Lush purchases and a raffle win

Hello again! So today I'll be talking about my first experience in a Lush Cosmetic store and a look at an item I won at a silent auction!

First of all - Lush! I've never been in simply because I normally get so much bath and body stuff for Christmas and my birthday that I cannot justify buying more. Plus, my skin is incredibly sensible and I'm often reluctant to purchase new things in case I break out. However after running out of products I received as gifts, I needed some new items and wanted to try Lush. I'd spent a lot of time looking at reviews online and decided that if anything was going to help my skin, it would be these products.

So, I went to the store on Princes Street and was literally overwhelmed by the smells and choices. Luckily one of the workers came straight over and offered to help! He not only showed me what products were what but showed me how they looked in water and recommended specifics for me. The service was quite unbelievable and for that alone I'd definitely go back! Anyway I ended up picking up £53 worth of products and will be reviewing them as I use them!

My first review is of the magic wand bubble bar. Beautiful and bright with an amazing candy smell! It's also reusable which makes it really great value for money considering it's only £5.25. Mines has barely changed size and I've used it 4 times already! The bath goes a lovely pastel pink when used and the smell stays for hours which is impressive! I'd highly recommend this product especially for gifts as it looks pretty too.

My other news is what I won at a silent auction a friend of mine held for her son's pipe band. She had contacted me after seeing my Harry Potter tattoo on Facebook to let me know one of the items on auction - a signed Daniel Radcliffe photograph from when he was filming the Dealthy Hallows: Part 2. Of course I was straight in there and won it at £35, much less than I expected to pay. So I have that among my collection of Harry Potter items and hopefully it will continue to grow!

Thanks for reading everyone, I'll be back soon with a couple of Christmas gifts I've bought for family members and another Lush product review!
xox

Halloween

Hello everyone, so first off, apologies for not being active the past couple of weeks! It's deadline time at uni and well with 8 essays I have no time for anything let alone dressing well. However, I had Halloween off to get myself out and had an absolute blast.

If you follow my Instagram you will have seen that I dressed as a lion for the second time in a row. This year though I made much more of an effort with make up which was an awful lot of fun. 

Below you can see my make up which was just copied off someone whose image I found whilst googling 'lion make up' and thought I'd give it a bash as it looked amazing. All the black eyeliner is Benefits Magic Ink on the top with MaC black eye pencil on the bottom! I used a MAC white eye liner on my bottom lip and on my eye to seep rate the top and bottom black lines (hope that makes sense)

My nose and upper lip were done using a Topshop black lipstick called 'Raven' with the dots below my nose being done with the black MAC pencil.

This make up surprisingly lasted the whole night which was very impressive but I did use Urban Decays make up setting spray which is how it stayed on. I swear by this spray as my make up never budges and stays looking like I just done it!

For Halloween me and the other half went to a friends house party and had a fantastic time! Met a couple of new people and caught up with friends I hadn't seen in a few weeks. Plus it barely cost a penny as they kindly provided food and I only needed to bring a bottle of wine! 

A photo of me and Scott so you can see his hilarious Teletubbies outfit which was just brilliant!

Hope use had a great Halloween like myself and I'll be back in the next couple of days with a review of a recent purchase!

Xox