Bath Time With Irregular Cosmetics

Hello Everyone,

So we all know by now that I am a huge lover of baths!

They literally solve a lot plus they are great for taking time out with.

I have always loved bath bombs, especially that smell when you walk into lush cosmetics. It is amazing! That is exactly what I got when I received a box full of goodies from Irregular cosmetics.

Irregular Cosmetics are a new brand which are starting up so I was lucky enough for them to send me their first 7 products to try. 

The products arrived in a recycled box, which was secured with eco friendly biodegradable tape & potato starch based chips to product the bath treats. The print outs inside the box are also printed on recycled paper! So if you love the thought of being kind to the earth this is just one reason for you to love the brand!

Irregular Cosmetics are against animal testing. Their products are all cruelty free & vegan friendly. All the ingredients that are inside the products can be found on the print out in the box. So if you are allergic to anything it is easy for you to find out if you can use them.

To me self care is important & that is another thing the brand likes to support. They know that feeling good about yourself can be difficult & making time for you can be hard. All of their products promote self care helping give you that "you" time that we all need.

Not only that but all products are handmade which I love! As they are not massed produced. Supporting smaller companies is important as it helps support someones dream & also I think you get better quality for your money.

The first 7 products I got were:

*Blue Skies - Relax, Renew, Love Blue Say Hello To Blue Skies, Refresh your mind, body & soul with this empowering spa like fragrance

*Touch Of Class - This feel good bath bomb is here to add a touch of sparkle to your day. Matched with a fantastic floral fragrance.

*Keep It Sweet - This bath bomb is full of positive energy combined with a sweet uplifting & fresh fragrance.

*No Worries - The colours we used are fully water soluble however the red can transfer on your hands but they do wash off.

*Technicolor Dream - Spoil your senses with a juicy fun fragrance & enjoy the Technicolor surprise. 

*The Purple Pause - Take a pause & clear your mind. Settle down with this Lavender & Ylang Ylang bath bomb. 

*Bath Art In A Bag

The scent of all the products are amazing! Not only that but they leave the bath water smelling incredible & leave you feeling relaxed. I am so impressed with the quality, brand & also how relaxed they leave you feeling.

You can find out more about them & their products at:

https://www.irregularcosmetics.com/

Take Care,

Love Lottie xox

*Items were gifted from the brand

Sweet Dreams

Happy Sunday Everyone!

I hope you are all having a lovely weekend.
I've had another one of chilling & trying to get myself back to normal. Plus the fact I go back to work tomorrow too :(
That's definitely going to be a shock to the system. 

At times I will admit I can be a nightmare when it comes to sleeping as I can wake up a few times in the night for no reason. So then when it is time to wake up I feel like I've had a lack of sleep. Either that or if I have things on my mind I tend not to be able to shut off & things so I don't tend to sleep well. I went through that a lot when I went through severe depression. My sleeping pattern was awful back then. I have my moments still at sleeping but nothing as bad. But when I do have sleeping issues I like to try to find something natural to help me to sleep. I have tried several things like herbal sleeping tablets but none of them have ever really worked for me. We all need a good nights sleep in order to be able to focus & get through the next day.So it really is important. Sleep matters.

So recently I have tried something a little bit different, a brand called Feather & Down. 

Feather & Down sell a range of products such as bath, body & home fragrances which were created to help us to sleep. Their products are blended with lavender & chamomile as these have calming ingredients to help relax the mind & help the body to unwind. All to help give a restful night sleep. Not only that but they are made in England. Which as you know I love supporting British brands! 

So I have four products from their range to try for those phases where I am finding it difficult to sleep. I have:

Melting Shower Cream 
This helps to cleanse your skin & melts into a calming oil when you gently massage it into your skin leaving it soft, nourished & the scent of the oil helps to aid you to sleep. You simply just use it as you would a normal shower cream. Having a shower or bath before bed time helps to prepare your body for sleep. The feeling of the water on your skin helps to relax your body & eases tension. So this 
shower cream is perfect for help boost that more.

Soothing Body Oil
This soothes your skin, seals in moisture & helps calm you to prepare you for a restful nights sleep. You simply spray the oil onto your skin & smooth it in gently. Once it is fully absorbed then you get dressed again. Massaging your skin with body oils helps to reduce stress & anxiety by helping to decrease muscle tension which helps improve relaxation.

All Purpose Sleep Balm
This balm is a blend of vitamin E which helps to moisturise & relaxing essential oils which help to create a calm fragrance on your pulse points. Which helps to ease your mind & help you sleep easier. To use it massage the balm onto your pulse points before bed to relax you. Placing fragrances onto your pulse points for example wrists, temples & neck it makes it last longer due to the beat of your heart.

Pillow Spray
This one has to be my favourite because it is so simply & effect to use. This spray is packed with an infusion of lavender & chamomile to helps encourage calm, & relaxation. You simply spray a generous amount of spray onto your pillows to help you relax. 

All of these products & their others are packed with lavender because Lavender is meant to help increase the type of brain waves associated with relaxation. 

Also all the products are beautifully packaged. I just love the packaging. The products are also amazing quality & smell gorgeous. For me Lavender has always been a calming scent for me & helped aid sleep. 

Feather & Down also do home fragrances like candles & reed diffusers which are perfect for lighting in the bedroom or bathroom while you have a bath. To help release the gorgeous scent.

I have to say all in all the products are a great way to naturally help you to sleep better which I think is the best way. 

So if like me you have issues with sleeping definitely try these products. They even sell gift sets which are packed with products! So you know someone who this could help it would be a perfect gift for them.

You can find Feather & Down products at:

Boots - Feather And Down

Feather And Down Sleep

Take Care
Love Lottie
xox

Time To Relax

Happy Wednesday Everyone! 
We are half way through the working week now. 
You must think I am terrible for keeping track of days like this. I am terrible for it I will admit.

As you may all of known from reading my last blog post last week for me was not a great one.
It was a week full of emotions & at the moment I do not quite feel myself. I feel a bit miserable but I am a good one at covering that up & won't admit it to anyone. I just tend to keep myself to myself more.

One thing I love to do after a stressful day or week is to find something that helps me to chill out. I think that is very important to do. Because otherwise it just builds up & you have no release for it. So it is best to like just take a little time out of your day to do something that does chill you out. For me I have to say mine is a bath. I find there is nothing better after a hard day/time than to just run a lovely hot bath, light some candles & just soak in the bath. It always helps me to just like take that little bit of time out to just not think about things even if it's just for an hour.

So as I love baths I love to find bath products that leave my skin feeling soft, clean, smelling good & lather up well. Especially when it comes to bubble bath because I have had some before which do not tend to create many bubbles & I have to have lots of bubbles in a bath. For me it is a must have.

Mandara Spa are one of my favourite brands for bath products!
Mandara spa was founded in Bali where it began its spa journey to help pass the healing desire on to people of the likes of us to help them relax & seek solace. There are now over 50 Mandara spa's all over the world! They can be found in places such as:

*Africa
*China
*Hawaii 
*Japan
*Maldives
*Thailand
*At sea on some cruise ships
*United Arab Emirates
*United States
*Europe

Just to name a few! 
The closest one to us in the UK & the only one in the UK is at the Park Plaza - Westminster, London Hotel. The spa truly does look amazing! I really want to visit it.
(I will list the link at the end for you).

But in order to give people to chance to use spa products in the comfort of their own home Mandara spa do also sell their beauty products online or in Sainsbury's I have seen them before. Especially at christmas with all the gift sets.

All of their products are inspired by natural ingredients. 
The range of products consists of four collections:

*Tropical Blooms
*Honey Milk Dream 
*Amber Heaven
*Island Paradise

They are created with the blends of honey, almond, frangipani, sandalwood, ginseng & lime just to name a few.

All of the collections smell absolutely amazing but I have found a 3 main favourites:

Oriental Retreat Bath Milk - This bath milk is made up of the lovely fragrance of cedarwood and sweet orange. It contains naturally conditioning starflower oil, oriental orchid extract, moisturising sweet almond oil & the fragrance of cedarwood oil, sweet orange & cumin. You simply pour it under warm running water, give it a swirl in the bath & enjoy. 

Oriental Retreat Body Cream - As this is from the same collection as the bath milk it contains the same fragrances & ingredients. With the body cream just apply it after your bath all over your body to leave your skin feeling so nourished!

Oriental Retreat Honey Bath - This smells amazing! All of their products smell amazing but to me the scent of this is gorgeous! Its such a devine smell. It does come in a glass container which is pretty heavy! But as all their products the packaging is luxorius. Like the bath milk you simply pour some of the honey bath under running water & add it to the bath & it leaves it smelling amazing so lovely & your skin after a bath in it. The honey bath is so thick so a little goes a long way. Which means you get more baths out of the product. 

The whole Oriental retreat collection is such an indulgent relaxing scent. It truly does leave me feeling relaxed after it & pampered. Not only that but the prices of the products are so reasonable especially for the quality of product you are getting! 

I definitely want to try more of the Mandara spa products from the other collections! 

You can find out more about Mandara Spa or find your nearest spa of theirs here:

http://www.mandaraspa.com/

For information on the Mandara Spa in the UK at the Park Plaza - Westminster Bridge visit:

https://www.parkplaza.com/london-hotel-gb-se1-7ut/gbwestmi/hotel/spa/mandara

To purchase Mandara Spa products in the UK visit:

http://www.timetospa.co.uk/mandara-spa/

So don't forget to take your time out to chill! 

Love Lottie xox

Rub A Dub Dub, Time In The Tub!

Hello Everyone! 

That's the weekend over & done with...
Back to the dreaded monday & back to work we go. Booooo! 
This weekend I have had a quiet but productive weekend. I've done all those little jobs you try to leave & hate doing. So I feel all in all my weekend has been pretty good in that sense.

But it's sunday evening & I am VERY happy that my favourite programme is back to make my sunday nights complete again! Call the midwife! I cannot tell you how happy this makes me. I absolutely love that programme so much. I have been watching the seasons from the start again on netflix. But now i've watched them all again I am ready for it to come back! It really is the little things. You can tell I'm getting old aha.

I love having bath's especially on a sunday when I just want to chill out & unwind. I like to run a nice hot bath, drop a bath bomb in & put some music on & just have a nice long soak. It definitely helps to chill me out.

Until recently I have used bath bombs from Lush cosmetics. Thats it you've got it the shop you can smell when you walk past it. I really love their stuff but I wanted to find a smaller company to try something new. So I started looking about & come across a company called The Barefoot Bath Company. They use 100% natural ingredients, everything is handmade & made in the UK. Plus they do not test on animals either. Which I love! They are also a small family run company too.

I have never seen a subscription box for bath products like this before but The barefoot bath company offer them! You simply pick your bath box or vegan box & select whether you want a monthly subscription or 6 monthly subscription. Your box is then despatched within the first week of the month& delivered safely to your door. You then get to use the amazing handcrafted products! 

The barefoot bath box contains a mixture of handmade products. Which smell divine! 
The box costs just £12 per month plus P&P or you can chose the 6 monthly subscription which is £60 plus P&P & you get one box for free! 

So Januarys box came & it was packed with gorgeous smelling products! One product was totally & not available yet to purchase on their website & it came with a mini print created by Rocks Design which I found was so cute & so true! I love anything with quotes! 

The products in my January box were:

Bath Salts Blend - Which is a therapeutic salt made with epsom salts, colloidal oats & red clay. This is the product that is not yet available to purchase on their website. But it can be used as bath salts or to make up your very own body scrub. I cannot wait to try this! 

Mango Tango Bath Bomb - This bomb has a light fruity mango scent to it, also with a hint of Jasmine. All their bath bomb is made with apricot kernel oil which helps to soften & condition the skin. You simply drop it in your bath & watch it fizz leaving it with a lovely fruity aroma.

Strawberries & Cream Bath Bomb  - This bomb smells so sweet & fruity! Just like strawberry sherbet! All their bath bomb is made with apricot kernel oil which helps to soften & condition the skin. You simply drop it in your bath & watch it fizz leaving it with a lovely fruity aroma.

Lavender Bath Creamer - This product is a more luxurious one. It is a more buttery, creamy texture which smells of pure lavender oil. Which I find lavender to be a lovely relaxing scent. Especially perfect for bedtime! The bath creamer is even topped with blue cornflower petals for an extra touch. The bath creamer releases cocoa butter & sweet almond oil to leave your skin feeling extra smooth & soft! You can even get two or three baths out of it. Simply take it out of the water & put it in some kitchen towel to dry & use it again.

They look too nice to use all of the products they really do! 
I will definitely be signing up for more! But if it's not a subscription box you are after you can browse their online shop & purchase products individually & also buy gift boxes! Such a perfect idea for any bath product lover! 

You can browse their subscription boxes or online shop at:

http://thebarefootbathcompany.co.uk/

Find them on instagram: thebarefootbathcompany

Have a lovely rest of your sunday evening!

Take care, 
Love Lottie xox