Haul and review - Lush

Hi babes, 

How are you guys doing? 

I mentioned in my last blogpost that I went on another Lush shoppingspree and today I'm here to spill the beans. Lush is easily one of my favorite shops and I love to try new things from there now and again. This hauls contains a few repurchases because they're just that good yet also a few things I've never bought before. 

Purchases 

- Soak and float shampoo bar

- Seanik shampoo bar

- Sexbomb bathbomb

- Big bang bubble bar 

- Superbalm

Review

As for a quick review the soak and float shampoobar is great for the peeps out there with a sensitive scalp. I have a lot of trouble with mine and this shampoo really helps. It smells like a spa and fireplaces at the same time which is great and also gives a decent amount of volume. The seanik shampoobar is also a repurchase that gives lots of volume. Lastly I forgot to photograph my last repurchase the 'superbalm'. This one really didn't stole it's name. It's a treatment for more severe scalp issues. I get lots of flakes, itchiness, redness,... and superbalm does wonders for my scalp so if there's anything I'd recommend it's this product. 

Goodbyeeeee

- Nikki

Datetime - Maastricht

Hi babes,
Last week Anais and I went on a little date to Maastricht. We desperately needed another trip to Lush but dear god it was soooooo busy, I always forget how busy it gets on a saturday but we still got everything we needed and a few extra's ofcourse but you'll see all of those in another blogpost. we continued shopping at the bodyshop and various other shops we had never gone into. We stopped for a sneaky snack at KFC, how could we resist and lastly we found a horseballmatch. We'd never seen anything like it so we had to stay for a while and check it out. First we thought it was a polo match but it was even more unusual yet magical. How one can have so much trust and control over an animal is beyond me but so amazing to see.

Those last two pictures are taken in a basement level of a shop which used to be a bank and they kept the vault intact. If that isn't amazing I don't know what is.

Goodbyeeeeee

- Nikki

A current Lush collection

Hi babes, 

Let's be honest here, I've had a bag full of Lush goodies standing in a corner in my room, just waiting around until I was done procrastinating. By now it's way to late to call it a haul. So I'll call it a collection. These aren't all the lush goodies I have laying around but the shampoo bars I use on the daily are too used to be photographed. If you're lucky you may still find these buys in the January sales or the current collection. I bought these in November from the Halloween and Christmas collection.

I haven't used any of these items before so there is not a lot I can tell you. I mainly made this blogpost because I love taking pictures of Lush products. They're just so pretty. Besides who doesn't love a good flatlay.

From the bottom to the top 

- The Magic Of Christmas bubble bar

- Peeping Santa bubble bar

- Lord Of Misrule bath ballistic

- Frozen bathbomb

- Dragon Egg bathbomb

- The Experimenter

- Samples of the Comforter and Snow Fairy showergel

Goodbyeee 

- Nikki

What I Bought - Lush & The Bodyshop

Hi babes,

Yesterday I went shopping in Maastricht. I bought mainly skincare bits, if you're interested I'll show them below and add some context and information about the products. 

I went to Lush and The Bodyshop. I adore both of these shops, I always have the best experience. The sales assistants are always prepared to help and give plenty of information. The lady in The Bodyshop even gave me a skintest which made it easier to choose the right product. It sounds so obvious but nobody ever offered me one and I thought I had normal skin and could use about everything, turns out my skin is dry. I knew I had dry skin in Winter but in Summer? That was a surprise. Luckily I was already shopping in the right range but that was a happy accident. I just bought what was new and popular. 

I repurchased my summer moisturiser which is the vitamin E aqua boost sorbet. This is genuinely the nicest moisturiser. It sinks in so quickly and feels very light on the skin whilst still giving a lot of hydration. I also purchased the drops of youth eye concentrate. It feels so nice and cooling underneath the eyes. I'll have to update you on whether it's still good for my skin in Winter because I do get really dry undereyes. For Summer it's certainly the best thing ever. I also got the peppermint cooling foot spray as a freebie from the lovely people at The Bodyshop. It isn't something I would purchase but now that I've tried it... It definitely felt great to spray on my feet after a long shopping day. I guess it's up to you if you would be interested in this sort of thing.

I first became interested in Lush for it's bathboms but recently I've looked into the brand some more and they have lots of great other products. I especially wanted to try the Superbalm. This is a balm you work into your scalp (only using tiny amounts because it contains a lot of oils) let it sink in for 20 minutes and wash out afterwards. It's meant for people who suffer from eczema or psoriasis (which I do suffer from). So I decided to try this because the products my dermatologists had recommended didn't do anything. Why not try something natural instead? I also purchased the Seanik shampoo bar. The shampoo bars are told to last as long as 3 250ml bottles of shampoo which is better for your purse and the environment. I got the Seanik bar which will hopefully make my hair voluminous due to the seasalt. Anais got the Jumping Juniper shampoo bar (the purple one) for greasy hair. I will probably steal this away from her multiple times that's why I included it in this haul. Last but not least I stayed in the blue theme by buying the Big Blue bath bomb. It's impossible to leave a Lush store without buying a bathbomb, let's face it. As a freebie I got the Prince shaving cream.

Goodbyeeee

- Nikki 

What I bought - Lush valentines edition

Hi lovelies,

Valentines day is almost here and what better way to celebrate than to visit Lush and take a look at their Valentines collection. Baths are a great way to relax and Lush bathstuff is amazing. From bathboms to bubblebars, your bath will never be boring again. Considering it's Valentines day, whether you take your bath alone or not is up to you. 

 Products 

- Love locket bath bomb - 10,75€

- Unicorn horn bubble bar - Sold in the 'in your dreams' giftbox for 13,95€

- Big shampoo sample - free

- Heart throb bubbleroon - 5,95€

- Sakura bath balistic - 4,95€

- I love juicy shampoo sample - free

- Granny takes a dip bath bomb - Sold in the 'in your dreams' giftbox

These are the items I bought from the limited edition Valentines collection. The love locket is pretty big and can be used in 3 times by breaking it in half and use both sides and the tiny heart inside separately. Of course it's up to you in how many pieces you break your bath bomb considering it's pretty pricey. But for this one just throw your piece in your filled bath and enjoy. The red smaller heart is the bubbleroon. It consists of 2 halves held together with gold glitter which makes it easy to use twice. Last but not least, the unicorn horn, this was sold out everywhere but I managed to get my hands on one by picking up the 'in your dreams' gift box which consists of the unicorn horn and granny takes a dip bathbomb.  

Ah the extra purchases I couldn't leave behind even though I swore to only buy valentines stuff. My shopaholic side took over and bought more than I was supposed to. In fact I bought so much I got free samples. I chose the Big shampoo and the I love juicy shampoo, I also got a prince charming sample but I gave that one away to my sister in law. Shop with 3 people, get 3 samples, I never expected to each get a sample. Onto the other products, I got the Granny takes a dip bathbomb in the same giftset. I'm hoping all the circles will make my bath go colourful. The last thing is the Sakura bath ballistic. It has dots everywhere, so cute. It's supposed to make you a bit sleepy so great to use before bed.

Of course I'll be sharing all of this stuff with Anais, little valentines gift from us to us.

I hope you liked this article.

Goodbyeeee

- Nikki

What I got for Christmas 2014

Hi lovelies,

I hope you had a wonderful festive period. I hope you had a great time and if that's not the case I hope you at least got the presents you wished for to make up for it. I personally had a great time. Okay there are the moment I felt like I was going to kill my family. My family seems to get more stressed than excited for family parties. That's why I totally get it if you don't enjoy this time of year. That being said I do feel like I've grown up a lot in the past year considering Christmas (only Christmas - I'm a Disneylovingchild forever). This is the first year in my life I cared less about the presents. Usually I'm quite greedy and have my list of things I want ready. This year was different and that has translated in my presents. I don't have a lot to show you because my presents were more sentimental and activitybased than materialistic. I'll talk about them below but first this.

I also felt a shift in wanting to receive gifts to wanting to buy and think about what I would give to others. I never bought presents for my family. My aunties usually buy things and say 'well, I got you this, you can give that to your parents and this to your grandparents,..' I realise now that how lazy that was, It's okay when your a child but it shouldn't have happened this way until I was 20 years old. This year I decided to buy my own presents and it feels so much better. My spoiled my girlfriend and bought her so many tiny gifts and she loved it so I loved it. For my father I bought a tie and I feel proud when he wears it because I chose it. I'm really happy I've made this change and have finally grown up. 

Last but not least we introduced a new thing in our family. My aunties thought it would be funny to set a budget of 5 euros per person and buy food and then do something fun with it. You know as a silly little thing. Sceptical as I always am, I didn't agree at all. I found it a stupid idea unless you would give the food we purchased to a charity. So that's what we did. We shopped and between Christmas and new years we brought the food to our local Poverello. Which is an organisation that helps the poor people in our city. They can go there for cheap clothes and a warm meal and/or coffeebreak. I felt so appreciated by doing that that it will definitely become a new tradition. It's only a small thing to do but all little things count.

Now back to what I got for Christmas

- Bongo gift certificate for a wellness weekend - Girlfriend

- Lush bathbombs : father Christmas, blueberry, wizard - Girlfriend

- Vivabox cinema and a bongo gift certificate for a dinner for 2 which was for Anais but I'll be joining her so it may count as a present for me - Girlfriends grandparents

- 3 entrancetickets for a wellness centre near us - Parents-in-law

- Gift certificate for a restaurant I like - Auntie

- A handmade cookbook with all my beloved family recipies which I will treasure for ever - Auntie 

- Money so I can't buy whatever I want - my parents

All by all my year ended well. I'll also do a get ready with me- christmas edition as well as a new years edition and I also see a 2014 favorites in the near future. 

Goodbyeeee

- Nikki