Lush treats

Hai everyone!

I get very excited when Lush release new products- bit geeky I know but I dont care. The new Mothers day goodies have been out for a few weeks now and I am especially loving all the bath bits. Lots of classic floral smells mixed alongside sweetie strawberry notes perfect for not just the mummies of the world.
Lush have released 6 new bath products, shower gel and a body conditioner. I have tried 4 of the new products so far.

So we have Yummy Mummy shower gel and Body Conditioner, a sweet and fruity fragrance with both. The shower gel is a very pretty lavender colour with lustre, it contains geranium oil which is very toning, refreshing brazilian orange oil and skin softening carrageenan extract. The body conditioner has similar ingredients but infused with fresh strawberry juice and ultra moisturising murumura butter.

Both of the leave your skin super silky soft all day.

One of my favourite new bath bombs is Rose Bombshell another amazing skin softener, perfect for these winter days. Full of soya milk and Rose absolute from Turkey it leaves your skin toned and soft.

 This gorgeous bomb also contains rose petals from a fairly traded womens co operative in Kenya that Lush works with, these are the less attractive ones that would usually go to waste but they are just are good as the pretty ones.

Mother Superior is the mimosa, Sicilian lemon scented bubble bar which smells amazing- very similar to the fantastic Rub Rub Rub shower scrub. This bubble bar is an angry faced nun who is desperate to make everyones bath as bubbley as possible. A new favourite with me.

Go check out the other lovely bath products and treat your mother's and yourself!

Laters x 

All SeWn uP

Hai everyone, so it seems I went missing for afew months- 3 to be precise, sorry about that. I started a new job at H&M and Christmas happened and I felt I had no time for my life let alone writing.. but I'm back.
It also turns out I'm growing a tiny human inside of myself; or a tiny kitten :-)

 Unfortunately this meant most of December I felt like being sick all the time, thankfully this has stopped.. It's all new and exciting stuff but very confusing at the same time, who knew such small people needed so much stuff!
Anyway because of this Im trying to get back into being more creative as I'm thinking once I finish work I will have time to make stuff(wishful thinking maybe) but I really want to get back to doing arts based fun things. I've started knitting again, a blanket for the small one and this last week been looking at sewing.
I've made a few items in the past- tote bags, a very lopsided cushion, and a  dress, this is something I want to concentrate on -  attempting to make clothes so re teaching myself the joy of seams, darts, zips and patterns.
Watching the Great British Sewing Bee is very inspiring :-)

Sewing Bee greatness

So this week I went and bought a 1960s inspired dress pattern as I love that era. From the shape of the dresses to the prints and colours.
I've been practising putting in zips and different seams and also trying to work out the art of darts.
So far I have done a lapped zip, going to try a concealed one next- anyone with fabric/sewing knowledge please pass on tips/help- its all very welcome.

Todays sewing effort.

Well must dash but I will post again in the next few days, I think its going to be a beauty/bath related post.
Hope u come and follow what im up to- hopefully I will begin pattern cutting in the next 2 weeks!
Laters xx

SavE my SoUl...

This is the second of my Halloween looks and I think the one I'm going to go with on this spooky evening. I had begun thinking about being a nun after watching the legendary makeup artist Rick Baker  YouTube video for his Sister Stigmata look last year.

I have been looking at lots at pintrest images trying to find the right amount of evilness and came across a lot of inspirational images.

My costume came off eBay for £6.99 which was actually cheaper than a thought and cheaper than my usual routine of going to charity shop. I've added on an extra bit of fabric to completely cover my hair, its an old white T-shirt but I think it does the job.

I used a selection of Snazaroo makeup and fake blood, I'm going to need to use more fake blood within the inverted cross I think. It needs to look more burnt into my forehead for an authentic look.

Let me know what u guys dress up as, I look forward to seeing some pictures.

Happy Spooking!!

Time to cleanse the spirit

sCaRe me into the 1960s

As its Halloween on Friday, two of my close friends and I went to scare ourselves at the cinema. We went and watched Annabelle, which is the prequel to 2012 The Conjuring.

It takes a lot to scare me, I tend to find the Japanese horror films are scarier but this film was pretty good, I did jump in a few places so it did its job. The film centres around a very creepy posessed doll, firstly  I will never understand those people who collect porcelain dolls ( if you see the film you will see what I mean), ugh all those tiny eyes following you around a room - no thanks. So anyway horrible occurrences happen and a soul is needed for the said demon but one of my favourite things about the movie is the fashion, mainly the lead character. Its set in the late 1960s, baby doll dresses, cute Capri pants, peter pan collars all in muted pastel colours. I need all the dresses the main actress wears throughout the film.

Lead actress -Annabelle Wallis as Mia

I've realised over the last few years these dresses suit my frame best, even though I'm rather tall, I possess some hips. I'm a classic pear shape and any dress that clings to my small boobies and skims my hips is the most flattering shape also I'm kinda obsessed with collars on items aswel.

Over the next few weeks I'm going to try and find myself a few of these dresses, the archetypal Mary Quant style. I've seen some patterns so maybe I will get my sewing machine out and attempt to make one( or speak to my mother in law who is a rather impressive seamstress and ask her very nicely).
Let me know what era is your favourite, or what you think if the film.
Laters xoxo

hOw MuCh diD yOu sAy!

This week I have discovered through reading one of the weekly trash mags that Poundland has launched themselves into the world of makeup by releasing their own makeup range. From blusher, eyeliner, eyeshadow and nail varnishes.
Now the reviews aren't that glowing for most the products, they were as expected - not very good, hardly any colour pay off, basically irrediscent tones. That is all apart from the nail varnishes all 39 of them yes 39 different shades! Now personally I dont see the point I  paying any more than £5 (£7 at a push) for a bottle of nail polish especially in my line of work ( as a screenprinter Im constantly in contact with white spirit). My nails are never perfect they are chipped, as any of my friends will vouch for me my nails stay nice for about 30mins before I scuff them.

chipped in all their glory

Jess nail polish

Dragonfly is very sparkly with flecks of green and blue,  not that fantastic on its own but ontop of a green colour( I used a shade by Salome- a french brand ) Its a pretty effect.
Calypso is a midblue shade with good coverage( 3 coats was plenty) it does contain a bit of shimmer aswel but not too much.

The brush is of good size and makes application easy, I found 2 swipes covered my nail. For a pound I think they are definitely worth a try, im going to go back a purchase a couple of their various red and pink shades as Im forever on the search for the perfect red. So if you find yourself near a PoundLand store with a spare few quid I would recommend purchasing one of these polishes, for only a pound you arent losing anything if you dont like them. Let me know what you think...Laters xoxo 

CosTuMe IdEas

So as Halloween is only in a few weeks away that big decision is upon me again, it's time to start thinking about a costume. What devilish creature from the underworld will I become - Demonic nun is winning at the moment but I'm trying out a couple of different looks over the next few weeks.

God Hater

I've been thinking about maybe a more classic costume in the form of a She Devil - Lucy in Bram Stokers Dracula which is a cinematic classic or maybe a creepy broken doll.Looking at Pintrest has given me the idea or maybe being a creature, I have been a dead cat before ( although I ended up looking like the drummer from Kiss- quite scary ) so thought maybe becoming Frida Kahlos fawn Grazia

Or becoming A Black Widow.

The last couple of years I have done a mix of Pop Art and death.

So this evening I decided to try out the fawn look, If I was to do this look I would make some ears and a furry costume. This is more the cute side of Halloween, I prefers a bit more gore.

This look was achieved by using a mix of MAC Face and Body  Snazaroo in white/black and yellow, brown eye shadow and paintbrushes.

HallOwEEn LuSh TrEats

Its my favourite holiday of the year...HALLOWEEN!!! I love it so much, the sweets, dressing up in a grotesque costume, drinking scary themed drinks and working at Lush means spooky bath treats.. This year they have released a super selection of bath treats and a soap, firstly a bubble bar in the shape of a pumpkin
- Sparkly Pumpkin..Not the most imaginative name but a gorgeous fruity smell with lime and grapefruit oil and lots of glitter.
Northern lights (my fav)once dropped in the bath the colours are based on the amazing natural spectacle you can see in the Norwegian skies, lovely and relaxing bath bomb with jasmine and ylang ylang.

Northern Lights in action

Sparkler is the same shape as Northern lights ( cylinder) also a bomb with the amazing scent of Rosejam ( best shower gel) full of rose oil, uplifting Sicilian lemon oil, little bit of sparkle and some fun popping candy. Also makes me think of mermaid hair

Back again is the winter warming, spooky Lord of Misrule bomb, based on the Pagan Feast of Fools. Green and ghoulish red with spicy,earthy patchouli oil , warming black pepper and comforting fair trade vanilla. This bomb gives an amazing bath- get one while you can.

And last but not least the super cute Fairy Ring soap, this soap is simple in smell with mystical jasmine absolute, cleansing shiitake mushrooms which improve blood circulation and have antibacterial properties make this an effective hand soap. Also reminiscent of one of my Lush old favourites in scent - Alkmaar :).

These items have a limited life so get to Lush before they get sent to eternal damnation !!