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  • Dry Lips? Have A Look At Lip-C Smile’s Lip Scrub

    I HATE dry lips! I’m currently dealing with this issue right now. The cold weather and central heating has a lot to answer for! My work jacket bulges with various lip oils and balms to help me throughout the day dealing with rough and flaky lips. One product I don’t purchase and use often to help with this problem is a lip scrub. But I did get one as a gift from a friend last year. Handmade and sold by small business called Lip-C Smile, in a raspberry fragrance.

    Lip-C Smile Raspberry Lip Scrub
    What is this supposed to do?

    This lip scrub is designed to get rid of any dry and flaky skin on the lips, leaving this area smoother and softer in look and feel.

    Packaging

    50g of lip scrub comes in a clear pot with a white screw top lid. This comes boxed.

    How does it look?

    This particular version of Lip-C Smile’s lip scrub is in a very vibrant bubblegum pink colour. This is a very grainy lip scrub which looks jam packed with sugar granules but not so much oil. It glistens but doesn’t appear to be oily but quite dry and solid.

    Fragrance

    The version I have is in the fragrance of raspberry. It smells more strawberry in a sweetie kind of way rather than the fruit in my opinion. It smells nice, not particularly strong but it’s there.

    How to use

    On the website it says to use this twice a week day or night.

    In use

    I found it easier to apply this onto damp lips rather than dry. I had to go into this pot a few times to get the right amount of scrub to use. It’s so grainy that it didn’t feel like it stuck on my lips as much as I would have liked, and it didn’t move around this area very smoothly. I could feel the grains over my lips and it did create an exfoliating action. But it did feel a little too rough for me.

    Lips did feel and look smoother, but not particularly moisturised. Application meant my lips did get messy and if I’m honest it was easier to just lick this off (it tasted nice). To remove this properly I think a face cloth would have been good but I didn’t have one to hand.

    This lip scrub should have had a higher oil content to it. This would have made application easier, nicer, removal better and for the lip area to be more moisturised.

    Recommended?

    This is a massive amount of product per pot. A lip scrub doesn’t need to be this big, around the 15/20g would suffice. If used once or twice a week, this could be sat unused for months and be wasted. But it is brilliant value priced at £5.00, but this amount isn’t necessary. Not ideal to carry around as you would a lip balm or oil because of it’s size.

    The texture wasn’t right for me. It was too harsh and the addition of a small amount of oil would have solved this. Not only would it be a nicer application, leave a more nourished lip area but would make clean up easier for the user.

    So this isn’t a product for me. I don’t think I’m a massive fan of lip scrubs anyway. It’s not something I would use every week but maybe every few months. Would I recommend this product to someone else? It does the job but needs tweaking. But for the amount you get it’s a decent buy! It comes in a variety of different fragrances/flavours, and you can purchase yours here.

  • One Stop Lip Care from Lip-C Smile

    I know Christmas 2022 is well and truly over, but it’s only now I’m getting the chance to enjoy gifts that were given to me. Things are slowing down now so I have the time to go through any goodies I was given and use them, such as skincare or pampering products. A friend gave me products from a small business called Lip-C Smile. This included a lip scrub, lip balms, a lip gloss and lip brush. Now I’ve had a few moments with them, what are my first impressions of these products?

    Lip C Smile Lip Products
    Lip Scrub

    Lip-C Smile’s Raspberry Lip Scrub is an incredibly pretty, bubblegum pink coloured and almost glitter like sugar based scrub. There is ALOT of scrub which is very generous. Fragrance is subtle and more sweetie strawberry like rather than raspberry but overall looks very inviting.

    Lip C Smile’s Raspberry Lip Scrub
    Lip Balm (Raspberry & Plain)

    These come in a typical lip balm type dispenser so very easy to use and very practical. I’m not getting any scent from the pink coloured one so not sure if it’s just coloured rather than fragranced, but my daughter immediately was attracted to this one!

    Lip C Smile’s Lip Balm’s
    Lip Oil

    This comes in a clear, rectangular applicator with a roller ball end to apply to the lips. I love the roller ball end but I’m not sure I like how this lip oil is housed. I don’t think it does the lip oil justice. The shape of it is fine but I think it could look either more plain and classic, or edgy and modern.

    Lip C Smile’s Raspberry Lip Oil
    Lip Scrubber Brush

    Not a brush as such but more a silicone ended tool with raised areas that you can use to move over the lips and help remove dead, dry and flaky skin. It’s an interesting idea and product. It’s a good alternative to the lip scrub if you don’t like grains and don’t want mess.

    My First Impressions

    My first impression of these products is these are jam packed with good ingredients. Ingredients included are coconut oil, Vitamin E, Avocado Oil and more which are incredibly nourishing to the skin which I love. Packaging is practical and it’s nice to see each piece is boxed. I think the packaging needs to pop a little more and be more grabbing. But overall Lip-C Smile have got me interested and can’t wait to use their products fully.

  • Saving Money On Your Pampering Purchases with Pretty Suds

    The last couple of years for most of us has been difficult. The current economic climate just makes times harder and harder. With Christmas coming up, many people still want to celebrate it but not at the cost of their wallet. So where can we save money on products that can pamper the body and fragrance the home? I thought I would try and focus on particular brands, companies and stores to point you in a money saving direction. Today I wanted to highlight a bath, body and home fragrance company called Pretty Suds.

    Pretty Suds

    Your bath, body and home fragrance needs are covered under one roof! I’ve bought products before from them and I’ve found them to be great quality, fun to use and affordable. What I like with this business is even though their products aren’t on ‘sale’, they have everyday offers which makes shopping with them cost effective and a breeze.

    Here’s some examples of their current offers:

    Bath Bomb Box. These are subscription boxes which you can order for monthly delivery, but you can also buy them individually as a one off too. They are themed, and currently there are two bath bomb boxes available called World of Wizardry (inspired by Harry Potter) and Be Our Guest (a nod to Beauty and the Beast). These contain 5 different shaped bath bombs at a cost of £15.00!

    Four Bath Bombs for £12.00. Don’t fancy a themed box? You can choose 4 indvidually bath bombs for £12.00 saving £4.00! Bath bombs available range from animals, skulls, Pokemon inspired bath bombs, Princess castles and carriages and more. This option covers so many designs these could be given to different ages with different tastes and likes.

    Six Wax Melts for £10.00. Different fragrances are available, and you can choose six wax melts, weighing at 50g, which are boxed. These work out at £1.67 EACH! 50g is a good amount of wax and this price for all six is fantastic value. Fragrances available range from laundry scents, fruity scents and even dupes. Some are inspired by fragrances such as Daisy, Flowerbomb, and…..Lush’s Snow Fairy!

    Other items available..

    Body Butters

    Body Scrubs

    Soap Spongs

    Reed Diffusers and more

    February 2019 subscription box containing bath bombs and crumbles
    Why should you buy from them?

    They have a wide variety of different products available with different appearances and scents. Bath bombs and bubble baths all look fun, appealing and imaginative. Body butters look indulgent and inviting and I SWEAR I can smell the wax melts through my laptop screen! Compared to larger brands and stores, Pretty Suds really do seem to keep their prices fair and their everyday mix and matches, bundles and subscription deals make it even more affordable and great value. Oh…and don’t forget some of their products are fragranced using inspired well-known scents which is great if you are a fan of particular smells but not their prices.

    Recommended?

    Do you need to ask…? Just go and visit the website here and thank me later. #mybeautywaxstashmademebuyit

  • Dirty Fresh Cosmetics Pizza Me Bath Bomb

    I officially declare the season for the bath bomb OPEN! It’s windy, raining a lot and the chill is finally hitting us in the North West of England. So this is the perfect opportunity to ditch the 5 minute shower and indulge in a 30plus minute bath to keep the body warm and the soul happy. Well, this is what I’m telling myself! So which bath bomb is catching my eye at the moment and dragged out of my stash? Dirty Fresh Cosmetics Pizza Me Bath Bomb. Costs £6.25, but if you know me you will know, I bought this when it was on sale so got it cheaper!

    Dirty Fresh Cosmetics Pizza Me Bath Bomb

    Why did I buy this?

    It was something different and eye catching from the pictures on the website. So surely it would provide an enjoyable bathing experience? I do love my bath products, more so bath bombs or similar things, to look appealing and pretty. But I also like products that don’t take themselves too seriously and scream fun, which this does.

    How does it look?

    120g of a not so perfect triangle shaped bath bomb that looks similar to a slice of pizza. Orangey/yellow on top, not totally smooth with a raised rim around the curved edge creating a crust effect. The rest of the top dips with some raised deep red wonky circles giving the look of pepperoni. Turn this bath bomb around and you get the unexpected which is lots of colour! Shades of turquoise, purple and a little yellow, reminds me that this is definitely NOT for eating. If you look at my pic below you will not see a pizza slice inspired bath bomb as such, but more a deconstructed colourful bath bomb because unfortunately I broke mine just as I was taking pictures of it.

    Fragrance.

    Smells like sweeties! Plain and simple! Jellybeans is what this bath bomb is supposed to be scented of and I would say yes, agreed! It’s not too strong, or overly sweet. Just enough to be enjoyable and energising and will win anyone over who loves their scents to match having a sweet tooth.

    In the bath.

    I really wanted to do a fancy bath bomb drop but of course that couldn’t happen as I broke it! So what I did instead was place the three pieces of this poor battered bath bomb treat onto the surface of the bath water. Immediately there was a fizz from each and an explosion of colour. So my bath had three different areas that had three pools of a colour blast which was stunning! It’s easier to mention what colours weren’t present as pretty much every colour imaginable was there. Blue, red, yellow, pink….the list just went on and on. Absolutely gorgeous with the fragrance floating around my bathroom in a delicate fashion.

    The fizzing took a few minutes to stop, and the colours after around 15-20 minutes merged to create a deep sea green bath. It was quite gentle on the skin considering mine has been playing up recently. Non drying, in fact, quite hydrating on the skin while I was in the bath. And skin absolutely fine once out.

    Recommended?

    So far I’ve used a few bath products from Dirty Fresh Cosmetics and enjoyed them all. This bath bomb being no exception. It looks great and quirky, good size, smells brilliant and the bath art it created is totally crazy! There is nothing I didn’t like about Pizza Me Bath. I enjoyed using this from beginning to end and it gave me a relaxing bath which was exactly what I hoped for. The only thing that hurts my soul about this bad boy is that I broke it!

    Buy it, try it, love it here.

    *Other Dirty Fresh Cosmetic posts..

    Bedtime Bath Bar

    One Mill Bath Rocks

    Over The Rainbow Bath Bar