Favorite Lush Products

Lush is one of my all-time favorite shops, the people are really nice and when you order online they are super careful and have an awesome customer service plus the stores always smell amazing so that's a big plus.

For starters let me just tell you that I'm a HUGE Lush fan, since my skin is pretty sensitive, more often than not I have a hard time shopping for moisturizers, lip balms but especially deodorants so just bear with me while I ramble about my favorite products.

Aromaco

This is the second deodorant I bought from Lush, the first one was The Greench and while it has a nice smell it burned my skin really bad, so I was a little scared to get Aromaco but after reading some reviews I decided to try it, and I'm so glad I did! This is super soft on my skin and it didn't burn one bit, it also works great at getting rid of bad odor and regulating the amount of sweat you produce, my only complaint about this is that if you don't put this on a closed container or a sandwich bag, it dries and cracks until you put a little water on it, but nothing impossible to solve. I definitely recommend getting this if you suffer of super sensitive skin like me.

Mask of Magnaminty

After reading a lot about Lush and seeing this was one of their best sellers, I decided to try it, this was the first Lush product I ever bought and is still probably my favorite. I use this mask twice a week at night after washing and exfoliating and it has helped me to get rid of almost all the blackheads around my nose and preventing pimples. Both my sister and I use this because we have oily t-zones so this is really helpful and works wonders.

Sparkle Toothy Tabs
I stopped using tooth paste in Febuary and I've only used toothy tabs since. At first I got Aquatic at the store because they were sold out of all the other ones and they were okay but I wanted the cleansing ones, so I ordered them online and wow, these actually whiten your teeth the more you use them and leave your teeth feeling extra clean, the flavor is quite weird because there is pepper on these so they are spicy and leave your tongue tingly but I actually like that so it's fine.And the way to use them it's also kind of fun, well, maybe more interesting than fun, you just put a tab between your teeth and bite it until it's crushed, then you wet your toothbrush and brush your teeth normally and the crushed tab immediately foams with the water. If you're looking for something to whiten your teeth  I would highly recommend this because it's natural so you avoid all the chemicals and it works great so it's a win/win.Each pack comes with 40 tabs.

Sultana of Soap
THIS SOAP! it smells AMAZING, kind of like berries and I ..just can't even decribe how great this smells, they should make a perfume out of this and I would wear it all the time I swear! also this is super creamy and leaves your skin super soft and smooth and dreamy. So if you're debating whether or not to get this, do it, I strongly suggest you get it so you can smell the awesomeness and be obsessed with it just like me.

Trichomania
This is a coconut solid shampoo that is meant, I think, for curly hair, I don't have curly hair, but I do have dry hair because of all the bleaching, so I bought it anyways. Now, I only wash my hair 2 times a week so that it stays healthy, and this makes my hair smell fresh and nice until the next wash, it also makes it super soft and easy to detangle and shiny. So yes, I am in love with this shampoo.

Lemony Flutter
I was on the fence about buying this cuticle butter,so with my last online order I asked if they could send me a sample and they did! they sent me a tiny sample of this and it has lasted almost a month! I use it every night and everytime I paint my nails and I still have quite some left, so I'm definitely buying the whole size pot once I run out.

Ultrabalm
Something you need to know about me is that I'm the clumsiest person alive, seriously, I fall everywhere, I have bruises and scratches that I don't remember what caused them so Ultrabalm was a must try for me. And I fell in love with this product, it helps all the bleedy scratches and bruises heal faster, when I get a rash from an allergy this completely makes it vanish, it also vanishes mosquito bites. It's kind of greasy but with this, a little goes a long way, fun fact: I used to put this on my cuticles before lemony flutter and it works really well.

Have you tried any of these products? Are you thinking about trying them? Let me know!
I hope you enjoyed my ramble! Thanks for visiting!

Nail Care Routine

Hi! Today I bring you this post explaining everything I do and use to take care of my nails. Maybe this could also be a kind of how to do a manicure post but I don't know! so moving along...

First, I remove the polish I have on, I normally use Cutex nail polish remover, but I recently started using the Essence stawberry/passion fruit one and I like it so far!

Then I file and shape my nails if needed, I use a glass file like the two pictured below because ever since I started wearing glass files I noticed my nails peel a lot less. Be careful not to file them while wet because they could break!

Once a week or two  I soak my nails on a bowl with warm water and some drops of liquid soap, or you could just use some shower gel like I do. I soak one hand at a time.

After that I dry my hands and use an orange stick to push back my cuticles, just push them, never cut them because you could get an infection and that's not fun.

Next I wash the excess soap off my fingers, dry my hands with a towel and wait a little while so that I don't polish them wet, because I found out the hard way that when you do,your polish cracks weirdly.

Then, I use Orly Primetime or you could just use alcohol or nail polish remover, this is not a really necessary step but I found that it helps my polish last longer, so yay.

Next I use a basecoat if I'm gonna wear some polish (I normally do) or a hardener if I'm not.

 Finally I put on some cuticle butter or oil. My favorites are Lemony Flutter Cuticle Butter  from Lush and the Almond Nail and Cuticle Oil from The Body Shop. I got the lush one as a sample with an online buy and the pen as a gift from my mom but I added the link to where you can get them.

I purchased everything else at the drugstore or at Sally Beauty Supply (except the shower gel).

I hope you have an awesome weekend and that this post was somewhat helpful!

Basecoats I own: Review

I'm gonna talk about 4 basecoats and one primer, most of them are from Orly and one from Beauty Secrets.

Orly Primetime
Let's start with the primer. Basically you just put this on your nails before any basecoat or anything and it helps prevent chipping.
Honestly this is the same as cleaning your nails with acetone/alcohol so I think this would be pointless for you to buy, it doesn't even help with chipping. Formula wise this is pure liquid and doesn't have nail polish consistency at all.

Orly Bonder
This is a rubberized basecoat that help your polish last longer without chipping. I like this basecoat so far, it does help my polish not to chip but it's not the best one, also it makes my nails a bit dry. Formula wise this is really easy to work with and like every other Orly polish I love the cap, it's great if you're clumsy like me and drop everything, this minimizes accidents.

Beauty Secrets Hardener
I never thought about buying this hardener but one day I went to Sally's looking for one and this was on sale, even cheaper than the smaller bottle, I ended up paying 2 bucks for this.This is an awesome hardener, ever since I started using it, my nails stopped peeling and breaking, I love it. The formula is super easy to work with and the brush is amazing. My only complaint about this would be that it sometimes does make the polish you put on top kinda harder to work with but nothing than an extra coat wouldn't solve. So I definitely recommend this especially if you just want a hardener.

Orly Tough Cookie
This is a nail strengthner with Okoume, as just a strengthner this works okay, nothing super amazing but as a basecoat it's awful it made my polish chip super bad, after 2 days I had almost no polish left on my nails. Formula wise this is petty much the same as the other, so I don't recommend buying this, you'd be better off with the Beauty Secrets one.

Orly Nail Armor
This is a liquid nail wrap with ridgefiller. By far my favorite basecoat out of all of these, it helps my polish stay perfect for up to 7 days with no chipping, I only change the polish because my nails grow and they look weird but this is awesome. You should totally get this if you're thinking of getting a new basecoat, also the cap is awesome and formula wise it looks white but it doesn't look white at all on the nails, just a little opaque and it's easy to work with.

I got everything at Sally Beauty Supply,I got all of them on sale, except the Bonder and the Primetime.I think they're 8 dollars each, except for the Beauty Secrets one which I think is $7.

China Glaze Real Nail Polish Appliqués Review

I had wanted to try these for quite some time now, but I thought they were quite expensive for just one use, but 2 weeks ago I went into a local beauty supply shop and they were 70% off so I went a little crazy and got 4, 2 Sneaky Snake , and 1 each of Beyond Baroque and Shake your Tail Feathers.

Inside each pack there's a nail file, an orange stick, 16 nail appliqués and instructions.
They're also DBP,Toluene and Fomaldehyde free and need no drying time.

My cousin's graduation was this Sunday so I thought it was the perfect ocassion to use them. They were really easy to apply and realign if you made a mistake just don't strech them too much because I accidentally did that on my thumb, it shunk back and it ended up looking like I used the wrong size.
I put them along with the recommended China Glaze Fast Forward Top Coat and they lasted until Wednesday when they started to lift from the bottom part but other than that no chipping or anything.

The pictures are from Thursday, so 5 days after application.

So yeah, I would recommend them maybe with another topcoat or just for a quick manicure.

Introduction

Welcome to my blog!

So basically, this is just an introduction post to tell you what this blog is gonna be about. Mainly this is a beauty blog, especially nails since I'm a fan of everything nails, but from time to time I could also post some stuff about hair care, given that I have a lot of experience with colorful hair, and since I'm in the transition to becoming a vegetarian I could share some recipes as well as learning from you guys. So let's just say this is a let's learn from each other blog!

Hope you enjoy.