Lush - Christmas & Boxing Day Haul

As promised, here's my Lush haul, this includes the gifts I received for Christmas, and also what I bought myself during their big sale (which was amazing!) Although I already mentioned it in my Christmas gift post, I'll say it again. I'm extremely grateful for all my gifts, and I'm not trying to show off in any way.

I'll start first with what I got for Christmas. I received pretty much all of these from my boyfriend for Christmas, because he let me pick my gifts, and as this is my favourite shop, I wanted quite a lot!

I decided I wanted to choose one of the gift boxes, and as it's my favourite, I decided on Snow Fairy. I love the soap and the shower gel already, and I haven't used one of the Shimmy Shimmy Glitter Bar's in years, so I was really happy that I got to try one out again.

One of my friends also got me a bottle of Snow Fairy which I'm very happy about, you can never have too much, ever! I then got the Popcorn lip scrub, because every person and their dog has raved about it and I needed to have it!

Something I've been lusting after for actual months, was the Imogen Rose solid perfume. They sell it in a bottle as well, but it was the solid perfume that I wanted, which is surprising as I've never owned one before. This smells so amazing, and smells even after after it's been on your skin for a while. I'll be doing a review on this very soon! You can buy it by clicking here.

The first bar of soap (at the top) is Angels Delight, there will be more on that further down as I bought this myself.

Karma is the second bar, and I've always wanted to buy this, but for some weird reason, I never have. I adore this scent in the shampoo bar, so I'm glad I finally have my hands on the soap. You can buy it by clicking here.

Finally, the last soap I received with Rock Star. The label has came off this, but you can definitely tell from the scent which soap it is. This has always been a favourite of mine, and is the one I always choose for a present for people as it just smells so good. You can buy it by clicking here.

I got some really good bargains in the Lush sale, and I was so happy afterwards (it's like a shopping high). They had 50% off all their Christmas products, and also off some regular priced products. When I went into the store, every single inch had a person in it, and it was nearly impossible to move. Everyone was going for all the gift boxes so naturally I went there first as I knew they were great value.

The one I ended up with (after much thought, and swapping about) was Jolly Hollydays. It cost me only £12.75!

One of my friends got me the Sandy Santa for Christmas (I somehow forgot to put this in my overall photo), but I also got one in this box. I decided on this one in the end as it had three products which I hadn't tried before. I already love the smell of the Karma shampoo so I know I'll love the soap. I can't wait to try all my new things!

I love the Fair Trade Honey Shampoo (you can read a review by clicking here) so I was delighted when I saw it on sale for half price. I ended up getting the 300g bottle for £7 and I had ran out so this was a great bargain. You can buy it full price by clicking here.

My boyfriend got me a large version of the Twilight shower gel, and I love the smell so much that I bought a mini bottle just for whenever I run out.

I love trying new cleansers, so as it was half price I decided to try the Buche De Noel one which I found as I was checking out at the till. Hopefully it's good (although nothing can beat Angels on Bare Skin).

Next was the Angels Delight soap. I bought this last year and hadn't restocked at all this year, so since it was half price I thought I might as well. It smells so lovely and sweet!

You all know already that I love Full of Grace, there's a review if you click here. Half price? Why not!? I paid £3.90, but you can buy it full price by clicking here.

I'd been wanting to try one of these toners for a while, so I picked up Breath of Fresh Air and I've been using it every day since. I can't believe how much make up there is still left on my skin after I take it off at night. I'll definitely be repurchasing this! It cost me £3.95 but you can buy it full price by clicking here.

I have it included in the photograph, but it wasn't half price, but I also bought Grease Lightning because I'd been wanting to try it. I'll be doing a review on it soon, but if you want to go ahead and buy it anyway, click here.

There you have it, my long list of Lush products. I really won't need to buy anymore for a while, but well, I probably will.... Although I definitely don't think I need any shower gel or soap for a good few months, or even until next Christmas. I love them though.

As mentioned, I''ll be reviewing most of these products in the near future. I'd like to know though, is there any particular products you want to hear about first?

Did you receive any Lush products this year? I love to know!

Blogmas Day 7 - Lush Fragrance Party Exclusive!

I'm typing this as I'm ordering and I'm super excited, but getting super impatient at the fact the website is lagging and crashing so much! Clearly because everyone else loves Lush as much as I do and the products only went live at 10pm tonight. I really should explain firstly what I'm talking about though to those who don't know...

For this weekend only Lush is releasing exclusive fragrances of some of their popular products. It went live at 10pm tonight and finishes on Monday (10th December) at 9am. If you're interested, I would get in there quick before they sell out!

There's 6 fragrances to choose one and I've had a hard time choosing which one to go with, and naturally my final decision had to be the most expensive one!

Firstly there is Rose Jam. I'm  naming it first as it's the one that I wanted most, and it's the one that popped out at me as soon as I got the email. This is usually a bubble bar and out of everything in Lush, it's probably the one I'm most likely to eat. I swear, one day I actually will. It smells like a mixture between roses and jam, and is similar to the scent of the Ro's Argan Body Conditioner. This is priced at £25.00 for 27g.

Second, there is Big. Lush quite recently came out with a conditioner to match the every popular shampoo by this name, so hopefully any Lush fans out there will already know of this scent. If not, it is a mixture between orange and vanilla, so it's quite a fresh scent. This is priced at £22.00 for 27g.

Next we have Creamy Candy, another one of my favourite scents (incase you can't tell, I'm very into the sweet, edible scents). This is another one of my favourites, and it's the one I always choose for my mum on present occasions because it's her favourite as well. I can't really describe it in any other way except that it just smells like sugary

 sweets and deliciousness. This is their cheapest and is priced at £18.00 for 27g.

Another scent we have is Snowcake. This is one that I'm not quite familiar with so I can't really give a personal answer in terms of the scent, but the online description says it smells like marzipan. This just reminds me of Christmas from the sounds of the scent and the name, so this sounds good in my books! It is priced at £22.00 for 27g.

The Comforter is another scent in the collection which I imagine is another one that I would like to eat. It's described

as having the scent of blackcurrant and is quite fruity, and it comes from another one of their popular bubble bars so you may already know this scent. It is priced at £20.00 for 27g.

Last, but certainly not least is Twilight. From looking at the blog, and YouTube world, I know this could be their most popular. It is inspired by their bath ballistic, and also the seasonal shower gel which is currently being sold. This will have a lovely lavender scent, and it may just be me, but I could imagine it being lovely as a pillow mist to help you sleep at night, but it may be a bit too pricey for that. This is priced at £25.00 for 27g.

So there you have it, here's my little post on the fragrances that went on sale less than 2 hours ago, for this weekend only. I'd advise you to get your orders in fast if you're interested. As far as I can see, unfortunately they don't appear to be on sale in the US, it's UK only, but that was only from a quick glance at their site.

If you'd like to place an order on any of the products, you can do so by clicking here. You know you want to.

I've my order now placed and I'll do a review on the Rose Jam fragrance once I've received it. I'm so excited!

I also definitely did not just order the Spice Mountain soap from the Retro range at the last minute...you're lying! 

10 Day "You" Challenge - Day 7

Day 7 of the 10 day "you" challenge, and today's challenge is 'four books'. I like to read, but I'm not going to pick out some fancy, unheard of books that I liked, but didn't love so much that I read them over again, so the books I'm going to choose are pretty popular, but I loved them!

Book 1 - Harry Potter, the whole series. I could just pick one from the series if I wanted to (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) but I'm not, I'm going to choose them all! These are, and always will be, my favourite book series. I have read them all so many times, especially the first three. When we were in school, my friend and I (Sarah Burch, Hi if you're reading this!) used to quiz each other on the books to see how much we knew.

Book 2 - Twilight, the series. Another series again, these really are my favourite type of books because it doesn't finish after just one book. I got absolutely hooked on this series and read them so fast, and I still love them!

Book 3 - The Hunger Games, a series again! I could pick a favourite book in this series too, Catching Fire, but I'll just go with the series again because they all go together. This has quite recently made it's way into my favourite books, and although I read them quite recently, I'd happily read them again right now.

Book 4 - Memoirs of a Geisha, the only one not a series. I loved this book so much and I've read it multiple times as well. I watched the movie first, and then read the book after, and as much as I loved the film, the book was so much better and I absolutely adored it.