Feeling Autumnal

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For some reason this year I am so much more excited for Christmas and Autumn than ever and here are some of the things that I love about Autumn-

Pumpkins

Wrapping up in scarves

Wearing my rabbit onesie

New Bambi pyjamas

Soup

Candles

Wrapping up in a blanket

Hot chocolate

Roast dinners

New mug

New coat

Cushions

Wearing boots

Lush baths

Staying in a warm bed in the mornings

Christmas decorations in shops

Lush Christmas

Yesterday was the launch of, for me, one of the most exciting things about Christmas- the Lush Christmas collection 2014 was launched!

Before we get on to that, there is also a Halloween collection which is pretty exciting too. We were talked through the two new oblong bath bombs- The Sparkler and Northern Lights, The Wizard bubble bar and the gorgeous Sparkly Pumpkin and the amazingly shaped Fairy Ring Soap.

Then I took a look at my favourites- the bubble bars. There are lots of gorgeous glittery additions like the christmas pudding and the snow angel which is half bath melt and half fizzer. The cute penguin and candy mountain are back! There is also a cute new hedgehog and the beautiful Star Light Star Bright bath melt (not pictured).

Having said the bubble baths are my favourites it wasn't actually those that took my eye the most this time. As a all time Snow Fairy fan I actually fell in love with the new Hot Toddy shower gel which has a rich spicy scent not unlike mulled wine. Santa's Lip Scrub also caught my eye as it has a more balmy texture than the other lip scrubs, great for the winter months. It also has a great cola taste.

Something else that caught my attention this year that normally wouldn't is the soaps. I rarely used bars of soap but on smelling Yog Nog I was in heaven, the creamy, spicy scent is so beautiful. Snowcake also caught my attention as it looks so beautiful.

On to the bath bombs and fizzers- again, these wouldn't normally catch my attention as I love bubbles and always think they'd be drying. However, Lush fizzers leave the skin feeling so soft that I had to give them a go! Again there are lots of fun christmas additions, many with glitter! The Butterbear was a winner with me as I love the butterball, I also think the Christmas Pud is so intruiging! The Shoot for the Stars bath bomb caught me with it's incredible scent of honey (not pictured).

Lush were great hosts- look at those tasty looking cake pops!

Lush very kindly let us make a Christmas Wish List of 3 products to take away with us. I chose Hot Toddy Shower Gel, Shoot for the Stars Bath Bomb and Santa's Lip Scrub. I also purchased a Butterbear and some Yog Nog Soap.

What do you fancy from the new collection?

AfterBath!

I was right, I avoided the post birthday blues by shopping!

I went on Wednesday as we had a day off uni, and got myself a big box of Lush goodies with my gift card and some silver earrings.

The set is called Happy Bathday and I chose it because it only has Bubble Bar's and Ballistics and I currently love the Bubble Bars to use in the bath. Also, as it was birthday themed, it was nice to open it up and find a streamer and a party horn (the blowey outy things!).

I chose it because I prefer the fresh fruity smells.

This is what's inside.

I chose to use the Blue Skies first and used half in one go which made a lovely blue bubby bath but the smell was a bit disappointing as it smelt relaxing and almost like lavender (it was supposed to be patchouli, maybe they're similar) and I wasn't a massive fan. I'm hoping that fizzbanger will please me tonight!

Yesterday was my last ever day at uni of year three! It feels very strange to think I'm not actually going to have any more seminars until January since I go straight into school in October.

Today I booked my nail appointment as a birthday present so I'll be posting about that next Friday and tomorrow I have a beauty makeover booked at Benefit so that should be fun!

I also made some candles today!

I ordered a set of wicks and sustainers of the net and used all the wasted wax from the candles I'd already burnt. 

I had some pillar candles that burnt a tunnel down the middle and wasted about two thirds of the wax and they all happened to be purple so it worked out! One of them had been in a glass jar so I washed that so I could use it again and found a lovely cup and saucer in the charity shop to use.

This was the result.

It was actually relevantly easy to do, the difficult thing was keeping the wick straight as it set (and clearing everything up in the kitchen!). But they are burning well and looking pretty!