Boots Haul

I got a notion into my head yesterday that I wanted to go to the Boots in Liffey Valley so off I went. This was inspired by a quest for the Preen eyeshadow box from Urban Decay which is my latest obsession! (I will be dedicating an entire blog post to Urban Decay as soon as I find the lead for my camera!)


Boots were doing an offer where instead of the usual 4 points per €1 spent you got 10 per €1 spent if your purchase came to over €22. You also got a voucher for €7.50 off Ruby and Millie if you spent over a certain amount. I ended up doing three different transactions in order to take advantage of the offers.


My first transaction was:


The Preen Shadow Box from Urban Decay

This comes with 6 colours (two of which are exclusive to this set: Snatch (peachy-pink with glitter) and Painkiller (turquoise shimmer)), Zero 24/7 eyeliner pencil and a mini eyeshadow Primer Potion.


From No7 range:

A Foundation brush

Stay Perfect eyeshadow Palatte in Smoky Mint

Stay Perfect Lip Lacquer in Lovely Pink


And because I spent so much on the No7 range I was entitled to a free "Pink Box" which has 6 mini No7 products in it.


This transaction put me well over €22 so I got plenty of points and also gained a voucher for €7.50 off Ruby and Millie. I'd already been eyeing up some of the products so decided to have a little look to see what I could use the voucher for.


Second Transaction:

I found a Smoky Eyes Kit from Ruby & Millie for €19.50 which contained 4 eyeshadows in pink, light blue, grey and a dark blue, a black eyeliner (with smudger) and a really decent double ended eyeshadow brush. At only €12 when using the voucher it was a bargain I couldn't leave behind!

Unfortunately the Ruby & Millie concession was really close to the nail varnishes and I couldn't help having a look.

My lack of willpower meant that I also ended up purchasing 3 nail polishes from 17: Cocoa Berry (from the High Gloss range) and Mint Choc Chip and Orange Soda (from the Lasting Fix range). They too had an offer on so I got a free "Nautical But Nice!" makeup collection.


Of course this transaction meant I got yet another €7.50 off Ruby & Millie voucher so I ended up carrying out a third transaction and getting a 7mm eye liner brush which came to exactly €7.50 and refused to let myself look at any other products!!

So approximately €95 left behind me in Boots but I feel I got plenty of bargains with my free makeup brush, free 17 set and free No7 gift set! I also nabbed about €10 in points which means I now have over €35 worth so my next spree may be free!

Lush Haul: 8th February 2010

There was a Pre-Valentines event in my local Lush tonight. I've been looking forward to it since I heard about it through their Facebook page.

There was 10% off everything and if you spent more than €25 after discount you got a grab bag! So I was cheeky and bought two lots of just over €28 each (total: €57.37)... And got two grab bags!!! One bath one and one shower one!!


Stuff I bought:
Demon in the dark Soap
Sexy Peel Soap
13 Unlucky For Dirt soap - gift for my mum as it is rumoured to kill MRSA.
3 bath ballistics - gifts for various people
The Olive Branch shower gel 250g
Rehab shampoo 250g
Coolaulin conditioner 250g


Stuff I got free:
Pillar of Fizz container - for buying three ballistics
Mange too (two halves - one in each grab bag)
2 samples of Lemony flutter
2 pieces of Angels Delight Soap
2 pieces of You Wash My Back Soap
Too drunk emotibomb
Ma Bar bubble bar
Snow fairy Solid perfume
The Comforter solid perfume
Honey I Washed the Kids solid perfume (swopped with a friend for a sugar scrub! I win that one!!)

Checking on the website this would total approximately: £39stg - at todays exchange rate that is about €44.67!! I think I did really well!!

Also managed to get a free facial, some glasses of orange juice (no wine as I was driving) and some hints on new upcoming products including getting to sample one that not even some of the staff had seen!! The joys of them knowing me!! Overall it was a great night!! Can't wait for the next one!!

Items I have that I haven't used

Now, before you think I am completely insane most of the following list is from recent Lush 'hauls' - as in from 2 trips to the store and one online order (www.lush.co.uk)in the last 3 weeks. One of those store trips was yesterday and I only got my online order yesterday too so that really boosted the list! Anything marked with * is from these recent hauls!


Soaps:
Porridge*
Ice Blue*
Sandstone*
Father Frost (Christmas)*
Angels delight (Christmas)*


Solid Fragrance:
Olive Branch*
Snow Fairy (Christmas)*


Temple Balms:
Dreamtime*


Sugar Scrubs:
Fairy Tail (Christmas)

As I only have one of these and they can no longer be purchased I am saving it for a special occasion!


Body Butters:
You Snap the Whip*
Snuggle (retro)

Snuggle is under the massage bar section on the site so technically I have used it - just not properly! It's shaped like a body butter and on the American site is in that section so I will be giving it another try!


Dusting Powders:
Vanilla puff Powder
Silky Underwear*
Candy Fluff*

I was wary of wasting and making a mess with the dusting powders as I am known for being a klutz... A powder puff was located and purchased in the last 3 weeks so I shall be using that and getting stuck into the dusting powders as soon as possible! Given that Candy Fluff has glitter in it though I shall be looking for a special occasion to wear that one!! :)


Massage Bars:
Business Time
Cosmic Dream catcher
Each Peach (and twos a pair)*
Ego (retro)
Bewitched (retro)
Sore Labours (retro)

I have no one to massage me! :(

Now that I have the dusting powder I might be more inclined to use these to moisturise however as the powder should reduce the oily film left on my skin.


Cleansers:
Fresh farmacy cleanser*

I'm probably going to hold off on using this for a while as I also purchased Angels on Bare Skin and am giving that a try first... Hoping to do a review on Angels before too long!


Shower stuff (random mix):
Happy Hippy Shower Gel*
Jungle conditioner (sample)*


Miscellaneous:
Vanilla Dee-Lite body lotion*
Vanilla Fountain*
Vanillary fragrance*

My Lush stuff

Did a clean up of my Lush products today! :) Was very strange (and a little frightening!) seeing it all laid out on my bed!

I am definitely a Lush addict - but I also realised how much I take advantage of their sales and special offers as I had LOADS of stuff that I had gotten for free in grab bags since I got interested in Lush last spring/summer! Unfortunately a lot of this stuff was bath related and although we have a bath in the house it's in the main bathroom which I don't use and to be honest, I'm not a bath fan! So I put a shout out on twitter the other day and got two takers for my bath stuff and went through it today and made up two lovely parcels to give/send to two lovely ladies!! I then sorted all the rest of the stuff and made a list of what I have... Eeek!!

Going to be frightfully honest now and post what I have (not including the stuff that is being given away!)... Have tried to put it in categories where some of the stuff is similar! Some of the things are from the Retro range that is only available online and some of the items were seasonal things so have marked these after them in case anyone wants to go looking for them on the site!

Soaps:
Porridge*
Ice Blue*
Sandstone*
Father Frost (Christmas)*
Angels delight (Christmas)*


Solid Fragrance:
Vanillary
Olive Branch*
Snow Fairy (Christmas)*


Temple Balms:
Flying Fox
Whoosh
Dreamtime


Emotibombs:
Up You gets
Too Drunk (to F***)*


Sugar Scrubs:
Sugar Scrub*
Sugar Babe*
Fairy Tail (Christmas)


Fresh Face Mask:
BB Seaweed


Body Butters:
You Snap the Whip
Buffy
Aqua Mirabilis
Running to the Embassy
Snuggle (retro)


Dusting Powders:
Vanilla puff Powder
Silky Underwear
Candy Fluff*


Massage Bars:
Business Time
Fever
Cosmic Dream catcher
Shimmy shimmy sparkle bar
Therapy
Each Peach (and twos a pair)*
Ego (retro)
Bewitched (retro)
Sore Labours (retro)


Cleansers:
Fresh farmacy cleanser
Angels on Bare Skin cleanser
Ultrabland cleanser


Foot and Hand:
Fair trade Foot lotion
Volcano foot mask
Lemony Flutter cuticle cream
Smitten Handcream


Shower stuff (random mix):
Ocean salt face and body scrub
Godiva Shampoo bar
Happy Hippy Shower Gel*
Jungle conditioner (sample)*
Snow Showers shower jelly (Christmas)*



Miscellaneous:
Eau Roma Toner Water
Vitamin E toner tabs
Vanilla Dee-Lite body lotion
Vanilla Fountain
Vanillary fragrance


Anything marked with * is something I got free somewhere along the line... Lush are awesome for free gifts and often throw in samples for you when you are purchasing instore. I was disappointed that they don't send samples with stuff ordered online but saw recently on the forum (on the Lush.co.uk) site that if you ask them to in the comments box when ordering they will so will try this in future!

Lush on Youtube

Part of what prompted this blog was the fact that I recently purchased Angels on Bare Skin and wasn't sure what to do with it as I had forgotten to ask in the shop! One of the joys of being such a regular in my local Lush store is that the staff there no longer bombard me with offers of help. Unfortunately this also means I sometimes miss out on the demos that everyone else seems to get if they so much as glance at a product!

Anyway, off to the website I trotted to find that the overhaul there has seen many of the demo videos vanish, so I searched Youtube instead. What an eye opener!! There are about a gazillion Lush videos on there uploaded by various Lushies worldwide... You can find everything from demos, to reviews, to people just coming home from the shops and putting up videos showing the products they got (their 'haul') and giving their opinions on them - often without having tried them!

If you want to check some of these out try: juicystar07, AllThatGlitters21, or SayAnythingBr00ke

Enjoy!

Hi

So many of my friends have blogs at this stage I've been starting to feel left out... And they have all chosen to write on things dear to their heart...

Like Kate writing about her beautiful family;
And Siobhan and her amazing outlook on the world that just hits the spot so well;
Or 6th who gathers together lots of weird and wonderful stuff for our enjoyment;
And of course, Michelle, who blogs (infrequently) about topics very close to her heart(?) - mainly sex related!

I've had a personal blog for a while now but chosen not to make it public so far... But today, when sorting through some bits and bobs, I had a brainwave (they don't happen too often!) - I could blog about beauty! I am OBSESSED with Lush and have quite a collection of Soap and Glory products. In fact, this brainwave came about when I was sorting my most recent Lush haul!! So it seemed obvious that a blog would give me an avenue to share what I know with some of you...

I'm hoping you'll enjoy it!!