Beauty | A Little Bit Of MAC, Benefit And Lush

Although I may have been having a slight quiet spell on my blog recently, I can't say the same for my shopping habits! I have still been avidly shopping to my hearts content and my poor bank balance's despair. In fact, this is like part 1 out of three separate hauls!!

However, one is a slight cheat. I had lots of points on my boots advantage card so decided to buy Benefit's Lolli Tint when it came out, after falling in love with the colour from swatches on many blogs - yes, I'm a follower and not a leader!

Next, I took a little trip into Lush as my skin has been going crazy at the moment and I wanted some organic products to help with my oil levels and these face masks were recommended to me along with a few free samples of moisturisers. I picked up Dark Angels and Mask of Magnaminty.

Finally, during my absence, MAC released their Fantasy of Flowers collection, and as they had many beautiful items, it would of been rude not to pick a few bits wouldn't?! Which is why Azalea In The Afternoon Blush and the Rose Lily Lipstick have ended up in my make-up collection. Opps!

Full reviews of each product shall be coming soon!

What have you been buying recently?!

The Lush Christmas Candy Box.

Without fail, my Brother will buy me some goodies from Lush for Christmas, this is usually one of their gift sets because A. I love all the products they contain and B. He then doesn't have to wrap it! This year he brought me The Lush Christmas Candy Box.

Inside the box contains some of my most favourite products such as Snow Fairy! Christmas isn't Christmas without plenty of helpings of Snow Fairy in the shower! There was also a lip scrub in the box. I already have the bubblegum lip scrub and love it. This scrub smells so yummy and just like toffee!

 

I haven't tried the other three products yet, but I can't wait to, and I'll blog about some of them when I do. The white Butterball Bath Ballistic has a gorgeous vanilla smell to it, and I'm also mad on Vanilla with my bedroom completely kitted out with Vanilla scented candles! Next is the Candy Mountain Bubble Bar and I can't wait to see it work and have my bath filled with lots of bubbles, perfect for relaxation! Finally is the Rockstar Soap. Again, it has an amazing bubblegum smell to it. I love anything with an amazing scent, and I can't wait to replace my existing soap with this one!

 

I'm a bit of a Lush virgin, and don't tend to buy many products myself, but I'm going to start buying some.

What would you recommend?

Christmas 2012 - The Best Yet.

This Christmas really was the best yet. It was spent with my family and all the ones I love. Christmas day and Boxing day consisted to eating and drinking, exchanging presents, playing silly family games, watching all the Christmas TV and dozing by the fire. I wouldn't have spent my Christmas in a different way it really was the best. I was also so incredibly spoilt by my family and boyfriend and I felt it very overwhelming. They had all been so kind and generous and I cannot thank them enough.

I know lots of people like these kinds of posts, myself included as a way to be nosey and see all the fabulous gifts which everyone received. If you don't like these posts then I would suggest you do not read it or comment. This isn't me bragging about what I was given it's a way for bloggers to share what they all got.

As you can tell I've been very spoilt! There really aren't enough words to explain how I feel! I love my family so incredibly much and cannot wait to start 2013 with them!

Hope you all had a lovely Christmas!!

If you did a similar post about what you got for Christmas don't forget to leave the link for me to read!!

#41 My First Taste Of Lush.

Yesterday was my 18th Birthday, and I have to say I had the most amazing time ever, and I am so grateful to my friends and family for everything they did for me. I'm STILL collecting pictures so for now I'm afraid you're going to have to have another review!
For Christmas my Brother asked what he could get me which would also be affordable, and so to quickly rack my brains I told him to get me something from Lush. I have never had the chance to use the bath and shower products before but after seeing so many great reviews they are exactly what I thought they would be! My Brother did a cracking choice of buying my the Snow Fairy

The Snow Fairy comes beautifully wrapped, and my Brother thought that he would be clever and get away with giving it to me like this! Flipping Cheek!

 It broke my heart to remove the lovely wrapping as it just looked so gorgeous! But once opened I found a box and a lovely personalised sticker sealing it. Things like this make presents and products all the better. I'm not sure who Bart and his 'Team' are, but thank you for wrapping my Snow Fairy!

Once inside the box I was greeted my the most amazing smell in the world. It was very fruity and sweet but not too over-powering where it gives you a headache. The colourful  Ecoflow protected my products well and a brilliant plus is that the Ecoflow is environmentally friendly as it is expanded waste potato starch and can be reused.The box also included a very small Newspaper on all the different products Lush do, so I'll certainly be looking more in to what they do. The leaflet is also very handy in so far as it tells you how to use each product too.

And these are the lovely products which were inside the box! The Snow Fairy is a shower gel for your body and your hair. However, with my hair type I haven't been using it as a Shampoo even though it would make your hair smell divine! It's Candyfloss with hints of glitter and sparkle in it which I'm certainly not complaining about, every girl has got to have some sparkle in her life!
Next is the Shimmy Shimmy which is a sparkly, golden, vanilla scented heart bar which is another amazing smelling product and actually does what it says by leaving the glitter on your body rather than floating about in the bath! It also made my skin feel so soft and moisturised.
Finally I received the Angels Delight which is apparently the reason why Angels visit earth at Christmas. But I can assure you that no Angels showed up whilst I was having my bath thank god! Again I cannot fault Lush for the amazing fruity smell and quality of this product!