Lush Oxford Street! Haul and Make-up Review

Hey guys!
Yesterday I got to go to the brand new Lush store on Oxford Street! It was absolutely amazing! They opened the doors a day early for staff members which was so much fun, and it was great being able to mingle with other employees!

Here's just  a few pictures of the things I bought!

Yes... it looks like a lot! But trust me, I could have bought more! There's around 200 new products and although we were there for SEVEN HOURS we still didn't see them all! They kept getting deliveries with more products coming out constantly, I made 4 trips to the tills!

I really look forward to going back in a few months and seeing how it it all looks again, and being able to have a good look around when it's not so crazy!

I won't go into a lot of detail with what everything is right now, it would be a huge post! So I'll keep doing them as I use the products so I can tell you what they're like too :)

So far, I've used the make-up, I was so excited I had to! haha 

Passion Fruit Lip Balm

Seriously tastes amazing and I can still smell it on my lips hours after I've applied it! It's beautiful and light so give you just a thin layer on your lips, instead of some balms which feel thick and heavy! 

Shades of Nude

This little thing is a beaut. It completely confused me when I saw it but the lovely Kayley showed me how it worked and I fell in love! There is also Shades of Pink and Shades of Red which looked amazing but sadly there were only testers, none to buy at that moment in time. 

What you do, is apply it straight onto your lips and use the different colours to create different shades of nude! It sounds so simple... how has no-one thought of this before?! 

Zealous Jewel Shadow

Just like the shades of Nude, this is a product you apply straight onto your skin. The colour is a gorgeous turquoise with shimmer. It applies so creamy but sets just like a powder! 

Faithful Lipstick. 

I. LOVE. THIS.

I am a huge fan of Lush's lip colours anyway, but the fact they are now actual lipsticks makes me so happy! There are 29 colours and all are so gorgeous! Some returning favourites but in stick form such as passionate and decisive, some new like faithful (a dark pink, like passionate but without the shimmer) and Soul which is clear but all glitter!

Courage Eye Liner

So the eye liners have stayed in the same bottles as before but they've changed the formula and played around with the colours! This is one of the newbies in the collection. It's a gorgeous forest green with emerald shimmer...I love it!

Insight Earth Eye Powder

I am soooo happy Lush have come out with powder eyeshadows! These are beautiful! Applied dry they are like pure shimmers, but mixed with a mixing medium the colours really pop out and the shimmer is insane! Insight applied dry doesn't stand out much on its own, it has a lovely pink shimmer perfect for inner eye highlighting but when I mixed it with MAC's Fix+ this is what I got! A candy floss, shimmery pink shadow.

Carefree Eye Powder

I think this could possibly be one of my favourite eye shadows I now own... 

Applied dry you get a blue/purple/pink duo-chrome effect but applied with Fix+ it looks like a shocking blue with purple/pink shimmer, absolutely beautiful! 

So that's all the make-up I bought! I wish I got more but my bank would be after me.. 

I am now off for a lovely bath with all my lovely products and I can't wait to share more reviews with you! 

Here's a few more pictures, things I'll review and a few of the day.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

 

I hope everyone has had a wonderful week! My lovely boyfriend got me a new laptop for Christmas, so FINALLY I might be able to put some posts up!

 

As soon as I have it all set up, photos uploaded etc. I will have some new looks for you!

 

I'm off to Canada tomorrow (excited and nervous about the flight!) so fingers crossed I'll have some hauls to upload too!

 

I'm so excited!

 

See you all in the new year!

x

Sorry guys...

Hey guys!

Sorry I've been gone for such a long time! It's been crazy busy down my end.
In the next few months I'm going to try and get some more looks out for you guys!

I did have some ready to go, but I managed to delete everything off my sd card D':
I'm soo gutted! I had a beautiful look using the Sleek MakeUp Rio rio palette ready to put up and I've lost it! Gutted!

Nevermind, will have to do it again!

See you soon x

Daily dose of Lush...Shine So Bright

Aloha Amigos!
Ok so this is a product that is perfect for people like me who mistreat their hair! I treated mine so badly due to straightening and bleaching that I've recently had to chop it all off into a pixie cut... however! This can be prevented with one little Lush Balm...

Shine So Bright is a hair balm to help treat split ends. Nothing is going to be able to get rid of split ends, apart from a few inches taken off the bottom with a pair of scissors, but you can minimise the damage and prevent any more from occurring by rubbing a small amount of this balm into the ends of your hair using your fingers.

Made with coconut oil, olive oil and shea butter it adds moisture to your hair and also doubles as a hair perfume too! Neroli oil, rosewood and grapefruit oils leave the hair with a fruity floral fragrance.

Not only do I used this for my split ends but I love using it on my fly aways! Now I have short hair there seems to be quite a few so I use this balm to calm them down and hold them in place and it works wonders!

When I recommend this product I always get asked if it makes your hair appear greasy, but because you're only using it on the ends of your hair (or for fly aways) it's never as issue. The ends of your hair are always the driest area so a little balm is going to help moisturise it and make it look beautiful!

 

Has anyone ever tried it?

x

Daily dose of Lush...Movis Soap!

Hello! Another new product today - Movis :D
This has very quickly made it's way into my daily skincare routine. I love it!

Created by Mo Constantine and inspired by two of her passions - soap and baking! - Mo Constantine made this wheat filled face soap. I will admit, at first I was definitely put off by the idea of bread being in my soap but my mind quickly changed when I started using it.

Made with wholemeal bread to exfoliate and revive the skin, and wheatgerm oil, hop oil and cocoa butter to soften the skin.

There's two ways you could use it, you can play with it in your hands using water to create a creamy lather or for a good scrub, wet your skin and use the bar directly.

Apart from how soft and moisturised my skin feels after I use it, I love that it's squidgy! I can't describe what it feels like... it's a bit like the sponge layer in a trifle?! It also smells like a cheesecake biscuit base and reminds people of banana bread, soo yummy! haha

What better then a little present with your name on it? Perfect!

 

My winning combination at the moment is using Ocean Salt for a good scrub and using Movis afterwards to give a nice layer of moisture to my skin.

 

Anyone had a chance to try it out yet?

x

 

Daily dose of Lush...Parsley Porridge Soap

Hello guys,
I hope you're enjoying my Daily dose of Lush and not getting bored of it! I've got another new product to talk about today - Parsley Porridge Soap!

When this post goes out there will be 3 new soaps in Lush stores - Parsley Porridge, Mangnificent and Movis! Posts to follow on both of these, but exciting newbies! Wohoo! There will also be 2 more soaps coming out within the next few months... ooohhhhhh

Parsley Porridge is an antibacterial herbal soap packed full of lovely ingredients such as parsley, thyme, tea tree oil and aloe gel to help cool and sooth the skin with an added extra of fine oatmeal to gently exfoliate.

Because of it's antibacterial properties, I'd call this a 'Kitchen Soap' but it would also be perfect for those who have spent too long in the sunshine and have a sore bit of sunburn or those who suffer with spotty skin problems. The aloe gel and tea tree and going to be lovely and calming for your skin and keep it nice and clean at the same time!

At first I really wasn't a huge fan of the scent but it's definitely growing on me. Personally I would still only use it for washing my hands when in the kitchen but I really love the antibacterial, antiseptic and soothing properties of this soap so it's definitely going to be one I keep stocked up on over summer! (Just in case of burnt shoulders and noses!)

 

Have you guys tried this soap yet?

x

Sleek Makeup Ultra Matts V2 Palette Look!

Hello!
I thought there's been a few Lush posts recently so lets break it up with a makeup look!
I've gone back to my Sleek Makeup Series and done a look using only eyeshadows from the Ultra Matts V2 Palette. This is my favourite palette from Sleek and comes with me whenever I go away, I love it! I don't know why I haven't done a look with this palette sooner, it was so easy! There's so many different choices which would've all made lovely looks but I fancied adding some blue eyeliner so went for a subtle pink/purple too :) hope you like it.

I love using matte eyeshadows, I find these ones by Sleek blend really well together which makes life a whole lot easier! For my base I used NYX jumbo eye pencil in Milk and applied Dune to the inner half of my eyelid and Flesh to the outer half.

Next I used Maple in my crease and blending it upwards into Pillow Talk which I used as my brow highlight. To darken the outer corner I use a little bit of Highness but mainly Villan using a small pencil brush.

Under my eyes I used Maple and Villan, on my waterline is Stila Smudge Stick in Stingray.

To create my blue winged liner I used Lush's Control Eyeliner which I love!

Mascara is Urban Decay Supercurl Curling Mascara and Eyelashes are Princess Lashes from Born Pretty Store.

 

I hope you like my look! I absolutely love the V2 palette, it's definitely the easiest palette to get complete looks out of and I'm a huge fan of matte shades anyway so perfect for me!

x