Mum Tulip: I was wrong

*I just wanted to put it out there that now I'm thinking at the fact that these lush wands were 'Mothers Day editions' and they were for me but only because my mother isn't a fan of bubble baths as much as me, so I did get my mother flowers one thing she does love haha just had to get that out there* :) 

Mum Tulip

So can someone give me a smack on the hand... 

AMAZING Lush Mum Tulip Bath Wand 

You know what it must have been the rush of excitement because to be honest even though I did not run the wand under the tap I did however, swirl in the bath tub like the lady had shown me in the store... but again it does say on the website to run it under the tap a few seconds. I was so amazed that I was actually trying to force my mum into having a bubble bath. It was also because of the fact that I did find a few reviews  on these wands that had also said similar things to what I first thought about the wands. So all in all, there amazing!! I'm sorry if I gave anyone the wrong impression but hey it was the truth and to be fair I didn't give up on them haha. 

Next bubble bath I will use the Madame Butterfly as I just wanted to truly enjoy and experience the Mum Tulip Wand. 

So many bubbles, so much colour, an overwhelming smell and still that great soft silky feel on my skin (lasted like 30-45 minutes)

Only downfall was the fact that I can't see myself getting more than 5 uses out of the wand because the wand shown in the picture has been used two times (but the second time I used it I think I got carried away with the excitement of the fact that the wand worked like magic so I kept and kept swirling it around and under the tap :O

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Happiness is taking a long, hot bubble bath ...

Got a crush on Lush  

Right to left: Madame Butterfly and Mum Tulip

Whilst visiting my boyfriend at University I decided to go Lush shopping with him because I knew he'd enjoy that as its not as repetitive as clothe's shopping. Bare in mind it was my first time and to be honest with you it wasn't great because I'm one of those people that don't like being bombarded with staff hovering and asking and talking to you whilst you try to enjoy shopping. As much as they are only trying to be nice I know but I just like to shop in peace and if I need help I never hesitate to ask... So anyway the whole time we was in there they literally did not stop talking to us which ruined the first time experience a little but maybe it was because we was like the only customers in there at the time and it was near to closing. I knew I definitely wanted to pick up a wand after missing out on the Christmas Magic wand bubble bar so their new limited editions were the mothers day 'The Mum', 'Mum Tulip' and 'Madame Butterfly' wands. The lady even demonstrated them and I wasn't going to say no but I wasn't keen on the 'Mum' wand so I also wanted to pick up a bath bomb which I couldn't choose between the 'Creamy Candy' and 'Mmmelting Marshmallow Moment' bubbles bar's. 

Winner (Image copyright Lush.co.uk)

Flush that Lush

It was only till I got home and tried them out that I have never been so disappointed. Honestly I don't know whether it was just me (I think it was me) and the fact that I swished it around in the bath once the water had stopped running but it did absolutely nothing in terms of colour, smell or foam although there was ONE highlight of the whole experience...the rose oils. I could feel the oils on my skin soaking in which was lovely.  

It was odd to think that the overpowering smell you get just it being inside the packaging just didn't come through in the water. I was so gutted after waiting such a long time to buy Lush products and then to wait even longer to bring them home from my boyfriends place. 

After swirling in Mum Tulip as well it did show somewhat colour and a sense of fragrance but it still didn't look like the demonstration shown at the shop. I think the Mmmelting Marshmallow Moment was ruined because I just crumbled it in the bath to save myself having a disappointing bubble bath which just got worse as that didn't work either. (I should have known better as its been said and shown that you should run in directly under the tap whilst running your bath so I won't repurchase the same one but I will get the Creamy Candy Bar this time and hopefully do it right and my bath will be full of lushness! 

"Simply turn on your bath taps and swish it around in the water for a few seconds – or until you’ve got enough bubbles in your tub. Then pop it on the side to use another time - these look particularly nice in a vase on the side. It goes rock hard until you’re ready to use it again – how many baths will you get out of it? Here’s the important part – before you get in, make sure you have a watering can or jug to hand. Then once you’ve finished wallowing in the lovely waters, you can dip your jug into the bath, scoop up some of that nutrient filled water and water all your plants around the house and garden (just remember to put a dressing gown on first if you go outside!)"  Lush.co.uk

If you love Lush share your latest Crush ...

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Sleek Contour: Brow Kit and Face Form reviews

Hey guys so I'm still on the hunt and desperately looking for an all time favourite eyebrow product. I've never found an eyebrow product that I have loved so much but after watching some videos on YouTube it gave me the push to go and purchase the Sleek Brow Kit (in Dark). So at the moment I'm just sticking to my Avon eyebrow glimmerstick definer. 

I also bought the Sleek Face Form in Medium. I've always used the Sleek Contour Kit, however whenever I seem to go and buy the product it's usually out of stock or the shops never have it in medium when I go. Therefore I was desperate and needed to buy the face form which didn't make much difference considering they just added a bronzer to it and the colours of the highlighter and contour was exactly the same as the Sleek Contour Kit although the only difference was the problem in the price....... 

Erm hello £9.99... really, well its damn right good my other half has his NUS discount card, buzzing haha. 

Onto the reviews...The brow kit for me isn't worth the hype its just personal use and opinion, I'd rather stick with the use of an eyebrow pencil, because I find the texture in the Sleek kit very hard to apply and set on my eyebrows even with the additional powder to set it with. For me it just looks clumpy and very tacky.  I have used it a few times when I've had more time to do my make up but then regretted it because it just does not look natural what so ever! Eek :( 

The face form on the other hand is (for me) brilliant because it does the job perfectly and I the Contour kit lasted me forever. But for a drug store product it doesn't seem to last all day even with my primer or M.A.C Fix+  but I've repurchased it and I still would. Its mainly the consistency of the highlighter that bugs me because I like to have a glow to my face even on a natural basis because I was using the M.A.C Cream Colour Base in Hush (Frost) but I only like to use this when I'm dolling my self up a bit more than my everyday look. So for an everyday product the face form works wonders but not an all day lasting product and still expensive for drug store.

Would love to trial and error some highlighters... IDEAS PLEASE? 

Hope your all well

Enjoy The Easter Holidays 

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Peeping Beauty More Like Sleeping Freaking Beauty ...

The vanilla and strawberry Cupcakes me and my boyfriend made together on my 22nd birthday. Nom nom. 

Its awful how long its been since I last did a post - that's appalling two more days till the 1st of April,  and one post, shocking. Oh well hey ho finally the Easter holidays have arrived and I have no excuse but to blog away like Peeping Beauty should be doing. So sorry I've just constantly been working and if not working de-cluttering my small ass bedroom :( 

So no newbies have been bought sadly ... ching ching lets me have a splurge on all things nice please. 

Ooo although its not very new and I have used them my Lush products shall shortly be exposed. 

Currently been reading a book in need to share such greatness with you all ... 50 Ways To Find A Lover By Lucy-Anne Holmes, some rude bits that make me cringe, BUT laugh too... 

H A P P Y   E A S T E R   A L L <3 p="">

Step by Step || My everyday Makeup routine

After showing you my everyday make up brushes I wanted to show you my everyday make up products that I use on a daily basis...

Products used:

 M.A.C Prep + Prime Skin Base Visage

 || M.A.C Mineralize Satin finish SPF15 NC42 || M.A.C Fix +

Bobby Brown Corrector in Peach || M.A.C Studio Finish Concealer NW35 || Bobby Brown Concealer Kit: Creamy Concealer in Honey, Sheer Finished Pressed Powder Pale Yellow

M.A.C Mineralize Satin finish Natural Powder in Medium Plus 

Sleek Face Form Contouring and Blush Palette in Medium 374

M.A.C paint pot soft ochre || L’Oreal Paris Gel Intenza Eyeliner in 01 Pure Black || L'Oreal Mega Volume Collagene 24h in Extra Black
 

Sleek Palettes in Ah Natural 601

Sleek Palettes in Storm 578

Collection 2000 Lip Liner in 17 Clover pink || M.A.C Matte Lipstick in Mehr and Kinda Sexy 

Step by step: 

1. The M.A.C Fix + is used to hydrate my eyes using a sponge applicator dabbing it in the eye area.

2. I then Prep and Prime my skin using two pumps by rubbing it into my face using my fingers.

3. After letting both products set in, I then use two to three pumps (depending on coverage) of foundation dotting it around my face and then buffing it into my face using my RT buffing brush.

4. Taking my ring finger I use a small amount of a corrector and begin to blend it in using a dabbing motion focusing on the dark areas and the inner corners of my eyes until the right amount of product has been applied. I next take a concealer kit and do the same again on both sides. Lastly, to adjust the colour to match my foundation I use a small amount of concealer.  I also use my RT flat pointed foundation brush to set all the products in place after applying each of the concealers.

5. Taking my powder I apply this with my Eco-Tools bamboo brush.

6. Apply my contour kit using a RT contour brush.

7. Using the highlighter from the contour kit I take my RT stippling brush in the 

highest point of my cheekbones and then down the bridge of my nose and briskly applied to the cupids bow above my lips.

8. I then apply a small amount of the bronzer to the apples of my cheeks, temples and blend it into the contouring on the lower cheekbones using RT blush brush.

9. Using my eyebrow pencil I fill in my eyebrows slightly to just fill in the lines as my eyebrows are thin and brush these out using a basic brow brush. **Avon Glimmer stick Brow Definer in Dark Brown**

10. I take my paint pot to give myself a base on my eye lids using my finger tips and mix with any neutral colours for my lids and apply mascara to the top lashes only.

11. Finally, for my lips my go to's are either 'Kinda Sexy' or 'Mehr'- used with Rimmel lip liner pencil in underneath.

Additional eye liner, gel liner, or darker eye-shadow colour for crease (depending on the look and feel).

What's your every day look? Any holy grail items you own... 

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My everyday make up brushes

Hey guys so unfortunately I came down with the flu and so I think I just wanted to recover fully until I was 100% better *90% at the moment though but its been toooo long*. I can finally share with you my favourite everyday make up brushes! 

*I have recently ordered a few new brushes from eBay awaiting to be picked up at the depot by my boyfriend* *currently waiting TOO long :(* 

When my addiction to make up began the only brand I was totally in love with was M.A.C cosmetics, therefore I would have loved to have bought their brushes but never wanted to spend so much money on them and I never really wanted to use eBay to buy them at cheaper prices. So anyway I always had a foundation flat head brush which was a very basic brush from a drug store but I was so happy to get rid of that when I discovered a great YouTube channel and the reason why I bought an elf kabuki brush (off eBay-dirt cheap). Eventually, I went to boots and then discovered the EcoTools make up brushes which were my first ever proper make up tools! I was so excited to try them and even more excited when I was thrilled with the brushes because they were ever so soft and great beginner brushes. 

As I began to build my make up collection I can not thank the Real Technique girls for their brushes because I would be nowhere with out them *bit extreme* but no seriously, amazing brushes! Even though they were not cheap however neither were they expensive. I did space it out when buying the brushes because I knew by this stage I wanted them all.
*I am yet to purchase: Shading brush, Kabuki brush and the Travel essentials pack (only because I really want the Multi-task brush)* Eek!

Everyday most - used, make up brushes >>

Contour/Foundation - Contour brush,  Buffing brush & Expert face brush

Eyeshadow/Concealer - Revlon contour shadow brush, Real techniques pointed foundation brush & Base shadow brush

Highlight/Blusher - Real Techniques Stippling and Blush brush 

Powder/Bronzer - EcoTools  Powder & Blush brush 

I did firstly start off with the E.L.F Kabuki brush to apply my foundation which was brilliant but honestly I wasn't a fan of the kabuki style brushes for foundation because compared to the brushes I have used and the one I use now, I didn't feel that it gave the face a flawless finish. The buffing and expert face brush are both brilliant for my liquid foundation but I always reach out for the buffing brush because it does a great job at reaching all the areas on the face and really buffing the product in but I do love both.


The contour brush is soft just like all the Real Technique brushes however, a little bit small for my liking although I use it daily I did go back to using my EcoTools blush brush because of it being a bigger brush and easier to blend.  I would prefer a large contour brush to cover more of the area when contouring and especially an angled one because I find that this real techniques brush creates a fine line to my face/cheekbones for an everyday look and I would most likely use it when going out for that more defined look.


Again, I had also purchased an EcoTools bamboo bronzer brush - Omg is that a big brush or what, well yeah its mahoosive! I bought as a powder brush just to see what It'd be like *trial and error  of course* so when I got home and tested it I found it to be awful when applying powder *my bad I know*. With the brush being so densely tight it felt as though the powder was just getting packed on my face and sitting there rather than setting my make up. The powder brush by EcoTools however, is a lot easier to apply powder to the face although I don't feel that it has the right shape to it and it doesn't give that flawless finish but hey ho it'll do for now **Ebay brushes couldn't come any faster**!

This Revlon brush was literally a one off as when I was just routing around the odd shops around my boyfriends area when I came across Lloyd's pharmacy and got myself a nice little inexpensive brush (£2-£4). *Haha who'd of thought it* I thought It'd be a brilliant brush for creasing eye shadows which I have always used it for as it creates that crease and it's easy to blend if needed.
For all over the eye I always use the crease brush but not only for that use, but because I love it for absolutely everything - creasing, blending, powder shadows and shading. *Well not everything but you know multi-use* :) 

Most admired brush is the pointed foundation brush, its ever so small but the perfect size for patting and setting my concealer !!

Blusher brush is great!! The size is quite big but I think it covers the areas of the cheeks where blusher is applied quite evenly and sparingly. Again its soft, I think the size allows you to blend it in rather than thinking that because the brush is big a lot of product will be applied - not true just use a small amount of blush and build if needed *Best, personal make-up tip*. The stippling brush is not my greatest although I have used it for blusher, liquid foundation and highlighter. I think for me its been mostly used with blusher but when I get a new highlighter I think it might be a hit because my current highlighter is a liquid form.

Ever so sorry its been long!! Be back soon with everyday make up P R O D U C T S and hopefully my N E W brushes.

I hope this may help some of you or found it interesting...

Stay Flu-less

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