Bannatyne's Spa Weekend.

A few weekends ago, My Grandma, Mum and myself went down to The Bannatyne's Hotel & Spa in Hastings.

It was a delayed Birthday treat for my mum, her birthday being in October. Oops!
We chose this spa as we have been here a few times previously for my grandmas birthday a few years ago as well as my mum's hen do.

We arranged to stay over the night so we could use the spa for a couple of days and it meant we could go into Hastings town for a mooch around as we love it down there. Also an excuse to get away from the boys for a night but don't tell them!

So Friday morning my mum picked us both up and drove us all down there, we got into our room and got changed ready for the spa in the lovely dressing gowns provided. Our treatments weren't actually until the afternoon, so we spent most of our time in the hot tubs outside... yes... outside! We were blessed with a rather lovely day for March stopping for a couple of food breaks along the way.

Then our treatments. Now as mum was birthday girl she had quite a few so we didn't see her for a few hours as they were back to back.
I went for a full body bamboo massage and an age defying facial. The therapist I had, Nicki, was super lovely. She explained everything thoroughly with me having never had a bamboo massage before. I'm going to say... definitely not for the faint hearted. It's a very deep massage, so if you don't like pressure, this isn't going to be your cup of tea at all.

I was so relaxed that I was basically asleep for the whole of my facial but it was super lush! I felt amazing when I woke up.

We then went to our room to get changed as by the time we'd finished our treatments it was 7pm.

We had already decided in the day we would eat in the bar as when I had seen the restaurant menu I thought it was a bit pretentious for the likes of me... I'm rather fussy!

We went for what we call picky bits which is our fave. Just a few of everything and shared it all with a couple of glasses of wine. Perfect!

Next morning we had breakfast in our dressing gowns... definitely the only room to do so... but who cares! We were on holiday.

Then we had lovely showers using the Elemis products in our bathroom and after checking out spent the afternoon shopping in Hastings.

All in all we had a lovely weekend, we rarely get the time to spend together just us three so it was invaluable.

Also a big shout out to Bannatynes for being super accommodating. We had to move the dates around due to me being unwell and they were more than helpful.

If you are looking for a spa treat, Bannatynes is one of my faves and I think it's rather reasonable. Check it out here.

Much Love,

Tk xx

Lush Haul

A few weeks ago I took it upon myself to top up my current Lush box as it was starting to get a bit low... that's my excuse if anyone asks... 

Firstly, I picked up my all time favourite bubble bar, The Comforter. It smells amazing! It is packed with Cassis absolute which makes it smell so berrylicious, along with bergamot oil and cypress oil to make it super luxurious. It's a massive bubble bar so it lasts a good few baths. If you haven't tried it, you need this in your life!

Next up, another bubble bar, it is SUPER pretty and it's a fricking Unicorn horn! I feel like this is a cult Lush lover item and I am definitely a lover. As soon as I saw my local store had received a delivery I got down there as soon as I could. It is packed with Neroli and Lavender, but mainly looks sooo amazing.

Next I got two things I'm going to use together. I had seen a video on Insta that my local store had put up and they had named Luxury Dream. It was so stunning, a dark, glittery heaven. So I asked one of the very helpful ladies to get my hands on what they used to make it. Here I have the Blackberry bath bomb and Sunnyside. 

Blackberry is filled with Bergamot and Frankincence, whilst Sunnyside is a glitter lovers dream and is what gives it the sparkle as well as being packed with Tangerine, Lemon and Wild Orange Oils.

As soon as I get round to trying this combo I will be sure to stick it on Insta.

Lastly, I was very lucky to receive a free sample of the Plum Rain shower gel. This smells insane. It is filled with real plum juice, sicilian mandarin oil along with carrageenan seaweed to soften your skin. I am honestly in love with this shower gel, it does everything it says on the tin, and leaves my skin smelling and feeling amazing. I will definitely be purchasing this next time I pop in.

What are your favourite Lush products? Let me know. 

Much Love, 

T xx

Younique Charcoal Mask

Ok, so one of my gorgeous friends is a Younique presenter and they have brought out a fab skincare range to add to their already amazing make up range.

She'd asked me to come and try out a few things so she could video them for her Facebook page a few weeks back and I genuinely fell in love with some of them!

One, which I have not shut up about is this mask which I have now purchased because I loved it so much. My mum has also got one as I raved about it all the time and I think she got bored of me yapping on and wanted to see for herself!

So firstly, Emma spritzed my face with their Rose Water which felt very fresh and reminds me of the Caudalie face sprays. This is also very handy for things like sunburn as its very soothing to the skin and has anti-oxidizing properties.

Next , she applied the mask with a brush (which is very important! As if you use your fingers it will start the process automatically!)
The mask itself felt so nice and cool, and it doesn't go tight like most face-masks. I could still talk absolutely fine - which for me is essential... I like a good chat!

Younique say that this bamboo charcoal mask absorbs toxins and impurities while reintroducing oxygen to your skin with a foaming, tingling sensation. The gentle exfoliating properties remove dead skin cells, and tree oils and vitamins help nourish and condition skin and I couldn't agree more. I think it sounds like rice crispies on your face!
Then I just used the soft black flannel she gave me to wipe it all off which was so much easier than I expected.

I've never found a face-mask that does what it claims to do without making my face feel horrible afterwards so this is a breath of fresh air, and knowing that when I purchase anything from Younique I'm helping the Younique foundation with the retreat they have set up for abused women makes me even happier to do so. It's an amazing cause, please follow this link to find out more about how they help the women and what the money spent with their company goes to.

I'm not sure how long my pot will last in all honesty... this will definitely be a re-purchase me thinks!

The gorgeous Emma gives a much better explanation than I do, and if you fancy having a laugh at me, please click on this link to hear more about it and see my first impressions of the mask in this video.

Also if anyone fancies trying it (which I would highly recommend) or any of the other fabulous skin care and make up ... click here.

Much love

T xx

Lush blogger event

A few weeks ago I was very kindly invited to Lush Tunbridge Wells for their blogger event to have a sneaky peek at the new Mother Day range. (sorry this is late- who knew how long and exhausting moving was!)

I wasn't sure what to expect as it was my first, but everyone was super welcoming.
We got split into two groups and first off my group were shown the new products. We were given demos on each one, and able to take all the pics we wanted as well as try them if we wanted.

My absolute faves were the Scrubee moisturising bar, Honey Lip Scrub and Mum bath bomb.

The Scrubee literally smells like heaven, I can't tell you how good it smells. It has honey and cocoa butter in it and oh em gee it's delish! One of the girls tried it and her skin felt amazing. Definitely one to try out, plus it's super cute!

The Mum bath bomb was the first we saw and smells super citrusy, very fresh without being overpowering. Plus a perfect gift for Mums who love a bit of relaxation!

Lastly, the Honey lip scrub. Now, I love a good Lush lip scrub as much as the next person and have made many friends and family avid lovers also. This is by far my favourite. It genuinely smells of honey and it makes me super happy that once I use it to get my lips super smooth I get to lick it off!
I had to purchase one of these as I couldn't have left without it!

Once the demos were done, we had some fruit iced tea and a gorgeous cake made by a local cafe 'Souper Juice'. Just look at it! All the glitter!!! (To be honest... I originally thought it was a Lush soap!)
Whilst we all munched away we got to watch a video of where Lush get their almonds from and also found out that what they don't use in products gets used to make bio fuel. Every little helps and all that jazz!

Back into our groups again and now we got to make our very own facial cleanser, Angels on Bare Skin.

We all took it in turns to add and mix the ingredients wearing extremely snazzy blue gloves 😂
And the cluts that I am got one of the ingredients, Kaolin all over me... which typically is basically a white powder!
We then got to draw our very own lush cartoon person and label it up as they would do when packaging the products.

Overall it was an amazing experience, the girls in lush were super lovely, as were the rest of the bloggers invited and I can't wait for the next one!

Click here for a short video on the evening. It also shows how the bubble bars and bombs look when mixed with water.

Much love

T xx