "Sit back and relax in a bath of creamy Alpine indulgence. With skin-softening cocoa butter and uplifting Sicilian lemon oil." This bath bomb left the water a lovely shade of urine, it was actually quite a disgusting colour but what else did I expect from a yellow bath bomb, flowers and rainbows? moving aside from the rather gross colour, this bath bomb was actually really lovely, once it had dissolved into the water it didn't smell too strongly anymore and was nice and calming, floating around in the water were little bits of what i'm assuming are cocoa butter, like body butter? I rubbed them into my skin and it made me feel so beyond soft I couldn't believe it, i'm lazy when it comes to moisturising so I praised the lord when I got out and didn't need to apply body lotion, booyah! the water was very softening and the light smell lingered on my skin after I got out of the bath, I'm actually quite gutted that I didn't pick up a few of these, but I definitely will this year! I have a whole lot of bath bombs/melts and other goodies to get through, i'm well and truly stocked up from christmas!

Merry Christmas to me | Haul

So whilst i've been christmas shopping I made a few naughty purchases which I probably shouldn't have done... it all started when Aaron gave me an early christmas present, the origins mark marvels gift set (£25) which contains 3 75ml face mask (Intensive overnight mask, Intensive 10 minute mask, Clear improvement active charcoal mask) which I can report back and say they are all amazing, a full blog post will come on them soon. Winter isn't the same without a trip to lush, Baths in the winter time are amazing and so relaxing... although Aaron and my mum have brought me quite a lot of lush goodies for christmas I couldn't wait that long so I got a butterball bathbomb (£2.50) and Snowman (£2.50) which is the christmas version of butterball! I bought my first ever snow fairy shower gel (£10) and I can't get over how sugary sweet it smells, I can't wait to give it a whirl when I finish some of the many shower gels i'm currently using! I repurchased the Brazened honey face mask (£5.95) which is one of my favourite face masks I have ever tried, it leaves your skin looking smooth and radiant and I stupidly forgot to photograph it as it's in the fridge!

Next stop, boots! whilst getting some christmas presents for my good chum Jayne I made a few sneaky purchases, first up the real techniques exert face brush (£9.99) which I have heard so many good things about has now joined my collection, real techniques are also buy one get one half price at the moment!
I am the biggest fan of the Revlon just bitten kissable balm stains (£7.99), they're my favourite lip product ever and I have never seen the shade Romantic in store before so when I saw it I snatched it up and I'm so excited to try it. I also got a free glitter nail polish because I brought three revlon products (two are christmas presents and not mine, so I can't show them because they read my blog!) and finally another product which I don't think I could live without, the bobbi brown corrector (£18.50) I got mine for around £16 because of the 10% off event they had going on, which is always a nice surprise when you're about to pay!

So those are my christmas presents to myself... I lack any self restraint and shouldn't be allowed to go shopping. I'm so beyond excited for christmas and can't wait to chill out with my family and eat lots of good food!

Have you brought any christmas presents for yourself this year as a treat?

Lush brazened honey fresh face mask

"Exfoliating, stimulating and nourishing mask for tired skins. Fresh fruits are blended with warming Ayurvedic herbs and spices, ground almonds to polish and moisturising honey. leaves your skin vibrant and revitalised" This is what the Brazened honey mask (£5.95) claims to do. I don't have a lush store close to me, so I can't just pop in and grab some lovely bath bombs or face masks whenever I need them, I originally popped into lush to pick up the Catastophe cosmetic face mask as I was given a sample of it and loved it! but the last two times I've been in there they don't have it in stock... I was about to walk out and then the brazened honey mask caught my eye, this is one of the masks I hadn't yet tried so I picked it up on a whim... boy am I glad I did!

I think I would go as far as saying that this is my favorite face mask I've tried so far... SAY WHAT? what I love the most about this face mask is that when I wash it off my skin looks radiant and my pores look clear, Usually I don't notice immediate difference after using a face mask, I have to test it out a few times but I noticed results straight after I used this. Oh did I mention that this mask didn't break me out unlike some other face masks? I'm looking at you cupcake! Okay there's one downfall about this product... why does it have to go out of date so quick? I can never finish a whole pot before the expiry date! I have used this mask so many times but it seems to be never ending! I understand it's fresh but ah, it's frustrating... but good on you lush for not using any preservatives in your masks.

Don't forget to save your empty lush face mask packaging! when you take back 5 empty pots you get a free face mask!