ive been really busy (
and lazy
) and unfortunately i have not gotten a chance to post anything significant. but i hope to change that. soon. i promise. im feeling like im in a very jane austen-y mood so expect edwardian romance up the whazoo. yeah you heard me. jane austen. love it. but more on that later. but for now i finally got the chance to use all of my lush christmas presents and want to share the deets.

first up lush catastrophe cosmetic. this face mask features blueberries, almond oil, irish moss and chamomile which are supposed to calm inflammation and soothe the skin. not the most attractive of face masks but it smells pretty and blueberry-ish. i think it was soothing between the ingrediants and the fact it is refrigerated it feels really good in a way that only slimy clay can. i think that it did reduce the inflammation some but it feels like it left behind  a chalky residue that im not too keen on.

next up is lush cosmetic warrior. it has fresh garlic and tea tree oil which are natural antiseptics. it also includes grapes, honey, kaolin (a cleansing clay-mineral) and … free range eggs (
yuck factor
). i have mixed feelings about this one. on the one hand i think it really works. on the other its so disgusting. not nice but true. eggs? okay strange but i can deal with that. it is the garlic that causes a few problems. as i announced to tink: “i smell like i have two week old pasta on my face”. dont get me wrong i think it works but if you can deal with the unfortunate smell go for it. out of the three face masks i recieved (cosmetic warrior, cupcake, and catastrophe cosmetic) i feel fresh and clean after (if a little bit smelly).

last but not least is lush ocean salt. ocean salt is a face and body scrub rather than a face mask and i absolutely adore it. it has lime, coconut, sea salt and grapefruit which smells fresh and divine and makes you feel really clean and rejuvenated. my skin is bipolar. one day its oily and break out prone, the next it is bone dry and flakey and this scrub felt great whenever i used it. word of advice: dont use too often and dont scrub too hard (
duh right?
). the sea salt is really great and perfect for sloughing off dead skin but can be really damaging if you use it wrong. i definately recommend this! (thanks tink)

the long and short of it: the face masks were a nice gift but i have reservations about them and i am not sure if i would ever buy them for myself. they are a pain because they need to be refrigerated and expire quickly so i dont think it is worth it. and frankly two week old pasta is not kosher. but ocean salt is something i am on board with and will be buying again.

in the immortal words of tigger.

ta ta for now. pepp.

DONT YOU KNOW ITS CHRISTMAS TIME AGAIN (REVIEW)

so christmas has come and gone and santa-baby left alot of awesome goodies behind which i definitely feel the need to share. i got two new wigs, rihanna red and kermit green. still feeling them out but i will definitely post more about them including pictures when i get it all sorted. i also got a number of other awesome beauty thing-a-magigs that i want to share with the rest of the class. first up is a few things from the lush line of products.

(little background for ya: lush is a line of handmade organic animal friendly products ranging from makeup to soaps to lotions to even henna hair dye. they have tons and tons of different things and it is my mission to try them all. i really loved what the company stood for so i decided to try it and now i have definite things i could not do with out. my absolute favorites are the coalface soap, and the herbalism an dark angels face scrubs. they leave my sometimes oily and ance-prone other times dry and flakey skin feeling fresh and clean.)

so for christmas i put some new lush stuff on my list and after being checked twice for naughtiness santa (and his little auburn haired elf) delivered with flourish. i tried the first new product last night and i have mixed feelings. first up was cupcake fresh face mask. 

it has peppermint and spearmint in it that is supposed to be good for oily/broken out skin. when i put it on my skin felt tingle and being cleaned which continued as i washed of the mask and watched son television. but …  dun dun dun … within a half hour my skin felt twice as oily as before. i am not sure if it is a direct connection but i have mixed feelings about this one. i am going to try it a few more times to see and i will let you know.

dif-tor heh smusma. pepp.