I'm Having a Giveaway on My Instagram!

Exciting news! I'm hosting a giveaway over on my instagram which is @georgialeebeauty ! I've received heaps of support from lots of lovely people over there so I thought it was about time I gave a little back. Plus, it's Christmas so it's the time for giving. Here's what you have a chance to win:

• Beauty Essentials 10 Shade Natural Eyeshadow palette
• Philosophy Mini Shower Gel Trio - Buttered Rum, Old-Fashioned Eggnog, Peppermint Bark
• ChapStick Collector's Edition Christmas Tin which includes three lip balms - 2 x Candy Cane and 1 x Velvet Cupcake
• Avocado Sheet Mask from The Face Shop 
• Lush LE Christmas Snowman Shower Jelly 
• Lush LE Christmas Snowcake Soap
• Lush LE Christmas Holly Golightly Bubble Bar
• Daiso Lash Set
• Set of 5 Chi Chi Mini Gel Eyeliner Pencils - Dream Lover, Like a Virgin, Beauty School Dropout, Black is Black, Lo Cal Chocolate.
• Australis Lip Treatment Trio
• Manicare Artiste No. 55 Contour Brush

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

• Australian entries only. Apologies for this to you international beauties, but this is quite a heavy lot of stuff and the shipping would just be insane!
• No giveaway accounts.
• You can only enter once from any given account. Anyone seen to have entered multiple times will be disqualified.
• Must be the holder of an active instagram account. Doesn't necessarily have to be a beauty account though.
• Competition begins 12/11/14 and ends 30/11/14 at 8pm EST. Any entries after this time will not be counted.
• My account @georgialeebeauty must be tagged in the photo in order for your entry to be counted. I must also be tagged in the caption. 
• You must be following my account @georgialeebeauty
• Also must have liked the original giveaway image posted. 

HOW TO ENTER

 

• Repost the giveaway photo that is on my instagram and tag me (@georgialeebeauty) in both the photo and in your caption. 
• Like the original giveaway image. 
• You also must be a follower in order to win.
• ALL OF THESE MUST BE DONE FOR YOUR ENTRY TO COUNT.
• Sit and wait to see if you won!

Good Luck Beauties!

xx

Lush Christmas and Halloween Goodies Part One

Those of you who follow me on instagram (@georgialeebeauty) will know that I was very excited for the release of Lush's Christmas and Halloween products and I hit my local store the day they came out, which was yesterday. I love Lush, so much so that I have over thirty bath bombs and bubble bars in my collection currently. Onto the new stuff though, some lovely stuff came out this year, with quite a few new, never before seen products hitting our shelves. Unfortunately though, my store didn't have all the stock yet, so I'm going to check back every week as they get new shipments in. So without further ado, here's the haul.

Bath Ballistics

I only picked up one and these are my favourite type of product!

Butterbear Bath Bomb - $5.50 As you might expect, this one is basically a bear shaped version of butterball. It smells sweet, like creamy toffee and ever so slightly chocolatey. His little label says 'This sweet-smelling bear is packed with nourishing cocoa butter and comforting fair trade vanilla. Perfect for anyone that loves a good bear hug.' 

Bubble Bars

Wizard Bubble Bar - $6.95 The design of this little dude reminds me of Adventure Time weirdly enough, it's really cute! Part of the Halloween collection,  the Wizard smells like a very muted citrus mixed with something herby. I clearly know my scents. I love the faint shimmer over this one, it's not too full on like many of the Christmas bubble bars are. They didn't have a label for this one at the store, so the website says 'With a crackle of popping candy, the energising tangerine oil and purifying juniperberry and fennel essential oils, the Wizard banishes stress and helps you recover.'

Christmas Penguin Bubble Bar - $6.95 Christmas Penguin smells really similar to another Lush bath product but I'm not sure which one, maybe Sakura Bath Bomb? It features very citrus ingredients such as mandarin and lemon oils and orange flower absolute, however I wouldn't say it is a massively citrus-y scent in my opinion. 'Crumble this fellow under running water for masses of bubbles. Inspired by the smallest penguins in the world which are blue and from Phillip Island in Australia.'

Holly Go Lightly Bubble Bar - $10.50 This is Christmas in a bubble bar. I mean, maybe not hot summer days, Australian Christmas but if I had a white Christmas I imagine this is what it would smell like. It's spicy and warm, featuring notes of clove, patchouli and cinnamon, not my typical scent but I think I'll save it for next winter. I managed to pick out the hugest of the bunch so I think this will last me many, many baths. 'A generously sized pudding to wrap yourself up in a comforting Christmas blanket of lime oil, patchouli oil and cinnamon leaf oil. Its festive spice fragrance is like bathing in a hot toddy.'

Sparkly Pumpkin Bubble Bar - $6.95 The pumpkin is so pretty. It reminds me of the third Harry Potter movie with massive fall vibes. The smell is a little bit floral, quite sweet and soft, with juniperberry, lime and grapefruit oils. Again, I didn't get a sticker for this one but the website says 'Perfect for a long, lingering soak, just make sure you get out of your bath by midnight...'

The Christmas Hedgehog Bubble Bar - $6.95 How cute is this little thing? I love the colours as well, that minty blue is my favourite! This one is supposed to be hugely moisturising, so much so that it starts to melt when you hold it. Scent-wise it's quite similar to many of the other ones, however that could just be because it's been sitting in the bag with heaps of strong scented products! 'Crumble under running water and unfurl in the silky waters as the rose absolute and ylang ylang essential oils get to work on Christmas stress and soften your skin ready for the festivities!'

Drummers Drumming Reusable Bubble Bar - $9.95 First up, I really wanted this one to be called 'Little Drummer Boy' how cute would've that been? This one is reusable so basically it comes on a little stick that you swoosh around your bath water and it just gets smaller and smaller as you use it. A+ on the packaging for this one Lush, the little bells are a super cute addition and they work as well! Scented like the massage bar Strawberry Feels Forever, this one is sweet and fruity, which means I love it. 'Drum up some energy with our first musical bubble bar! Made with refreshing and uplifting bergamot, geranium and olibanum oil with the sweet smell of fresh strawberries.'

Bath Melts

Snow Angel Bath Melt - $8.50 Yum, this one smells really lovely, like almond flavouring (not too strong) and just creamy goodness. My mum pointed out that this one seriously looks like a cheesecake, biscuit base with white on top; how legit is that? This one is super nice, I'm looking forward to using it. 'This spectacular new bath time addition offers the fizz of our bath bombs and smoothness of our bath melts. The golden layer slowly melts away leaving a sparkly layer of PET free lustre giving you a golden glow.' 

Melting Snowman Bath Melt - $5.50 This one has quite a traditional Christmas-scent spice, like Holly Go Lightly. It has little chocolate buttons for eyes which I think is such a cute addition. 'Cocoa butter and almond oil nourish and soften the skin while the cinnamon leaf oil invigorates and helps shake off fatigue after a few too many Christmas parties.'

Soaps and Body Washes

Yog Nog Soap - $6.90/100 grams Holy wow Lush is so on point with their soap scents this Christmas season. Yog Nog is the most amazing thing I have ever smelled. To me it's like a creamy, maple syrup and gingerbread scent, totally divine. I want to eat this, I licked it and it tasted so good! 'A creamy, Christmas tipple made with moisturising soya yoghurt and a dash of festive spice.' It's also 100% palm free!

Reindeer Rock Soap - $6.50/100 grams This smells like the Comforter Bubble Bar and is therefore the most incredible smelling, strawberries and cream, gorgeous scent. I want to rub this all over my body. Both of these soaps are squishy and almost jelly like which is slightly different to the typical Lush soap. 'Based on the Scandinavian ancient rock carvings, you will see reindeer galloping across your soap. Packed with dried lingonberries, which helps to rejuvenate the skin and improve elasticity.' 

Snowman Shower Jelly - $6.95 I'm not gonna lie, I just bought this one because it's so cute! I'm not a massive fan of the smell, it's apparently the same as the carrot soap that was released at Easter. Before I found that out I actually liked the scent, but now I can only smell that carrot smell which I wasn't a lover of. 'This snowman is more than a little bit fruity, with blackcurranty buchu oil and nourishing carrot oil.'

So White Shower Gel - $29.95/500 grams The lovely girls at Lush gave me a sizeable sample of this shower gel which was so nice of them! So White is also a bath bomb and both the bomb and the gel have a very clean, crisp, subtle apple smell. It has little white shimmers in it as well which are a really nice touch. 'A crisp apple shower gel to leave you feeling the fairest of them all' 

So that's that! A pretty massive haul and that's not even all the stuff I wanted to get! I was a little disappointed that my Lush didn't have everything in yet, but it just gives me an excuse to keep visiting over the next few weeks and buy more stuff to show you guys. I always have so much fun in the Lush store because all the people that work there are so welcoming and helpful. Bath bombs are my favourite sort of bath product as I mentioned before, and sadly my Lush only had like 3 of the 11 that are meant to come out, but hopefully I can pick them up later! Let me know if you guys like these Lush posts, they're probably some of my favourite to do. Would you be interested in a Lush Collection post? Let me know!

xx

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Empties #2

When I did my first empties post, I thought it would be ages until I did the next one, purely because it takes me forever to get through products, or so I thought. Admittedly, some of this stuff is actually not finished, it's either gone bad or I've had it so long that I don't remember where it came from - never a good thing for products you plan to use on your body, face or hair.

Bioderma Créaline H₂O Solution Micellaire Priceline sells this stuff for a hefty fee but my bottle was straight from a pharmacie in France, though, if we're being honest, I actually got ripped off there too - never buy from the Champs-Elysées what you can get elsewhere. You've heard every beauty blogger and their mother talk about this magical elixir, it removes make up, dirt and everything else from your face without leaving it greasy or gross.

Garnier Skin Naturals Micellar Cleansing Water All in 1 Though I love Bioderma, don't buy it unless you can get it for the right price. If you live in Australia, or anywhere besides France basically, buy this instead. It's the exact same thing, in fact this Garnier Micellar Water might just be better. Such a sneaky one making the packaging so similar, I'm onto you Garnier! This gets a big red cross though because Garnier allows testing on animals.

Covergirl Clump Crusher Mascara First I hated this, then I loved it - mascaras tend to grow on me once they dry out a little, I hate super wet formulas. This mascara is pretty great plus it's cheap. I tend to think that personal experience varies with mascara but personally I really like this one.

Colgate Mint Dental Floss I don't even know why I'm including this, but it sort of ended up in the photo without me even realising. I got it free from the dentist and it did its job well.

First Aid Beauty Daily Face Cream This smelled nasty but it worked wonderfully. It moisturised my skin without making it greasy plus it sunk in super quickly. I'll probably repurchase this one but it's pretty expensive and there are excellent cheaper alternatives that I'll be sticking with for now.

Lush Happy Hippy Shower Gel This smells like grapefruit and citrus and delicious. I love zesty scents so I quite enjoyed this one. A shower gel is a shower gel though and this one served its purpose. It wasn't especially moisturising or drying or anything like that, just a good solid product.

Agadir Argan Oil Hair Treatment My mum got two of these samples for free from a fundraiser she went to and I tossed them into one of my drawers without much thought. I found them a while later and decided to give the world of hair oils a go. This smells heavenly, and I love the effects it had on my hair. After washing my hair I would put some of this in the ends, let it dry a little and then plait my hair and go to sleep like that. When I woke up in the morning my hair had nice little waves that lasted for days without using any heat. I'm looking into purchasing this for sure.

Bodycology Cucumber Melon Body Cream I loved this stuff when I first got it, it smelled amazing and was pretty moisturising. However, I'm so lazy when it comes to moisturising my body and as such, this has sat in my cupboard for a few years only getting used every so often. I got through about three quarters of this, but last time I used it it just didn't smell quite right plus I have a billion other moisturisers to get through so I thought it was time for this one to go. This used to be for sale at Priceline but I'm unsure if they sell it anymore.

Philosophy Cinnamon Buns Shower Gel Such a yummy smelling product! Incredibly creamy and moisturising, I really enjoyed this product. My main complaint is that it came as part of a Christmas baking-themed set and I hated the smell of all the other body washes. Definitely more of a winter appropriate scent as well, it lingers and I find something more refreshing to be better for summer.

Sexy Hair Concepts Short Sexy Hair Shatter Finishing Spray As you may have noticed, I don't have short hair. Three years ago I got my hair cut really short which is when I got this styling product. At the time I liked it, although from memory it did make my hair a little crunchy, I think the nozzle would have been better if it dispersed a finer mist. I didn't actually finish this, the nozzle clogged up and then I noticed that it suggested a 12 month use by date, well past at this point.

Girlz Only Haircare Party Nights Dry Shampoo At only $2 a can, this stuff is fantastic, doing all the things a good dry shampoo should. It can leave a little white residue in your hair but this is easily remedied by some finger-combing. 

Sunsilk Summer Care Leave-in Sun Protection Spray I don't even know how old this stuff is, like we're talking 5+ years. It got handed to me when we renovated our bathroom. I can't really comment on whether it works or not, but it smells nice and the concept is interesting, if this product still exists I'd like to try it out!

Andrew Collinge Salon Solutions Weightless Volume Thickening Hairspray This is another one that I've had for years and has been used for countless dance concerts and musicals. I've never used hair spray for anything besides performance but in terms of keeping hairs in place, this is great although it does bring a definite crunch factor.

Lush Christmas Eve Bubble Bar I finally used this up! I legitimately must have gotten at least 4 baths out of this product, if not more and it wasn't even a huge bubble bar! It smelled lovely and made for a really relaxing bath, plus produced tonnes of bubbles. 

Funtime Aqua Splash Bubble Bath with Chamomile Extract Another cheap and cheerful product, this got bought while on holiday years ago because I didn't have any bubbles for my bath. Plenty of bubbles with that familiar childhood bath time smell.

Nivea Body Shimmering Body Lotion I don't know where this product came from, I have the feeling it was from childhood dance concerts, used to add some shimmer to my seriously pale body. Haven't used it for years but it's definitely an interesting idea.

Nivea Pearl and Beauty Anti-Perspirant This is my favourite deodorant, I love the smell and I've gone through quite a few cans of the stuff. It's inexpensive and does the trick to keep smelly pits away.

So there we go, a mammoth lot of empties! I managed to take a bunch of photos for my blog the other day, so hopefully I'll be posting a little bit more frequently. Have you guys used any of this stuff, and if so, what did you think?

xx
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Happy Mother's Day! ~Lush Mother's Day Haul~

Happy Mother's Day everyone! Even though probably none of you have kids, I hope your weekend is good anyway. Here I am with yet another Lush Haul, somebody needs to stop me. I've had this stuff for a little while, but I figured I'd save it for a Mother's Day post, seemed only appropriate. There's a couple of things in there that aren't from the Mother's Day Limited Edition stuff, but I thought I'd include them anyway.

Wonder Woohoo - $6.50 This thing is ridiculously golden, even more so than the Golden Egg at Easter. Take that as a warning, this will leave your bath with a glittery tidemark. Helpful hint: Use a little bit of spray and wipe to get ride of these stains on your bath, it works a treat. This smells really lovely and citrusy, but the glitter is a bit off putting to be honest.

Inhale Exhale - $5.95 This is one of only two bath bombs they made for Mother's Day, which is a little disappointing because I love bath ballistics and they seem to be doing less and less with each Limited Edition set. This smells clean and fresh, and kind of reminds me of washing powder. A sly nod to mum?

Mumkin - $5.95 Mumkin is so cute and smells delightful! Sort of fruity and floral. The colours of this one have already started to bleed onto the paper bag it is in, so I'd say this is a bubble bar to use pretty soon after you buy it, so it doesn't go bad.

Rose - $5.95 My Rose doesn't look like the one in the catalogue, but I'm really glad, it's so pretty! It looks like a real rose and it has pink glitter through it, not to mention the super cute leaf. Spoiler: it smells like roses!

Non-Mother's Day Stuff

Honey Bee - $6.75 I've never tried this bath ballistic and it's considered to be a Lush favourite so I figured it was about time. Containing rhassoul mud and honey, it is supposed to be very good for your skin, so hopefully it'll help with my dryness this winter!

The Comforter - $10.50 I have no idea how I haven't tried this yet, it literally smells so amazing. I'd give it an equal tie for best-smelling bath product, with the other being the Brightside Bubble Bar. Thank god this one isn't limited edition, as I can see it being a definite favourite. It's on the pricier side, but you could get at least four baths out of this, depending on how many bubbles you like.

Today I had two little helpers when taking photos. Hudson was there as usual, trying to smell (and eat) everything. Then Skip came along and decided that Honey Bee looked rather like a ball he could play with, the little turd.

xx
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Easter Eggstravaganza! Part One: Lush Easter Haul

Happy Good Friday all!

Here in Australia we have just started off a long weekend with Good Friday, with the next three days being public holidays. To celebrate this little break, I'll be posting on this blog every day of the long weekend, and the posts will be slightly Easter themed, and thus the Easter Eggstravaganza was born!

To kick things off I bring you a very small Lush haul showing off the Limited Edition Easter products that I bought.

When I went into my Lush they'd already sold out of a few things, like the Immaculate Eggception Bath Ballistic but I still snaffled up a majority of the things on offer, leaving a few behind, like the carrot soap, because quite frankly it smelt horrible.

First we have the Brightside Bubble Bar 'A bright and cheerful swirl of a bubble bar to give you a fresh and cheerful perspective. Crumble under the running taps for frothy white clouds of bubbles'. This is the most expensive product of the range, coming in at $10.50 AUD but, as a slight bit of redemption, I would say that this is the best smelling bubble bar Lush has ever released. Think citrus mixed with sherbet and a distinctly clean smell and that's this bubble bar. Soooo lovely.

Next is Bunny, a bubble bar type dealy as well. 'Inspired by the white rabbit in Alice in Wonderland. This bunny contains flowers that float around while you bathe. Simply break off a chunk and crumble under the running water.' This one sort of smells like Candy Mountain, the Christmas bubble bar. It's quite sherbet-y but in a different way to Brightside, quite sweet and candy-smelling with perhaps a slight floral undertone. So cute with it's little ears and tail.

Fluffy Egg apparently is supposed to smell like Snow Fairy however I'm not convinced. It looks so pretty though, with the little flowers and the zig zag pattern. Plus it's a decent size for quite cheap, around $5.50 AUD I think. I would say it smells quite fizzy, if that's possible, with sweet notes and a sort of general "washing powder" clean smell.

Finally, and messily, we have Golden Egg 'A special Easter treat inspired by chocolate cream eggs and fragranced with a delicious sweet caramel fragrance. Just drop it into a warm bath and watch it melt away.' As I said, this one is freaking messy, like Golden Wonder, the gold glitter goes everywhere. Despite this, I love the smell of this one so much that I bought two. I would describe its scent as sweet and chocolate-y, maybe it's spent too much time in the bag with Brightside but it definitely smells a bit like Jaffa.

I just can't resist Lush Limited Editions! As such I'm planning to hit up the store to get some of the Mother's Day products next week, in stores on the 21st of April, expect a haul! 

I'll talk to you guys tomorrow for part two of the Easter Eggstravaganza Series, a more makeup related post. 

til then

xx

Bonus picture: Hudson decided he quite liked the Golden Egg as well and tried to eat it, you can almost see the glitter on his nose in this picture.

Empties #1

Hey Guys!

I hope everyone is having a lovely April so far, I know mine has been pretty good, I’m on uni holidays at the moment, which means no boring lectures or tutorials, woo! Today I bring you my very first empties post, which is probably more exciting for me than it is for you, because it means I can finally clear all this rubbish out of my cupboard!

Sportsgirl Scrub Up Body Exfoliator This is a pretty standard exfoliator, with a good amount of grit and it wasn’t too fine which is nice. It smells lovely and wasn’t tested on animals, which is fab. Nothing super special but decent enough.

Lush Bath Ballistic ‘Lord of Misrule’ I’m not sure that I’m technically allowed to count bath bombs as ‘empties’ but I’m going to do it anyway. I did a post on this one and you can read all about it here

Lush Bath Ballistic ‘Luxury Lush Pud’ Oh boy did I love this! I used this bath bomb just the other day, after not having had a bath for ages, and it was a brilliant re-introduction to the bath world. It turned the bath a gorgeous purple colour and smelled pretty damn divine as well. I can’t wait til Christmas to buy this one again, here’s hoping it comes back!

Lush Bath Ballistic ‘Bombardino’ I’ve got to say that I didn’t love this little guy. He was such a cute bath bomb and he smelled really lovely, but it made my bath water super oily, and not in a nice nourishing way, more in a ‘oil doesn’t mix with water’ kind of way, so there was just this layer of oil on the top of my bath.  I never hate a Lush Bath Ballistic but this definitely wasn’t a favourite.

Shaka Innovative Beauty SOS Soothing Mask Aloe Vera That’s a name and a half! I got this mask last year while I was in Italy, you can check out the website here. This was one of those random purchases, that I’ve only just got around to using. Technically there’s another use in this packet although I’m not sure if I’ll use it. I didn’t dislike this mask but I wouldn’t say it’s anything to write home about.

The Face Shop Real Nature Mask Acai Berry This mask is described ‘A firming sheet mask containing acai berry extract to improve resilience and provide moisturised firmness to the skin’ I find sheet masks a little creepy to be honest, they’re super slimy and you feel like some sort of weird mummy while you lie perfectly still with it on. This one left my skin a little sticky, and I left the remainder of the ‘essence’ to absorb into my skin, and the next morning my face still felt tacky. Nice enough though, I’m really bad at telling if masks work or not!

Garnier Clean Sensitive Gentle Eye Makeup Remover I literally cannot remember how long ago I finished this, I don’t even remember a point in my life when I was using it. I do know though that this is nice enough, though it does take a little elbow grease to fully remove eye makeup. Basically it’s decent for its price but it’s got nothing on Bio-Derma or the new Garnier Micellar water I talked about in my March Favourites.

Lush Shower Gel ‘The Olive Branch’ Everyone that has been to a Lush store knows it has a distinct smell that you can detect from about twenty metres away, this shower gel smells exactly like that. This was a standard, decent shower gel, the only thing I’ll say is that it is extremely watery, so much so that it can’t really be classified as a gel. It lathers really well though with only a minimal amount.

Lush Shower Scrub ‘Rub Rub Rub’ I bought this the very first time I went to Lush, which seems like such a crazy long time ago. This smells really clean and lovely, quite masculine. It was quite a runny, fine exfoliator, so I wouldn’t  say it was the best at scrubbing off dead skin cells, but it was nice enough to clean my bo-day with.

The Body Shop Bath Milk I found this product really interesting, as I’ve never really seem anything like it. Basically it was a powder that you would just sprinkle into your bath, and it made it almost creamy, really lovely to lie in.  I love the smell of this more than anything else, it’s one of those really soothing and comforting smells. I liked this because it made a bath feel more luxurious.

Palmolive Naturals Shower Gel ‘Pink Grapefruit Splash’ with moisture beads The moisture bead thing is straight up a crock of shit, like they don’t do anything, it’s just one of those gimmicky things. Who cares about that though, this is still a great shower gel and it smells so heavenly, all zesty and citrus. Add on top the fact that it’s super cheap and you most definitely have a winner.

Lush Facial Cleanser ‘Let the Good Times Roll’ I’m sure I’ve talked before about my love for this cleanser, so I’ll spare you the essay this time around. All you need to know is that this is super duper moisturising (so better for night time) and smells better than anything else in the world ever. I have had people lick my face when I’ve used this, no joke.

So that's that, time to go put all this rubbish in the bins, it's garbage night after all! Stay tuned for an exciting post about a new Nyx product!

xx

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