Shopping: December 2024

I don't buy anything for myself in December so these are all gifts from friends and family;

Orly Loose Threads Collection // Boots Cotton Balls

Avon Hand Cream // L'Occitane Hand Creams and Lip Balm

Lord of Misrule Perfume // Karma Perfume // Lord of Misrule Shower Gel // Glow in the Dark Shower Gel // Pumpkin Pie Soap // Ghost in the Dark Soap // Frankenstein Bath Bomb // Demon in the Dark Soap // Witchy Woo Bubble Bar // Elphaba's Hat Bubble Bar // Hocus Pocus Soakus Bubble Bar // Fright Night Knot Wrap

Garnier Pineapple Shampoo, Conditioner, Mask // Avon Sunkissed Bubble Bath // Soap and Glory Fruity Body Scrub, Body Butter, Body Wash // Soap and Glory Bright and Beautiful Sheet Mask

L'Occitane Shampoo and Condtioner, Divine Cream // Avon Lipbalms // Reeces Lipbalm // Wile Refillable Personalised Lipbalm with Watermelon and Plum Frosted Pear refills

  

Empties: December 2024

A few bits used up this past month, but only one polish related item;

UNT Peel Off Base Coat | I really like using this for glitters, so it got a lot of use throughout December. I have a backup but would repurchase.

Collection Pressed Powder | This is very light in tone which works for my skin tone. I prefer a loose powder but they can be messy. I would repurchase this if I didn't have a back up already.

The Ordinary Silicone Primer | This was okay, standard silicone texture. I would repurchase but I have another brand to try first.

Above and Beyond Refillable Lipbalm Vanilla | The formula on this was nice enough, I didn't like the domed shape which I imagine is similar to the EOS ones from years ago. I think the company has since gone bust, however I have now got the Wild refillable bullet style lipbalms to try out. I have a couple of refills to use up from A&B.

Lush Lord of Misrule Bath Bomb | Patchouli, earthy and spicy. Would keep repurchasing as long as they come out for Halloween, I recently got gifted a few [review].

Lush Groovy Fairy Bath Bomb | A pink, snow fairy scented bath bomb. Sweet scented which lingered on my skin.

Baylis & Harding Bath Soak Crystals | I got these as part of a gift, I didn't find they were particularly scented and didn't notice any extra relaxing properties than a bath without them.

Umberto Giannini Dry Shampoo | I don't go through a lot of dry shampoo but when I do reach for it I like this one. Applied the night before, in the morning no white cast left in my dark hair. I will repurchase it.

Wild Shower Gel Ocean Mist | A semi thick shower gel, I wasn't sure what to expect from the 'ocean mist' scent but it wasn't bad, slightly 'masculine'. I would repurchase from Wild Shower Gel but maybe not this scent.

Candy Cane Lane Gingerbread Candle | This had a really great scent throw to it, only complaint is it didn't last that long but it was a shorter candle. I would repurchase this one in December.

  

Review: Lush - Lord of Misrule '21

Lord of Misrule '21 is an updated version of a previous incarnation of Lord of Misrule, which has been released as a Halloween limited edition yearly since 2013. The original was my favourite bath bomb from Lush.

"Prepare for mischief and merriment with this patchouli and vanilla fizzer. A fragrance loved by many, this familiar character has had a costume change this year. Allow the colours of the court jester to transform your bathwater and tickle your senses" - Lush.co.uk

Visually Lord of Misrule has changed from a dark green colour in a crown shape to a standard round colourful one. It also when it fizzes doesn't look dark and mysterious, it spins out light blue, yellow and pink. It doesn't look particularly Halloween-y anymore.

Original LOM Bath Bomb

The scent however is the same as the previous version, mainly patchouli but softer with vanilla and pepper. It lingers on your skin for a good few hours afterwards.

The water is left as a light green colour, which is more visually appealing than the previous dark green, brown colour.

Overall this is scent wise the same as the previous version, it just has had a make over and looks less Halloween and more year round appropriate. As the scent is the most important thing about a bath bomb to me I am happy to repurchase this updated version.

  

Review: Lush - Lord of Misrule

 

This bath bomb, named after the ruler of the Pagan Feast of Fools, has a strange and magnificent fragrance created by Gorilla Perfumer Simon Constantine. This bomb will slowly dissolve to reveal a wine coloured centre, with the added sweetness of the world’s first fair trade vanilla absolute, perfectly balanced by the earthy scents of black pepper and patchouli oil - Lush.co.uk

This bath ballistic is from the Christmas 2013 Collection, it is new for this year. The first thing I noticed about this was the colour, a very green colour with random yellow and pink dots. There is a giant star shape on the top of this as well.

Another point which I think makes this quite unique is the amount of time it took to fizz away, it was well over ten minutes before this stopped fizzing around the bath. Also there is no bits in this one so you can use it without having to put it in a sock to save on the clean up.

First you get a green colour, then it breaks down and the centre which is a pink / red colour begins to spurt out of it. Then things start to get even weirder, there is popping candy inside and you can hear the crackling from that in the water for around five minutes.

The water ends up a grey / brown colour and with the earthy scents and crackling noises you being to feel as if you are sitting in a witches cauldron.

The scent of this bath ballistic is quite an earthy one (not a dirty soil smell though), the main scent is patchouli, some spiciness but there is definitely a softer side to that which I imagine is the vanilla. The scent does linger on your skin for a good couple of hours afterwards. 

This is quite a visually interesting bath ballistic, and it does take a good amount of time to fizz away to nothing and as such it something you will want to have a fair amount of time to watch and to use.

I would get this again, I hope that Lush bring this back again next year.

£3.30 - Lush