April Lush Haul

I noticed the other day my Lush collection was becoming alarmingly smaller, this horrified me a lot so I decided to stock up again and bring some colour back to my lush basket. I did change my Lush collection recently from a cake stand to a copper fruit bowl as overall I can hold more and I desperately need a new cake stand as the other became a little worn shall we say haha. Anyway I picked some of these up on different days one or two at a time rather than all at once as I like reading online about certain products so I know what I want in my bowl. I am picky with scents I love the sweet, fresh, fruity scents from Lush rather than anything spicy or woodland scented as it just reminds me of burning or something. My favourite scent recently as you can tell is the Yuzu and Cocoa smell as it reminds me of chocolate orange! But anyway my little lovelies, ENJOY!

So here is just a brief overview now of my Lush bowl looking lovely and colourful for spring/summer. I sometimes like to move my Lush products around just to make it look more presentable and appealing to the eye, I just love getting new bath bombs and stuff because my room smells unreal and so much like sherbet. 

A bunch of carrots reusable bubble bars £5.95

These are honestly some of the freshest and fruitiest carrots I have ever seen in my life these reusable bubble bars create a frothy lemon-bergamot bubble bath which smells heavenly. These are a little different to last years (2015) design as they were bright orange originally but I think that had something to do with it's lack of bubbles and scent when being used or so I'm told. These are an easter exclusive but last such a long time and for 3three bubble bars these are totally worth it. You can actually get 2 baths out of each carrot and as they can be separated into single carrots so the others do not get ruined, they do create some bubbles in the bath and make the nicest scent.

Yuzu & Cocoa Bubbleroon £3.75

Just like a bubble bar these work the same way, being crumbled into the bath you can in fact break this in half so you get two baths out of this one product so for around £1.80 per bath this is rather worth  the price. This is my absolute favourite scent! With moisturising cocoa and shea butter, and a blend of citrus oils and chocolate undertones this really soothes the skin and leaves you smelling great. After it's makeover from it's old appearance I find this so appealing and cute, the thing I find most appealing about this is yes it does smell of orange but to me not so much chocolate but much rather coconut which is one of my favourites. This in fact leaves the bath a lovely yellow colour (not like pee) but rather a warming colour which is said to sooth an aching and weary body. I do find this very moisturising that is why I bought another as it is really up there with my favourites from Lush. 

Sakura Bath Bomb £3.50 

This bath bomb is a Japanese themed product, released in 2006 the name of this ballistic actually means Cherry Blossom. With calming mimosa and jasmine oils they are complimented well with lemon oil and orange flower creating a light spring/summer scent, to me this bath bomb smells mostly of lemon which is always a winner in my books. However I was told by the guy that helped me in Lush that once released into the bath and infused fully into the water this becomes a more floral scent and leaving a very creamy lather along the surface of the water with some marbling of colour. This sounds super exciting to me as it is really strong scented and apparently really soothes the skin which is something I look for at Lush purely because i do have really sensitive skin. 

Yuzu & Cocoa Shower Cream £9.75 medium bottle 100g

I cannot wait to try this in a bath honestly as it would just be heavenly! Citrusy fresh Yuzu juice and Tonka absolutes create a fresh bath experience that smells according to Lush like chocolate orange. To me this smells more of orange with a chocolate undertone and once used a really strong smell of coconut. It actually makes me want to eat the stuff it smells that good but after seeing what Snow Fairy is like and how it makes such an amazing bubble bath I know this will be just as amazing creating a bubbly yellow bath heaven. 

Intergalactic £3.95

This is one of Lush' colourful bath bombs, literally like sitting in outer space. Once played into the bath this amazing ballistic creates a galaxy effect in the water with specks of shimmer. This interstellar wonder pops and swirls in the bath exploding into colour with peppermint and grapefruit oil this smells literally out of this world. I tried one of these a long time ago and was truly amazing at it's talent so obviously I picked up another and it is definitely worth almost £4. 

Well that is all my lovelies for this lovely post, feel free to comment your favourite lush products and I might give them a try.

All my love,

Valentine's Day Lush haul 2016...

So when it comes to Valentine's Day so far Nathan has gone down the cute path which I'm totally okay with. He always buys me flowers so I was happy to see the usual bunch with sparkly leaves! Along with a beautiful polaroid camera to document some of our adventures he ofcourse picked me up some lovely Lush goodies!

Starting with a bubbleroon I did not expect to receive or even put on my list in my Lush wishlist. The Yuzu and Cocoa £3.75 with moisturising Fair Trade, Organic cocoa butter and shea butter, Yuzu and cocoa has a mood brightening colour (very true) and scent thanks to a blend of citrus oil with a chocolatey undertone. So from my other Lush posts I've declared my love for citrus scent so when Nathan was like 'zoe smell this' I fell in love! 

Along with this he picked me up Avobath £3.50 lemongrass and bergamot oils combined with avocado and olive oils that tackles dry skin. This smells ridiculous and is just a simple bath bomb for when you want some simple that isn't making the bath look like a galaxy! 

So Nathan was kind enough to buy me TWO not one but TWO unicorn horns! £4.25 made with relaxing lavender oil with mood brightening neroli. Neroli is an essential oil distilled from the flowers of the Seville orange, used in perfumery. Neroli is supposed to increase serotonin levels in the brain which should makes us feel happier. So hopefully it can help me thinking of unicorns and happiness.. maybe that's why Nathan bought me TWO to make me happier hahaha.. 

Next up is Rose Bombshell £3.95 I love it's little rose detailing in the bath bomb. According to Lush this has a floral triplet, combining yellow rose petals, rose absolute and rose oil it's a spectacular mixture. When placed into the bath the hard layer melts away and spreads rose petals into the bath which is a good way to remind me of Nathan how loving haha. Another bath bomb with a scent I like as it explodes into Sicilian lemon and floral geranium oils. YAAAAAAAAY!

AND FINALLY! Green £3.75 a moisturising citrus scent bubble bar. CITRUS YAYAYAY! With bergamot to brighten the mood, fresh avocado to reinvigorate and shea butter to make your skin soft! Nathan must know me so well with like 3/6 of these being citrus scents and literally all of them are to make people happier when they use them! Hope he's not hinting that I need to cheer up! haha

Well that is all my lovelies I hope you enjoyed seeing what Nathan treated me too this Valentine's Day I am truly grateful because he is amazing and so super sweet to me! We have been through a lot the past year and I couldn't go a day without him! So thank you Nathan!

All my love,

My Valentine's day....

So I had a very lovely day with Nathan my very handsome fiance on Valentine's day, about 2 weeks before I decided I really wanted to go to the zoo and Nathan suggest Blackpool Zoo for a Valentine's day activity so I was super happy! I decided for my blog I would document mainly the Zoo trip because it was amazing and I got to see my favourite ever mammal the ELEPHANT! So here goes...

We decided that it was probably a good idea the night before if I stayed over at his as we had to leave at 9 as the zoo opened at 10, and we wanted to pick up breakfast on the way there. So after our lovely sausage and egg mcmuffin from Mcdonald's we made it to the zoo dead on 10. I was like seriously amazed when I seen a turtle the size of like a car it was huge and I still think it might have been fake it was that big! 

So in the Small Primates section we seen some beautiful animals, I'm not 100% on the name of this specific one but we found it funny how it blocked the door so it could sunbathe haha.

Next we went onto seeing the big cats, there were 3 beautiful Amur tigers one was a female called Alyona and her mate Zambar with one of their 2 babies Barney. When we first got to the enclosure they were asleep and the top image shows how the two who I'm hoping are the two mates are 'arm in arm' haha. They were honestly stunning and Alyona was used in the live feeding talk they are truly fascinating and beautiful creatures.

So next to the tigers in a smaller enclosure were the meerkats which I loved, if you've seen the video on facebook of the meerkat stood up shouting 'Allen Allen' then you can see why I thought this was funny but they were truly adorable.

Onto the truly most beautiful cats I have ever seen were the lions. There were two lions in this part the grown male lion called Wallace (brilliant name) and his recently born cub in 2015 called Khari. Khari was so sweet and wanted to constantly play with his dad. It amazed me seeing how big he was and how fast he had grown in a year..

Next we visited the Bornean Orangutans I'm not too sure which one is the one in the picture but they consisted of 4 Orangutans I'm thinking the one in the pictures was Ramon the only male. There was also Vicky the oldest female and her two daughters Cherie and Summer. They were so amazing to see how much they relate to humans even if their a little hairer haha

Blackpool zoo had a group of female giraffes which were so interesting to look at. You never really realise how big they are until you see them up close but there coats were so beautiful and I had a sneaky stroke of one when it stuck it's head up to the fence but the nice keeper said it was okay haha.

From a young age I loved zebras purely because they began with Z. These were Hartmanns zebra's and they seemed to have a baby in the enclosure. I don't know what it was but looking at the coats made me so interesting because i love the patterns and how shiny and well kept the keepers keep them.

We then visited the Wallaby's along with the red kangaroo's. There was one that you can see on the bottom right picture on the far right that kept bouncing around and into the facing field. It literally just bounced past me and Nathan. I don't think it's clear but the one in the left picture the greyish one on the right had a baby joey in her pouch that kept popping its head out I was completely in love me and Nathan must have watched them for around 15 minutes.

Onto Nathan's favourites! The Iberian Wolves, I was utterly excited about these as we stood there discussing which was the alpha,omega and beta (complete Teen Wolf nerds) but they were so beautiful! There was one however that was wondering around near the bottom of the enclosure and it made me really sad. The enclosure was named Wolf Ridge and was on the outskirt of the zoo with a high ramp to see down on the wolves, these wolves are infact led by the alpha male and the female. Then leading onto the second in command the beta wolf and the lowest ranking the omega wolf.

The water based animals at the zoo were amazing, especially the penguins. These were Magellanic penguins originating from South America  specifically Chile, Argentina and the Falkland Isles. As you can see from the pictures there was one cheeky little penguin that wanted to get a closer look at us and liked to do a little drying off dance which consisted of a little wiggle. I loved these they are so graceful and cute.

We then visited the sea lions at around 2:00 and watched there display. There were 10 sea lions but only 3 were used for the show, these were a 3 year old names Ruby a 9 year old called Anya and her sister the oldest Gina who was 13. They were so well trained and funny and Ruby was rather cheeky she wanted to do everything her mum and auntie were doing so she felt the need to come over her rock every time the other two did.

Got a lovely panorama aswell of the pool and a cheeky selfie with my handsome soldier.

AND FINALLY! My personal favourite the Asian elephant! The one we met was called Kate and she was the only elephant they had as the others were from a circus which sadly died. However Kate was rather cute and loved to see her picking up food with her trunk. I can't wait to see the elephant enclosure when they do it up and bring in more elephants which is what the speaker Amanda said was going to happen.

AND of course we took some selfies!

Once we finished at the zoo we went back to Nathan's to get ready for our meal as we decided to go to our favourite restaurant Chopsticks. They decided to do a special candle lit night which was lovely especially for couples.

AND FINALLY! Me and Nathan did get each other a few things for Valentine's I was totally shocked by what he got me as it was utterly perfect and I spent weeks on his gift a customised Star Wars box with matching Star gifts and his favourite food and drink!

Mine from Nathan including an Fujifilm Instax mini 8 polaroid camera,flowers to match my room and a bag full of bath bombs including unicorn horn, Avobath and Rose bath bomb! Not to mention a very special card my first saying Fiance along with two bears one from the Zoo as my favourite animal the Elephant who I have name Oscar and two bears that are now called Barney and Anna! 

Nathan's consisted of Koppaberg 4 pack in Starwberry and Lime, his favourite food Sensations crisp and Haribo Strawberry laces. A stormtrooper pillow, Jean Paul Gautier aftershave and a thermal changing Kylo Ren Mug. 

I honestly had the most amazing day as our first Valentine's as an engaged couple, and cannot wait for our get away for our year and half anniversary! Anyway I know this was a little rushed but I hope you enjoyed my lovelies! 

All my love, 

Lush Wishlist January 2015

I really enjoyed doing my high-end and drugstore beauty wish list and I love love love Lush so I thought I would do another wish list in the form of the Lush goodies i need to get my hands on! Especially some of the Valentine's day special goodies such as the Unicorn Horn and Prince Charming Shower Gel.

So let's get on with the products...

1. Sakura (Bath Bomb) £3.50 - designed to evoke the burst of optimism the first sign of spring brings. Calming mimosa and jasmine oils are complemented by lemon oil and orange flower. I love lemon scents which I have probably said like 4 times in my Lush Haul that I adore lemon/lime and apple scents i suppose I like fruit hahaha!
2. Green (Bubbleroon) £3.75 - another citrus scent oops haha! described as a moisturising,citrus-scented bubble bar will put you in mind of a fresh summer meadow. Created with bergamot, fresh avocado (also my favourite) and shea butter this sounded perfect! 
3. Unicorn Horn (Bubble Bar) £4.25 - (Valentine's Special)  how they get a unicorns horn I do not know but YAAAAAY! Relaxing lavender oil meets mood-brightening neroli this bubble bar is beautiful and could probably get 2/3 baths out of this! I actually asked Nathan for this for Valentine's day hahaha oops..
4. Lover Lamp (Bath Bomb) £3.95 - (Valentine's Special) I fell for this when I see it put little hearts in the bath, this comes across like a simple bath bomb made from Fair Trade organic cocoa butter and Brazilian orange oil to soften the skin. 
5. Prince Charming (Showel Gel) £4.95 for 100g - (Valentine's Special) now that I explore more with Lush products I have started to use more of the Showel Gel's such as The Comforter and Snow Fairy (Christmas Special) SO I decided to give the small bottle a whirl. Created with fresh pomegranate juice and lashings of uplifting grapefruit oil not to mention soothing marshmallow root and Fair Trade vanilla pod and organic cocoa butter to soften the skin. When I smelt this in store there was no specific smell so I thought it overall smelt lovely haha..
6. Jackie Oates (foundation) £9.95 for 20g - for smoothing those pale complexions (me me me) it's made with oat milk as a base with added nurturing shea butter,honey,aloe vera and glycerine to hydrate. I just love foundations i have lots and lots so I wanted to add a Lush one to my collection.
7. Rose Jam ( Bubbleroon) £3.75 - along with the green bubbleroon these have new formulas and this looks so pretty and lovely! Definitely be able to get 2 baths out of these! Made with lemon (yaaaaay) rose and geranium oil with Fair Trade cocoa and shea butter this smells unreal!
8. The Kiss (Lips) £5.50 - (Valentine's Special) I have used one of these lip balms before in Honey Trap and I love it for moisturizing my lips before i use my mac lip liners and lipsticks. Infused with hydrating butter and Kalahari melon and organic jojoba oils combined with illipe oil and agave syrup this tints the lips perfect and looks so smooth! Gimee gimee gimee...
9. Intergalactic (Bath Bomb) £3.95 -  I love the big kind of explosion bath bombs like The experimenter and how they shower a bath with colour so this looks unreal! An awesome mix of refreshing peppermint (LOVE LOVE LOVE) and neon colour while popping candy takes you on a trip around the Milky Way.
10. Fizzbanger (Bath Bomb) £3.95 - described as a Catherine wheel of a bath bomb. IT CHANGES COLOUR AS IT FIZZES! whattttttt?! crackling popping candy releasing a cirtussy apple and then a cinnamon, apple pie like scent with a hint of yland ylang. How they created a citrussy apple scent I don't know but my life is complete! Also contains petitgrain for aromatherapy to calm the breathing, slow the heartbeat and reduce anxiety, I need like 20 of these!
11. Avobath (Bath Bomb) £3.50 - Avobath in the morning to help you face the day: its lemongrass and bergamot oils combined with avacado (makes sense haha) and olive oil. Leaving a shimmering green effect to the water, this smelt unreal when I smelt it in Lush the other day!
12. Cupcake (Fresh Face Mask) £6.75 for 75g - I have tried one mask before and it cleared my spots massively so this sounds lovely and smells just as good! Rhassoul mud works with cocoa powder along with linseed and cocoa butter to draw out all the dirt and impurities to give a deep cleanse! 
13. Twilight (Bath Bomb) £3.50 - This one seems good for me and my insomnia nights! described on the Lush website 'If sleep is evading you, this combination of essential oils will help get you ready for a good night's rest. It turns from the colour of the setting sun and gets darker, turning your water a shimmering deep purple.' OOH SPOOKY! Lavendar used to sooth and mind clear while benzoin and tonka remind you of a milky caramel malt drink. This sounds so perfect I should probably buy like 20...

Well that is all for my lush wish list hopefully I can pick up the Valentine's specials before they run out before I am so desperate to try them! Hope you enjoyed the read my lovelies!

All my love, 

Lush Haul Christmas 2015

Hi my lovelies! So when I was debating about what to do for my next post I was thinking about what I loved and what I enjoy, and I instantly thought about Lush. Maybe it was the scent of like sherbet and loveliness coming from my cake stand with all my bath bombs on that reminded me but anyway..

I received so many Lush goodies for Christmas especially of Nathan, he knows that Lush with me is just the safest gift so he bought me around 6/7 gifts that average at if I can remember £20.50. I'm one of them girls that is fine with knowing the cost of gifts like I'm so grateful for everything I receive, in all fairness I did pick these he just told me 'to go crazy and get 6 or 7' because he didn't wanna get me something I didn't like the smell off or that would bring me out in a glittery rash hahaha.

So I have had my cake stand for my bath bombs around 2 years and it has been filled with many things over this time such as soap and glory products, jewellery and recently bath bombs. My mum used to keep it in the kitchen with sweets and chocolate on until I pinched it for my room oops hahaha. Anyway, before Christmas I got a really nasty cold and I thought to clear my sinuses having warm baths would be good and I could use my bath bombs. Little did I know that my cold would last about 9 days and I used most of the bath bombs I had (cry cry cry) so Nathan brought me round a bag of around 4/5 bath bombs that he picked up as a treat to make me feel better. 

In a way my cold was a good thing because I got to try out lots of different bath bombs and bath bars such as Dragon's Egg which made my bath orange and sparkly! Along with dashing santa and santa clause that made my bath lovely and red with green and made my skin so soft with a lovely smell left on my skin.

One of the first bath treats I received of Nathan was 'Bar Humbug' Bubble Bar described as licorice bubbles to soak away your inner scrooge. I love the colour of this and the swirl as I am a big big fan of the comforter and candy mountain so he knew swirls were a winner plus my favourite colour is purple.

Second up is The Experimenter (£3.95) on the left, described as vibrant colours, popping candy and Fair Trade vanilla this bath bomb sounded AMAZING! I had seen it on Instagram I think and it literally made this girls bath look like a galaxy with so many mixed colours so I had to get one when Nathan offered Lush bath bombs for Christmas.

Next to The Experimenter is Dragon's Egg (£3.50) described as fizzling and crackling turning your bath into a citrusy gold, this bath bomb is reminiscent of sherbet (my favourite) with a hint of jasmine. I think this is why I probably have this bath bomb at the top of my list because I LOVE CITRUS! It also has tiny pieces of glitter in that look lovely on the skin once out of the bath! 

Probably a new product for me Mmmelting Marshmallow Moment (£2.00 each) described as soothing marshmallow and marigold powders if it doesn't remind you of dolly mixtures then it will definitely be cotton candy. I hadn't seen these in Lush before but Nathan let me get 2 because they were so cheap and small, but I actually went in after Christmas and picked up more because they smell so good! So glad they are in lush all year round!

Now an old classic for Lush at Christmas time Butterbear (£1.95) with a generous helping of cocoa butter with a vanilla smell this cute little bear will leave you with silky soft skin. I really enjoy this for a simple bath no big explosive bath bombs, really wish they did this all year round!

A joint Christmas special Dashing Santa ballistic (£2.95) this was one of my poorly surprises of Nathan, turns my bath a lovely red colour and smells amazing! Described as containing mandarin oil, bergamot oil and orange flower absolute that help put a spring in your step. which is exactly what I needed when I had my cold.

Now a Christmas Lush classic Snow Fairy (£12.95 for 500g) with a bubblegum and sweet vanilla fragrance I actually bought the smaller one that's around £3.75 well no Nathan bought it me to be fair as a back up incase I use the big one (doubt it) and it smells so good. I was super pleased to get this in my stocking on Christmas Day of my mum because it's my first shower gel from Lush and its a huge bottle.

Talking about Snow Fairy couldn't have that without it's bubble bar in crime, the lovely Candy Mountain(£2.45) one of my all-time-favourites this bubble bar turns my bath lovely and pink that's why I'm hoarding three on my cake stand so I don't run out haha. Also very pretty looking it makes me excited for the Lush Valentines collection with the unicorn horn that is multicoloured swirl bubble bar.

Also, a newby for me Stardust (£2.95) maybe it was the shape I was drawn to (excuse the pink smudge of Candy Mountain on it haha) Ugandan Vanilla from the Mountains of the Moon and precious intoxicating rosewood. This bath bomb is another one that is very simple smelling and seemed very relaxing, because I chose a lot of like bright and wacky scents I also wanted some simple bath bombs like this one and Butterbear.

Now probably two bath oils I am SUPER EXCITED for! You've been mangoed is another bath oil (£2.00 each) as soon as I seen the word mango I asked Nathan and he put two in a bag for me. I'm a bit of a weirdo but I love to sniff these they smell unreal! Made with the butter of mango and avocado, it also free's lemon and lemongrass with lime oils into your bath. Lush finally answered my prayers with this one because I love lime,mango and avocado, I will for sure be purchasing as many of these as possible!


A personal favourite of mine and Nathan's Ickle Baby Bot (£1.95) a gentle lavender bath bomb designed for kids makes the bath a gorgeous blue colour. It apparently is supposed to use its aromatherapy oils to soothe children and little ones to sleep (it works on me and chills Nathan out haha) while Lavender is a traditional medicine used to help skin irritation, burns and bug bites as I have delicate sensitive skin this works wonders on me.

Coming up to my last two products, Nathan bought these last two for me one as a Christmas gift and the other to replace the ones I used when I was poorly, starting of with The Comforter Shower Cream (£4.95 for 100g) Nathan chose this himself impressively as he wanted to get me the larger bottle but I insisted no as he spoilt me enough with all my other bath bombs. I love the comforter bubble bar and Nathan knew how much it has a place in my heart so he thought well why not try the shower gel without the hassle of running a bath.

And last but not least, The Comforter bubble bar (£4.95). with the snappy caption berry yourself in a fruity blanket this smells incredible! Smelling like blackcurrant the bergamot gives it an uplifting note, I love this as I can get 2/3 baths out of it because it is huge! It is literally bigger than my hand, so it is well worth the money! 

Well that's all for my Christmas Lush haul, thank you so much for reading and I hope it helped give some ideas of all the lovely things they have in Lush still, definitely worth checking out their Valentine's Day products too!

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All my love,