Benefit Ultra Plush Lip Gloss

The other week when Iszy and I were walking through Debenhams in a desperate attempt to find me some last minute shoes for our Christmas ball, we were stopped by a few of the Benefit ladies who kindly offered us a free make over. Obviously these make overs aren't exactly free, as we then felt almost obliged to buy products but hey, the make up the did for us was absolutely phenomenal, and that evening we then went to see Disclosure so we clearly looked the best out of everyone there. Pic below of what I looked like on that night, soz for the awful phone selfie quality but damn look at how good i look in that.

Anyway, thought I'd focus on something that I then bought after all this, and that is the lipgloss that they used on me during the make over. I bought it for a few reasons, mainly because I actually don't have any lip glosses at all, as I'm not particularly a massive fan of the whole hair sticking to your face kind of thing (which hasn't happened with this yet!!) and also because this smells so good it's like a cookie and cake and so many sweet things all wrapped up together it's absolutely gorgeous. Also the packaging is absolutely gorgeous, but really what do we expect when we're buying from Benefit anyway. The shade I purchased is called Fauxmance.

Colourwise, this lip gloss is a kind of dusky pink, so it's not the most obvious lip colour in the world but as you can see in the top picture it's really shiny and that was a good 2 hours after I'd had it applied and it was still going strong so I was quite impressed. It feels really nice on the lips too so it's something I can see myself just throwing on if I'm doing some casual make up. I honestly really thought I'd regret buying it and never use it but it's actually so lovely. Maybe I will be tempted away from my matte lipsticks.... who knows.

Thanks for reading!

Megan

LUSH - Solid Perfume Gift Set

Goood god i absolutely love these little pots of scented goodness. I have and always will be the biggest fan on the planet of Lush (slight exaggeration) and if my bank was bottomless I would probably purchase a lot more of my beauty products here as their values are also just as good as their products.

First up, the packaging was adorable, a small little box with all the photos of the scents and inside you can see all the gold confetti it was like it was gift wrapped personally. It's exactly what you expect from something from Lush. As they're all pots they are really portable and pop in your bag super easy. The scents aren't massively long lasting, but as you can reapply so easily and subtly I don't find it a problem at all.

Karma

Karma is described as being "Hip and Heady, Bohemian" on Lush's website, and I can definitely sense that. It's a really strong orange-y, spicey scent that I think would work really well in the evening. There's also a matching soap so you can totally work the whole scent all over your body.

Sikkim Girls

More of an exotic scent, however I love wearing this throughout the day to spice it all up a bit more. Lots of floral notes and jasmine, it's musky but when worn it's not so strong but still beautiful and possibly my surprise favourite out of the three.

Sun

As bright and as cheerful as its name, citrusy to the point of lemon of lime juice concentrated but it is beautiful. I can imagine this being an everyday one for summer, but I think it's slightly too summery for January!

Would you ever try solid perfumes, or do you still prefer the traditional approach?

Megan