Lush's Halloween 2016: Goth Fairy Shimmer Bar

This is a review for the Goth Fairy Shimmer Bar from Lush's new halloween 2016 release. This product is a solid lotion bar with shimmers in it to add a bit of glitter to your life!

 It is a light lavender color and it has little silver shimmer/glitter in it. It is shaped like a little fairy with a goth twist to it. To me it smells almost like berries, but it has grapefruit and bergamot oil in it. 

It is made with illipe butter, cupuacu butter, bergamot oil, grapefruit oil, almond oil, and lustres in it. 

to use, let the bar heat up in your hands and rub the bar or your hands over your body where it needs moisture and shimmer. 

The moisture level this bar gives you is a heavy moisture with all the butters in the bar, it isn't as heavy as the normal body butter bars, but it is a titch less then the normal ones. It is great for all skin types and is great in the fall/winter time(which is is now where I live). 

I like this bar because its a bit better then a normal body butter bar, it has shimmer and a great smell to it. I love the hint of shimmer in this and it's great for day or night and works with everything. 

I would give this:

A 4/5 stars 

****

and a A- for me 

If you would like to purchase this, go now to get it because it will leave soon. It is limited edition.

http://www.lushusa.com/body/solid-body-tints/goth-fairy/06836.html

Stay tuned for more reviews on my haul items soon, 

Ashley 

Burt's Bees Honey and Grapeseed Hand Cream

Burt's Bees Honey and Grapeseed Hand Cream

I got this hand cream in a Burt's Bees set around Christmas time this year. I thought I'd do a review on it. This is part of the Burt's Bees hand care line, but it is the smaller travel sized bottles that they put in their little sample kits to try a lot of items at once.  This is a .75 oz. tube. 

The formula is a thick white cream, it is thicker then normal lotion, it's made for very dry, cracked hands. It is formulated with jojoba butter, grape seed oil, beeswax, cupuacu seed butter, macadamia seed oil, sunflower seed oil, and rosemary leaf extract. I love the smell of this, it is a beeswax and honey smell. Not overpowering. Which is great for sensitive skin and sensitive noses. 

I personally love thick hand creams more in the winter, due to the cold weather where I live. But this goes on lightly, and doesn't feel very thick on the skin at all. The moisturization stays on all day long, even after you wash your hands (which I do a lot).  So you can use this year round on your dry little mitts. I also do needlework and find that the thread and canvas I work with take away all the oils/moisturization from my hand, so I also use this while working on my crafts. 

I love this product a whole lot. This is one of my favorite hand creams from Burt's Bees, in the hand care line. I love the smell, the texture of the cream, how it goes on, and how they feel afterwards, I would purchase a full size any day. 

This gets: an A+ 

5/5 

I Love it! 

You can purchase this on amazon, ulta.com,target, target.com,wal-mart,walmart.com, drugstores, grocery stores, ect. 

You can also buy it on the Burt's Bees website: http://www.burtsbees.com/Honey-Grapeseed-Hand-Cream/64699-00,default,pd.html?cgid=handCare&start=5&q=

Stay tuned for more beauty reviews soon,

Ashley

Nivea In-Shower Body Lotion

Nivea In-Shower Smoothing Body Lotion (for dry skin)

This is a review for Nivea's In-Shower Smoothing Body Lotion for dry skin. There is other types of in-shower lotion for different skin types like very dry skin, normal skin, very, very, dry skin ect. It also has different names under the title like smoothing, hydrating, ect.  I have the one for just dry skin, it is specially made for this skin type with shea butter in it. The dry skin one is the one, with a light blue bottle, and a dark blue bottom/top on it.  

The formula is meant to be put on your body after you wash with soap, and wash it off after applying and your left with soft, smooth, awesome skin afterwards. It is said on the bottle that it lasts 24 + hours, meaning until you take a bath/shower again. It is dermatologist tested. It does have shea butter  in it but that is the only super moisturizing product in it besides glycerin, and other weird chemicals I do not know(I'm not a chemist!). The product that comes out is white in color and feels like a runny, slippery, lotion consistency. 

That said, I do love the product. It does what it is meant for, it does moisturize(very well) and smooths dry skin. As you rub it in it feels like an oily lotion, but once it sits for a second or two it starts sinking in and absorbing, the stuff that doesn't totally absorb gets washed off(which can make your tub/shower a bit slippery, so be careful if you put it near your feet or drop some on the floor of the tub/shower). I used this in the winter in Minnesota, so think like -15 below sometimes in the winter here. For us minnesotan's it means dry, flaky, cracked, irritated skin everywhere!! It worked to calm my skin down, hydrate very well, and repair it when used with a gentle, moisturizing body wash/soap. 

I am in love with this stuff and it is one of the few things that you wash off and go on with life, other brands make you wait in the shower for a few minutes after washing your body and after putting the lotion on, Nivea's product doesn't. It saves a big step of slathering on lotion after you get out of the bath/shower. which in turn saves time! and yay! for more time!

This gets an A+ from me, just wish it didn't have a whole lot of other chemicals inside. maybe a bit more eco friendly, and with more natural products maybe. But I'll use it, because I love it!

you can pick up a bottle at your local target, walmart, drugstores, grocery stores, amazon, ect.

or the Nivea website: http://www.niveausa.com/products/body-care/product-type/in-shower

Thanks for reading, 

~Ashley~

    

Lush: Charity Pot Review

 

Lush Review: The New Charity Pot

This is lush's new charity pot, and it is a very hydrating and moisturizing body lotion that is handmade with natural fresh ingredients.  I did purchase the full 8.4 oz pot, that sells for 26.00$.  This lotion is dye free and made with natural ingredients like olive oil, jojoba oil, moringa oil, aloe, Cocoa butter, and shea butter.

It is also scented differently then the previous charity pot, it is a vanilla and floral fragrance, but it isn't heavy, it's a light smell. I quite enjoy it. It is scented with natural oils like vanilla, geranium oil, rosewood oil, and ylang ylang oil. The pot it is sold in is 100% recycled plastic, so no earthly wrecking issues.

The two best things about this lotion is one, how well it makes skin silky smooth, and two how 100% of the price goes to various charities that lush is supporting. What I can't find out is why isn't everyone buying this to support charities??? and make your skin silky soft.

Lush also has a recycling program that if you bring in five of your old pots, you get a fresh face mask. Awesome!

I love it and will re-buy many times!!

It gets an AAAA++++++

I recommend everyone buy it, even the smaller size, and support charities.  to but it go to Lush Charity Pot to buy one.

~Ashley~

Crowdtap: Hawaiian Tropic Hydration Sunscreen Lotion

CrowdTap: Hawaiian Tropic Silk Hydration Lotion Sunscreen

I received my Hawaiian Tropic Crowdtap CrowdKit a few days ago at my doorstep. I was surprised to get a full size bottle of the Hawaiian Tropic Silk Hydration Weightless Lotion Sunscreen SPF 30+. I cannot wait to try this with the spring/summer coming up. I'd love to go swimming at the beach a bit this summer, No one wants skin cancer or hot, itchy sun burns. here's to summer!! 

A review will be up in a bit for this product.

stay tuned for more bloggy goodness,

~Ashley~

Illume Lavish Hand Creme: Cactus Verde Sample Review

I got this hand creme in my March Birchbox in 2014, and I tried it out, I thought I'd review it for everyone. so here we go.

The scent I got was cactus verde which is cassis, sea salt, and wild geranium. The scent is clean and airy, kind of beachy and it is perfect for spring time. I absolutely love this smell, it is soo fresh and makes me think of being outside on a spring day.

The little sample packet contains .34oz  which is enough for a few times of trying it out. It is made by illume candles, and is made locally for me in minneapolis, mn.  It contains nourishing and hydrating coconut, mango, cocoa, jojoba, and avacado oils. It is paraben-free and 100% natural.  It also isn't tested on animals and isn't made with animal ingredients.

I love this stuff and probably will be purchasing a full size of this product either on birchbox to get points or through the illume website. a full size tube of this stuff is 20.00$ for 3.5oz.

can be found at :

http://www.birchbox.com/shop/illume-lavish-hand-creme

and

http://www.illumecandles.com/c-312-lavish-hand-creme.aspx?1=1

Have you tried this? do you love it? let me know.

and until next time people, Stay Lovely

<3 Ash <3