2013 Lush review: Pheonix

Hello fellow readers! To get a lucky start in 2013 I shall be reviewing the Lush bath bomb : Phoenix! I'm really excited about writing this review, it's a really pleasing product!
Lush products have always been a bit on the pricey side for me but I decided to treat myself this Christmas and indulge.
Appearance: The Pheonix bath bomb is a violent shade of purple and takes on the shape of a fat shot glass. The shape is not like their typical spherical bathbombs but I assure you, you do not get less for what you paid for (£2-£4)
Smell: I wouldn't smell this up close haha, it oozes a strong citrusy spicy smell from a distance. It was quite a nice room refresher before I used it :L
Upon use: the minute I dropped it into the water it turned my bath into a purple monster, like that jelly bath salt Hawkins Bazaar used to sell haha. The purple water had little glitter specks which was cool! I felt like I was one with the galaxy ;p

When I got out the bath my skin was sooo smooth and soft like always with lush bath bombs but in addition... IT WAS SUPER MOISTURIZED AND SPARKLY. Well not Edward Cullen sparkly but I could see them on my arms! My skin has never felt this moisturized before its always been reptilian.It's been 3hours since I had a bath and my skin is still retaining that moisture, whoop!
Hopefully it'll last throughout the night and the next day
Would I recommend this?: I would definitely recommend this bath bomb to other people, especially if thy have dry skin like me. I'd say this bath bomb was more of a bath before going out to party bath bomb, it leaves your skin glittery/moisturized/soft and smelling awesome! You won't even need to put perfume on. . It might clash if I'm honest.

PHOTOS:

Wet Bath Bomb- Its green inside!

Dry Bath Bomb

Floating head with smudged eyeliner is scary. O.O

Holika Holika sample: Red wine sleeping mask

Tonight i'll be trying out the Holika Holika wine therapy sleeping mask! This mask claims to moisturise,smooth out your complexion/wrinkles and remove dead skin cells! My skin has been awfully dry and flakey since i lost my moisturiser (haha) so maybe this can help remedy the dryness!
The sleeping mask takes the form of a pinkish thick jelly like substance and smells like lychees. In fact you may as well be smearing lychee jelly onto your face.
The main things i'll be looking for within this mask is its moisturising and dead skin cell removing capabilities since I don't have any wrinkles (yet!)
Now as i write this i've had it on for about 10 minutes already, its rather sticky on my face and a teeny bit itchy. I'm not sure if i'll be able to survive the night with it on but we'll see!
See you in the morning guys! TBC . . .
UPDATE: I didn't fall asleep until around 2am and kept moving around and smudging the mask on my bed covers, haha though it did smell really good(lychee). When i woke up my face wasn't as sticky but it was .. shiny. After washing the remains of the mask off with water, my face was plump and smooth like a babys' butt! I couldn't tell if the mask had taken my dead skin cells as there wasn't any evidence left behind, but since my face was smooth.. then maybe? ^.^ I'll score this mask a 7/10 as it worked but the stickiness and rubbing ny face on to the bedcovers thing didn't really work out. I don't think I would actually by the product, if i did i'd wear it as a day mask? ;p because it does smell so damn good!

Chocolate Truffle Sheet Mask

I am currently on trying the new chocolate sheet mask, yay! surprisingly, it actually smells like chocolate! its no Cadbury's, more of a watery hot chocolate haha.
UPDATE: My skin felt softer and smelled yummy after usage, my skin was plump and moist too, but Congrats! The mask did as it says! ;D

 

 

Circle Lens Review : Crystal.I Hazel by Dueba.

Hey all!

Heres a review on some circle lens I bought from lens village

Lensvillage have a simple layout which is easy to navigate. You cann pay via paypal!~ (whoop!)


Shipping: 5/5 It took 2 weeks for my package to arrive which is within the time limit they specified so coodles to them!
Communication: 5/5 I didn't really need to contact them since the transition went quite smoothly and I encountered no problems with perchasing my circle lens :)
Pricing: 5/5 By far the cheapest pair i had found on the internet at the time. It was around 6 pound not including shipping.
Packaging: 5/5 the lenses came in a protective card case with free lense containers! Which was then encased in a bubble wrapped package! View packaging here

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Enlargement: As you can see theres quite a huge difference in the size of my eye when i put my the circle lenses on.
I have gotten a few comments (mainly my sister) that i look bug eyed with them on ;L
My natural diameter of my iris is 11mm. Whereas the diameter of the Crystal.I is 14.5mm



 

Flash: The lens light up quite well with the flash but you get a sort of yellowy glow to your eye like a vampire haha

Daylight: In the daylight you can definately see the detail of the Crystal.I hazel lens! I think Daylight suits this lens better as you don't get the yellowy glow like you do with flash, it also shows up so much more nicely! Great photo taking lenses haha

Colour: 4/5 I like the pattern and the colour but its a shame it doesn't show up in all lighting categories. In the night, the colours kind of blends into each other. Up close, it does look a bit pixelated so if your going for that natural look i wouldn't recommend them. I would recommend the GEO honey wing for that. ;)


Comfort: 5/5 I have actually worn these for 12+ hours and still felt fine, until i took them out and there was a faint pink ring around my eye D; Of course the recommended wear for circle lenses is 8 hours but i can definately say that these lenses are very comfortable indeed! There have been a few times where it caused discomfort in my left eye but that was because i had the lens in the wrong way round haha, so folks if you ever feel discomfort make sure you don't have it on the wrong way round! ^^

Enlargement: 5/5 I think i can safely say that these circle lens enlarge my eye enough for me from the above photo haha.

More Photos

 Unfortunate Photo of Heather with her eyes closed. Still looks pretty!! I happen to think the nooby grin suits me ^^



Clubbing with my pretty friend Ashleigh, got my vampire tooth out, ready to attack haha.



Circle lens review: Puffy 3 tones Grey by Dueba

Today i'll be reviewing a pair of grey circle lenses by Dueba!
I bought these from lensvillage, they were having a sale on these circle lenses at the time so i thought i may as well get em while their cheap haha.
Lensvillage have a simple layout which is easy to navigate. You cann pay via paypal!~ (whoop!)
Shipping: 5/5 It took 2 weeks for my package to arrive which is within the time limit they specified so coodles to them!
Communication: 5/5 I didn't really need to contact them since the transition went quite smoothly and I encountered no problems with perchasing my circle lens :)
Pricing: 5/5 By far the cheapest pair i had found on the internet at the time. It was around 6 pound not including shipping.
Packaging: 5/5 the lenses came in a protective card case with free lense containers! Which was then encased in a bubble wrapped package!

Lens Review

First up apologies for the poor quality photos. I guess no camera phone will ever live up to the same standard as a digital camera, no matter how many megapixels (>.<)

Without Flash Indoor lighting

With Flash

Day Light 

 My Thoughts: 

 Colour: 4/5 So nice! I love the yellow inner ring(even though my sister says it looks like i've been raised by wolves :L) The lenses are more blue than grey though, but hey i'm fine with that ahah.

Comfort: 5/5 V. comfortable! Even more comfortable than my EOS brown lenses (review here ) 

I've worn them for 9 hours so far with no dryness at all, and this is with the heating on! My skin dries out but not my eyes lol. 

Enlargement: 5/5 I only really buy circle lens for the colour but pretty much all circle lens enlarge my eyes on a dramatic scale ;L My iris is only 11mm,so 14.5 is like POW! These are about the same size as my brown ones so if ya click the link in the Comfort section, you can see apretty picture of a comparison of my eyes with and without the contacts ^^ 

 Hehe, pink hair + blue eyes does wonders for your skin complexion! ( Orz, KIDDING, if anything. it made my darker spots more prominent ;L) 

Thanks for reading! Akikik xxx

My First Circle Lens (Eyecandylens) Geo Honey wing in Brown.

Wazzup!! Its bin a while Xp I've finished all my exams now :) so i can relax (kinda) and destress myself (unlikely).
Onwards! I decided to join the crazy circle lens faze! Originally my first order was for the EOS adult grey lenses from Mycandyeyes. However they failed to deliver and reply to my e-mails so I opened up a paypal dispute and got my money back. Whats quite freaky is that i'm the only one who got into this situation. I've read loads of comments about Mycandyeyes failure to deliver their lenses in the april-may period.

Even so, I decided to try out another internet shop ( you would have thought i would be put off by now haha)
I eventually found Eyecandylens, whats cool about them is that they have FREE SHIPPING worldwide! :D
The lens are a reasonable price, not too expensive and not suspiciously cheap. The site is also easy to navigate but it would be cooler if they had a "prices from lowest/highest" tab.
Whats also good about this place is that the costumers can review the lens they bought, and they also have a Facebook page,where people can review and talk to them, which i think it quite good because then if something like MycandyEyes happened. You would know! Ah, they also have a blog which reviews lens, which u can check out and it can help you decide which lenses to buy :D

Communication: They sent me the necessary e-mails, informing me when they had dispatched the lens etc.
                         but I personally didn't speak to them about anything because I had no problems.
Shipping: IS FAST. They dispatched my items 2 days after I ordered. ( I ordered on a saturday evening, and they dispatched monday morn) I recieved a tracking number to keep an eye on my items whereabouts. It took 10 days to arrive in the UK from HK.

In my package i recieved two bottles wrapped in bubble wrap in a cute drawstring pocket.

Pretty tightly packed nee!

My circle lens! with mostaches for that added coolness

They also gave me a card to keep track on when my lens expire!

I used Elisa Sungs video to help me cleanse my lens for wear. Since we live in different countries i used a different solution to deep cleanse my lenses but essentially has the same effect.

<-- Welcome EasySept! This solution is for deep cleansing of proteins and other bacteria which could be on the lenses. It will take 6hours to complete the cleansing cycle, be aware not to put them in before then, because its a peroxide solution it will damage your pretty eyes.




<-- You can tell its working when you see all those bubbles! For this solution you must only use the lens case provided.

After using this deep cleanse solution, I changed to a multi-purpose solution.  It is called COMPLETE RevitaLens ( I bought it from my nearest Asda) It comes with a case and a bottle of solution w. instructions.


GEO HONEY WING REVIEW.(14mm)



natural light. My iris is 11mm, so this is pretty enlarging for me!



with flash. looking bug eyed in the morning haha

 Comfort: Very comfortable!I actually wore them for more than 8 hours yesterday...(ashamed)
I could feel them at the beginning, but after wearing them for a while, i couldn't feel them at all :) But for people who have never worn contacts before, it might be a strange sensation before your eyes adjust to them.
Enlargement: I can officially say i look scary with these on.I guess they make me look more awake :L they are very enlarging for me. I dread the day i decide to try 15mm ones haha
Colour: Its ok, but i would prefer the colour to show up more as it blends nearly too well with my natural eyecolour.
Other comments: I LIKE THESE! haha, I would like to say these are natural but people would definately notice if i had these on. dame my small eyes! I've read that some contact lens are a bit slow in following your eye movement. ( i've also seen pictures concerning this) but these are very good.

<-- Even follows when you do the cross eye haha
I think these need some getting use to, but apart from that. I'm all for circle lens!
Just remember to clean them after every usage to make them last that year!!








 Thank you for reading! :) 



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Summer Hayfever

Good Afternoon Y'all~

So the weather has been quite bipolar over the past couple of weeks but today, it has finally decided to be sunny! :D Hopefully it decides to stay sunny for. . Glastonbury Festival!! Yes, peeps. Its my first Festival ever. lol. I hope I don't get lost or fall in a ditch somewhere.
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Yay for the summer! ^^ Beach! Holidays!. .Exams (- -) ..Hayfever (- -)
My Hayfever is terrifying haha, every time it hits summer I have to take hayfever tablets until around july. Which is okay, not complaining, clears up my nose. but what sucks about having hayfever is that I sneeze, all the time, at odd moments in the day ( thankfully haven't yet sneezed in an exam, i think i'm too anxious to sneeze lol) and what makes it terrifying is that i sneeze LOUDLY. like, my family can here me even when they are in the garden or something :L
Seeing as i've just entered a new college, + new classes + new friends, not many people knew of my freaky ass loud sneezes until like. . last week.
(SCENE)
*Guys sitting around table playing cards*
Sammies: Hm, I have an exam in the afternoon so won't be in psychology today guys.
Everyone else:good luck in your exam sammie!
*comes back to table after getting bottle of water
Me: Oh yeah, Good luck Sam- ACHOOO
Everyone else:. . . . .wtf. man.
(SCENE)
Yeah so it basically went something like that hahaha.
...what i'm really afraid of is if i sneeze like that again and a lil flying booger attaches to someone elses clothing. (RETRACK TO XIAXIU GETTING A BOOGER OUT OF HER NOSE WITH A BLACKHEAD REMOVER) :L She is so funny and some of the things she says, if someone else said them i would go 'SAY WHUT BITCH?' but if it was XiaXiu I would just be like, ' hahahah,oh yooou'

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Its been quite a while since my last blog post, I intended to blog more, but blog posts take aggees. I envy all those bloggers who can blog in like 1 hour.
But even so, I enjoy nattering about my life and mini adventures and doing this improves my grammar so i guess the time it takes is worth it :)

• So first thing to say is that I BOUGHT A BAG...from Primark. So in terms of durability its quite bad. Its already started failing actually. BUT ITS SO PRETTY.

See! So vintage like. The daisy is there for that added special touch Xp
Prettifulness: 10/10
Durability: 5/10
Things to look out for:

• Before buying the bag look inside it for glue marks.
• look at the shoulder trap. the strap has holes lined up it so you can adjust the length. but i've found that because the 'leather' is flimsy it will stretch and the metal with tear the leather.
• This bag is sooo not for books.

So altogether this bag is pretty good. I would say it was just a casual shopping bag for purse/phone/drink/ your essentials really.

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Ooh, so on May 6th I went to a special event called JAMforJAPAN. . . (few, I accidentally pressed the back button and thought I lost my whole entry. but blogspot had saved it for me haha. THANKYOU! )
JAMforJAPAN was a special music event held at the OrangeBox to raise money for the Japan cause.
It was really fun! We were dancing and jamming and shiz like that :L but then. . CAME THE MOSH PIT
It was crazy, suddenly all these people were pushing eachother and flailing about :L there was this one girl who was doing some kinda 60s style move with her arms and looked to be trying to hit other people : /

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<--From the band 'Broken Promises' Ashley and James.

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Georgia and I have been thinking about doing some swimming after class on Wednesdays. So we decided to go and do it on fine wednesday. but then. . ..we suddenly felt like going to Real China hahahha. so we thought that we should swim first then go for the chinese buffet.But then we realised that the real china shut at 3 so we would only get half n hour swimming time :L
. . . in the end, OUR STOMACHS WON! Epic fail :L no toned stomach this summer!



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Thats all for today folks!

Akikik xxx