Lush Valentines 2016: Unicorn Horn

When you think you have enough Lush to be getting one with after the Lush Boxing Day Sales that your collection is spilling out from the vessel that you keep it all in, Lush bring out their limited edition Lush Valentines Day Collection. It was only last year that I tried stuff from their Valentines and fell in love with the Unicorn Horn Bubble Bar - and I was so pleased to see it return this year - better than ever. 

 Unicorn Horn Bubble Bar

Look at it, I mean, just look at it! The rainbow of pastel colour delight all wrapped up in one amazing bubble bar. I am a real sucker for Lavender scented products - especially if they are designed to help you sleep at night. I love feel all cosy and relaxed before bedtime. After trying this product last year, I fell in love with and hoped it would come back this year and I was so pleased it had. I personally think that it is new and improved for this year - definitely better than last year's one. 

When crumbled under running water, it creates a beautiful pink colour to the water as well as creating Lavender scented bubbles that surround you in the bath. The scent lasts for the entire time you are in the bath - which is amazing - and it is really good one to use after a challenging or stressful day. I instantly felt relaxed after bathing in this particular bubble bar. 

The bubble bar contains: Lavender Oil, Ylang Ylang Oil and Neroil Oil. Overall the strongest scent is Lavender - but not overpowering - just a gentle scent that surrounds. Even though it does not really have anything in it - like a butter - it nourishes the skin and you come out feeling silky soft and ready for bed. A good product to use alongside Unicorn Horn would be Dream Cream Hand and Body Cream. 

A great present for a friend, family or loved one for Valentine's Day. I might pick up another one before they disappear until next year - hopefully! 

For this bubble bar: £4.25. 

Love, Becky x 

Lush Valentines 2016

After the hype of all the Lush Winter Products and of course the Lush Boxing Day Sale - which in the UK we get 50% off online and in stores, we think everything is settling back down when we get the introduction of Lush Valentines Products. 

Of course we do not get loads of products, like we do for Winter but we get some awesome limited edition products in order to celebrate the season of love. I was so excited to get my hands on some of the new products and try them out. 

Lush Valentines 2016

 Lover's Lamp Bath Bomb

If you remember Lava Lamp - which came out as part of the new products for Lush Oxford Street - but was taken off the shelves due to a problem - but I have heard is coming back for Lush Spring - this product has a similar design to it. For a simple product, it is really effective and packs a lot of in scent. I have fallen in love with this product due to the fact is smells exactly like Terry's Chocolate Orange - which are my favourites. The little love hearts, are bath oils - which works in the same way as the Yog Nog Bath Bomb which came out for Lush Winter. When the bath bomb fizzes away - quickly the little heart oils are released adding a lovely oil to the bath which is amazing for your skin. Unlike other bath bombs, in which the scent stays for a bit and then wonders off - the scent lasts the entire time you are enjoying the bath - a massive bonus in my book - especially as it's chocolatey goodness. It contains: Fair Trade Organic Cocoa Butter, Fair Trade Vanilla Absolute, Brazilian Orange Oil, Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Organic Castor Oil, and Red Edible Hearts. For a simple design, I found it extremely effective and might pick up one or two more before Valentines is over. For this Bath Bomb: £4.25. 

Prince Charming Shower Cream 

Now, they brought out Prince Charming Shower Gel last year - which I fell in love with last year and stocked up. I was so pleased when I saw it was coming back this year - however I was even more pleased to discover that it had been improved and turned into a shower cream - making it more amazing than the previous year shower gel. What strikes me about this shower cream, is the brilliant bright pink colour - which is amazing especially for the season of love. What I have found about this Shower Cream, it is much thicker than your typical shower gel or the other shower creams which have come out in the Lush Oxford Street Store. I am so pleased I went for the 500g bottle and hopefully I won't use it all quickly. The Shower Cream contains: Marshmallow Root, Fair Trade Vanilla Pod Infusion, Fresh Organic Pomegranate Juice, Fair Trade Organic Cocoa Butter, Grapefruit Oil, Sandalwood Oil, and Geranium Oil. Even though I know what it contains, there is something about this scent I cannot put my finger on, however it is extremely intoxicating as well as being nourishing to the skin. For this Shower Cream: £4.95 for 100g, £9.75 for 250g, £16.50 for 500g and £27.95 for 1kg. 

Love Spell Massage Bar

Unfortunately, this particular product is not widely available due to that fact it is a Lush Oxford Street Exclusive. I am lucky enough to have my sister who lives in London pick this up for me to try out. Now when it comes to massage bars, I am loyal to my Each Peach and Twos a Pair which I am forever using and always repurchasing. However, when this was introduced into my life, I was wary but I have now fallen in love with it - and might be wanting to purchase another one just before they disappear forever. Also just before Valentines is over, I think - due to rumours - these might appear in the Lush Kitchen. One initial sniff, I thought it might be similar to Rosey Cheeks Fresh Facial Mask - which is does hint as being the same scent family. The bar is moisturising, feels amazing when glided over the skin with the scent not being too overpowering - which some of the massage bars can be. I love using this after shaving my legs - especially as it kills the redness caused my shaving. This massage bar contains: Fair Trade Organic Cocoa Butter, Fair Trade Shea Butter, Organic Jojoba Oil, Rose Hip Syrup, Fair Trade Organic Aloe Vera Gel, Neroli Oil, Organic Lemon Myrtle Oil and Fresh Rose Petals. Lovely massage bar overall and definitely one that I did not think I would grab for over and over again. For this massage bar: £5.95. 

I still have another one to try out of the collection, but overall I am loving the products from this limited edition Valentine's Day Collection for 2016. 

Love, Becky x 

Lush Kitchen: Phuket Bath Bomb

In my collection of various Lush products, I have a little section dedicated to the limited products that I have managed to pick up from the Kitchen, since discovering it around this time last year. I have been weary about using them, due to that fact that they are one off discoveries, especially if I only have one and end up loving it and cannot get my hands on it again. However, since then I have been slowly getting through them and enjoying them, rather than keeping them - like my mum says - for best! 

Phuket Bath Bomb

When this bath bomb appeared in the Kitchen, I was not sure about whether I would like it, so therefore decided not to place an order. However, my sister picked up a couple when she was ordering from the Kitchen and it turned out she did not like them - but I tried one when I was staying at her house and discovered that I loved them and came home with the other one. 

On first smelling it, I really did smell of coconut- which is a scent that never usually appeals to me and something I tend to avoid. However because the scent is not overpowering therefore it is something that I have learnt to enjoy and really actually love in my bathtub! 

The Phuket contains: Coconut Cream, Coriander Oil, Vetivert Oil, Orange Oil, Desiccated Coconut and Gardenia Extract. As I have mentioned before, the coconut is the stand out scent, but it is mixed with the Orange in order to make it a lovely bath bomb. 

In conclusion, if you can get your hands on one of these, then I would definitely recommend it - especially if you like anything than smells of coconut. As these are Lush Kitchen exclusives, you'll have to wait for them to come back around. 

For this bath bomb: £3.75. 

Love, Becky x  

Lush Kitchen: Three Gold Rings

I remember discovering the Lush Kitchen, it was early last year when I was searching the website one evening - to discover this Lush Kitchen which makes small batches of retro, discontinued, limited edition products. It was from then I started to follow the Lush Kitchen on Instagram where every Friday - it use to be Sunday - at 3pm they put the list up for the products they are making each day of the following week. It is from then that all alarms are set for the different morning of getting up in order to quickly rush to laptops, tablets or Mobile Phones to make sure you get that particular Lush Kitchen Exclusive on that day of the week. 

From discovering the Lush Kitchen, I have tried products I loved and hated and made sure that when they came back around in the Kitchen that I would make sure - between myself and my sister - they we stocked up on our favourite products. In a future blog post, I will do my Top Lush Kitchen Picks. 

Just before Christmas, my sister picked up from the Kitchen on their last day of selling Santa's Sack Bubble Bar and Three Gold Rings Bubble Bar - they arrived this week. 

Three Gold Rings Bubble Bar

I'll start off by saying, this bubble bar really did present itself when I opened up the box from Lush Kitchen this week. I have to say the scent of Three Gold Rings is extremely strong when wrapped up in its Lush Kitchen paper, I therefore thought that it was going to be a really strong smelling bubble bath. 

However, when it was crumbled up into the running water, the smell sort of disappeared. They only exciting thing about it was the amount of bubbles it created and the fact it turned the bath water a really interesting colour. The smell vanished which really did surprise me, with it being so strong in the box and the packaging as well as holding it whole before crumbling into the bath tub. 

Going back to the smell, it took me ages to figure out what it reminded me of. A lot of Lush products are part of the same family, therefore you can usually get a matching Shower Gel or Bath Bomb to go alongside a bubble bar etc. I then figured out that is shares it scent with Pot O Joy Shower Jelly, which came out last year as part of the Easter Collection - but to celebrate St Patrick's Day - which falls in between Valentines and Easter. I do like the scent, and enjoy the matching Shower Jelly, but is not a scent I would make the effort to repurchase. 

Three Gold Rings contains: Golden Lustre, Myrrh Resinoid, Soya Milk Powder, Sweet Orange Oil, Fair Trade Vanilla Absolute and Perfume. The strong scent was defintely the mix between the Orange Oil and Vanilla. It was so overpowering it was almost sickly and I was please to get them out of my room and into the bathroom where I store all my Lush. Thankfully it has not overpowered my other products. 

In all honestly, I do not think I would repurchase this particular product. I found it to be more of a gimmick rather than something that was moisturising or nourishing like other Lush Products are. I was overall disappointed. 

For this bubble bar: £3.95.

Love, Becky x 

Lush Kitchen: Skullduggery Bath Bomb

One of my favourite Lush scents has to be Calacas. Ever since I got my hands on Calacas Shower Gel over the summer last year I fell in love with the citrusy, fruity scent when using it in the shower. When the list came up in the Lush Kitchen for Skullduggery Bath Bomb, I was so pleased to find out that it shared it's scent with my favourite shower gel and could not wait to pop in the bath!

Skullduggery Bath Bomb

In all honestly, I like anything that has some sort of skull related theme to it, apart from actual skulls they are creepy, but I have always been partial to the skull print or design - hence why I am a massive fan of Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas. So this particular bath bomb did please me completely when I saw a picture of it. 

When placing this bath bomb into the water, the first thing that sort of shocked me was the red part - the heart shaped eyes. When entering the water they are the first part to really get going - which in all honesty looks like blood pouring from the eyes. If you can get past that point, then you will truly enjoy Skullduggery. 

Skullduggery contains, Lime Oil, Oilbanum Resinoid, Neroli Oil and Pink Heart Confetti. The Calacas scent fills the surrounding, creating a refreshing and cleansing bath time experience. As I have mentioned in previous posts, I am more of the citrus/refreshing baths - rather than spicy scented baths. Therefore, this bath bomb was right up my street when it slotted straight into my kind of baths category. I am so pleased to have another one stored in my collection and hoping that during this year they pop up in the Kitchen again. 

For the bath bomb: £3.75.

Love, Becky x 

Happy New Year!

Hello All!!! 

Hope you all had a lovely Christmas and a Wonderful New Year!

Now that the Christmas break is over, I am back to blogging. 

Here is a break down of what is going to be featured on my blog this year in order to give it a shake up! 

New for 2016

Reviewing New, Old, Discontinued, Limited Edition and Collections

"How To's" 

Spring, Summer, Autumn & Winter Essentials 

Top Picks 

Katie's Picks 

Spa Treatments 

New In

Product/s of the Week 

This is what I have thought of for now, but probably will add things as the year goes on as well as looking at what blog posts seem popular and most read in order to see what content I add to my blog! 

Thank you again for your continuing support! 

Happy New Year All!

Love, Becky x 

New Posts every Monday and Friday!!!!