Lush Collection / Beautiful new storage solution

hey ladies, today i have an exciting new item to share with you!!

i go this idea from gemsmaquillage over on youtube (i think!!), and i thought it was a really cute storage solution. i love lush and i use their trichomania solid shampoo every day, but the problem comes when i get out of the shower, and the bar is all soggy and wet. when left to dry out again it resolidifies but i hate leaving it out on my bathroom shelf as it makes it sticky and not much air can get around it.

i beautiful vintage cake stand seemed the perfect solution, and today i found the perfect one!

so here is a top view of all of my lush products that i own. i'm gonna do my best to name them, starting with the tins at the top and going clockwise.

tin: fairtrade foot lotion
tin: ultralight sunscreen
pink swirly: the comforter bubble bar
white blocks: trichomania solid shampoo
purple disc: jumping juniper solid shampoo bar
green disc: karma komba solid shampoo bar
minty green foot: stepping stone foot scrub
pinky heart: silk stockings solid body tint
black pot: r&b conditioner sample
white hexagon: mange too massage bar
white heart: soft coeur massage bar
orangey chunk: skinny dip body butter (discontinued)
green tab: token to the forest gods sauna tab
big pink block: rockstar soap
small pink block: a rong of roses soap
yellow ball: honey bee bath ballistic
CENTRE
beige slice: buffy body butter
purple ball: sex bomb bath balistic

so thats my collection. what's YOUR favourite lush product?

love, lucy xxx

Girls, I Need Your Suggestions!

this is a little different, but this is something close to my heart.on July 11th, i'm going to Uganda for 8 weeks to work in a primary school as a volunteer teacher.

I am flying with BA and while their luggage allowance is ok (23kg, or 32 if you pay £40), i will be wanting to bring as much play and school equipment as physically possible, so my own stuff is going to have to be kept to a minimum. as i'm staying for so long, obviously i will be wasing my clothes so that is not such a worry, but cosmetic items cannot really be replaced once they run out.

this means that i'm looking for small and lightwieght versions of the essentials. I will be bringing a very small makeup bag just in case we go on any nights our or something (there will be other young volunteers there too!) but otherwise, it's simply essentials.

last year i did a trip to Tanzania for just 12 days and i brought SO much pointless stuff, but there were also some things i really missed (like a nail brush as i was working on a building site!)

so, i need your help. alternative, smaller, lighter essential toiletries and cosmetics???

just to get you inspired, and because i hate a post with no photo, here are some pictures of me in Tanzania last year at an orphanage called Upendo (Love)

Lucy, xx

P.S i will be creating a Uganda blog, updates on that to come if you want to follow my journey! xx

Going Silicone Free!!

hey ladies, so let me first start with an apology for my long absence from blogging. to make up for this, you are getting two posts in one day!

recently i have been trying hard to improve the condition of my hair, as i suffer with dry split ends, and i'm trying to grow it out.

in order to do this, i decided that the first thing i had to do was go on a silicone free diet, so i have switched to a lush shampoo bar and tresamme naturals silicone free conditioner. i have been using the shampoo bar for a while but i only got the conditioner yesterday, so here are my first impressions.

Lush shampoo bar in Jumping Juniper

this bar is supposed to be clarifying, and is aimed at oily hair. since that isn't really a problem for me, and i'm actually trying to combat dryness, its not the perfect choice but its what i had and it seems to be working fine.

 

on the website an din the catalog they recconmend that you rub the bar on your wet hair, but i personally don't do this, i rub the bar between my hands and then run them through my hair. it lathers wonderfully, (that'll be the sodium laurel sulphate then) but i have to say i am conscious that because of the lack of silicone it can make your hair feel a little straw like when in the shower because there is nothing to make the hairs slide over eachother, so i dont so much rub all of my hair together, but try to keep it running straight down by back, and keep smoothing the shampoo through my hair.

 

i like this shampoo though you have to be a little more careful than with ordinary shampoo, and i wish it didnt contain SLS, but its the best i can find at the moment.

 

TRESemme Naturals Nourishing Moisture Conditioner

i only purchased this yesterday, but i used it to wash my hair a couple of hours ago. it's nice as a conditioner, and unlike the shampoo, i don't really miss the silicone in this prodcut. it is a little less slippery than the ordinary conditioners from this brand, but it still feels conditioning and detangling. full review on this to follow when i have had a little more experience on it.

 

finally, here is a picture of my fine self thismorning after having washed my hair with these products and blasting with a hairdryer. oddly, it actually seems to have more body than usual, which i didnt expect!!

excuse the crappy iphone camera picture!!

 

whats YOUR haircare routine?

Lucy, xxx

 

Lush vanillary solid perfume review

if you follow my blog, you will know that i recently purchased the lush vanillary solid perfume, which was about £6 in my local lush store. 

it was reconmended by a friend and in the shop it was the nicest one of all that i sniffed (though i was sorely tempted by imogen rose)
when you first put it on, it smells a bit wierd, i can't describe the smell, its very sweet and a bit overpowring. but after a while it starts to mellow out and becomes really quite nice. its a transitional scent, you could wear it for day or for night, though i think i would be more likely to wear it in the daytime.

what do you think of Lush Vanillary? have you tried any other lush perfumes?

Love, Lucy

Lush Body Butter

i have had a lush body butter, called skinny dip, in my bathroom for AGES and i have never really used it, as when i was given a demo in the store in covent garden where i bought it, it seemed a bit wierd that you were meant to grab a chunk and squish it up with water; it seemed like waaay too much effort

but anyway, today after a long days shopping in ikea and reinstalling my sister at uni, i decided to give it a go. i'm pretty bad at moisturising my skin, my face i do every day, but the rest of me never really gets a look in! so anyway, i looked online and everyone seemed to be advocating just rubbing the bar over your skin, which suited me much better. it was actually a really nice experience, which i wasnt expecting. the bar massages your legs and it feels really nice, though i think its meant to be exfoliating and had some sand-like grains in it, which i could have done without.

my legs get extremely dry and nothing seems to keep them moisturised for more than 10 mins, so we shall see how long this last for!

Lucy xx