It's My 23rd Birthday!

And I don't feel any different.

Of course I don't... the only important birthdays are 16, 18, 21 and anything ending in 0 after that. Midlife crisis perhaps? Ha. 

I was treated to dinner by Ryan and still got to blow out candles, so at least I got that much. I didn't want much in the first place because I feel like the older you get, the less excited you are to age. So, I am pretty content with what I did get. And thankful as well.

Here's to a good 23rd year of my life. 

Price Changes in my Etsy Shop

I changed some of my prices in my Etsy shop because I want people to enjoy my work and my creativity. My thought process is that if I lower my prices, my want will come true.

I'm also working on adding more products to my shop. The gears in my head are finally running again, so hopefully I will settle on something soon. Of course, my final product is handmade.

Here's the link to my shop, just click on the picture!

Enjoy (:

Lush Haul - Bath Bombs and Shower Gels

So recently I've been getting progressively more obsessed with this Lush craze. Lush, for those of you who aren't familiar, is an eco-friendly and anti animal testing cosmetics company. While they have makeup and cremes and what not, what they have become most popular for (in my opinion) is their shower and bath products.

My first Lush product was the "Sex Bomb" bath bomb. I don't have a picture of it because I've already used it, but you can find it here. It is a pink and purple bath bomb with a flower on top. It smells amazing and looks really pretty once dissolved. This bath bomb is one of their best sellers. I bought two and used both already.

Knowing that my first Lush purchase was so successful, I had to buy more. So, during their latest sale, I bought two shower gels for the price of one. Pretty awesome since one 3.3 fl oz. bottle costs $9.95. So I got the "So White" shower gel and "Snow Fairy" shower gel. I also bought a bubble bar and another bath bomb I've wanted to try.

Today, my box of wonders finally came!

Well the box came ripped open.. but it's been snowing non-stop today, so I will forgive the delivery man this one time (:

I ordered the four items mentioned above, but I got an extra little sample! Thank you Lush (: Fun fact: the little packaging poofs were really cold (the package itself sat outside for at least an hour until I noticed it came) so I kept putting my hands in it like a child would play in the sand because it felt cool. This is why I am still a child at heart.

Shower Gels:

So here are Snow Fairy and So White close up. They were smaller than I expected, but in this case I didn't really mind since as I mentioned above, I got one for free pretty much. They are both vegan, as the company supports that sort of stuff, which I think is pretty neat. The bottle says they are handmade and we all know I'm a huge supporter of that. They are also both limited edition, I think for the winter months as they imply a sort of snow theme.

The Snow fairy shower gel, which is now sold out but costs $9.95 for a 3.3 fl. oz. bottle, is supposed to smell like bubblegum and vanilla.While I'm not a huge fan of the bubblegum smell and vanilla is too plain for me, I wanted to try this shower gel out (mainly because of what it's called but we'll keep that a secret).

The So White shower gel, also $9.95 for 3.3 fl. oz. (which sounds a lot like Snow White (: haha) is infused with fresh apples (haha cuz Snow White.. I get it...) I'm fine with an apple scented shower gel, so I was willing to give this one a try, and because of the obvious.

The shower gels come in three sizes: 3.3 fl. oz., 8.4 fl. oz., and 16.9 fl. oz. Prices range from $9.95 to $28.95.

I have not yet tried either of these, so I will write another post assessing their loveliness or unlovliness (doubtful).

Bath Bombs & Bubble Bars:

Next is the "Phoenix Rising" bath bomb. It is $6.95. I heard mixed reviews about this particular item, but after watching a few YouTube videos showing how pretty and deep the purple looked in a bath, I decided to try it out. I think the bad reviews come from the overwhelming amount of glittery sparkly stuff, which I am totally okay with. I mean... who doesn't want to come out of a bath looking all glittery and sparkly and magical?

So, I've noticed that while the bath bombs are amazing and wonderful and make the water cool funky colors, there are no bubbles... and the whole point of a bath is the bubbles, right? So, I looked into it and of course Lush sells these amazing bubble bars which people rave about. I picked out this one, "The Comforter" bubble bar. The name itself just makes me feel all cozy and warm inside. It is $10.95 for this 7 oz. bar.

According to the Lush website, it is supposed to give off a purple tint to your bath water (so pairing it with a purple or pink-ish bath bomb would be cool) and it gives off a blackcurrant scent. I have heard of people cutting these into a few pieces for multiple uses as opposed to using the whole thing at once, I'd imagine that would give you way too many bubbles. 

I have not tried this yet, obviously, but out of all of the things I got today, this is the one I am most excited about... because... bubbles!

Free Sample!

And here is the little sample of the "Miranda" soap I got. It is $7.95 for a 3.5 oz. bar. I actually got a sample of this a while back when I bought my first bath bombs and aside from the excitement of an extra little free item, I had absolutely no idea what it was. But I smelled it, ran it under water and realized it was soap. And it smelled amazing. So when I do finally decide to buy soap from them, this will be the first one I'll get.

Bonus:

And a bonus bath bomb that Ryan bought me for Christmas that was not a part of this haul.

This one is called "Shoot for the Stars" and it was $6.95. Here's the story: Ryan took his sister and I to the mall for Christmas and told us to each pick something we wanted. I suggested going to the Lush store because one bath bomb isn't too expensive and I wanted her to try one. Well, I picked this one mainly for it's name (I have to stop doing that) and how cool it looks! It's supposed to have a caramel scent to it, which I'm not too fond of, but I'm willing to try it. Plus, I wanted to try a color other than pink and purple, so this one should be interesting. Unfortunately, this one is sold out.



I am in the process of picking products out from their new Valentine's Day release because they look awesome and creative and I have to. That's how I rationalize my obsessions, haha. 

Every picture has a link to the corresponding product on the Lush website, just in case anyone wants to try these out. (: Also, I did not get paid for this, I just wanted to share my Lush love!