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  • 3 Things I Bought From Aldi In Their Christmas Sale

    With New Year, school half term and bad weather, shopping has been very limited in this household. I would normally venture in various supermarkets, especially in January to see what they have on special offer that’s Christmas or New Year related. But that’s not really been happening at the start of 2025. But I did go into my local Aldi store quickly to grab a few grocery essentials and picked up 3 bath and home fragrance products that I thought were great value. What did I buy?

    3 Things I Bought From Aldi In Their Christmas Sale
    Fireside Spice Reed Diffuser

    I picked this up because I love fireside as a scent in home fragrance products. Fireside Spice is made up of ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and biscuit. Spicy, warming, almost bakery basked with a hint of woody notes. This screams winter! Packaging isn’t too Christmas like, but does have stockings, candy cane leaf images on a neutral coloured boxed. Reduced to £1.49.

    Fireside Spice Reed Diffuser
    Hotel Collection Pomegranate Scented Set of 3 Bath Bombs

    3 pomegranate scented round, white and medium sized bath bombs housed in a white cracker finished off with a black ribbon. My eyes caught this because of how simple but stylish this looked. The scent is a Jo Malone dupe and I could smell this from the packaging, which is strong and distinctive. How much? Only 99p!

    Hotel Collection Pomegranate Scented Set of 3 Bath Bombs
    Purewick Votive Candle Set

    This is a beautifully boxed set of 3 glass votive candles in the fragrances of Starry Night, Let it Snow and Sleigh Bells Ring. Each one is quite different in scent. One is very smoky and woody. Another with a spicy scent to it with a little caramelised sugar and the last woody and a touch of fruitiness. Such a beautifully presented box of candles which only cost 99p!

    Purewick Votive Candle Set

    So what do I think of these items I picked up? Absolute BARGAINS! Nicely packaged, great scents and budget busting pricing! What am I going to do with these? These will be going straight into my gift drawer for future use, except the reed diffuser, that’s MINE!

  • Glow’s Spiced Cocoa Mint Gingerbread Bubble Bar

    Bubble bars should be a bath lover’s best friend. If you love a bath bomb, chances are you will love bubble bars too. They’re one of my favourite bath products to use when I want to be indulgent. I haven’t tried bubble bars from Glow, a small business who make and sell products such as wax melts, air fresheners, body butters and face serums. So I was excited to see that a bubble bar was included in their December’s Subscription Box which I purchased last year. So what was it like and did it live up to my expectations?

    Glow’s Spiced Cocoa Mint Gingerbread Bubble Bar
    How does it look?

    Spiced Cocoa Mint Gingerbread Bubble Bar is shaped like a thick slice of swiss roll. It’s a deep pink/red colour with swirls of a paler pink shade inside the middle, giving it that swiss roll look. It’s quite solid. I expected it to be a little softer but it’s very firm and in no way fragile.

    Fragrance

    This bubble bar smells like a mix of mint and spices. Spice wise, it could be something warming such as a mix of ginger, mixed spice or/and cinnamon. I didn’t get much in the form of cocoa, but overall the fragrance was really good. Not massively sweet or too bakery based. In fact, I was pleasantly surprised because just off the fragrance name I thought this scent would be too busy and it wasn’t.

    In the bath

    I broke Spiced Cocoa Mint Gingerbread Bubble Bar in two and crumbled half of it under warm running water. I did find the bar itself was quite tough to break up because it was so hard. But once done, in the bath it created a little froth on top of the bath water and the water itself was cloudy, slightly pink in colour which then went clear. The fragrance was subtle and gorgeous. Very unusual in smell and very relaxing. Perfect strength because if it was heavier it could have been too much.

    * I used the second half of the bubble bar differently. Instead of first crumbling it I put it under warm running water whole. Waited a bit, it then got softer and then I crumbled it. Much easier with and I think it created more bubbles this time rather than froth.

    This was very gentle on my skin. As someone who had easily irritated skin in 2024, I did worry about using this but no issues. Absolutely fine on the skin, no irritation and didn’t dry my skin out. Strangely enough after coming out of the bath my skin felt very clean (not stripped) which I didn’t expect from this product alone. What I would have liked though is to feel more moisture from this bubble bar on my skin.

    Recommended?

    I liked using this bubble bar. My favourite part of it has got to be the fragrance because it’s different and comforting. I have a feeling if I used the whole bubble bar I would have enjoyed this even more, got more fragrance, more bubbles rather than froth and possibly more moisture for my skin. Good job I have another bubble bar to try out! Would I recommend this? Yes, even just for the fragrance alone and it’s because it’s not a bath bomb. Spiced Cocoa Mint Gingerbread Bubble Bar is a lovely bath product, great seasonal fragrance and costs only £4.50. There are other fragrances available here which should suit everyone’s personal fragrance needs, so try it out!

  • Love Bath Bombs? Check Out Aromatherapy Mini Bath Bombs From Olee Cosmetics

    I haven’t used bath bombs for such a long time. For me, they are more a bath time treat than for everyday use. So when I use them I know I’m going to spend a good amount of time in the bath unwinding and enjoying the experience. Have I bought any new bath bombs recently? No I haven’t. But I was lucky enough to win a competition on Instagram where I won some goodies from a bath and body care business called Olee Cosmetics. And what was included? Ylang Ylang Mini Bath Bombs. So what were they like and were they worth winning?

    Olee Cosmetics Aromatherapy Ylang Ylang Mini Bath Bombs
    How do they look?

    I received 5 heart shaped mini bath bombs. Off white in colour, but peeping through each of them were petals and seeds (mostly purple in colour), which really made these bath time treats pop! They had such a botanical natural look to them, which was very beautiful.

    Packaging

    These mini bath bombs were housed in a small and neutral looking sealed sachet. Clear window on the front so you can see what it contains. I like this type of presentation because it’s practical, great for gift giving and overall is simple but looks good.

    Fragrance

    The fragrance definitely has the aromatherapy style scent to it. It does smell of ylang ylang, which is incredibly difficult to describe. It has a similar relaxing effect that lavender gives but in a less harsh, strong way. Very soothing (for me it is at least), very relaxing, slightly sweet, and again, smells like an essential aromatherapy oil!

    In the bath

    I used all 5 of these at once. In the water, they immediately fizzed and hissed, and took very little time to disintegrate completely. They didn’t colour the water, or create bubbles of foam, but they did leave the small dried flowers swimming on top of the bath. The fragrance was there which I loved, but not strong. I would have hated it if it was a powerhouse fragrance wise because it would be too heady, but it was soft and subtle and I enjoyed it.

    My skin has been a little temperamental recently, but I didn’t find these bath bombs irritating at all. They were quite gentle on the skin, provided a relaxing bath and the clean up afterwards was a breeze!

    Recommended?

    I liked these! Beautiful in look, lovely scent and this is the perfect treat for yourself or to give others. Great as part of a pamper package, bridesmaid gifts or dare I say Christmas stockings or Christmas Eve boxes. Only £3.70 for a sachet of 5 or 10 for £5.50. They come in a variety of different fragrances, which you can find on their website here. Perfect product to have a pamper with.

  • February Round Up, What Products Did I Use?

    I’m sat here reflecting on how fast February as a month has gone, unlike January. January DRAGGED! February literally has come and gone like the money in my wallet and now we’re saying hello to March. So what did the month of February bring to me product wise and what did I use?

    Products used in February
    Bubble Up’s The Never Skip Dessert Collection

    Such a cute bath and shower collection from Bubble Up. A donut shaped bath fizzer and a sweetly fragranced shower scrub. A super affordable body treat from Home Bargains at a cost of £2.99. Maybe more suitable for the younger generation who want a bit of cheap pampering.

    Bubble Up’s You’re An Angel Cake Shower Scrub and Donut Bath Fizzer
    Lip-C Smile’s Raspberry Lip Oil

    Cold weather means dry lips, and it’s always nice to have an alternative available for the humble lip balm. Lip-C Smile’s Raspberry Lip Oil definitely was something different, fun and a practical lip product to use to help combat dry and cracked lips.

    Lip-C Smile’s Raspberry Lip Oil
    Revolution Beauty’s Creative Eau de Toilette

    Revolution Beauty has a good, varied collection of fragrances including Revolution Beauty’s Creative Eau de Toilette. This is a fragrance both myself and my 11 year old daughter grab in the morning so suitable for different ages.

    Revolution Beauty’s Creative Eau de Toilette
    Glow’s Pink Sugar Foaming Bath Salts

    (gifted) Glow’s new Pink Sugar Foaming Bath Salts was definitely a fragrant, foaming treat for the bath. If you love bath salts and foaming bath creams/gels but want to combine the the two, this is that killer combo!

    Glow’s Pink Sugar Foaming Bath Salts
    LUSH’s Snow Dragon Bath Bomb

    If you love your bath bombs at some point you will have purchased something from LUSH. And boy did I buy during their Boxing Day Sale! Snow Dragon Bath Bomb was bought from the sale. Super cute, lovely colour and size but in the bath? It was ok but didn’t thrill me. But great for the price I paid (£1.75).

    LUSH’s Snow Dragon Bath Bomb

    So these were the products I used in the month of February. Which one was my favourite? They were all very different but probably Glow’s Pink Sugar Bath Salts!