London Haul!

Hi guys!

So just a quick thing before I get started, I don't know if the writing looks smaller to you, or if the fonts different, but iv just got windows 10, and I cant seem to figure out how to change it! I hope I can figure it out. Also, there wont be any pictures as for some reason whenever I try to add a picture, it freezes. Anyway, lets actually get started!

Last week I went to London (it was really good if you were wondering. Went round Buckingham palace, went to Harrods, went SHOPPING, and saw Mamma Mia!!!!), and I bought a few things down Oxford Street.

I know what you thought of as soon as I mentioned Oxford Street. LUSH Oxford Street. It is AMAZING!! 3 floors of LUSH. But I do have to say, in my opinion, some of the new exclusive bath bombs and bubble bars really didn't smell that nice. They were just colourful. But anyway! I did end up buying 2 bath bombs, and 2 BATH OILS!

"But what are bath oils?!?" Well, thanks for asking! They are like bath melts, except smaller, and very soft. They will literally melt in your hand, and you put them into a running bath. When you get in the bath, it will make your skin sooo soft and they are very relaxing.

So I bought "You've been Mangoed!", and LUSH say "Feeling fruity? This creamy avocado and zesty mango will butter you up nicely," and claims it packs a punch. But it really is worth buying. And it makes your bath go a really light green colour. And I bought,
"Mmmelting Marshmallow Moment." It is " moisturising marshmallow oil whipped up with cocoa butter and almond oil." This literally smells like candy floss. These are really good, and only cost £2, but I will point out if you are going to buy one of these, they do leave a bit of a stain on the sides of the bath, so you might have to spend 3 minutes getting it off.

And the two bath bombs I got where "Big Blue" and the "Yoga" bath bombs. I picked up "Big blue" because it smelt so fresh and calming. I used it a couple of days ago, and it made my bath go bright blue colour, which was really nice. The only downside was that it had seaweed in it. I thought it was going to be flower petals or something, but I was wrong. Some people liked this, so it is just what I think, and I think that it wasn't a good touch. But it did smell nice. The other bath bomb (yoga bath bomb), I haven't used yet. As far as I can see it is just a orange colour (as I finish writing that I take it out of the packet and get the dust ALL over me keyboard. yay). It smells of a mixture of things to me, but mainly: Floral, Orange, and Wood. Im thinking when I use it, it might be more than orange because its got a tiny bit of purple on the outside, but that might be from another bomb. I cant wait to use them!

Then I went down to Superdrug, and bought 2 things. The first I have been waiting to come into the shops for a while, and it is the Makeup Revolution Salvation Velvet lacquer. I got the shade "Velvet Rebel" or just rebel. This is basically a lipstick in the format of a lip gloss. It is very pigmented and it dry's matt. I will be doing a full review on this product, so any questions just put them in the comments below. Its a dark red, and im loving it so far. And finally, the last thing I bought was the NYC Strip me off, peelable base coat for your nails. I don't use this as a base coat. I use it around my nails, so that if I go over my nails, onto my skin, I can peel that off, instead of spending 5 minutes using remover. VERY HANDY!!

So that's all guys. I hope you enjoyed reading, and if you have any questions or suggestions please leave them below. And tell me which LUSH bath bomb is your favourite because I would love to know! BYE xx

LUCY XD

Strawberry hack!

Hello!

So this is just going to be a short post, but a very helpful one!

This time of year, there is loads of fruit around for you to eat; strawberry's being one of them, and who doesn't love strawberry's. But, (sounds stupid) how do you cut them correctly, without wasting anything?!?

Well, my friend, I will tell you!

All you need is a straw (preferably the wider ones, about a 1cm wide) and strawberry's.

Simply take the straw, turn the strawberry so its upside down, and push the straw into the point of the strawberry and push it all the way threw. Then there you go! You will have the green leafy part of the strawberry in the straw and clean strawberry left to eat. And you can also eat the left over strawberry from the straw, so nothing is wasted.


This may seem like the most pointless post EVER but trust me, one day, try this and then you will be thanking me!

Thanks for reading guys, sorry I haven't been posting recently but iv been a bit busy. If you like what you read, tell your friends, and if you have any suggestions please comment them below. Thanks again! xx

Lucy XD

Smile!

Hello!

So a while back I wasn't feeling my best and it got my thinking, "why am I like this? I should  always be happy". I still don't have a proper reason for feeling slightly down then, but I think we all have them days. But, I found ways around it and I thought, if your in that sort of stage now, I would tell you the ways to keep yourself always happy!

1) Plan fun things to do! Whether it is "I'm going to have a ice cream when I get home" or
"I'm going to London soon!", it will give you something to look forward to. Its the summer holidays soon in England and I can't wait for that! So, plan things to look forward to!

2) Listen to yourself. If your thinking "I want to do that, but if she wants to do it then she can." NO! If you want to do something, don't not do it because someone else is doing it! Do what you want! There are a lot of rules that we have to live by, but don't make more rules for yourself! Don't listen to what anyone else is doing, just do what you want!

3) Chill. Sometimes all you need is a break. If you've got a lot of pressure on you, take some time out. Have film day, have a sleepover with your friends, do anything just to relax a bit.

4) Laugh. Watch a funny film, program or read a funny book. I personally think Miranda or League of their own, are the funniest programs you will ever see!

I hope this helped someone. I just wanted to point out, im not constantly sad or down, its just every once in a while im just not feeling up to it.

If you liked this guys then please share with your friends, follow this blog and comment any suggestions below. Thanks for reading! xx

Lucy XD

The Music Tag

Hello!

As you may or may not have realised, I love music. Pop-Rock-Punk-Country-Rap- anything! I will like at least one song in any genre. I'm most into Pop-rock and Punk-rock, and anything with drums in it! (I want to learn how to play the drums). But, apart from that you don't know much about the concerts iv been to, who I USED to be obsessed with, or which artists I don't like. So I thought I would do the "Music tag", 20 questions about music. Let's go!

1) Which band/artist do you own the most albums by? - JLS. There name is going to pop up quite a lot as I used to be obsessed with them and bought everything and anything I could find to do with them. As I tend to listen to my music on Spotify now, I don't buy albums as much now. But yes, my answer is JLS.

2) What was the last song you listened to? - My songs know what you did in the dark by Fall Out Boy

3) What was the last album you listened to? - Blurryface by Twenty One Pilots

4) What was the last show you attended? - The Vamps concert

5) Greatest show you've seen? - Right Place Right Time tour by Olly Murs

6) Worst show you've seen? - Olly Murs's first tour (theatre tour). It wasn't a bad show, it was just smaller and not as exciting compared to his other shows in arena's. He was still really good!

7)  What is your least favourite style of music? - Dance music. I don't know what it is about it, but songs like "Rather Be" and "Cheerleader" just get on my nerves. I like them for at the most a week and then they bug me after that.

8) What show are you looking forward to? - I'm not going to any more shows this year. :(

9) What is your favourite band T-shirt? - I don't own one but I really like the 5 seconds of summer Idiot Baseball Shirt.

10)  Which musician would you love to hang out with for a day? - Probably Jesy Nelson from Little Mix, because she is really nice, we share the same sort of style and she just seems really funny. But any of the Little Mix girls

11) Musician/Group you would love to make a come back? - I don't even need to think about it! JLS without a doubt. If you didn't know, they WERE a British boy band who came second on the X factor, and they broke up at the end of 2013. I was so upset, and I STILL love them!

12) Band/Artist you've always wanted to see live? - I have 2. The obvious choice being 5 seconds of summer because I love them. But... Take That...Yes I know, they are a bit weird of a choice but I just love their concerts! I've seen videos of them and they look amazing!

13) Name four FLAWLESS albums -  Right Place Right Time - Olly Murs, Outta this world - JLS, Riot - Paramore, 5 seconds of summer - 5 seconds of summer.

14) How many music related DVD's do you own? - 4: 2 JLS, 1 Olly Murs, 1 One Direction (bought for me as a present. I do like them but I wouldn't have bought it for myself.)

15) How many concerts have you been to in total? - 10: 4 Olly Murs, 3 JLS, 2 Little Mix, 1 The Vamps.

16) Who have you seen the most live? - Olly Murs

17) What is your favourite movie soundtrack? - I was thinking about this and the first one that came into my head was... Ever Ever After by Carrie Underwood from Enchanted (a Disney film), I just really like it!!!

18) Your latest musical phase? - Paramore. I got into Paramore a while ago, but my friend likes them to so she's gotten me into them more. For example she told me about their album Riot.

19) Your musical guilty pleasure? - Probably Take That. I have friends who like some of their songs but seriously I love them all! And I just love Mark Owen! So Take That.

20) Your favourite book by a musician? - Forever and a day: JLS

So that is everything you need to know about what music I like and don't like, and everything in between! I hope you enjoyed reading, and as normal don't' forget to follow this blog and comment below what other posts you want!! Bye xx

Lucy XD

Lipstick collection

Hello!

I thought I would do a lipstick collection because lipstick, at the moment, is my favourite makeup product. These lipsticks are not all recent buys. They vary from a few weeks ago, to a year ago. I try not to keep lipsticks any longer than that, and I have just realised how well iv actually done sticking to that! I will point out there is one lip liner that you may have seen mentioned before, which I am including, because I fill my lips in with it. Ok! Lets go!

Also, I will be talking about them in the order shown in the picture, starting from the left, and the pictures will start from the right, and then go left right, left right. Yeah? Ok! NOW lets go!

 1) Plum Wine by Maybelline. As the name suggests, it is a plum colour and I think it is perfect for winter or autumn. I really like this but because its summer, I cant wear it right now, so that's annoying. The only thing I don't like about this lipstick is that it comes off quite easily. But apart from that, I love it!

 
2) The next lipstick is from the Little Mix collection, by Collection. It is in the shade Perrie, and it a purple. Yes I know. Why would I pick purple? But I bought this when I was going through a bright colour phase, and it is just a fun colour. Yeah. May not be everyone's taste, but at the time, I loved this!

3) Next is another Collection lipstick, from the Gothic collection, and it is called Sugar Plum. It is a pink/reddish colour. I don't actually wear this that much, but im going to try to. It is quite a bright colour, so maybe more for summer.

4) Now a Essence lipstick. This is in the shade Blush my lips. It is a darker bright pink. There is not much else to say about this apart from the fact that I will be wearing this a lot more now it is getting warmer (or should be. Stupid British weather!). 

5)  A L'Oreal lipstick! This is a Colour Riche and is in the shade Pretty Peach.  I got it about 6 months ago and its a coral/peach colour with bits of gold in it. Perfect for summer. And I just wanted to mention the packaging! Its so pretty. Have a look at the picture at the top to see it.

 6) This is a Rimmel lipstick, from the Kate collection, and it is in shade 16. It is the basic coral colour. It is matt and yeah, its just nice. My only problem is that if you have dry lips then you can really see that, but I just put a lip balm on before, and then I'm fine.

7) This lipstick is a tester, so I didn't buy it, but it is very nice! It is the Lancôme L'Absolu Rouge lipstick in shade 6 (Rose Nu). Unfortunately, I decided to snap this ON A CHEMICLE COVERD TOILET CLEANING GLOVE, so I only have left what didn't snap of, which as you can see, is not a lot. And I bet as your eyes scanned across the picture of all my lipsticks, your eyes locked on that one in confusion. Now, im going to move on before I start getting emotional about my loss of a beautiful lipstick.

 8) This is going to have to be short. This is the Topshop lipstick in Innocent. It is a bubble-gum purple/pink. It is very nice, and I love the packaging.


9) My final lipstick is the Mac Amplified lipstick in Brick-O-La. I have done a full review on this so I will link that below, but it is a dark red with a bit of orange and pink in it. I really recommend this.

10) And finally, a lip liner that I fill my lips in with. It is the No.7 lip pencil in Fire (I think). Its just your basic red colour, and it stays on quite well. And I got this for £1! Yeah, love it!



And there you go! My lipstick collection. I hope it wasn't too long, but there you go (again). If you want any specific posts, please tell me below. they don't have to be beauty by the way. Anything and Everything! And thank you for reading. Don't forget to follow this blog and tell your friends! Bye guys! xx

Lucy XD

Mac Brick-O-La lipstick review

Review: Nivea Extra Gentle Eye Makeup Remover

Hello!

So I thought I would do a review on a product I have been TRYING to use quite a lot recently, Nivea's Extra Gentle Eye Makeup Remover. I chose this product because it is supposed to be a cheap (£3.00), and effective way to remove makeup.

I say supposed to, for me, this product didn't work. As a wearer of eye liner (waterproof, so it stays on better), I need something that can remove it easily enough for me not to make my eye hurt. But I really have to rub at my eye to get it off, and even then, it doesn't get some of it off, and I have to use a makeup wipe to remove it. And I know that your not supposed to use makeup wipes, but trust me, if your removing eye liner with this stuff, it will do your eyes more good to use a wipe. Really, my eyes hurt after 5 minutes of trying to get it off. 5 minutes! And yes I know, waterproof makeup IS harder to remove but that isn't the point. It claims that it is gentle and it isn't.

Over all I would rate this 4/10. It gets rid of eye shadow ok. But eyeliner AND even mascara really didn't move unless I rubbed my eye really hard.

If you have any further questions please comment below, and if you have any suggestions for a new makeup remover please, also, leave them below. Like normal, tell your friends that this blog exists, follow this blog and thank you for reading!! Bye guys xx

Lucy XD

Town haul

Hello!

A couple of weeks ago I went into town and bought a few things.So I thought I would show you what I bought because YOLO (cringe...). Ok. Let's move on from that, and get started!

1) At my local boots, they are doing a no.7 lucky dip for £1, and all the money they make goes to charity. I have tried this once before and got an eye shadow, but it was nothing special. I did it again this time and got a red lip liner! So that was good! Its a matt, red lip liner, but you can use it to fill in all of your lips, which I like to do. It doesn't come as a pencil, it comes as a scrolly up thingy. But its very good!

2) Also at boots, I bought the travel sized version of the Flake Away body scrub, by Soap&Glory. I've wanted to buy this for a long time, but I didn't want to spend £8 on a scrub I might not even like. So I bought the smaller version, for £2.50, and it is amazing! And it smells sooo good! Definitely recommended!



3) Then we went to Superdrug (my favourite shop!), and I bought the Zoella Fizz Bar for £5. For anyone who doesn't know, Zoella is a beauty guru on YouTube. The Fizz Bar is basically a bath bomb in a bar shape, and you can snap of pieces of it. I use 1-2 pieces per bath, and there are 8 all together. It smells good enough to eat. It even has a sticker on the bar when you open it to tell you not to eat it, so that just proves it! Please excuse the shoddy quality of packaging, I had a bit of trouble getting into it as I was so excited!


4) Then we went to lush, and you don't know how difficult it was to only buy two products! But in the end I decided to get my favourite, The Avobath (left), which has lemongrass, avocado's and limes in it, and it cost £3.35 .And the Blackberry Bath Bomb (right), which I have never tried before, and that has blackberry's, and bergamot oil in it, and it cost £3.25. I'm very excited to try that! And it has a surprise in the middle apparently!

So that's what I bought in town! If you want any reviews, or want to know what the surprise was in the Blackberry Bath Bomb, then comment below. Like normal, make sure you follow this blog if you like what you read, and tell your friends! Bye guys!! xx

Lucy XD