The Body Shop Absinthe Purifying Hand Cream

"Absinthe, the drink that makes you want to kill yourself.."

Absinthe hand cream is a new hand cream from The Body Shop, along with a hand gel and a hand wash. I've got my mitts on the purifying hand cream and I'm quite taken with this product. Is it because it contains such a potent alcohol? Probably. Lets get it straight though, absinthe comes from Wormwood and this contains that has a major ingredient. Not the alcohol that we've all watched in Moulin Rouge and Black Books. Either way, its a definite talking point when someone asks if you have any hand cream..

A Lush Package

I realised I haven't wished everyone a happy new year yet, so I hope January is treating everyone well so far! I also hit my 100th post without realising it..oops! I shall be organising a belated 100th post giveaway very soon, once I've gotten back into my routine after the mad christmas rush. You may remember my post on the things I'd just bought from lush... so my Lush parcel turned up...here's the goodies!

(everything minus my Ayesha shampoo, which is already living safely in the fridge)

Lush Gift Card Spend

I'm wallowing in illness and self pity at the moment, having taken a day off work to recover, I am currently feeling quite sorry for myself. I can't do much as I am somewhat confined to my bed so I decided to spend my £50 Lush giftcard. I'm too impatient to wait for it to turn up before I share what I got with you.. I was also lucky enough to catch their Happy Hour sale where I grabbed a couple of good bargains. I've put myself on a spending ban this January, but giftcards don't count right?

The Comforter bubble bar / Avobath bath bomb / Yuzu and Cocoa bubbleroon / Rehab 100ml Shampoo

Ickle baby bot bath bomb / Ayesha fresh face mask / Floating Island luxury bath melt / I love Juicy 100ml shampoo

x4 So White bath bomb / x2 Popcorn Lip Scrub

What are your recent purchases?

The Budget Series: Collection 2000 Colour Pout Lip Stain in Pout

It feel like I've had this for ages and ages and totally forgotten to write about it - which is shocking as I'm completely in love with this product!

The packaging on this and all the colour swatches on websites show this as a dusky pink - I actually bought this because it is NOT this colour whatsoever. This is a red, and a beautiful red at that - and a good red lip stain is so hard to come by.

This lipstain comes in the form of a felt tip pen nib, easy for application overall, but with the thick nib I can imagine this is difficult on those with thinner lips. Or easier, maybe!

Accessorize Gift Card Haul

So my brother gave me a very generous £40 gift card to spend in monson or accessorize.. and I went with the intention of getting lots of sale bargains...this is what happened...