Lush Review

Ok! Im going to start off with I NEED MORE CHARITY POT IN MY LIFE!! alright that is out of my system but it needed to be said. As you know Isa and myself went to our closest LUSH and i ended coming home with a whole new aspect of thinking of my skin and how i need to take care of it. Charity pot has become a daily staple in my life, honestly my skin has never felt this good, it makes my tattoos pop off my skin and i smell amazing all day! Alright now im going to talk about a few other LUSH products ive been using every day or alternating. 

Honey Trap! so i love anything that smells like Vanilla, it makes me feel girly and pretty and for some reason always reminds me of my mom. therefor ive always enjoyed this scent along with i remember my first ever lush product i tried was a massage bar that my mom has bought years ago and it smelt just like this, you really just want to eat the product it smells that amazing. In the winter my lips to not like me and i really do try everything but honey trap solves all my rips and cracks so YAY! this i would say is a must have and its like dirt cheap so HAPPY HEART!

Alright next up is Daddy-O. I learned the hard way is to never assume you know how to properly use a product. My previous experiences with purple shampoos are that you need to let them sit on your hair to really work and achieve a light blonde or white...So thats what i did.... bad choice my hair stained purple for 4 ish days! i had to lift it out. So my next try i just wet my hair washed it in while i was rinsing and holy cow my hair is a beautiful white! i am in love! 

 Ocean Salt. I was scared of this little guy, i had purchased it for Alex as his skin acts funny i find. He has been using it on face and body and he hasnt had a break out at all! so i thought i would give it a try as for some reason i get these like little bumps on my arms and shoulders some times i dont know but ocean salt has been making my weird areas not bream out or react to whatever was in my previous body wash... sorry dove we might never ever be friends... ever again. but something it doesnt say on the front is... VODKA! thats right its in there with the lime ready to kill EVERYTHING bad on your skin, it skins on any open cut but hey you know its working right? i will have to take a photo of what it looks like open because wow! its so pretty and the texture is so nice that you know its really working on your skin.

Alright i want to take a minute to really speak about how i really feel on LUSH, i feel by the products that i have been using im really starting to love my skin and my body as for what it truly is. Ive NEVER been one to say hey i love this on me (other than my modifications i have made) but using my face products i can confidently walk out my door with not a speck of makeup on and not care what anyone is looking at because I feel good and I feel pretty. Along with the skin care what it has been doing is amazing i can walk around my apartment it a sports bra and lulu's and feel that my skin looks beautiful and tighter and not almost have that grey shade to me that im so used to seeing. Along with feeling good on the outside it makes you feel good on the inside spending the money on these products. Fair trade, fighting against animal rights. Which i support 200%! i love my fur babies and all the creatures i have found homes and cared for, no animal deserves to be treated like poo! no matter if your not an animal person ( if thats you... you should most likely seek help... sorry not really sorry) you should always look into what really goes into product testing. i will admit i do forget sometimes what im putting on my skin and possibly what little guy had to try it before i buy it. but using products like Lush. So YAY! and thank you Lush for making me feel pretty. (thumbs up)

A New Face

I've been asked to do some reviews on the lush products that i have been using. I felt it was a good place to start was the products that i am using everyday, starting with my face.

As you know Isa and myself made a trip to the Lush that is near us. We had an amazing time and were served one on one resulting in a new face routine for me. I will admit i am known for not taking good care of my skin and face but i really want to and my goal is to have nice skin that i wont have to wear foundation anymore and being able to feel comfortable and pretty in my own skin not covered up.

It was suggested that i use Lush's Fresh Farmacy, Tea Tree Water and Vanishing Cream.

I'm going to start with Fresh Farmacy which i will say i am in love with and will be making this my life long face wash!

"Farmaceutical assistance for sensitive faces. Wash with this mild calamine and lavender bar to calm troubled skin" Lush times. Key word "troubled skin" as said in the Lush Times, yup that's me. I was reading reviews online about this and the most negative comments i could find all complained about the smell. Which i agree was different for me, its not your typical tingle your face off with overly scented chemicals from the drugstore i'm shamefully used to. 

You can strongly smell the calamine and lavender but i personally love those two smells. Calamine reminds me of summer time as a child and having bug bites and lavender reminds me a great deal of my big sister. 

I felt that the cleanser being in a solid form was neat, i felt i wasnt wasting it or using to much.

Ive only been using this for a week( twice daily) and i am already seeing an amazing difference, the first couple days i started to see the redness go down but along with it came itty bitty tiny pimples but not the type i had ever seen but i pushed through it and kept washing. Long and behold... TADA! no more tiny pimples i feel that using this cleanser resulting in cleaning my face so well was pushing out all that yucky stuff (tiny pimples) leaving my face that extreme clean from a very gentle, creamy soap! now this cleanser does leave my face very dry which means the next two products, the tea tree water well smells like tea tree (simple enough right?) so that just gets sprayed on my face before i apply the vanishing cream. And well im addicted, this cream is perfect for my face, i have dry patches and oily patches so i have always found it hard to a moisturizer that helped both and didnt work against each other.

"Our lightest moisturizer absorbs quickly and promotes clear skin with witch hazel and lavender." - Lush Times.

And it does what it says it does, the smell is not overbearing on my face which i love but i do like that it is barely there that i know its on and working away. I feel this moisturizer plays a big role in my face feeling amazing. After i let it soak in my face smells and feels amazing and so very soft! 

I would not trade this routine for anything right now, i will say that i do want to try Lush's Coal face and sub it in on days that i know i have been really hard on my face.

But i am slowly becoming more in love with my skin due too Lush! so thank you! My heart is happy!

 

20$ shoes!

I lucked out! Thank you Old Navy! I am extremely happy with these 20$ black shoes i found at old navy, super cute and comfy but look dressy, they are flats with open sides! Dont get me wrong i love, i mean LOVE my brand names but these are very cute and i couldn't pass them up. YAY! they had a few different colors. 

LUSH!

Isa and myself had a spoil day! we went to LUSH in Pickering and well it was amazing, came home with a lot of things to not only to look good on the outside but to feel good on the inside.

We got to test a lot of products to feel 100% satisfied with what we were buying. If i could have i would have bough one of everything in the store, but settled with what i got with the intentions to get more very soon.Here is a list of everything i ended up getting.

-Fresh Farmacy

-Mask of Magnaminty

-Ocean Salt

-Tea Tree Water

-Vanishing Cream

-Gorgeous Cream

-Dirty Toothy Tabs

-Honey Trap

-Feeling Younger

-Phoenix Rising

-The Comforter

-Honey I Washed The Kids

-Miranda

-Porridge

-Charity Pot

-Soft Coeur (Plus Tin)

-Its Raining Men

-Rub Rub Rub

-Daddy-O

-American Cream

-Vanillary

-Ceridwen's Cauldron

-You've Been Mangoed

Meow Minions

My parents cats always bring so much joy to my face. I went to have dinner at my parents house on Saturday and as i was lying down on the couch Ricky jumps up to headbutt me then go sleep on my feet. Now this cat is not social, she does things on her own time so this was a special moment. As for the last picture thats Avery who is mom's special little man, he was suppose to be my at but he got really attached to my mom and follows her around, sleeps with her, watches her get ready, talks to her. Its weird but its cute.

number 13

I get asked one question a lot when someone is looking at my tattoos. 

"Why a 13?" I do a the number 13 on my wrist, and its one of my favorite tattoos. The tattoo was done on Friday that 13th, which is one of my lucky days and i never understood quite why. Im also one of the lucky people to have my birthday be the 13th. (MAY 13th) When i got this tattoo done it wasn't on my birthday just Friday the 13th. Im was really excited to get it done and always makes me smile when i see this little guy.

Getting Ideas

Time moves fast on the topic of our move. Which will be May 1st. this upcoming week we have 3 viewings to attend too. Which makes me so happy!

Alex gave Isa and Myself full say in how we want the house too look! which is amazing. Therefor this has lead to many giggles and hand claps of excitement between Isa and myself with all of our ideas. Im pretty sure Isa and myself are somehow related and its crazy how everything that seems to bring happiness too ones life the other generates it as well. Our goal is that when you walk into the home it feels like a home. Not a dorm like feel of guys, to make it cozy, creative, alive, inspiring and relaxing. The pictures are of ideas and vibes that we both really like or i have chosen out. Also Isa and myself made it clear that we will have a "dressing room" pretty much a walk in closet. You can see more pictures of our ideas on my Pintrest. the red P on my home page.

FOUND ON

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Sunset Eyes

Snow Storm Nails

little gifts

I was treated by a great visit from my best friend which we discussed awesome house ideas and she brought me some face wash, toner, some smell good face scrub! And chocolate. She also cooked me a really yummy stir fry that had tofu in it and kale chips ... AMAZING! im going to attempt to cook a different version tomorrow night. If you interested in having a look at the home ideas we are leaning towards you can take a look on my pintrest page under home. The link button is on the home page its a "red P" ENJOY!

 

Winter Wonderland

We received a surprise snow storm today and resulted in relaxing with Alex and Miss Shadow outside in all of the new snow.

No Makeup For a Week

Ive seen online some friends getting the " no makeup nominations " which they have to take a picture with no makeup then pass it along. Then i saw my best friend doing no make for a week to love her skin and image more and to let her skin breath and i felt that was a good idea. So here we go, no make up. I will point out how dark around my eyes are. Along with no hair products or filters to the picture. 

 

Ombre

I thought the all over blonde was a little too bold with the short hair and decide to attempt Ombre with a light brown SLASH dark blonde and i LOVE how it turned out!! Yippie!

being a cat is where its at...

I was able to spend time my parents house today which i always have the neatest things in there house along with the two most amazing cats this world has to offer. Here are some pictures of just some of the coolest things my parents have in there home. Along with the furbabies Avery and Ricky.

 

OOTD #2

Snip Snip

oh hello! well i chopped my hair! and i kinda love it short again. There is a reason to the chop and its because of daycare, the children wanted to brush my hair and it resulted in a good amount falling out due to my bleaching ... oops! So i pintrested and pintrested till i had a good idea of what i wanted. Im not really sold on my blonde right now im debating if i want to do a light brown ombre with the blonde tips but its just an idea for tonight. but here is the picture.

 

Red Sailor Nails

Say Cheese

 

Ive been looking into cameras lately and i ended up coming across little bad boy for only $89! It's the Nikon L610. Now im sure and well know its not the top of the line type of camera but i wanted a camera to start taking more pictures and capturing moments. Yay! And im in love. I made my camera strap from a scrap of ribbon and then fold these claw clips, needle and thread and TA DA!

 

Just playing around..

oh hello! thought i would show you a few things i do what im a little bored. 

I doodle, and i built a piece of wall art from a Christmas tree ordiment and a peice of wood. That's right I'm crafty. Along with spending a lot of time on my nails along with bleaching my roots, and doing my makeup for fun. If you would like to know what i used for my make up here i can always do a post on it.