Firecracker lush gift set.

Hello I went to lush... Again! I bought myself another gift set but I'm very happy with it!

It's called the firecracker gift set and it has intergalactic bath bomb, candy mountain bubble bar and the experimenter bath bomb.

First is the experimenter bath bomb which has 5 colours (pink, blue, purple, orange and white). Although it isn't one of my favourite smells I think it'll look amazing in the bath.

Next is intergalactic bath bomb. I think this will look really good in the bath and it has a really strong minty smell. I'm very excited to try this out!

Finally is the candy mountain bubble bar which smells and looks so good but the intergalactic bath bomb turned mine a bit blue! 

Thank you for reading today's blog and if you're looking for a good gift set, for a gift/ for yourself, then I recommend this one.

Have a happy new year!

Lucy :)

Comfort and joy lush gift set.

Hello! I hope you all had a nice Christmas?! Yesterday was Boxing Day and I went to lush. I had to queue outside the shop for about 10-15 minutes but it was all worth it because I got a comfort and joy gift set which was half price so instead of £20 it was £10 which I thought was really good.

 

Inside this set was some reindeer rock soap, the comforter shower gel, twilight shower gel and Ro's argan body conditioner.

I haven't tried this out yet but it smells amazing. I'm sure that I'll really like this and it's glittery!! 

The next thing is twilight shower gel which is really good. This is also a bit glittery and it smells like lavender. I really like this and I would definitely buy this again.

Next is Ro's argan body conditioner. This smells really nice and I would recommend buying this.

Finally is some reindeer rock soap which I haven't tried yet but I love all of the soaps from lush so I'm sure it'll be good. This smells really nice and I'm excited to try it out soon. 

Thank you for reading my blog and I would definitely recommend buying this gift set for yourself or a friend/ family.

Lucy :)

DIY hot chocolate in a jar.

Hello today i thought I'd show you how to make a last minute Christmas gift that only costs around £5.

You will need:

A jar

Hot chocolate powder 

Chocolate chips

Sprinkles

Marshmallows

Candycane/s

Some other small treats for them to enjoy it with. (Optional)

Instructions:

Basically all you need to do is to fill your jar with your mixture putting the smallest at the bottom. 

I put the hot chocolate powder at the bottom, then the sprinkles, then the chocolate chips and the marshmallows on the top. 

That just about filled the jar so I had enough room to put some chocolate coins in aswel.

I really like the idea of this and I gave it to my secret Santa. I hope she really liked it and enjoyes her 9/10 hot chocolates!

(I have to admit that I forgot to take a photo so I found one on pintrest!) It should look a bit like this.

You can also add a few finishing touches like a ribbon or what ever else you want.

I just put this in a bag with a recipe and tissue paper. 

Thank you for reading my blog today and I hope you have a very merry Christmas! 

Lucy :)

Best & worst Christmas cracker jokes!

Hello today I'm feeling really festive as it is only 5 days till Christmas! I thought, to get you in the Christmas mood, I'd tell you some of the best & worst Christmas cracker jokes!

Some of the worst:

What do you get if you cross Santa with a duck?
  
A Christmas Quacker!

What is the best Christmas present in the world?
 
A broken drum, you just can't beat it!

 Who delivers presents to baby sharks at Christmas?
 
Santa Jaws

Who is Santa's favorite singer? 
Elf-is Presley!

What do Santa's little helpers learn at school?
 
The elf-abet!

What did Santa say to the smoker?  
Please don't smoke, it's bad for my elf!

Some of the best!:

What did Adam say to his wife on the day before Christmas?
 
It's Christmas, Eve!

How many letters are in the Christmas alphabet?
 
25 There’s "no EL"!

Why are Christmas Trees like bad knitters? 
They keep loosing their needles!

Thank you for reading today's blog and I hope it made you laugh!

Meanwhile here is a puzzle for you to solve:

• try to find the panda in the picture above (if you can't find it, scroll down for the answer)!

Thank you for reading and let me know if there is any Christmas jokes that you like/dislike!

Lucy :)

Christmas presents & first impressions.

Hi so today I'm going to be telling you my first impressions of my Christmas presents/ things that my friends and family have bought me.

First is the Sakura bathbomb from lush. This smells absolutely amazing and I think it'll make the bath such a nice colour. I thinkI'll definitely be buying a few more of these in the future. 5/5 stars.

 Next is this Ted Baker body shimmer soufflé. This looks quite thick so I think that it'll take a while to properly sink in but I'll definitely be trying this out. I recon that it'll look really nice and have a nice shimmer. 4/5 stars. 

This next thing is a turkey hat which my friend got me as a joke :) I love it and I'll be wearing it a lot over the Christmas season! 5/5 stars thank you!

As you can probably tell I'm really liking hats this season and my mum bought me this Christmas pudding hat which is so warm and I absolutely love it! 5/5 stars!

Thank you for reading today's blog and I hope you enjoyed it. Also thank you to all of the people who have got me presents I love them all!

Lucy :)

Christmas cookies!

Hi recently I made some Christmas cookies and they were so nice so I decided to share the recipe with you.

You'll need flour, sugar, eggs, butter, vanilla extract, marshmallows and different colours of icing.

Here is the recipe. This recipe is really easy to follow and they taste amazing.

Here are some of the shapes I decided to do.

Once they've cooked it's time for the fun bit!!

I'm not the best at decorating biscuits but here are some of my attempts.

Here are some of the other ones which I'm really pleased with. I got this idea from pintrest and I've also seen them on Instagram. 

These were so fun to make and really yummy!

Thank you for reading today's blog and please let me know if you try these out.

Lucy :)

DIY Candy cane lollies.

Hi today I thought I'd tell you how to make DIY lollies. I think this is a good idea because it's coming up to Christmas so you can give these as gifts or just eat them yourself!!

Get some candy canes and lie them onto a baking tray with a lollie stick in between.

While you're doing this you can melt some chocolate in a for the middle of the lollies .

Once your chocolate has melted start to pour it out into the candy canes.

Once you've done that you can decorate them any way you want with sprinkles, sweets but I decided to put mini marshmallows on.

They should look a bit like this. Put it in the fridge to set and when's the chocolate is hard you can enjoy your homemade lollies or give them as a gift to someone.

Thank you for reading today's blog and please let me know if you try these out.

Lucy :) 

DIY snow globes.

Hello today I'm going to be showing you how to make your own snow globes. 

What you'll need:

- some jars

- photos

- sticky back plastic

- glitter

- baubles

- ribbon (optional)

- super glue

- water

What you'll need to do:

- Get your photo and put sticky back plastic on it to protect it. Super glue your photo onto the lid of your jar along with a couple of baubles to help it stand up.

- when it's dry fill your jar with water and glitter and screw the lid back on

- shake it around and you have your very own homemade snow globe.

If you want you can tie string round it to make it more festive)

This is my 1st attempt.

This is my second attempt. 

They don't look as good on camera but trust me that they look good in real life.

Thank you for reading today's blog and I hope you enjoyed it.

Lucy :)

My Christmas playlist.

Hello today's blog is going to be about some of my favourite Christmas songs.

I'm so excited for Christmas and there is only 23 days to go!

Christmas playlist:

•All I want for Christmas is you- Mariah Carey 

•Merry Christmas everyone-Shakin' Stevens

•Mistletoe and wine- Cliff Richard

•Last Christmas- Wham!

•Santa Clause is coming to town- The Jackson 5

•Santa Baby- Eartha Kitt

•Winter Wonderland- Johnny Mathis

•I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday- Wizzard

•Merry Christmas Everybody- Slade

•Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree- Brenda Lee

•Driving Home For Christmas- Chris Rea

Thank you for reading today's blog and I definitely recommend listening to some of these over the Christmas season!

Lucy :)

DIY Baubles!

Hello in today's blog I'm going to be showing you how to make your own baubles. I got this idea from Pinterest and I think that these will look nice on the Christmas tree.

What you will need is a balloon, glitter (silver or white looks the best), string and some PVA glue.

What you will need to do:

- get your ballon blow it up to a bauble size and tie knot in it.

- coat your balloon in glue. Then tie the string around the knot on your balloon to make it secure.

- start to wrap the string randomly around your balloon making sure it's sticking to the glue. 

- with your finger or a paint brush put a load more glue onto the string and roll it in your glitter ( or sprinkle it on).

- then hang it up somewhere to dry overnight.

The next day pop your balloon and get the balloon out through one of the holes in your string. This is quite fiddly so be patient!

When you've done it should hopefully look a bit like this. I really like this and I think it looks really Christmassy.

Please let me know if you try this out and I hope you found this helpful. Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed.

Lucy :)

DIY Christmas cards.

Hi I thought that I'd do a theme up to Christmas. I'm going to be doing all of my blogs Christmas themed until after Christmas. 

What you will need:

- card/paper

-red, brown, yellow & white paint

- a black pen

- a thumb and a finger!

What you will need to do:

• get your card/ paper and fold it in half. Get your paint and squirt it out into a bowl/ container. Dip your thumb into the brown paint and randomly dot them onto the front of your card.

• using any finger you want, dip it into the red paint and blob those onto the brown ones.

• when it's dry add on a beak (with yellow paint) and some eyes (with your pen and your white paint).

• when you have Donne you can add on decoration like stickers or you could write merry Christmas on the front or what ever you want to do.

This is how mine turned out. I like this becuase it's really nice thing to do for family or friends.

Thank you for reading this blog. Hope you enjoyed it and let me know if you try this out. 

Lucy :) 

What I want for Christmas.

Hi today I thought that I'd tell you a few things that I'm asking for for Christmas to maybe give you some inspiration if you aren't sure what you want.

The first thing I would like is this chalkboard letter rack for putting reminders on becuase I'm quite forgetful sometimes! This is £16 from Next and I think this will look really nice in my bedroom.

To go with the chalkboard if also like some of these pens. These are really cool as they are neon and I think that these will look nice on the chalkboard. These are £13.95 from Amazon.

Next is this Rudolph the red- nosed reindeer Pandora charm.  This looks really cute and I think it'll be a nice addition to my bracelet. This is £35 from Pandora.

Finally is this pug mug that says "the coffe dance" (even though I drink hot chocolate)!!! This is just really cute and the only other mug I own is a big Christmas mug! This is £6 from Amazon.

I hope you enjoyed today's blog and hopefully it helped you if you were a bit stuck on ideas.

Lucy :)

Favourite apps.

Hello today I thought I'd do another blog about my favourite apps becuase I've found some new ones that I really enjoy playing.

First is one of my favourites becuase it's really fun and it's a good game to play with family/friends. In this you have to make up words for a meaning which is given and then you have to try and guess out of 3 which is the correct one. (If you download it you'll get what I mean)!

Next is the tower. I really like this app and it's really good to play when your bored or on a long car journey. I've only recently downloaded this but I enjoy playing it.

My sister told me to download this and I'm glad she did as I really like playing it and I like the fact you can get different coloured balls and floors.

I only play this when I have nothing to do but I enjoy playing it. My high score is 113 - I think that's pretty good?!

Last but not least is hill climb. I like this game but it can get a bit boring after a while. 

Thank you for reading my blog and I hope you liked it.

Lucy :)

Henna.

Hello recently my sister got some henna so I thought I'd tell you a bit more about it and how cool it is!

First of all you need a henna cone which you can get from places like eBay or Amazon. Henna cones are very cheap on Amazon at around £3.50 per cone. 

Instructions:

~ First of all you can look at some photos of different henna designs on the Internet and get inspiration from those.

~ So you get your henna cone and start to squeeze out the henna onto your hand or any other part of your body you want. Try to squeeze it out in a nice neat design otherwise it won't look very good. 

~ Then you have to wait a while for it to dry completely. You'll know when it has dried becuase it starts to crack and when you touch it, it doesn't smudge. 

~ When it's dry start to pick it off(I would recommend doing this outside or over a tissue so it doesn't make a mess).

~ When you've picked it off it should be quite a bright orange but don't worry becuase in around 12 hours it'll be the right colour and it should hopefully look really nice.

Henna usually lasts about 1-2 weeks depending how good/bad your henna is.

This is what my henna turned out like and I really like it! 

Thank you for reading today's blog and I hope you found it helpful if you want to try henna.

Lucy :)