Lush > Haul & Review

About a month ago, after my semester 1 exams finished, weary me wandered off to Lush on Swanston St to unwind lol. This was my first time purchasing Lush products. I was served by a lovely sales assistant named Mel. She was extremely bubbly and helpful and introduced me to a lot of products.

In the end, I walked away with 3 products: Mask of Magnaminty, Tea Tree Water and Charity Pot.

Mask of Magnaminty (face mask)

125g $15.95

Over the past few months my skin has been playing up, I've been getting big blind pimples much more regularly .  This mask is aimed at deep cleansing and unclogging pores and the sales assistant told me that this mask also targets blind pimples well.
This mask has a strong smell of peppermint mixed with a hint of tiger balm (lol).  Once on your face, it gives your skin an extreme cooling sensation.  The first time I used the mask, the cooling was almost painful, but now I'm used to it.
I've used this once a week for 5 weeks now.  I cleanse my face, apply the mask and leave it on for about 10-15 min then jump in the shower and wash it off.  I haven't noticed any improvement with my blackheads or any decrease in my regular breakouts.  As for the blind pimples, I think they have reduced slightly.  It removes all the dead skin and exfoliates well.  It definitely leaves my skin feeling very fresh, soft and clean.
I will continue to use up the tub, but I'm undecided whether I will repurchase it since it hasn't helped my pimple issues much but I do really like how it leaves my skin soft and fresh.



Tea Tree Water (toner)
100g $7.95
I'm not a huge fan of the tea tree scent so thank goodness this only has a mild scent.  It's a very gentle toner, doesn't sting, even around my eyes.
I apply it by spraying it about 3 times onto a cotton pad and wiping it over my face after cleansing.  It hasn't really helped with my blemishes but I have noticed my skin getting less oily which is great.  Although it is mid-winter at the moment, so the real test will be when summer comes around.

Charity Pot (hand and body lotion)
Mini size $2
This stuff smells soo good.  It's cocoa-y, creamy, light scent.  A good basic body lotion.


In addition to those 3 products, Mel also gave me samples of 2 products that I was really interested in but held back just because I didn't want to get too many Lush products at once and I was doing lots more shopping that day lol.  I got samples of: Lemony Flutter Cuticle Butter and Ro's Argan Body Conditioner.


Ro's Argan Body Conditioner
I loved the idea of this product. It's meant to be used like a hair conditioner, but for your body. So you apply it all over your body while in the shower then rinse it off. I am really lazy when it comes to moisturising my body, I almost never do. So this seemed like a faster and easier way to moisturise. However, I found it wasn't very moisturising at all which is a shame since the smell is so lovely and floral.

Lemony Flutter Cuticle Butter
This is aimed at softening cuticles and any other areas with harder skin. It is a really rich thick butter. The sales assistant gave me a mini hand massage with it in store which felt amazing. Despite how rich it is, I don't think it is a miracle product that will soften all the tough skin around your nails, nonetheless, I love it. I use it has a hand cream just before I go to bed. I don't usually like lemon scents, but for some reason I like this. I will definitely be buying the full size.

Overall a good first Lush experience. Will definitely be heading back.

Colgate Max White One Ice > Review

I saw heaps of ads about this product. It claims that if you brushed with it 3 times a day, you would end up with whiter teeth after 7 days. I used the product twice a day (since that's more convenient for me) for about 3 weeks.

I don't think it made my teeth any whiter. It may have a tiny bit but not significant enough for me to really notice. The weirdest thing was that it reacted with the inside of my mouth and made it peel. Yes...peeled the inside of my mouth! It wasn't painful at all, it was just weird. Like an hour after brushing my teeth I would notice...I guess you could say it was like residue on the inside of my lip, which I realised was a layer of the inside of my mouth because when I went to wipe it off, it was still attached to my mouth. It's really hard to explain. But like I said, it wasn't painful at all, so I did continue to use the toothpaste for 3 weeks before stopping.

The only good thing I can say about this toothpaste is that it leaves a very strong minty sensation (I used the "Ice" flavour) and makes your teeth feel really clean.

Definitely not a product for me.

OPI At First Sight

I finished Sem 1 exams on Tuesday (Thank goodness!), still haven't recovered from my sleep deprivation though, since I worked Wednesday-Saturday straight, I finally have some down time.  But I now have a cold...how convenient...  Anyway thought it would be a good time to write a review while I'm stuck in bed all day.


OPI At First Sight is a pale nude kind of colour with very subtly gold shimmer. It practically looks like a creme finish polish. The gold shimmer is only noticeable under direct light.

I have 2 coats on in the photos. It is a sheer polish. As you can see, you can still see the tips of my nails. But by no means is it one of those horribly sheer ones that look like you have nothing but a clear polish on. A 3rd coat would get you pretty close to an opaque finish.

I really like this colour. It looks really clean. A good alternative to pale pinks. The shimmer adds some extra subtle dimension to it and warms it up so it looks good on my yellow toned skin.