The best bath pampering session yet...

Starting a blog post with "I've just had the best bath ever" may seem weird in any other circles but it's all alright when you're a beauty and lifestyle blogger...

I thought I'd share with you the list of products so you can achieve your own amazing bath...!

1) Cleanse face, I use this - Garnier Soft Essentials Rose Cleansing Milk. It leaves my skin smooth and glowing.

2) Apply face mask of choice, I used the Sanctuary 5 Minute Thermal Detox Mask. You can get a sample size of this for £2 in Boots to try it out:

This feels so warm on your face and you can feel it drawing out all the impurities

3) Choose bubble bath of choice - mine currently is Soap and Glory Calm One Calm All bubble bath

Smells great, makes your skin feel smooth, great for what they call "feeling like a queen"!

4) Choose exfoliator of choice - Soap and Glory Sugar Crush

I wish I could explain the smell of this, it just reminds me of a sweet shop. Please go to your local Boots and sniff it, however weird it makes you look...

5) Choose body lotion/moisturiser of choice - Body Shop Pink Grapefruit Body Butter

Boyfriend bought me this and the smell is gorgeous. Leaves you feeling luxurious.

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What's your favourite pampering routine?

Another beauty haul (oopsie)

So I mentioned earlier that I needed some new shampoo and conditioner...Boots to the rescue!

1) Umberto Giannini Colour Luxe Billionaire Blonde Shampoo, 250ml, £5.49 per bottle here

2) Umberto Giannini Colour Luxe Billionaire Blonde Conditioner, 250ml, £5.49 per bottle here

3) Umberto Giannini Instant Beauty Leave-In Conditioner, 200ml, roughly £6, no longer available on Boots website! :(

Sorry the shiny reflection on the bottles make these horrible to take photos of!

I haven't tried Umberto Giannini products since I was about 14. But I remember really enjoying them! Boots had a 3 for £10 offer on UG, Toni and Guy, Aussie, and Charles Worthington. This made me wander around reading the blurbs of all of them for about ten minutes, cringe at me...I've been looking for a spray which you can leave in and that adds shine so this was the main reason why I chose UG for my shampoo and conditioner (obviously the offer was the main decider haha!).

4) Tea Tree Oil from The Body Shop, £6.50 per 10ml here

This is something I've been wanting to try for a while as I know tea tree oil is a fab way of eradicating any blemishes. This is usually £6.50 but as it's my birthday on Tuesday and I have a Love Your Body card I got £5 off, bargain! I think I will use this at night-time before I go to bed after cleansing toning and moisturising.

5) Barry M Nail Paint in 338 Silver Multi-Glitter, £2.99 from Boots

I bought this to use above the light blue colour I have on at the moment as you can see! I'm going to redo them tonight whilst watching a rubbish film I think.

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Also totally exciting, I bought some white t-shirts from Primark today and dip dyed them using Dylon fabric dye in Flamingo Pink. Will let you know the results, they look pretty cool at the moment!

I just bought some studs off Ebay so might add these to the shoulders and put them up on Ebay.

I'll probably do a DIY tutorial too if anyone would be interested? :)

I won't be here this much this weekend as I'm going to the Olympics tomorrow and a party in the evening then a family meal on Sunday. Phew!

Review: Body Shop Beautifying Oil

Hi guys :) So I'm sure as you'll find out I love the Body Shop. Particularly as they seem to always have discounts on as I have a Love Your Body card (10% off anything but on top of offers too usually!). They also tend to email me with 40% off deals, lovely. AND because it's my birthday in 6 days and I have their card I get £5 off any purchase, mega-yay!

I picked these up a week or so ago whilst reading another blogger's review on them. They were on an offer at the time which made them two for £12 and priced at £9 each it seemed like a bit of a bargain. I chose the mango and cocoa butter ones in the end :)

Key Facts

So the beautifying oil is a dry oil. What on earth is a dry oil I thought whilst staring at it rather transfixed in Body Shop...

A dry oil is an oil that is lighter than usual oil so it leaves a satin finish rather than a slick finish.

The beautifying oils don't have to be used just on your body, they can be used on your face and in your hair too to moisturise.

So what did I think?

Positives

These both smell absolutely amazing and a little bit goes a long way - if you smother yourself in this you're going to look a bit like some greasy KFC chicken...to be frank.

I found that if you used this on your face (I used it after the Lush Love Lettuce mask) overnight, I woke up and it felt incredibly soft.

They also felt amazing on my skin and I think they are making my skin softer. It also leaves your skin with a nice shine but again, don't cover yourself with it!

Negatives

I'm not totally sure how good this is with your hair. I first used it in my dry hair and only used a small amount but my hair looked ridiculously greasy as if it hadn't been washed that morning. The next day I put it in wet hair before blow-drying and that seemed to make a difference but I'm not going to call it a miracle product.

I also wish the container was a spray as it's really irritating to get out!

All in all a good product but not one I'll be repurchasing. I think I'll keep to the body butters for moisturising!

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Have you used these, if so what did you think?

Do you want to try the beautifying oils?

First FOTD post!

Hey lovelies! Got to admit doing my first ever FOTD post makes me a little nervous but oh well!

I tend to go for quite a natural look! Especially in this heat, gosh!

Here's what's on my face:

Benefit That Gal Primer

Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation 100 Ivory

Bourjois Healthy Balance Unifying Powder 52 Vanilla

Bobbi Brown Corrector

Bourjois Healthy Mix Concealer in 51 Light Radiance

Body Shop Blush in Fard A Joues

Bourjois (again!) Bronzing Powder in 51

Topshop Skin Glow in Light

Vaseline in Rose

Revlon Colourburst Lip Butter in Peach

Hope you like it!

ALSO I am absolutely gutted as my Revlon Just Bitten Lipstain and Balm has already dried up?! I've only had it for like a month and have kept it sealed :( Gutted! I'll be keeping to other lip stains from now.

I hope everyone's been enjoying the heat wave! I was seeing my year and a half niece today...

Isn't she adorable??