My American Adventure

Eeeks, I've been neglecting my blog recently but for good reason, I promise! I've been on an amazing holiday to Florida!!

At the beginning of March I went to Florida for 3 weeks with my family and best mate. We went to Disneyworld for the first 2 weeks and then had a relaxing week in Clearwater soaking up the sun! 

We had such a great time with lots of memories and I can't wait to go back (seriously, I'd live in Disney if I could!).

Another exciting part of travelling to America was obviously the shopping! The beauty products are much cheaper over there than the UK, and it might just be me but I felt they had so much choice. It's safe to say I picked up quite a few beauty items while in the US and I hope to review my favourites on here soon. My first experience of shops such as Sephora, Target and CVS were definitely positive ones, (just ask my bank balance... :/ ooops).

So I'm back home now and have lots of things to blog about. I'll leave you with a lovely picture of Cinderellas castle in the Magic Kingdom, and I'll say toodle pip for now! :)

Lush Face Mask

I absolutely love Lush products, and their face masks are certainly no exception. I received one of the fresh face masks for Christmas off my mum. I hadn't tried the fresh masks before, so was excited to try it.

This particular mask is called Brazened Honey and certainly didn't disappoint. It's £5.95 for this tub, but you get so many applications out of it. I managed to get around 8 applications from the tub with generous amounts each time and there was still some left when it went out of date!  

Firstly it smells amazing, like a floral honey smell. The consistency is quite thick but doesn't feel too heavy on the skin. When washing the mask off, it gently exfoliates your skin. Immediately after using this my skin felt amazing and so soft to the touch.

The best thing about this mask is using it straight from the fridge. It feels so cool and refreshing on your skin, and is really easy to apply straight from the tub.

 This particular mask is designed to rejuvenate tired skin, so it really was perfect for January when I was trying to detox after Christmas. Mine went out of date a couple of weeks ago now, but it will definitely be my first purchase when I'm next out shopping. I'm actually really missing using it!

Also, Lush do a similar service to Mac, where if you keep your empty tubs and return 5 of them to the store, they will give you a free mask. Amazing!

Anyone else tried this mask, or any others from Lush? Do you love them as much as I do? :)

Rimmel Apocalips

Rimmel are releasing a new lip product called Apocalips tomorrow, and I know it has been greatly anticipated in the beauty world and full of promise. 

I was very excited to see that my local Boots actually had some in store today! They had all the colours to test, but not many to buy until tomorrow. After swatching all the colours, I purchased the shade 'Apocaliptic' which is the most gorgeous bright pink. Another shade I will definitely be picking up is Celestial. A really pretty darker pink/peach colour.

 

On first impressions, I think I'm going to really like this range of lip products. Rimmel are really proving what a grand beauty brand they are at the moment. These glosses are kind of half between a lipstick and a gloss, as they are really highly pigmented but still have a lovely shine to them. The applicator has a little reservoir in it to ensure you get enough product which is a great feature. 

They come in 8 great shades at the moment, and at the price of £5.99 are an absolute bargain! Make sure you nip to your local drugstore tomorrow to pick up these little beauties as I can see them selling out in the very near future.

Anyone else tried these yet? What do you think?