All Things Lush

Hey everyone! 

Okay so,  my names Shannon and I am a Lushaholic....this is your cue to say Hiiiiiiiiii Shannon. 

I'm obsessed, every week on my day off I will stroll in there and get some new items and the staff seem to recognise me now which I don't know if that it is lovely or tragic on my part. But I'm embracing it, bring me in to your family! 

This 'All Things Lush' post is going to be regular, every time I go into Lush I shall do a little haul and talk about my favourite. Each week I'll talk about my current favourite item, the stuff I purchased and maybe some stuff I am looking forward to and also some opinions on stuff I've used in the past. Sound like something you would enjoy?! I hope so! This first post could be a big one...I've had a lot of stuff lately and used a lot, so I'm only going to talk about the stuff I currently have in my little basket. 

Okay firstly I'm going to touch on skincare and stuff I've been using and enjoying and not so much! I've had a complete breakout lately, I think it's all the stress I've been under or the increase in my food intake so there's a combination of possible reasons. But one thing is for sure, my skin is dreadful right now! I look like I've returned to year 9 and in the prime time of puberty, no, nope, I am almost 22 this should not be happening. I've gone into Lush multiple times to ask for advice on this. They've recommend pretty much every face mask (I loved Catastrophe Cosmetic the most but Cosmetic Warrior  made me want to die, I HATE GARLIC). 

So anyway, they've been recommending a lot for me. I was using Herbalism for a while, it was doing okay but just was not doing the job at all. As nice as it was it just wasn't a harsh enough cleanser for me and I think I needed something more, after I'd just purchased a new pot of this I'm going to start using this as a body cleanser! 

Herbalism £7.25 100g 

I've now after using a sample of both Dark Angels Cleanser and Ultrabland have decided to keep these two up (as well as some medicine from my GP) but it seems to be working! I love the absolute grittyness of Dark Angels, it really makes your face feel clean. Although you do have to make sure you scrub it all off at the end of your cleanse to make sure no left overs are in your pores, then you really will look like a giant walking black head. Black sugar and charcoal are absolute winners in getting your skin fresh! Then Ultrabland makes you feel very fresh at the end of the day, full of such beautiful refreshing ingredients such as rosewater and almond oil it's so nice to remove any dirt or make up at the end of the day. I love it. I'll sometimes just use it randomly in the day if I'm feeling a bit grubby! 

Dark Angels £7.25 100g Ultrabland £7.95 45g

Okay, something I really wasn't feeling or maybe I just didn't give it much of a chance was Grease Lightening - I read stuff about this online and a lot of people recommended it. But in the absolute prime of my skin having a mare I needed products desperately! I bought this, tried this and saw no difference...maybe I didn't try it for long enough. You just need to plop a little bit on your finger and then dab it on your face, easy you know, but nothing for me... You read a lot about Witch Hazel being good for lots of things and this has Witch Hazel Extract in it so it really should work. I'll try it again, has anyone else tried this and what do you think/recommend? 

Grease Lightening £6.50 45g 

Okay now onto the goodies that I have recently purchased and I will be doing separate reviews on these as and when I use them! But here's what I have left from my recent purchases, we have some Lush Exclusives, Mother's Day range and the Easter Range. 

• Metamorphosis £4.25
• Which Came First?  £6.95
• Buy One, Set One Free £3.95
• Bunch of Carrots £6.50
• Baa Bar £3.95

So keep an eye out for the next blog post where I'll probably be speaking about a couple of these! 

There you have it, my first All Things Lush post, there will be plenty more to come. Lushies, speak to me share with me your recommendations and your favourite products. What would you recommend for fresh skin? Or for a nice relaxing bath?! I'd love to hear! 

Until next time my loves, xo 

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My Hair Dilemma.

Hellloo! Been a while hasn't it, but quite frankly I've been enjoying doing absolutely nothing - oops. But something I did do was BLEACH MY HAIR.

Okay, I've wanted to dye my hair blonder for a really long time and after much consideration I was like screw it let's bleach my hair. So off I went to Boots and I purchased some products from 'Bleach London'. Total Bleach, White Toner and the Silver Shampoo and Conditioner (click for prices).

So I'm not a massive risk taker especially when it comes to my hair so this was a massive risk, my plan was to use Bleach Londons colours on my hair and be super cool - I'm not by any means cool in any way so THAT'S A DIFFICULT TASK.

It went so bright as you can see above. So, so bright. Almost too bright, I was shocked because it looked so damn weird! And in that moment I was like NOPE, and there I hibernated until I went to the hairdressers on Monday to sort an appointment for today (Wednesday). I was comparing myself to Eminem in his Slim Shady days, the sun, the light at the end of the tunnel and my yellow kitchen walls. In some lights it looked really nice and white it was cool!

There's no denying it's a sweet product, it goes on so well and leaves your hair feeling super nice which after reading a lot about other bleaches this is a massive plus of the product! It just didn't look cool on me, I'm not cool enough to pull off the grunge look Bleach London give off, although I very much wish I was. But if you're looking to buy it and try it then go for it! You can always dye it back, which is what I've done. I'll continue to use Bleach London's reconstruction mask, it is unreal, so nice!

Today I got it dyed back to almost my natural colour/a little bit darker and it's showing me that actually I might like it a little darker all the time it makes my skin look clear, is that weird?

I feel SO much better now and I'm out of my 5 day long hibernation that went on with my light bulb hair, haha! 

Have you ever bleached your hair and it not turned out the way you wanted?! Let me know, this has been a disastrous week!