Lush's R&B

Hello ladies!! I hope you all had a super fabulous weekend! I know I did!
To continue on with my theme from last week and to post about the last product in the Protect and Nourish Head  Case Kit I am going to share my review of the last product in the kit,  Lush's R & B Hair Moisturizer.

To use this product you just grab a small amount and smooth it through your recently washed and conditioned hair. After application you style as prefered. 

I have noticed that I personally like the results of this product better when I chose to wear my hair naturally curly. When I straighten my hair after using this product, my hair feels slightly "slick" and slightly heavier than I would like.  However, it is perfect when I chose to wear my hair naturally without using an heating for styling.  The smell is coconut-y and a slight bit of avocado.  It is not an overwhelming scent at all.  I have also noticed that I love this product much more when I pair it with Jungle conditioner.  I received this as a 1.6 oz container and have used it over a handful of times and you can barely notice that there is anything missing from the container.  From Lush stores this can be purchased for $20.95 for 3.5 oz.  While I do enjoy this product it is not something I see myself replacing as soon as I run out.  If there is another Head Case Kit sale, then I would consider a repurchase.

Have you ladies ever tried this hair moisturizer? What were your thoughts?  Did you love it, like it, or dislike it?

Also, are there products you ladies are just dying to try but want an honest opinion of before you buy? Let me know!!!!

Enjoy some smooth R&B stylings. The tropical butters and candelilla wax will help to moisturize and control frizzy, flyaway hair, but this works to soothe dry scalps, too, with calming oat milk. And once you smell the orange blossom, your hair will truly get its groove back.

Jasmin and Henna Fluff-Ease

Hello Ladies!!!! To continue with my Lush theme of the week I am going to review another product from the Protect and Nourish Head Case Kit. 

The product of the day, today is the Jasmin and Henna Fluff-Ease Hair Treatment. 

According to Lush:

If your hair is a little fluffy, frizzy, dry or out-of-control, this is the one for you. It's packed with copious amounts of moisturizing and nutrient-filled oils including organic jojoba, almond, brazil nut and extra virgin coconut oil. It works brilliantly on curly hair as well, as all the oils help define the curls and add loads of shine. The jasmine fragrance will stick with you for days after using it, so you'll have irresistibly soft, shiny and sexy smelling locks.

To use this hair treatment you saturate your 'tresses' in the product from roots to ends.  You then let the product sit on your hair for 20 minutes.  After 20 minutes you rinse, shampoo, condition and then style. 
I admit I have only used this product once, but the one time I did use it, I enjoyed the product very much.  It definitely took the ''fluff'' out of my hair and made my hair much easier to manage, plus the amount of frizz my hair usually exhibits was substantially less.  I didn't notice any added shine to my hair.  The smell is very light and different.  You can definitely smell the Jasmin.  I didn't notice the smell staying with me for days after I used the product, but it did for that day, that's for sure. 

Have you ladies ever used this hair treatment? Did you enjoy it? 

Lush's Jungle Conditioner!

I've decided that this week I'm going to dedicate all of my blog posts to my beloved, Lush. On Monday I posted about an item I received in my Protect and Nourish Head Case kit, today I'm going to post about another item that was in the kit. 
Along with the Curly Wurly Shampoo I also received the Jungle Conditioner.  For those of you that are not familiar this is actual a solid conditioner bar, which at first was super weird for me.

There is a sweet leafy looking design on the top and it comes in a 2oz solid bar form for $7.95.  According to Lush:

Jungle feels different on your hair from liquid conditioner; until you wash it off, you hardly notice it's there. It smoothes and detangles, leaving a fruitily scented coat of shininess. Smooth it along the length of your hair from root to tip, then rinse out.

I have to admit that the first time I tried this product I did not love it, not even a little bit. It has definitely been something that has grown on me the more I use it.  The first time I used it I used WAYYYY too much of the product and as a result my hair felt pretty greasy within an hour of using it. I also wasn't aware that it shouldn't be used on the roots, but only the ends.  The Jungle conditioner has a very "spicy" smell to it. It's a smell completely different than anything I have ever used. When I came to work that first day I remember complaining to people that all I could smell was this conditioner. Several hours later I walked past one of my co-workers and he asked, "Kelly do you smell that? It smells, I don't know... spicy!" I immediately knew what he was talking about and it was my conditioner.  He even asked me if I was turning hippy on him! After that first time I learned my lesson that a little of this product goes a LONG way and to not apply directly to the roots.  Since then, I have realized I really do love this conditioner, I only use it sparingly as I have several conditioners that I work in to my daily showering ritual, but I have to admit I really am a fan.  this will be added to my Lush shopping list for sure!

Have you ladies ever tried the Jungle Conditioner? If so, what do you think? 

My absence and a little bit of Lush!!!

Hey ladies!!! First let me apologize for my absence last week. I realized last night I never informed you I wouldn't be blogging last week nor did I give you a reason. As most of you know I am a graduate student working on my Ph.D., last week my boss sent me to a conference in Niagara Falls, Canada so it was definitely a little difficult to blog being gone, as I had to limit the items I brought with me and etc. No need to fear though, I'm back and will be back to my normal blogging schedule starting NOW!

Anyway, If you all read my recent Lush haul (if you need a referesher click here) I purchased the Protect and Nourish Head Case kit.  I realized I blogged that I purchased it, but have yet to review a single product in it! Well today, I am going to blog to you about the amazingness of the Curly Wurly Shampoo that was including in the kit.

According to Lush:

Curly Wurly makes thick, unruly curls behave. It's packed full of nutritious creamed coconut and coconut oil, moisturizing vanilla, softening eggs and avocado butter to give moisture back to hair and eliminate frizz.

In my personal opinion this product description is DEAD on.  I absolutely love this shampoo. I wish there was a little more fragrance to the product, but how amazing my hair feels after using it makes up for the lack of overwhelming fragrance.  When I first used this I was very taken back by the texture of the product...

You can kind of tell by looking at it, it's almost kind of sticky/goopy and there are some large chunks in it.  It actually kind of reminds me of the body scrubs from The Body Shop.  At first I was like you want me to put this in my hair? I finally sucked it up and did and man am I glad I did!!! The container is around 3 oz of product and I believe I had already used it about 8 times and this is how much is still left. It doesn't take much to get your hair clean.  The size that is available online is 7.8oz and is $23.95.  I will without a doubt be purchasing this after my current container is empty!

Have you ladies ever tried this shampoo? What did you think?

Also, I will leave you with a few pictures from my trip last week :)

This is a picture of the falls.  The boat in the middle of the pictures is the Maid of the Mist. It's a tourist attraction that drives you around the falls and under them.  What you see in the background is actually New York, as I am standing on the Canadian side of the falls.

this picture was actually taken from an observation deck on the Journey Behind the Falls attraction.  I am actually standing on a deck that is underneath the falls. You can actually see the waterfall in this one. This was probably my favorite site to see. You could hear the waterfall literally roaring and it was truly beautiful to be able to watch the falls from behind the "scenes"!

Have you ladies ever been to Niagara Falls?

Help!!! I need PAA!!!!

Yes, it's true... I officially have a problem... I need to start attending meetings to battle this addiction... Does anyone know of a Pretty Addictions Anonymous meeting I could attend? It seems that I just cannot stop ordering, and NO it isn't because the owner is one of my good friends, I truly am ADDICTED!
At the beginning of the month, Pretty Addictions released 5 new duochrome shadows, I am pretty sure I was the first to order, if not it was damn close. I had been texting her for almost a week asking her when I would be able to order.  When she finally told me they were up, I was sitting at O'Charleys with my friends Rachel and Blake and I ordered on my iPhone... Yes, that is how bad it is!!!

I am loving this little animal printed bag that all of my stuff came in.  This is a little different than the packaging I have gotten before. I love that it's not always the same packaging!! Keeps us habitual orders guessing :)

Here are all my products, in all their glory... Just waiting for me to dive in!!!! I ordered 9, 5 g jars, 1 sample size and received a large sample complimentary with my order.

The swatches are done over NYX jumbo pencil in Milk, this was taken with the flash
Top row (L to R): Mango Margarita, Kiwi, Unicorn Wings, Vintage Doll
Middle row (L to R): Brown Suga, Envious, Hell on Heels, Torrid
Bottom row (L to R): Foggy Hollow, Candy Corn, Hocus Pocus.

The swatches are done over NYX jumbo pencil in Milk, this was taken without the flash
Top row (L to R): Mango Margarita, Kiwi, Unicorn Wings, Vintage Doll
Middle row (L to R): Brown Suga, Envious, Hell on Heels, Torrid
Bottom row (L to R): Foggy Hollow, Candy Corn, Hocus Pocus.

Aren't they just AMAZING??? I have only had them since Wednesday evening so I've only gotten to rock Unicorn Wings, Hocus Pocus, Brown Suga, and Foggy Hollow so far, but I AM IN LOVE!!!!

I will try to post some looks soon :)

Have you ladies had the chance to order yet? If not, you better get on it!!!

What do you ladies have planned this weekend? a bunch of my college friends are coming in to town this weekend... our Alma Mater is playing my Graduate School in football tomorrow so we are all heading to the game.  I am also flying to Canada this Sunday for a conference. I don't know if I will be able to do many makeup related blogs next week, but maybe I will post some pictures of the trip instead!!!

My new fancy wreath!

So, I'll be honest I LOVE fall. It's my absolute favorite time of the year. The weather is perfect, the leaves are gorgeous, and there is football on 5 out of 7 days of the week.  This past weekend I was out looking for stuff to make feather bouquets with my friend Rachel for her upcoming nuptials and while we were at Hobby Lobby I noticed that their wreaths were 50% off.  For some reason this gave me a HUGE urgency to make a cute little wreath for our front door (I feel as though this is a sign that I truly am aging.)
Anyway, I just thought I'd give you a little peek at my little Friday night crafty project.

 
the wreath is pretty decent sized, It was originally 5 bucks at Hobby Lobby, but it was 50% off, so It was $2.50 (I'm not sure why I felt the need to do the division for you.) The flowers were a fall artificial bouquet from Wal-Mart that was $5 and it had around 15 flowers. I also purchased a small bunch of red-orange artificial leaves for 94 cents from Wal-Mart as well.  I used wire cutters to cut flowers and leaves from bouquet leaving a 3 inch or so wire attached to the base. I then weaved the wire around the vines in the wreath.  Technically you could just pull the flower off and just super glue it to the wreath, but I wanted to leave the option there to change flowers out on the wreath if I chose to. 

This was about a 15 minute craft project, the hardest part was successfully cutting the flower wire, which is super thick. 

I think this wreath is super cute and add just a little something to our boring front door :) What do you ladies think?

Mask of Magnaminty

A few weeks ago I placed an order with Lush, you can see my haul here. With this order I purchased their Mask of Magnaminty.  If you remember in a post long ago I raved about how much I loved their skincare products, so I thought that it was well worth it to give this mask a try, especially since I was already ordering anyway. I ordered the smaller size of the product (4.4 oz for $11.95), that way in case I didn't like it I wasn't stuck with a huge container of it!

The mask is a China clay and bentonite gel mask that also has ground aduki beans, primrose seeds and peppermint oil. 

According to Lush:

China clay and bentonite gel will pull the dirt from your pores, ground aduki beans and evening primrose seeds exfoliate surface skin cells, and peppermint oil will make you feel so fresh and minty that you'll forget you were ever grubby.

Ground aduki beans remove dead skin cells when used on the skin as an exfoliating powder. They polish the skin, leaving it healthy and renewed.



This clay mask is very very thick. It feels super weird at first, but once it's on there it does have a slight cooling/refreshing feeling. At first the texture really weirded me out.  According the directions you should use a handful of the mask, massage in to your face, let it dry completely and then rinse the mask off. I typically put the mask on in the morning before I get in the shower, let it dry while I wash my hair and then rinse it off. 

As with all other Lush skincare products I love the way my face feels after using this. It feels so smooth and fresh. I do feel though that perhaps the description builds the product up a little more than necessary, at least for me. I do really like that when the mask dries your face doesn't get unmovably tight like it can with some masks. I do enjoy this product, but I am not sure that I would run back to Lush to replace it as soon as it is gone. 

Have you ladies ever tried this mask? What did you think? What is your favorite skincare product from Lush?

Are you ladies, doing anything fun and exciting for the holiday weekend? I plan on making it a very very low key weekend. I have friends coming in next weekend and then I am leaving town for a few days as soon as they leave, so I need this weekend to relax and of course watch football!!!!