I may be a little behind to jump on the band wagon for the chubby sticks (lol..), i saw the cute adverts on TV and checked them out at a Clinqiue concession, the £16.99 price tag was a little steep for a new lip product for me to try out so i never purchased and bought a couple of Revlons new just bitten lip stains instead.  Lucky for me all of these chubby sticks arrived at my door by winning a competition by checking in on the the app four square at the Clinique counter !

To start the pinks, watermelon is a little on the lighter side.

Here watermelon is actually 'melon' (oppse)

Fig is by far one of my favourites, as per swatch its not as darkly coulored as you think and makes a suitable day time look

I don't think these really compare with Revlons just bitten lip stains, in the fact they seem pretty different products. Revlons stains focus heavily on a pigmented look, however chubby sticks are very moisturizing and long lasting where as the stains can wear off and become creased. 

I'm sure most of you will have heard the hype around Lush's new launch 'Emotional Brilliance', basically their new make up range released tomorrow 21st July in UK.

This evening at my local Lush store i attended a little pre launch party and got to discover my colours and words.

I was told to clear my mind, close my eyes and relax as the member of staff spun the colourful wheel. When i opened my eyes i was asked to choose 3 colours that stood out to me without thinking about it too much.(a fun dry ice effect was added too!)

 The colours i choose where confident, glamorous and sophisticated, each the assistant explained the meanings in relation to how i feel. interestingly it was fairly accurate and i was given samples of each colour to try out, some being eye creams and lip creams. eye liners are also available.

The colours i choose where pretty nice and wearable although there are lots of out there bold colours in the range, which Lush encourage you to try something different as when you wear that colour you will feel whatever the meaning is. 

I decided to try out and purchase the 'eyes right' mascara priced at £12, completely how you would expect a Lush product to be full of vitamins natural ingredients and claims to have less preservatives than a high street brand. 

All colours including lip sticks, eye liners and eye creams are priced at £14 which honestly i think is more than i would have expected for Lush, the range also includes the mascara, emotional brilliance powder, charisma and feeling younger skin tint at £12

I'm wearing the 'passionate' lip stick, eyes out mascara, sophisticated eye cream and feeling younger highlighting skin tint.

Lush is just a bad naughty habit.. i only recently got into it beginning in the christmas sale this year and i was sold! since then i can't help constantly going in the shop and trying out everything! (least my boyfriend and friends find it easy to choose presents for me); heres a few of my favorites!

Massage Bars - 

I first got one of these as a gift, and i'm in love. My Favorite (honestly i havn't given them all a go yet!) is 'HOTTIE'. These are fantastic but very messy things! i use mine just as a moisturizer and the bar literally melts in your hands into a loverly soothing oil; the hottie is made up of coco and shea butters when rubbed all over the skin leaves an oily coating that absorbs into the skin. This is great to use on  an evening before bed. The bumpy side of this bar also makes it great to rub into any aches and pains. I have to say my favorite part of this is the smell, sooo good.

A little tip; i cut of a small piece of massage bar and used it in the bath; this is extremely nice as when you get out your skin is coated in the oils. (the downside is your will have a slippy bath to clean after!)

Body Butters -

I present BUFFY! made up of shea and coco butter combined with almond, ground rice and aduki beans (?) makes a mean little exfoliator. Again this melts quickly, but when in contact with water and rubbed all over your body, (i'd recommend the tins they sell just to salvage as much product you can!). It may seem a little harsh on the skin but really exfoliates well and leaves a film of butter behind. again this is great on an evening as it needs time to soak into the skin after your shower/bath.

Bubble Bars -

I'm not really a great fan of the bath bombs, i just have not discovered the benefits other than a little firework display of fizzing and colours and then its over. However i love bubble bars. In particular as pictured the 'comforter' which smells sweet of berries. The whole bar lasts me around five baths by just crumbling pieces under running hot waters. It also leaves the water smelling lush and pink. winner!

Shower Smoothies -

Ro's Argan body conditioner, this is literally conditioner for your skin as opposed to hair! after i've showered i a smother myself in the conditioner then rinse off and pat dry. This has a loverly lingering smell plus you don't need to moisturize after your shower.

Fresh Face Masks - 

My last favorite was hard to choose between the masks or ocean salt scrub, i choose the fresh face mask as i've seen benefits straight away after using it. The one i've chosen is 'brazed honey' the ingredients are packed with the main ones being lime, honey and fennel (yes fennel..weird). 

The only thing i don't like about these is they have a short lifespan, by storing them in your fridge they only last a month which i find difficult to actually use the whole tub up in that period, but i do understand i'd rather pay for something i know is fresh.

Claire

I've actually bought so much stuff lately this is just some of what i got recently! I may have to follow with a favourites blog post as theres lots of new things i'm loving.

Caudalie - I'm really loving lots of their products and im deffo going to be buying more. I've already got the 'beauty exlir' which i do really love, its perfect to keep in my hand bag for a quick freshen up; so i decided to try out the limited edition 'grape water' its the same price as the small exlir but you get alot more product. It doesnt have the scent of the exlir but its a nice fresh spray to spritz after cleansing and toning your face; admittedly i prefer the beauty exliar which my mum also purchased at the same time of me getting this and we got a free perfume sample (the same as the ones in Junes Glossybox) this was on offer at Fenwicks department store (York)

Happy Birthday to me... well i went on a birthday shop and bought my self a present NARS blush in orgasm. I was alittle put off by the price for a blush and thus why i've never bought it until now but i do actually really love this produc. A peachy pink with a touch of glitter i can wear as an everyday look for work. It manages to stay on my face all day and gives a nice fresh face look. winner.

Argan Oil - After having a sample of argan oil from a previous glossy box i did notice the improvement in condition to my hair, it was super soft and healthy so i bought a similar product from Superdrug priced at £9.99 hopefully this will be just as loverly.

Bodyshop Masks - I orginally went in to buy the 'honey and oat' mask as it was sold out online, as it was also out of stock in the shop the assistant gave me a sample pot which was very nice, i also took advantage of the sale and got a few more things including the seaweed clay mask, aloe toner and vitamin E serum.

Soap & Glory 'hand maid' - a hand sanitizer that smells just as amazing as all their other products.

Barry M nail paint in 'silvery lilac' a gift from one of my friends this is a really sparkly colour changing paint. very pretty.

Max Factor '24 False Lash Effect' - mascaras are not really my friend as we don't stay together too long, however this one so far its pretty long lasting and even a little tough to get off. from Superdrug this mascara also came with a free Maxfactor flipstick.

Finally i picked up this cute necklace from ARK clothing in York. Iced Gem!