Winter Lush Haul

I love a good Lush haul. I originally went into Lush to buy Christmas presents, but I can never buy something without buying myself something too...

I purchased three of the bath bombs. The first is the Northern Lights Bath Bomb. The bomb looks AMAZING in the bath, with shades of purple, yellow and blue flowing around the bath- just like the northern lights. This one has a musky scent and is more for a night time bath. It has a deep sensual smell of ylang ylang and jasmine.

The next bath bomb is the Never Mind the Ballistics Bath bomb. This is a sweet one- it smells divine. The scents are of orange, lime and bananas; a really fruity one. It's a good one for a morning bath, to wake you up. This one is pink and yellow, leaving a brightly coloured bath. The pink side is more of an oil that leaves your skin feeling extra soft. 

Finally, the Lava Lamp Bath Bomb. This one smells of orange sherbet which I loved! I love the sweet scents. The three purple orbs are made of cocoa butter and they look like the orbs in a lava lamp. When the orbs melt they leave a moisturising layer of oil. This one left my skin feeling so moisturised thanks to the extra oils. However, it was a total nightmare to clean off of the bathtub sides!

I'm always up for buying products that make me feel relaxed and ready for sleep (not that I'm not always feeling ready for sleep). So when I saw the Sleepy Body Lotion I had to purchase it. 
The smell is mostly of Lavender and oatmeal. The lotion is rich, creamy and leaves skin feeling soft. It's a lovely calming lotion for Winter evenings. 

I also purchased the Rose Jam Shower Gel. I always repurchase this one as it smells amazing, like Turkish delight. It has a subtle deep floral scent, with hints of rose, vanilla and lemon. The smell lingers on the skin out of the shower and is great paired with the Charity Pot body lotion. The gel lathers well and leaves skin feeling soft.

I always pick up the Charity Pot from Lush. It's an all round good moisturiser. 100% of the profit goes to small charities that Lush work with so I'm more than happy to keep repurchasing. The lotion is a rich cream and has scents of Rose and Shea butter. It has a really relaxing and comforting scent and sinks in nicely. 

Above- Lava Lamp Bath Bomb

November Glossybox

This months box was pretty impressive. The boxes have been really good the last few months. It came with 5 full size items! I loved the variety in this box and it even came with  chocolate!

The first item is a set of three Wilkinson Sword Quattro Raspberry Rain Razors. These alone are worth £5.69 so I was impressed to see these in the box. This is hands down the best razor I have used. The razors have four blades and they shave off every single hair. The soft gel part on the razor has lasted a long time, it hasn't decided to crumble off like other razors after the first few uses! The raspberry scented handle is also a nice touch. 

Another product is the Ruby Large Tapered Blending Brush. This is worth £8. I absolutely love it when they include brushes in the boxes. Mainly because I'm too lazy to wash my existing brushes. haha. I've been using this one as a crease brush to blend the darker eyeshadow into the crease of my eye. It's such a lovely brush, it's really soft, has no fallout, and blends really well.

The 111Skin Bio Cellulose Facial Treatment mask came in this months box. It is worth a whopping £20! Now, I would NEVER repurchase this and pay that for a single sheet mask, but this was a nice treat from the box. It didn't irritate my sensitive skin, which is always a good thing. It really did hydrate my skin and leave it feeling lovely and soft. The mask was so huge, it kept sliding off my face. However, that could have been because I have a bit of a pea head...

Another product is the De Bruyere Beaute Jumbo Eye Pencil in Bubble 07. This one is worth £15. I absolutely love eyeshadow crayons! They are so quick to use, and this blends out great with the Ruby Tapered Brush. It's a lovely light copper colour, with a slight shimmer to it. It blends out really well and only creased at the end of the day!

The last product is the Kiss Looks So Natural Lashes. These were a little tricky to apply, and the glue took such a long time to dry. I would use the Eyelure glue next time! These are nice lashes for an everyday use but the lashes I usually use are a lot more dramatic than these. They have a good length band and I didn't need to trim these ones. These are worth £4.95.

I was really impressed with this month's box, it's worth a total of  £53.64! 

Tanya Burr's Autumn Collection

I'm a little late writing this blog post. A lot late actually. I've been so busy with my new placement, university assignments and general life that I have neglected my blog! I've got lots of posts lined up though as I've been pretty spendy recently! (oops)

The new Tanya Burr Autumn collection looked so fabulous that I had to try out a few bits. The packaging is so beautiful! The collection is composed of 6 lipstick shades, 3 cheek illuminator shades, a body illuminator, face illuminator and a Midnight Smoulder eyeshadow palette. 

Firstly, I picked up the Forever Cheek Illuminator. This is a pinky-toned highlighter. Out of the three this is the one I would use most. It provides a really glowy finish. There are no glitter particles or anything like that in it, just a really nice sheen. The texture is really creamy, It blends nicely and is super easy to apply in the stick form. This one is really lovely for a cheekbone highlight. It was £6.99.

I also picked up the Face Illuminator. This one was £7.49, a little goes a really long way with this product, so it's great value for money. This is really similar to the L'Oreal Lumi Magique Pure Light Primer. It provides an amazing base. It adds a lot of glow to your base. Foundation applies really well on top of this. It's a little tricky to dispense as it has a pump but the product is in a tube, so sometimes the product doesn't pump out. It also smells like cocoa butter.

Out of the 6 lipsticks I chose Birthday Cake. This was the one I felt I would get the most wear out of. It's a light pink. This one is really Similar to Mac's Creme Cup. It glides on nicely and leaves a nice shine to your lips. The lipstick has really good pigmentation as well as being super hydrating. These are £6.99.

Lastly, I purchased the Midnight Smoulder Eyeshadow Palette. This was £5.99 and was such a bargain. All of Tanya's palettes are pigmented but this one is SUPER pigmented. The shadows are such good quality. I love the quad shadow palettes she comes out with as they are super handy and are so reasonably priced. This one is really good for a wintery evening look. They blend really well and the packaging is so pretty.

Swatches Bottom-Top = Forever Summer Cheek Illuminator, Lipstick in Birthday Pink, Star Gazing Shadow, Endless Sky Shadow, Midnight Navy Shadow, Into the Night Shadow.

I absolutely love this range. Good job Tanya. The products are such good quality for money and the packaging is stunning!

October Glossybox

This contents of this month's box were chosen by Youtuber Essie Lalonde. It contains 4 full size products and one miniature product. There's also an extra mystery product in this months box! I was really impressed with this months box and love each and every product!

The first Item in the box is the Trifle Cosmetics Lip Parfait in Exotic Fruits. Firstly, the packaging of this product is adorable. I love the card packaging with the cute fruit images and the gold tube inside. The formula is very light and hydrating.The colour looks like a very light pink. However when you apply it it is so light that it looks like you have applied foundation to your lips! I was probably most disappointed by this product as it simply looks lovely. 

The next product is the Universal Beauty Cosmetics Secret Flush Soothing Cream Blusher and Lip Stain Duo. It is worth £15.00! This is such a lovely product! It's a lovely colour for this time of year. As a blush I was surprised at how well it blended. It's really build-able and gives a lovely rosy glow to your cheeks. I also really like using it as a lip colour. It's really creamy and fairly pigmented with a lovely sheen.This is a handbag essential!

Another product in the box was the Rituals Ritual of Sakura Magic Touch Body Cream. This is worth £6.00. I already have the Rituals Ritual of Sakura Shower Foam that has this scent and I love it. It smells so relaxing and calming. It's quite a thick moisturiser but it sinks in pretty quickly. The smell lingers on your skin for a long time.  It feels really soothing and hydrating on skin.

The Bee Good Honey and Camelina Facial Exfoliator was also included in this months box. I've tried things from this brand before and loved them, and this one didn't disappoint! It smells quite herbal and relaxing. It doesn't have as many beads in it as I usually like but I like a really harsh facial scrub. After use it it leaves my skin feeling lovely and soft. I'm going through a bit of a break out at the moment so I'm hoping this will help de-congest any clogged pores! This is worth £10.50.

Another product is the PS PRO Longwear Lip Liner Pen from the Primark Beauty range. It's in the shade Red Carpet Red. This is worth £3.00. I was so surprised by this product! The colour is a lovely deep red. I've never used a lip liner that's like a felt tipbefore, but it applied so precisely and didn't bleed at all. A real staple product for Autumn. I can't wait to try out other products from the range!

The last product was a mystery shampoo. It's a bestselling shampoo that has recently had an update. I have a feeling it's a new Head and Shoulders Shampoo as it smells very similar to one I'm currently using!  It's a really handy travel size!