I love trying out new bath bombs from Lush and I they are my number one essential for bath time. The bath bomb I am going to review today is called the Lava Lamp bath bomb and it caught my eye in the shop because it is bright orange with purple blobs round the outside. It smells really nice and citrus-y which makes sense as it is orange.
Hello, today is a very exciting post as I am working with CocoMelody! They sell really pretty designer wedding dresses and I was having a look the other day and I found these absolute beauties that I thought I would share with you.
The first one that caught my fancy was this dress. I love the lace around the neck and shoulders and the front detailing. I feel like this is perfect for spring time as it is short. It can come in white, ivory or any colour of your choice and I think that this would look really nice in a pastel colour. You can see more of their short wedding dresses there.
I also liked this one as I liked that it was strapless, and that there was a strap thing that has flower details. I think that because it is so simple, this would work really well, with a flower headband. I think that you could definitely wear this as a prom dress instead of wedding dress, especially if you changed the colour.
The last one that I have decided to share with you is a completely different fit to the others, as it doesn't go out just under the chest. Also, it is kinda hard to see in the picture, but it has a slanty shoulder thing which has a floral design there which I love. It matches the other details of the dress and brings it all together.
If you aren't having a wedding anytime soon, they also sell special occasion dresses which could be used for prom. They also have a load of offers on at the moment!
I hope you liked this post as it was something different and please let me know which dress you like!
Lots of Love
Laura xx
I also liked this one as I liked that it was strapless, and that there was a strap thing that has flower details. I think that because it is so simple, this would work really well, with a flower headband. I think that you could definitely wear this as a prom dress instead of wedding dress, especially if you changed the colour.
The last one that I have decided to share with you is a completely different fit to the others, as it doesn't go out just under the chest. Also, it is kinda hard to see in the picture, but it has a slanty shoulder thing which has a floral design there which I love. It matches the other details of the dress and brings it all together.
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I hope you liked this post as it was something different and please let me know which dress you like!
Lots of Love
Laura xx
The other week, I made these bathbombs, and I really like the end result so I thought I would share the recipe with you. It is for herbal or flower bath bombs.
Ingredients
50g citric acid (you can get this from wine making suppliers or supermarkets)
100g bicarbonate of soda or baking soda (baking aisle)
Essential oils or some old perfume
Water in a spritzer bottle, or you can use liquid body spray
Ice cube silicon trays(I didn't have this so I used a plastic cup)
Food coloring (optional)
Dried herbs or petals (optional) I used a herbal tea bag!
Cosmetic glitter (optional)––don't use craft glitter; it must be cosmetic glitter
Plastic, medium sized bowl
Rubber gloves (citric acid is irritant)
Method
**Wear gloves for this part**
1.Measure out the citric acid and bicarbonate of soda/baking soda. Add to the bowl.
2.Make a well with your fingers in the middle of the bowl.
3.Pour in essential oils/old perfume. Add about 5 sprays/drops. Then pour in the food coloring, dried herbs or petals and cosmetic glitter, if you want them.
4.Using the spritzer bottle, spray 10 times on top of the mixture. This binds it all together.
5.After you have sprayed the mixture, it starts to harden, so you need to be quick. Pick up little handfuls of the bath bomb mixture and compress it down into the ice cube tray holes.
6.Layer the mixture on top of the last layer. Push down hard to get the best results.
7.Leave overnight. In the next day, they should be dry. When they are, you can push out your bath bombs and use them!
Hope you enjoyed this recipe! Let me know if you are going to try it out.
Lots of love
Laura xx
50g citric acid (you can get this from wine making suppliers or supermarkets)
100g bicarbonate of soda or baking soda (baking aisle)
Essential oils or some old perfume
Water in a spritzer bottle, or you can use liquid body spray
Ice cube silicon trays(I didn't have this so I used a plastic cup)
Food coloring (optional)
Dried herbs or petals (optional) I used a herbal tea bag!
Cosmetic glitter (optional)––don't use craft glitter; it must be cosmetic glitter
Plastic, medium sized bowl
Rubber gloves (citric acid is irritant)
Method
**Wear gloves for this part**
1.Measure out the citric acid and bicarbonate of soda/baking soda. Add to the bowl.
2.Make a well with your fingers in the middle of the bowl.
3.Pour in essential oils/old perfume. Add about 5 sprays/drops. Then pour in the food coloring, dried herbs or petals and cosmetic glitter, if you want them.
4.Using the spritzer bottle, spray 10 times on top of the mixture. This binds it all together.
5.After you have sprayed the mixture, it starts to harden, so you need to be quick. Pick up little handfuls of the bath bomb mixture and compress it down into the ice cube tray holes.
6.Layer the mixture on top of the last layer. Push down hard to get the best results.
7.Leave overnight. In the next day, they should be dry. When they are, you can push out your bath bombs and use them!
Hope you enjoyed this recipe! Let me know if you are going to try it out.
Lots of love
Laura xx
not my photos
Hello! Today is a collab with the lovely Olivia from PinkPrincessOlivia. We are both doing Spring lookbooks/fashion ideas so let's go!You may remember that wayy back in October I did a post similar to this here and I am going to use the same format for this post. Outfit 1: I think this is more of a outfit that would be worn in the transition between spring and summer because of the shorts but I thought I would include it anyway! I really love the colours because they aren't the typical spring colours.
Outfit 2: Can you get any more spring like than coral pink? I personally don't wear coloured jeans but if you did, this would be a cute outfit idea to try.
Outfit 3: Florals and pale denim screams spring to me and I like how simple this look is. If I wore this, I would definitely add a floral headband or flower crown in my hair.
Outfit 4: I like this one as it is a variation of outift 2. You could buy a pair of coral jeans, and then cut them in the summery months to shorts and wear a florally kimono without having to buy shorts.
Outfit 5: This is probably my favourite outfit as it is something that I would wear. I love pale jeans for spring as well as lace so I am going to look for this in shops!
Also on the theme of spring clothes, i have teamed up with Todieforswimwear and we are now offering 15% OFF on any of their bikinis from their website. Just use the code 'BLOSSOMOFHOPEX' at checkout to get your discount. I also posted this on my social media a few days ago so if you want to get previews of offers an stuff, be sure to follow me on there, links are in my sidebar!
Don't forget to check out Olivia's blog! What outfit did you like the most?
Lots of Love
Laura xx
For christmas last year, my grandparents kindly gave me some of the Ted Baker Body stuff and as it has now been 2 and a half months and I have tested everything out, I thought I would do a review for you today. I recieved the products in a set which contained the minis but I couldn't find it anywhere so they may have stopped selling it but I have found the links for the individual products.
Smell and Packaging - As they are all from one set, all the products have the same scent and I love it. It's very fresh yet floral as it has the smell of violet and patchouli which is also a flower. This smell is perfect for Spring and I highly recommend it. I also love the packaging, especially of the body wash and body souffle because it has the flowers on it. Also all the writing is in copper which compliments the mint green.
Body Wash - I really really really like this and would definitely rebuy it. I didn't have to use much each wash and I felt like it was really benefiting me.
Body Souffle - This is basically a body butter and it is very moisturising. I used this on my legs and they were so soft afterwards. This comes a very close second to the Soap&Glory Righteous Butter which I love. Also the souffle has a very pale green tint to it which I thought was cool.
Body Spray - This is probably my favourite thing from the set. I think that the scent is absolutely perfect for Spring and I have been wearing it almost everyday. I find that it lasts for ages and a little goes a long way. I am going to be sad when this runs out because I do love this.
Bubble Bath - Unfortunately, I really did not like the bubble bath. It didn't create many bubbles and when I did get some I had to use a lot of the product and then they disappeared. However, I really did like the smell as it is the same as the rest of the range and I'm going to reuse the bottle for travelling size.
I really like this set and I would definitely buy most things again, I also want to try the Hand cream of this range. Have you ever tried these products before? If not would you?
Lots of Love
Laura xx
Helloo! So today is another collab but with ThePastelStyle. On her blog, she is doing a skincare routine so click her name if you want to read that and I am doing a pamper routine.
On Monday night, my brother was out so it was just me and my mum and I thought that as I had had a stressful weekend, I would treat myself. I ran a warm bath and dropped in The Blackberry Bomb bath bomb from lush. I had never tried it before and I absolutely loved it, it smelled so fresh. It turned the water a pretty lilac-y purple(top left) and there was some glitter but not loads. There was also a surprise in the middle! I have also been loving Intergalactic recently(bottom right)
After my very lovely bath, I sat in my dressing gown and used the Body Souffle and I am not going to say too much on this because I am posting a review on some of that range but I do like this a lot. Lastly, I went downstairs and watched Mary Berry on TV.
Hope you enjoyed this post and don't forget to check out ThePastelStyle.
Lots of Love
Laura xx
I woke up this morning and I was so thankful that I didn't have to get ready for school. I had a nice lie in then got up and wore my leggings and a jumper and then went shopping for a bit and it was really relaxed. This leads me on nicely to the post today!
Sounds Good Feels Good - 5 Seconds of Summer
This album is their recent album and was released in October. It is very different from their first one and a lot of the songs are very deep. I honestly have been listening to this everyday and it is definitely my favourite music this month.
Mini Room Redo
This is a bit different but at the moment I am loving changing my room around and I do it at least every two weeks. I don't do huge changes but I swap things on shelves, I tidy/reorganise my wardrobe and stuff like that.
Pink Grapefruit showergel from The Body Shop
Even though this is a more summery scent, I still love the smell for this time of year and I highly recommend it.
Fairylights
Last month I finally bought fairylights and I'm so glad I did, they add such a nice glow to my room and I love them.
Blogmas
I have really enjoyed reading everyone's blogmas and writing and planning my own. I'm going to have mixed feelings when it's over because it is a tiny bit stressful.
Lots of Love
Laura xx
Last month I finally bought fairylights and I'm so glad I did, they add such a nice glow to my room and I love them.
Blogmas
I have really enjoyed reading everyone's blogmas and writing and planning my own. I'm going to have mixed feelings when it's over because it is a tiny bit stressful.
Lots of Love
Laura xx
Its now the end of favourites week :( so you may have guessed by the title that is my Lush favourites. I love the products and their ethics and everything about them. So now I'm going to share my favourite bath bombs. (Click the pictures to go to the websites)
Intergalactic Bath Bomb - Blast off into funky. This is my absolute favourite bath bomb. I love the colour, the smell, everything, ts glittery!! I'm not going to talk about it to much on this post because I actually did a review on it here.
Dragons Egg Bath Bomb - Feel ready to soar. I recently got this when I went to Cardiff and the first one I picked up, it fell on the floor and exploded, no joke. I didn't buy that one but I did get a different one and I'm so glad I did. I love the smell of this because it is so fresh and citrus-y.
Yog Nog Bath Bomb - Sugar coat your skin.This bathbomb is so moisturizing and is perfect for the cold autumn and winter nights because it smells like toffee and spices and all things yummy. It turns the bath yellow and there are bits of butter in it there are really good for your skin.
What is your favorite Lush products?
Lots of Love
Laura xx
What is your favorite Lush products?
Lots of Love
Laura xx
Today I am doing a collab with my best friend Juliette's blog. We have known each other since August and planning this post almost as long! On her blog she is doing an Autumn DIY so you definitely need to have a look.
Autumn is well and truly here now(yay!) and I love the change in what people wear from summer to autumn. I mean, let's be fair, Autumn's just an excuse to wear berry and green and yellow tones which I like and feel like they suit me.
Outfit 1: Over sized jumper and leggings.
This is one of the most commonly known autumn outfits so I had to include it. This is perfect for those cold days when you just want to stay inside and do nothing.
Outfit 2: Dress and leather.
This one is probably my favourite, I love the contrast between the girly dress and the leather and it with the scarf it just make it love even more amazing! I feel like this would be perfect for any autumn parties.
Outfit 3: Jumper and jeans
To me, this is a more formal version of outfit 1 but is still comfy. I like how the jumper and t shirt are layered and this would be perfect for bonfire night.
Outfit 4: Flannels!
If you know me at all, you will know that I love flannels so much. This outfit is probably one that I will be wearing most this year but with skinny jeans. I really like the casualness of it and it looks like you just put some clothes on and they turned out looking great.
Outfit 5: Crop top and skirts.
Even though a crop top is typically a summer item of clothing wearing it like in the photo could totally pull it off. I think this would be perfect for school (if you don't have to wear school uniform) because it is kinda smart but casual at the same time.
Slightly different from normal, do you guys like it? Don't forget to look at Juliette's post!
Lots of Love
Laura xx
(pictures aren't of me as they are off Pinterest)
Autumn is well and truly here now(yay!) and I love the change in what people wear from summer to autumn. I mean, let's be fair, Autumn's just an excuse to wear berry and green and yellow tones which I like and feel like they suit me.
Outfit 1: Over sized jumper and leggings.
This is one of the most commonly known autumn outfits so I had to include it. This is perfect for those cold days when you just want to stay inside and do nothing.
Outfit 2: Dress and leather.
This one is probably my favourite, I love the contrast between the girly dress and the leather and it with the scarf it just make it love even more amazing! I feel like this would be perfect for any autumn parties.
Outfit 3: Jumper and jeans
To me, this is a more formal version of outfit 1 but is still comfy. I like how the jumper and t shirt are layered and this would be perfect for bonfire night.
Outfit 4: Flannels!
If you know me at all, you will know that I love flannels so much. This outfit is probably one that I will be wearing most this year but with skinny jeans. I really like the casualness of it and it looks like you just put some clothes on and they turned out looking great.
Outfit 5: Crop top and skirts.
Even though a crop top is typically a summer item of clothing wearing it like in the photo could totally pull it off. I think this would be perfect for school (if you don't have to wear school uniform) because it is kinda smart but casual at the same time.
Slightly different from normal, do you guys like it? Don't forget to look at Juliette's post!
Lots of Love
Laura xx
I haven't really seen anything like this before. It is kinda a mix between an monthly favourites and a haul! Basically this is everything I bought in September.
So that's everything I bought in September, maybe you have found something you would want to buy?
Lots of Love
Laura x
A couple of my friends birthdays were in September and are coming up so I bought quite a few birthday presents. One of these was Zoella's Kissy Missy lipbalm. I really hope my friend likes this!
Another birthday present was this Baby Bot bathbomb from Lush. I just thought this was so super cute!
More Youtuber merch was Louise's (sprinkle of glitter) new dairy for 2016. She mentioned this in her stationary haul a while ago and I've wanted to buy this ever since. There will definitly be a review on this so stay tuned!
For a while now, I have always wanted to own a BarryM nail polish because of the amazing reviews everyone said. The colour I have is Road rage and I absolutely love it!
Lastly, my friend had a birthday party at BodyShop. We got our nails and makeup done and got to chose some products to sample and it was really fun. At the end we got a giftbag which had: Mango Soap, Mango Hand Cream, Strawberry Shower Gel, Raspberry Born Lippy and an orange Bath Lily
Lastly, my friend had a birthday party at BodyShop. We got our nails and makeup done and got to chose some products to sample and it was really fun. At the end we got a giftbag which had: Mango Soap, Mango Hand Cream, Strawberry Shower Gel, Raspberry Born Lippy and an orange Bath Lily
So that's everything I bought in September, maybe you have found something you would want to buy?
Lots of Love
Laura x
After not having any collabs for almost the entire summer, I have now had two in less than one week and have another one on the way, woohoo!! Today I am collabing with Bethany from Floral Bethany. We are both doing reviews so make sure to go have a look at hers.
I am reviewing the Lush bathbomb, Intergalactic which I think is one of their new bathbombs. I bought it for £3.95 which is a very good price considering its size. I got one use out of it but I think you would have had more if you had used only half of the bathbomb.
When you put it into the water it turns into blue with hints of pink and yellow and white but after a while those colours go and the bath is left this really pretty midnight blue colour. I don't know if you can see in the photo but there is gold glitter in the bath bomb and this comes through in the water. It looks like stars in the night sky, which is obviously how it got its name, and it is so pretty.
It smells like peppermint which is apparently really therapeutic and it definitely helped me relax and think a lot. This bathbomb was also really moisturising, which I haven't really noticed before in a lot of Lush products... is there nothing this bathbomb can do???
Unfortunately there is. Because of the amount of glitter in the bathbomb, it left loads in my bathtub and I had to spend quite a lot of time getting it all of but its worth it for the effect of the glitter. I will definitely be repurchasing this!
Lots of Love
Laura xx
This is something I have never done before but I'm really excited. Let's go!
First up is Just One Day by Gayle Forman. This book is all about self discovery and I really love the message behind it. There are some amazing quotes and it is written really well. Gayle Forman is the author of If I stay so if you liked that you will definitely like this book. I bought this from Waterstones for £7.99.
Next up is my summer must have...Flower crowns! I think these are just so cute and my favourite is one I got from! New Look for £2. The colour goes with all my clothes and the elastic band makes it sit nicely on my head.
A spray that I have been really loving is Impulse in the scent Sweet Smile. To me this just smells like meadows and all things summery and I love it.
This is actually something my friend got for me for my birthday last year but I haven't used it till now. It is the Strawberry Sundae showergel from The Little Bubble Co. It lasts such a long time and it smells like strawberrys and buttercups but isn't that sweet. As you can see I have used it all up, thats how much I loved it!
If you know me well you will know that I love 5 Seconds of Summer and they have recently brought out a new EP and omfg the songs on it are brilliant. It shows how much they have been experienced as writers and the lyrics are so meaningful and easy to relate to. I am so proud of them.
Lots of love
Laura xx
Lots of love
Laura xx
Baths are a great way to relax and let go of all your thoughts. I usually have bath once a month or so because showers are better because they don't waste water. My bath nearly always leads into a pamper evening.. whoopies! I normally justify this by saying how I deserve it because I have been working hard etc but deep down I know that I want to have a 'me' evening. I had another pamper evening this week and why not write a post on it?
Once i get out of the bath and dry myself, I dampen my face with a face flannel and use the Refreshing Facial Wash Gel from Simple to cleanse my face (link here). When I'm done I put some comfy clothes on and go into my room.
When I'm there I put a film on my laptop or watch some YouTube. Occasionally while doing this I will put some clear nail polish on.I bite my nails so colored polish looks weird but if I have clear nail polish on it stops me biting them.
That's it! When I feel tired I go to sleep feeling relaxed and I normally fall asleep easily. (By the way I'm on holiday right now and have no WiFi so this post has been scheduled, if you comment I will try and reply asap but don't expect one)
Lots of Love
First of all I ran myself a nice bath with the right temperature. I crumbled some of the new Granny Takes A Dip Bubble Bar from Lush (link here) into the water to create bubbles.
The next step of my bath is a bath bomb! This is again from Lush and is Intergalactic(link here). I love this bath bomb and will definitely be repurchasing.
When I'm there I put a film on my laptop or watch some YouTube. Occasionally while doing this I will put some clear nail polish on.I bite my nails so colored polish looks weird but if I have clear nail polish on it stops me biting them.
That's it! When I feel tired I go to sleep feeling relaxed and I normally fall asleep easily. (By the way I'm on holiday right now and have no WiFi so this post has been scheduled, if you comment I will try and reply asap but don't expect one)
Lots of Love
Laura xx
For my birthday, I received 4 soap and glory products. I have now used all of them so I have decided to review them!
First up is The Righteous Butter. I really like that thisdoesn't have a strong smell, it has a fresh smell. Also as I do get dry skin quite easily this works a treat! All Soap&Glory products have cool and clever names and this is no exception. I really like this trait of all soap&glory products because it makes them different. If you want to view it click here.
Next up is Clean On Me travel size. The only thing I dislike about this product is that the lid is a screw top and not like a flip-open-and-squeeze-bottle. Apart from that though I absolutely love this and it is perfect for taking to a weekend away. It leaves my skin really smooth and soft and has a really nice texture and fragrance. It smells similar to The Righteous Butter so isn't too strong.Click here to view it.
This product has literally SAVED MY LIFE. Hand Food is a creamy moisturizer that lives in my handbag. It makes such a difference and I recommend this to everyone who gets dry hands really easily. The smell is the same as the Clean on Me and Righteous Butter. The link is here.
Scrub of your life is a fresh smelling scrub that leaves my skin feeling really nice. However, I won't be repurchasing because after I read the reviews I learnt that one of the ingredients was microbeads. Microbeads are really harmful to the environment and if fish eat them they can become seriously ill. I'm really disappointed because of this. Click here to see it.
I hope this was interesting to you, let me know if you want to see more reviews.
Lots of Love
Laura x
It's haul time!! The other day I went shopping and spent my birthday money on items for my summer wardrobe. I asked on my Instagram who would like a haul and some people said they wanted it so here it is!
First of all I went into New Look and bought this red tartan/plaid/flannel. I received a tartan/plaid/flannel (who knows what to call these? Leave the name in the comments) for my birthday and no joke I wear it all the time so I decided to buy another one but in a different color. I really like how there are poppers to fasten it that look like buttons. This means that it is loads easier to quickly put it on. For anyone interested, it was £19.99
Secondly I went to H&M.I picked up two t-shirts. One was a paley pink color which was £3.99 and is quite long. I also bought, surprise surprise, a mint green one.This one is slightly shorter but isn't crop top length. It also has a little pocket which is more for decoration than actual usefulness but it looks cute. This one cost £6.99.
Lastly, I went to Primark. The Primark where I live has three levels but unfortunately I only got to spend 20 mins in there. I bought a t shirt which was £2 on offer, originally £4. I think is perfect for summer and I really like the cute emojis-that-aren't-emojis. I also love the color and I have a suspicion that if I get a tan it will show it off. Also in Primark i picked up some ankle frilly socks. I love frilly socks and especially Primark socks. I think the colors in the pack are really nice and suit me.
I hope you enjoyed this kind of post and let me know if you want to see more hauls,
Lots of Love
Laura x
Secondly I went to H&M.I picked up two t-shirts. One was a paley pink color which was £3.99 and is quite long. I also bought, surprise surprise, a mint green one.This one is slightly shorter but isn't crop top length. It also has a little pocket which is more for decoration than actual usefulness but it looks cute. This one cost £6.99.
I hope you enjoyed this kind of post and let me know if you want to see more hauls,
Lots of Love
Laura x
