You Snap The Whip. Cheeeeeky ...

It has happened. I have taken my Lush obsession to the extreme. How do you know when this happened ?
Well here are 3 easy warning signs:
1) Your haircare, bodycare and skincare are all Lush products
2) You tell anyone and everyone about Ultrabland
3) You apply to become a Lush Christmas Temp.

Yep. You guessed it. My name is Jess, and I am a Lush Christmas Temp/addict. Which can be said for all of it's employees, they aint foolin ya when they are generally enthusiastic about that product. They probably and most likely do have it by the buckets. Myself included.

Enough of that anyway and onto the product. This product was introduced to me at my group interview, and, GASP ! this is a product I have never heard of/used before.

HOOOOOOOOW ?! I do not bloomin know, but needless to say, there was nothing but smiles on my face.

Now kiddies, who of you LOVE the Comforter ? Silly question, who doesn't. But who out of you, loves the Comforter but do not have a tub ?

Raises own hand with a very sad sad face. Yes, I no longer have bath. A lovely well decorated house on a budget perhaps, but no bath. Alas, my Comforter days are long gone. I lie, due to my mummy I visit home more frequently these days, so I can sneak in a bath here and there.

But, for the in between visits, the product that keeps me smelling of blackcurrent and my skin buttery smooth.

You Snap The Whip.

Again, HOOOOOWWWW ?! HOW ?! Did I get through my days, without realising this product existed ? It is a beautiful exfoliating body butter, so lazy people, this is yo thaaang.

Now it's main base is cocoa butter so it will melt quite quick, but that is what you want, melt it baby, melt it all over your body. It uses charcoal and pumice to gently exfoliate, so it's a bit messy. But a sacrifice you should all be willing to make. Full of macadamia oil which helps cell renewal. And what gives it that black currenty scent, bergamont and cassis absolut. Oh booooooy.

Now I moisten my body with the shower turn it off, scrub then rinse. And definitely do not leave this one in the cubicle cause it's bye bye buffed bod. This lovely bar is £6.25, so a just a little pricey if you are on a budget. But, definitely one of those, 'what can I get for under a tenner that makes me feel like a goddess without breaking the bank products.' I have had about 5 uses out of my bar so far and pretty intense sessions with it too and some left for a couple more. Win.

Let me know if you have tried this Comforters best friend !

See you guys soon !

Jess, Just Another Blogger <3

I like me some solid wood.

So, after a month of absence, I am back ! And with another budget post. This time, furniture and homeware. Come on, we all love a good homeware haul.

This last month has been somewhat hectic, as well as emotional.

Anyway, on with the haul. At the beginning of the month, mine and my boyfriends housemate announced his leave, a long with some of his lovely furniture.

Fair well lovely leather sofas ...

We were anticipating this for a while and had two lovely ladies ready to move in with us. But as far as furniture goes we had a lot to purchase and on a very toight budget.

So gumtree, ebay and local charity shops I went.

Our shopping list was as follows. A chest of draws, a sofa, armchairs, a TV stand, a coffee table, a bookcase, a desk, a dining table, a shoe rack, a bathroom cabinet, a shower caddy, a few kitchen items and a cuddly toy. The last was optional.

We managed to bag all of this for under 400 pounds. Yes some of it was purchased from shops. TK MAXX, Hollllaaaaaaaa ! But all of the furniture was purchased from gumtree and charity shops. And good furniture at that. Wood, oak, pine, even a laura Ashley chest of draws. OOooooooh arrrrhhhhh.

Some of my favourite pieces, our bed. A bargain at only 50 pounds, solid wood and well made.

Next, with a little bit of work and imagination is the bookcase. An old tea chest and crates who were being made by a guy in Plymouth. 5 for £20. A bit of wood stain later and hello there beautiful bookcase.

Our lovely oak coffee table was £30 pounds from a lovely old couple, whose house was a cracker. All it needed was a quick sand down with a 15 pound Wilko sander and some linseed oil and this table is good to go.

My final favourite, two oak reclining chairs. Sensing a theme here. What can I say, I like things that are solid. Innuendo intended. At 20 pounds a piece. You can't argue with that can you ?

Some top tips for when buying furniture, be patient, take measurements, and also ask if they will deliver for an extra cost. The lovely people who we got our bed from kindly delivered it to our door and offered us help if we got stuck assembling it.

Wouldn't get that with Argos now would you ? Just poor instructions and missing pieces. Sorry Argos, it's true. You do a good bread bin though !

Let me know if you have purchased and home ware and furniture steals.

Jess, just another blogger

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