Retro Lush "Marzibain" Bubble Bar

Hello girls, hope everyone is ok & having a good week so far! I did actually use this bubble bar about a week ago now, but haven't had a chance to blog about it & i'm not feeling very enthusiastic right now either, my head hurts!

"It's a sweet cake that smells just like marzipan; whole almonds with a hint of rose and cassie absolutes make it smell like tasty almond icing." - This is what LUSH say, true story!

This bubble bar was one of the ones i was most excited about ordering when i look on the website because i really like almondy things usually! I think it is quite an acquired taste/smell? Not that many people seem to like it, and if you do you love it? I may be wrong! Anyway, i love marzipan (especially covered in chocolate) so thought that bubble form marzipan was a must have! I couldn't actually tell whether i liked it or not at first thanks to "melomint" being in the same order box and making it smell minty! When i crumbled it open though it was there, all almondy! I did really like the smell, but it wasn't my favourite/as nice as i wanted it to be. Don't get me wrong, i'm not complaining, it was nice honest!

In the bath was particularly creamy, nice white bubbles & a nice creamy soapy layer on the water, which i like. Like a lot of the bubble bars, marzibain didn't leave the scent on my skin after the bath, but it did leave it feeling really soft! More so than any of the other retro bars that i have tried/reviewed!

Overall, another gorgeous bubble bar from the retro range, i liked it lots & would order it again, you should too!

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Retro Lush "It's A Date" Bubble Bar

Next up on my retro lush review list is the "it's a date" bubble bar, and it's a gooden! I received this in a different order to "happy", but unfortunately had a similar problem in that it was a bit too hard to crumble! I have since found out from the lovely Abby & her lush crush, that this happens if the bubble bar is old, so maybe something to watch out for with the retro lush items, they seem to be kept a bit longer than they are meant to be before being sent out to us! Not cool. Anyway, this bubble bar smelt absolutely amazing, and the colour of it was gorgeous too (although it doesn't look as bright as it was in these poorly taken, in my bedroom at night, pictures..). It has an actual date on the top of it, which i didn't want floating in my bath, and so i removed it before the crumbling commenced! As you can see in the third picture, i had trouble breaking it and had to hold in under the tap for a while to soften it, which resulted in my hands being pink and gooey, but smelling amazing for the rest of the night!

Whilst running my bath i realised that it smelt like something from my past, but had that frustrating mind block where you are certain that you recognise it and can remember the smell so clearly but just cannot think what it was or where you smelt it! After picking my brain, and talking to my lovely Alexandra about it, i got there, it smells like GLITTER BABES! Do you remember glitter babes? It was a range in Boots when i was in primary school or something! Anyway, the smell reminds me of that, its a gorgeous fruity and kind of powdery smell! Smells a little bit like "blush" candle by Lily Flame which is one of my favourites! Beyond the smell, look how amazing the colour of the water was, it was an amazing bright barbie pink, the picture was taken just as it started running, it ended up with lots of soft creamy bubbles. Heaven! I recommend this bubble bar to anybody who hasn't tried it, and it's one of the cheaper ones from the retro range, only £2.85.

Hope everyone has had a lovely weekend, i'm off to have another bath..marzibain!

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MAC Lipstick "Vegas Volt"

I bought this lipstick in the MAC store inside Selfridges in Manchester a couple of weeks a go when i was shopping with Boo. It's a much much brighter colour than it shows up as in these pictures (i wish it would show up and you could see properly!), it's such an amazing corally red, i absolutely love it. Next time you are in MAC have a little look! I have usually stuck to pinks and nudes in the past, but i'm getting bolder and brighter baby.

What do you think?

Retro Lush "Ice Hotel" Bubble Bar

So, next in line from my retro lush bubble bar collection was this, it's called "Ice Hotel" and was inspired by the real Ice Hotel in Sweden, which is literally made from huge blocks of ice. The design on the bubble bar, as you can see in the pictures, is meant to resemble these blocks of ice that are used for building the rooms. Mine is a little dusty and has a fingerprint on though. I was a little bit disappointed when comparing the bubble bar i received with the one featured on the website, the one they advertise with is covered in gorgeous yellowy-gold glitter, and as you can see mine was just white! No biggy though, it still smelt gorgeous.

Lush say that it is "scented with refreshing mint, lavender and benzoin, perfect for a reviving bath the morning after an evening of ice cold vodka shots" the minty smell was the most prominent when i crumbled it into the bath, but it wasn't overpowering, just right! I loved it and am not usually keen on this kind of thing, i prefer a creamier more girly scent usually. Unfortunately i hadn't been out on the vodka the night before, i'd been working :( But still, this bath was perfect to make me feel a little bit more alive the morning after, it completely relaxed my head and body, loved it!

This is another bubble bar from the retro collection that i would definitely recommend, it did everything i wanted (except be glittery, which i'm not too fussed about!), and also gave lovely soft white creamy bubbles/water which i didn't manage to get a picture of because i just couldn't wait to get in!

The next retro bubble bar which i have to try is "it's a date", so i'll snap away and let you know what i thought!

Do you think you will be trying this one? What's your favourite lush item (old or new)?

Have a lovely day & don't forget to enter my Dollface Contest :)

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Annabella, Boo & Chanel

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Last Friday i went shopping in Manchester with my lover/friend/stalker Boo Jenkinson (hottrampiloveyouso.blogspot.com). The main purpose of our trip, other than to be completely obsessed with eachother, was to go halves on some Chanel temporary tattoos, and so we did! We went for a starbucks and decided who was going to have which, borrowed some scissors and started to cut them up between us. Then like the classy ladies we are we put one on Boo's wrist in the Harvey Nichols toilets! They are so pretty (the tats not the toilets), i love them, i've only used one so far as i'm thinking they will be much more useful in the summer when i have my skin out a little more!

Besides buying these and walking arond with chanel on our arms, i bought a pretty floral dress from a little boutique, some vintage scarves and "vegas volt" mac lipstick. Boo had her make up done in Selfridges & copied my foundation, which just to point out was all she really liked about me! Only joking, she's literally obsessed ;) So we did lots of shopping, lots of talking, drank several coffees, ate noodles, and then ended up sitting outside at Tiger Tiger with a glass of wine.

I had such a lovely time, did not stop laughing, and didn't want to leave, the only downer on the day was the fact i was hungover from the night before, silly girl!

Basically, I love boo & here a few snappies from the day.

Retro Lush "Happy" Bubble Bar

Hello pretty girlies. I hope you don't mind that this is another retro lush post, i did say it was gonna happen! I haven't done anything except work, bath & sleep this week really (poor me!), so i don't have much else to blog about! I will return to being thoroughly exciting soon though, you better know it ;)

As some of you might know from following me on twitter, i couldn't decide (out of the above bars that i have at the moment) which one to use a couple of evenings ago. "Happy" won the vote, which is probably a good thing because i said i was going to use them in order, and that was due to be next anyway! The smell of this bubble bar was lovely, one of the nicest from my little collection i thought.

Lush say "A Happy Bubble bath can't fail to bring a smile to your face. As well as the uplifting citrus oils of tangerine, neroli and orange blossom, we mix in a helping of sandalwood oil, a precious, soothing oil from the Far East. Sandalwood helps to rehydrate and soften your skin. It's very relaxing, takes away anxiety and makes you feel lovely all over. All that and bright blue, fragrant bath water!"

So they were completely right about the gorgeous colour of the water, the fact it smells amazing, and that it leaves your skin lovely and soft. They just failed to mention that it would be rock solid, either that or i was unlucky and got sent one that had either gone off, or was just from a bad batch. I don't know what the reason was, but either way i have never been so stressed trying to run a bath in my life!

It sounds like i'm joking, but i just could not get into this bubble

bar, it was impossible! I couldn't even cut through it with a knife. In the process of trying to crumble it, i snapped back my nail (massive ouch), stained my nails blue, made a huge blue mess in the bathroom and bent a knife. What a farce! All this for a nice, relaxing bath..ironic really.

After holding it under a boiling hot running tap for about 10 minutes it started to soften, still only slightly, and i finally managed to crumble it into the bath.

Once it was in, due to all this havoc the bubbles weren't nearly as good as normal, but the colour, smell, and feel of the bath was still gorgeous, and it' a good job because i was verging on having a breakdown! I would buy this again, to see if this was just a bad stroke of luck, because everything else was up at the top in terms of a good bubble bar!

Has anybody else ever had this problem with a bubble bar? Or has anybody used Happy and not had this problem? Ha, i don't think it is like a regular occurrence tbh, think i was just unlucky!

Hope everyone is enjoying the sunshine.

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Retro Lush "Happy Birthday" Bubble Bar

Hello dollieees.

Retro lush item number two has now been tried and tested! This was the "Happy Birthday" bubble bar, which i absolutely loved. Unfortunately, i had to get myself this lovely "Happy Birthday" gesture, a month after my birthday, so not ideal ;) It was actually gorgeous though, so i'm not too bothered!

First of all, look how cute it is! Such a nice colour, and the little ribbon tied up in a bow like a present - the ribbon is now hanging next to my chanel one, smelling loooovely!

Out of all the retro lush bubble bars which i received in my first order, i thought that this smelt nicest as i opened them (still got some to use though - and i always find they are very different when actually in the bath!)

On the website it says "It smells like an orange cake with ice cream on top" - it doesn't, at all.

It smells really really nice, but i didn't smell orange in it at all! I wasn't disappointed by it though, It smelt really girly and creamy, a little bit like the "fairy dust" candle by Lily-flame if any of you have smelt that. In my opinion that is better than have an orange cake in your bath!

It was a gorgeous bubble bar though, lots of soft creamy bubbles (unfortunately i didn't snap them), i would definitely recommend it for a lush hungry friend's birthday!

Sorry that this post is so brief, i have lots to do! Hope that everyone is busy thinking of what to do for my dollface contest! Stay happy girls.

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