LUSH Facemask Workshop

Hello everybody,

Sorry we have been a little quiet these past few days, this week has been crazy hectic due to festival fever hitting Cheltenham. Race week is always manic with thousands of people descending on our idyllic town and we were swept up in all the madness and partying!

The Girls

We decided we deserved a little relaxation and pamper time after a very fun Gold Cup night out and we knew just the place to go to. LUSH had a brilliant offer in conjunction with Clipper Tea for a free, facemask workshop using their Catastrophe Cosmetics range worth £15! So off we went to out nearest supermarket to get a box (it was on offer for £1 - total bargain) and then we registered online link - simple.

We were greeted by the wonderful Tom and Maria who were our LUSH experts. Our face mask was a gorgeous, blueberry infusion mixed with lots of amazing ingredients, most of which edible and all were 100% natural. We got to mix the ingredients ourselves (obviously wearing gloves - duh) and once the mask turned into a sweet smelling clay, Tom and Maria set to work giving us a fabulous facial.

 First they massaged Ultra Bland cleanser into our skin to remove excess dirt and grime (there was a lot!). Full of Grace was then used to massage our face and leave a base for our face mask. It looks like a bar of soap but actually transforms into a face serum once rubbed between your hands. It's full of essential oils, portobello mushrooms (antioxidants) and camomile which is good for calming the skin. Then our homemade facemask was applied. We'll admit, it felt a little weird having blueberries plastered onto our face in the middle of the store (there is no separate room in the Cheltenham Lush so we were quite literally sat in the middle of the store) but it smelt so good and we were far too relaxed to really care.

The experience lasted around 1 and a half hours and we thoroughly enjoyed every minute. The staff were lovely and showed real passion and knowledge for the Lush products. We came out feeling totally relaxed, fresh faced and revived. Clippers Tea still have this offer on so hurry up and buy a box as this offer is a serious steal!

Hope your having a good week so far!!

Ashleigh & Shannon

'Life's tough...Get a helmet'

Now I’m a massive nail art fan. I’ve always loved to paint my nails but only joined the nail art bandwagon about a year ago after watching some YouTube tutorials. A couple of attempts later I was hooked...line and sinker. Pretty much anything inspires me, so when my brother showed me his new motocross helmet I was itching to get painting!

Apologies for the poor picture quality. I promise to get better, however any words of wisdom on taking good quality pics will be kindly appreciated – we are new to this so be nice J.

There were many wonderful snippets of the design I wanted to use, but I decided to go along with some of the tribal patterns and the big swirl as that stood out the most to me. These sorts of patterns can be super easy, yet really effective, especially when using 2 simple colours.

The black is Barry M ‘Black’ and the white in China Glaze‘White on White’. I also used some acrylic paints I got for Christmas (which I think St. Nick got from Hobbycraft) to do some of the smaller details.

Hope you had a good Monday!

Ashleigh

Spring is in the air...

Good evening everybody,

Apologies that we haven't posted anything in a few days, we have been busy taking snaps and enjoying the sunshine to share with everybody.

This past week has been spent working (naturally), our weekly come dine with me and a spontaneous, relaxing weekend in Penarth walking along the beach. Of course with the weather warming up, we did what every typical English person does at the hint of sunshine - flip flops, shades and summer dresses.

Each week we have a come dine with me dinner, which is a great excuse to round up the girls for good food, great company and endless chats and giggle. Molly produced a cracking vegetarian curry with homemade sauces. Mango chutney seemed to be the fave, overall it was divine! 

Come Dine with Me

On Friday, with a completely free weekend ahead of us and accompanied with our friend Jenny, we decided to take a little road trip down the M5 to Cardiff to visit our lovely Lorna Harris who is currently residing in Wales. We talked A LOT, ate numerous toasted hot cross buns and had a fight over a pillow. Riveting stuff you may think for four early twenty-something girls, but sometimes there is nothing better than being lazy all weekend!


Here are a few snaps from Penarth of us loving life in the sunshine. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday x

Lorna walking Bailey.

Ashleigh, Lorna & Jenny.

Shannon & Jenny.

Amazing collage of memories.

Penarth.

Lorna & Shannon larking around with Incredibooth.

Intro...

So this is our first ever blog. Pretty exciting huh?

Ok, just a short intro. My name is Ashleigh. I am a full time receptionist and an aspiring nail technician. I live at home with my parents, brother and boyfriend and have no future plans to move out (I’m 22 years old, is that bad?). I have a border collie called Harley, who I’m sure will be making frequent guest appearances.  Trying to think of something else.....nope that’s pretty much me in a nut shell. How boring. I would give you a list of things I love/hate but I’m hoping they will become apparent throughout this blog.

Reason for this blog? Shannon and I have a lot we like to talk about. And what with Shannon having an abnormally loud voice, a blog gives us the freedom to discuss the things we love together, without her bursting my eardrums.

Shannon (left) & Ashleigh (right)

So I’m Shannon. How would I describe myself? Well that’s easy, I’m tall, I mean proper leggy brunette. I have a heck of a cackle on me. Extremely long hair. Adore my friends who I’ve known since we started running around in bogey green blazers. I have a tendency to come out with very cheesy sayings. LOVE fashion which is a good job seeing as I’m a fashion journo, oh and I have an annoying catchphrase ‘heeeeeyyyy chick’ if you hear it RUN!

Together, I and one of my BFF’s Ashleigh hope to give you an insight into our lives and provide a few laughs along the way.  We will literally be sharing everything – cooking, fashion, beauty, gossip, travel, exercise. You name it. Enjoy J