Lush: Sweet Lips Chocolate Lip Scrub

I didn't realise how important it was to essentially prime your lips before wearing lipstick. I mean you prime your face before applying foundation, so why not your lips as well?

My Lush Sweet Lips lip scrub has been pretty much a neglected product until now but I have slowly but surely been making sure that I add it into my daily routine. I like to take a little bit and rub it into my lips before I have my daily shower.

As you can see from the photo above, its a sugary looking product which you basically rub all over your lips to exfoliate them and remove dead skin cells. I like to use it before showering to make sure that I've got it all off but you could lick if off if you like! The flavour I have is chocolate but I don't think Lush actually stock this one anymore. They do have a bubblegum flavour though which I've heard is quite scrummy! At £5.50 a pot they're great value for money as they last forever and have a really long expiry.

Using it has definitely made a difference when wearing my MAC lipsticks which can sometimes be a little drying. I've also found that it's increased the wear time before having to reapply. My lips just generally have a better feel too, I'm quite excited about popping on my summery glosses soon!

Have you tried any of the Lush lip scrubs?

Twitter/Facebook/Instagram

My Audience Experience at Pointless

image credit BBC

Pointless is my favourite TV quiz show. I love watching it on a Saturday evening and trying to guess the pointless answers and hopefully learn a few things in the process. I recently joined SRO Audiences which is a website you sign up to, to be part of audiences for shows such as Pointless, 8 Out Of 10 Cats and The Voice. 

I was lucky enough to be selected to be part of the audience for a recording of Pointless at Elstree Studios in Borehamwood on Monday 24th March. Unfortunately I had to go to work in the morning but was lucky enough to take a half day. Bradley came and picked me up at 1pm and we drove the two hours from Bournemouth to Elstree, we arrived a little early so grabbed some late lunch/dinner in the local Tesco's (classy!) and then headed to the studios to take our place in the queue.

We were allocated stickers in the line which were given out on a first come first served basis, we turned up quite early so managed to get a good number, little did we know that it didn't really matter when we got inside as there was a big bundle because everyone wanted to get to the front. Bradley and I casually made our way to the middle row and still had an excellent view as the audience sit really close to the stage area.

Before we were taken into the studio I was really excited, and once we were taken inside, I physically gasped with excitement as obviously the stage looks exactly as it does on the TV but it was right in front of my eyes! A little while later, Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman came out to say hello to the audience and prepare for the recording, I had a huge smile on my face and I couldn't believe that they were both standing about a meter in front of me!

The audience were then prepped on what noises to make if the contestants got a pointless answer, a wrong answer and what sound to make as the points made their way down the tower (if you watch the show you'll know what I mean!). We then found out that the show was going to be a special celebrity edition! I'm not going to tell you who was on it, or who made it through to the final round, or if they won or not, you'll have to watch the episode for that. Unfortunately, I don't know the date the episode is going to be aired but I do know that it will be aired on a Saturday in approximately six months time. I will be looking out at all the episodes until I find the one I am in and see if I can spot myself!

I really enjoyed the experience and on the way home I tweeted Richard Osman to say how much I had enjoyed it and he replied saying thank-you for coming!

I'm definitely going to sign up to see more recordings soon!

Have you ever been part of an audience for a TV show before?

Twitter/Facebook/Instagram

March Overview

I'm a day late with this post as I realised that my March favourites had to go up yesterday and I had no more March days left to squeeze this in so I'm popping it up today - sorry!

March has definitely been a month of both new products and rediscovering old favourites. I've completely fallen in love with the HealGel Face serum which I reviewed a while back and found my old Sleek blush in Mirrored Pink which has made its way back into my make up bag after being stuck in a drawer unloved for months. I've also been putting a lot of thought into my current make up storage which I think needs updating. I'm hoping to take a trip to Ikea soon to check out some Alex drawers and a Malm dressing table.

When I visited family at the beginning of the month, I finally picked up the Urban Decay Naked 3 palette and have been using it almost everyday since. I've also changed up my make up bag to include lots of lovely spring products. When I visited Meadowhall shopping centre (which has the biggest MAC counter I have ever seen!) I was prompted to take a look at my own MAC collection and chat about my lipstick collection and rediscovered a beautiful Baking Beauties powder that I just didn't want to use as it was so pretty!

There has been quite a lot of nail polish love on the blog this month, where I picked out my favourite spring shades from Model's Own and bought a couple of new spring polishes including Naked Glow from the Model's Own HyperGel collection and Essie's Mint Candy Apple.

I also took part in several tag posts throughout March including 'The Blogger Love Tag' and my friend Becca's 'Makeup Mishaps Tag'. If you haven't given either of these a go, I'd get stuck in straight away.

Nothing much has really happened life wise in March, it's been quite nice to be able to sit down and read my Blogosphere magazine and stuff my face with Cadbury's Mini Eggs! I'm definitely looking forward to Easter! As it's been quite quiet, I've been working on my photography and although it's far from perfect, I'm pretty pleased with the results I have so far. I would like to invest in a Canon 600D or equivalent at some point as I would love to improve the quality of my photos even more.

Next month is going to be pretty tight moneywise, which means I have to be really conscious of the products I buy. April always seems to be a pretty big bill month with the TV license, gas/electric, home insurance and car MOT all coming at the same time and for some reason we never seem to prepare for it all, even though we know it's coming! Whoops!


What have been your March highlights?

Twitter/Facebook/Instagram