Okay, so now that odd introduction has passed and we have all taken a moment to ask what the hell is wrong with me, I shall begin.
It's currently 11:05pm and I am sitting in my living room in my pyjamas with a face mask on, (read that loosely, I'm essentially letting my Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish sit on my skin for a bit longer, I shall talk about that soon), after just getting out of a bubble bath, as that is what one does on a Tuesday evening, when there is nothing on the T.V because it's a bank holiday, and you have exhausted all of your resources on YouTube.
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| Picture from weheartit.com! Not mine. This is what I imagined my bathroom to look like |
I'm home alone and wanted something to do, after drinking a bottle of Koppaberg which didn't sit very well with me, I'm still feeling the effects now, I decided I would run a bath and put some bubbles in. I was going to just use some sort of shower gel to improvise as bubble bath isn't something I tend to purchase, a bath is for washing, when you're too lazy to stand up in the shower, I was happy to stumble upon a tiny bottle of CHAMPNEYS Oriental Opulence Bubble Heaven, and I tell you, that description is spot on, it smells exactly how you would expect heaven to smell! The one that I used was Ylang Ylang and Patchouli, I swear to you there are no words to describe it, it's quite sweet and has a slight vanilla scent to it, but there's also a sort of citrus kick to it. I am fully aware that this is describing a scent with two completely different ingredients, but I am not a perfumer so obviously I'm not accurate, it isn't often I come across ylang ylang in my daily life. Anyway, as good as it smells it was a bugger to get out of the bottle, I'll give it it's dues, the plastic bottle is a sturdy little thing, but it makes it incredibly difficult to get the product out as you can't squeeze it, also the consistency of the bubble bath itself is quite gloopy and doesn't pour very well, so after a good 5 minutes standing over the bath of running water I gave up and let whatever product came out do its job. I must admit the bubbles were splendid, however I have come to the conclusion that I cannot stand the rustling noise the bubbles make when you lie in them, it's quite aggravating really, but this is not to say that the product is bad, I just don't want to hear a consistent popping in my little ears. I wouldn't say the bubbles do anything to your skin, I don't feel any more moisturised than normal, but nor do I feel any worse for it. It's just a nice little indulgence isn't it?
To go along with the bubbles I also took in my two favourite candles, the first being Yankee Candle's Cherry On Snow which only comes out at Christmas but the other cherry scented Yankee Candles are pretty much identical, and the second being Jelly Belly's Toasted Marshmallow. Now, don't laugh at me, I know it isn't the height of sophistication, but it smells so nice and it isn't over powering and sickly like the Yankee Candle Vanilla Cupcake but it smells quite similar, it also isn't as pricey!
I know I said that this bath was to just relax in, after a while the popping bubbles got so irritating that I decided I would give myself a scrub, that sounds vile, I'm not that dirty, I just meant, using a body scrub, I bought two body scrubs a few weeks ago from Wilkos, I believe they were 2 for £1.50 and I was in need of some nice smelling body washes so I thought I'd do it. I'm not a snob when it comes to body washes, there's no need to spend a thousand pound a year just to waste it on bits of your body not many people see, if it smells nice then I'm going to use it. Today I opted for my Vanilla and Honey Smoothie because I was in that sort of sweet scent mood. Honestly, these smoothie/scrub things are brilliant. I don't know exactly what the scrubby bits are made of but it feels a bit sandy and a bit oaty if that makes any sense, but it also lathers up really nicely like a normal shower gel! It feels great and it hasn't disturbed my skin at all, although not many things do, the skin on my body is pretty good, it's just my face that's a bit touchy!
After doing all the lady things that one does in the bath which doesn't need to be explained, (again, that sounds really rude! It wasn't..I just meant, shaving things, but who wants to know about that, if anyone's interested I use a man's gillette razor and gillette shaving foam), I got out of the bath, dried myself down and sprayed my moisturiser on, I'm really disappointed that I can't find it on the Boots website, but it's from The Sanctuary Spa range at Boots, I'm not sure if they still sell it as I've had mine for a while, it's essentially an oil spray moisturiser and smells really good. I just spritz it on and let it soak in, it does say you should rub it in, but I find my skin laps it up pretty quickly, plus I'm not a fan of oily hands!
And finally, onto my face! It has been going mental recently and I don't know why. My whole body has been going a bit crazy, and it's probably not something you would all like to know, but I was a week early, and I know that I was because it's the full moon this week, and it is usually on the 3rd or 4th of the month. That's all you need to know, before you all start thinking "Oh my lord, Fai has gone mental and thinks everyone wants to know about her cycle", I can assure you, I don't want everyone to know, not everyone in the world reads this blog ;), anyhow, I stopped using my Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish (review here) because I felt it was really drying my skin out, but the past couple of days I've been feeling a bit oily, which is just weird, I've never had oily skin and I'm not sure why this has happened. It has been warm in the UK and I did accidently catch the sun on my face, so I'm not sure if this would have made a difference, but something's gone awry so I just decided to put on a fairly generous amount of the Cleanse and Polish and let it sit for a while before I washed it off. I'm not sure what good this is going to do, but I thought it may rebalance some of whatever is going on! We shall see!
Sorry for such a long winded post, but I have been gone for what seems like forever so I feel that it shouldn't matter, and if it does matter let me know! All you have to do is write a wee comment down below and I shall see it!
Thanks for reading lovelies, I hope to be back soon!
Fai x
*Disclaimer: All opinions are 100% my own, I am not affiliated with any of the companies mentioned, nor have I been given any products or been asked to review them!
