LUSH mini haul and favourites

The other week I went into my local Lush in Sheffield with my friend Joyce from fairysocks. I picked up a few things (as always) so I thought I'd just show you what I bought. I have used up all my bath bombs so of course wanted to stock up. I usually gravitate to fresh smells- citrus in particular (happy hippy shower gel is amazing) but I was a bit more adventurous this time.


Granny Takes a Dip £3.25 - This one smells sort of soapy (if thats a thing?) and slightly citrus, according to lush it is ginger, pepper and lemon scented. It makes patterns in the bath that look like they came straight for the 70s!

Twilight £3.25 - This one smells very floral which is not a usual pick for me. Honestly I mostly picked twilight because I heard fellow Sheffielder velvetgh0st raving about it! It is made with essential oils and scented with lavender, it makes swirls of pink and purple in your bath -can you see a theme here?

Space Girl £2.35 - This smells bath bomb like again with a hint of sweet. Its made with grapefruit oil and bergamot oil and POPPING CANDY! This one is sparkley and purple so it should be a winner!

I hope you enjoyed this mini haul, I have a few ideas of new posts so watch this space!

Thanks for reading, Alex.

REVIEW! Limecrime's velvetine in wicked.

My first review!

Limecrime velvetine in the shade 'wicked'

On the limecrime website it describes the product as "Matte burgundy-red. Ground-breaking formula that goes on liquid and dries completely matte. Touch-proof, transfer-proof, long-wearing and utterly addictive!"

I would say the colour is spot on and it's gorgeous! I also love how matte it is and I don't find my lips to look flakey at all (sometimes mine do with lipsticks or lipliners)

It isn't the easiest to apply but after 4 or 5 applications I've got the hang of it - I use my real techniques detailer brush from the core collection round the edges first then fill in the the 'doe foot' applicator it comes with. The packaging is exactly like a doe foot lipgloss, so the fluffiness of the brush makes it hard to apply crisp lines.

Once you've applied the velvetine it does become matte and pretty much non transferable after about 30 seconds or less. 

I do have a pet peeve with the application and that it that it never sticks to the part or my bottom lip closest to my teeth, it's probably because this part is too wet naturally but when I pout or pull a silly face you can clearly see the area of pink next to the deep red and I don't find this with my MAC Russian red. 

I would say this product is long wearing UNTILL you eat. On me it tends to take off the inner part of my lips lipstick and doesn't like nice, it doesn't fade like if say Russian red does, it just takes parts completely off. Of course you can reapply these bits but it doesn't look as nice as at the start of the day. I have heard reviews of people who haven't had this problem so it could just be me?

I would consider this lipstick a winner but not for meals out - for nights out it's perfect! No more reapplying in the toilets all night long. And I am in love with the colour. I believe it now comes in 7 colours in total.

before setting

after setting

In terms of where to buy it I found the shipping to be a ridiculous price for the uk - http://limecrime.com/

But I used 'cocktail cosmetics' as the velvetines are sold for £13.50 this was quick delivery (£3.50) and they provide you with a tracking number. I believe I received a discount code if I ordered again within the next month. - http://www.cocktailcosmetics.co.uk/

Amazon also sells limecrime but for some reason it was ridiculously expensive!  I can't work out why. For example http://www.amazon.co.uk/LIME-CRIME-Velvetines-Liquid-Lipstick/dp/B00L6Q3BH6/ref=sr_1_1/276-9362928-5375748?ie=UTF8&qid=1409765336&sr=8-1&keywords=lime+crime+velvetines

I also found another website called 'Cutecosmetics' - http://www.cutecosmetics.co.uk/ this was pretty similar in price to cocktail cosmetics but I just chose them because of their excellent reviews. Though I'm sure this website is just as good!

Thanks for reading! X

Update and advice?

My friend has encouraged me to carry on blogging (not that I ever really got started) but I'm going to try to blog more consistently, and as you are aware I'm not the best at writing so I've decided to post the quicker the better, so I have less time to worry about the perfect wording and just get it out there!

Also because I don't always have access to a computer (I share with my younger sister and she currently is going into her second year of A-levels) I am going to see how this one turns out on my phone, I might get an iPad when I have enough money- does anyone do blogging from their iPads? Or have any advice you can give me?

One last update/ question for anyone reading- I had trouble with my layout and banner etc, it just looks really boring and plain (it's basically just what the blog automatically sets up like) so does anyone have any ideas or tips on how to get to grips with this or any great websites to create free banners? I welcome all tips as I'm a complete newbie!!

Limecrime review coming later!'

Thanks for reading! X