Doing your bit for the ECO system, with Lush.

In a similar way to MAC Lush operate a system where if you bring back empty containers you can get a free product.  If you are a regular shopper it is something you should take advantage of, and at the same time you are helping the ECO system. I'm not the most green of people (I could do a whole lot more) but this lets me feel like I am contributing a little.  We could all always do a little bit more for the ECO system though.  Any super green bloggers out there? 

Considering I have been shopping at Lush since I was at high school it is astounding that I have never returned '5 clean tubs' in order to get a free fresh face mask.  I am going to blame the travelling to and fro from Stirling for the past four years, but I actually don't know why I have never done this.

Even if you are not a regular shopper at Lush, in order to collect five, the little tubs are great for decanting other products into and are a nice way to let a friend have a sample. I have also used them in the past for washing my make-up brushes. There are loads of different uses for them.

I think I am going to get a little tub of my old favourite face mask Catastrophe Cosmetic.  This one is great if you are prone to sore break outs, it soothe the skin and makes the problem a little less problematic.

Does anyone else know of other beauty houses that do their part for the ECO System?

Christmas Inspired Nails

It's that time of year again when I can wear green and glittery nail polish and not feel like a drag queen version of the Wicked Witch. Christmas, of course.

Green is predominately my colour, you know how everyone has a colour? What's yours?  I do rock green nails throughout the year but it feels a little bit more acceptable during this season.  It doesn't seem so out there, which is nice sometimes.

My friend Fiona over at The Beauty Fiend  won like a million nail polishes from Models Own a couple of months back and this is one of the ones that she gifted me with - told you green was my colour.

Green Tea: It looks like a teal green shade in the photo above but it really is more of a cross in the middle of teal and emerald. I am working in John Lewis at the moment and it is quite close to the John Lewis green - don't know if I am going to get away with having green nails at work but we will see. It has a matte finish to it, which if I am being honest I don't love, even though I love the colour. The last time I wore this I found the matte finish meant it chipped really easy, so it might not even last until work on Saturday.

I decided this Christmas that gold was going to be my primary nail colour - every year I pick a colour. Last year was reds.  I came up with the following nail creation on a whim and I utterly adore it.  I had planned to buy the Barry M gold glitter polish but I think this might do the job.

Buried Treasure by Collection 2000 with Models Own Ibiza Mix on top: I have been plugging Ibiza Mix since the spring and I'm still not bored of it, it's so versatile. The specs of blue, gold and pinkish glitter are fabulous and really catch the eye.  They also remind me of multicoloured Christmas lights and the typical colours of Christmas baubles - like tiny little baubles on your nails. 

Does anyone know of any other good glitter nail polishes, in warm tones?

Hope everyone is having fun Christmas shopping.

Victoria.

xx