Packing Some Pink.

Some of my favourite products which happen to be in pretty pink packaging.

Left to right:

1.  Soap and Glory - Mist You Madly - Body Spray.
2. Soap and Glory - Girligo - Moisturising Body Mist.
3. V05 - Plump It Up - Volumising Spritz.
4. VO5 - Heat Protection - Styling Spray.
5. The Body Shop - Wild Cherry - Shower Gel.


1.  Body spray is not something that I would buy individually because I always have an abundance of perfume.  I don't know why but I never run out of the stuff and that is with me passing on bottles to my mother but the Mist You Madly spray came in the Soap and Glory hamper that I bought when it was on offer and I adore it.  It has a lovely floral scent to it - the typical sort of Soap and Glory scent but with less tunes of orange. Back when I had a job I would wear this to work instead of wasting good perfume on such a mundane task.  It has as good holding power as any good perfume though.  The only problem I would say with this is that it comes in a large bottle and therefore it is not practical to just throw it in your handbag.

£6.50 and therefore a good valued alternative to splashing out on perfume.

2.  I have probably referred to some other Soap and Glory product as being my favourite at point in my blogging career but this is truly my favourite product and one of the first ones I ever tried.  This moisturising body mist is amazing for putting on before a night out because it is a mist and therefore does not sit heavy on your skin.  I once bought moisturiser to match my perfume and by the end of the night I just felt sticky due to the heat of the nightclub but this eradicates that problem.  I have also never had any problems with applying it directly after shaving.

£6.50.

3. and 4.  I bought these products together almost a year ago when they were two for £5.00 in Asda.  I had ran of of heat protection spray and my SASS money had just came in so I treated myself to the volumising spray also.  I am totally questioning the fact that I am saying a heat protection spray has lasted me near on a year but I do not recall repurchasing it at any point and I use it every time I straighten my hair.  If what I am saying is true and it has lasted me all that time - amazing value for money.  As far as heat protection spray goes it does the job.  I haven't came across one yet that I love.  The volumising spray is good though and adds some volume to your roots but it does not compare to the angel fish root boosting spray but for the price it is good.

5.  Whilst waiting on manfriend in the trainstation I nipped into The Body Shop to see what they had in their sale and had a good sniff about.  I picked up the wild cherry body butter to start with but having a ridiculous amount of body butter and not very much money I put it back on the shelf but then I seen the wild cherry shower gel at the cash desk for £1.00.  A little bit more in my price range and staying at my manfriends Dad's empty flat does not always mean shower gel never mind nice showergel. It smells so nice - not like a lot of cherry products that smell overly sweet this does smell like wild cherries.  It has that cherry tangy-ness to it.

Best of British - Jubilee Beauty Special

1.  Soap and Glory and their charming products. 


A fairly new company only beginning in 2006 but is one that will be staying for a long time.  All products come in beautiful pink packaging with black and white photo's on them.  Very 1950's.  

The products range from the face wash I will review below to a make-up range that was launched last year.

Face Soap and Clarity - £6.13.

I have been using product since December 2011 at least once a day and it still is not finished.  I usually grudge spending over £3.00 on a face wash but I was defiantly be buying this again in the future since it lasts that long and is a good quality face wash.

The wash has a non-drying formula and contains superfruit plum skin brightening complex - so no squeaky  textured skin.  

The reason this product lasts so long is because of how little of it you need to use at a time.  Unlike some face washes that say 'use a pea-sized amount' and you end up needing to use a lot more this one you really do only need a 'pea-sized amount'.

2.  Johnson's Baby and their Baby Wipes. 


 A staple in any festival-goers luggage and a necessity for anyone with a baby.  When people think baby wipes they think Johnson's because they have the reputation of being the best.  The wipes contain no alcohol so will not dry out your skin and are made of 97% pure water with just a touch of baby lotion. I occasionally buy a packet of these rather than cleansing wipes as they do the job just as good and at £2.39 for a pack of 64 you can't complain there.

3.  N-spa and their indulgent beauty products.

This company do the most decadent bubble bath perhaps ever - such as gingerbread latte and hot butter fudge bath - and for this reason are one of my favourite British beauty companies.  The N in N-Spa stands for Nirvana and this is an apt description.  The bubble baths are great for winding down after a stressful week as they smell so great and leave your skin feeling moisturised.  

As the name suggests there is an actual spa but I have not been to it but the bubble baths make you feel like you have been at a spa for a little while.  I have used their bubble baths, body scrubs and a lovely mint foot cream of theirs.  Everything I have used has been top quality and lasts a while.  Body Scrubs start at £2 which is great considering some body scrubs cost £8.  

4.  Nails Inc - Nailing Britain's Nail Needs.

A regular in my blog posts and one of my favourite nail companies due to their high quality nail polish.  I have tried so many nail polishes over the years including Chanel and I'm not afraid to say that an expensive nail polish does not make a good nail polish.  However Nails Inc even though a little bit expensive at on average £8 a polish do provide a well lasting nail polish.  The polish is thick enough so that you only need one coat and there are so many amazing colours to chose from. 

Being British a lot of the polishes are named after London streets and for the Jubilee there is a special edition glitter nail polish of red, white and blue.

5. Original Source - Natural Showering.


All Original Source products are made from natural ingredients and they smell wonderful.  The Jubilee edition to Original Source contains no other than the famous British fruit - the strawberry - to make your mouth water and your skin smell like an afternoon at Wimbledon but if Strawberry is not for you then there is a wide range of other scents such as mint and tea-tree. 

Body butter - some of the best

I am currently in the fortunate position to have my three favourite body butters - this is what happens when your birthday is just after Christmas.

1.  FCUK - Polished Body Butter

• Contains cocoa butter, johoba and almond oil.
• Is a thick cream and leaves the skin feeling slightly oily but leaves the skin looking healthy.
• Smells great - mandarin and osmanthus flower with creamy vanilla notes.
• £5.87 at Boots.

2. Soap and Glory - The Righteous Butter

• Contains shea butter and also vera - for 'very dry skin'.
• Is the applied to damp skin.  I usually put it on after a shower or before I go to bed.  If you wear it to bed your sheets will smell of it which is nice.
• I really like this compared to the other Soap and Glory body butter.  The other one I felt sticky on my skin.  Whereas this one might make you swear 'you're wearing velvet'.
• £10.20 from boots but it is a 300ml tub - so it will last you a while.  If you have dry skin like me then it it definitely a good investment.  Boots usually have 3 for 2 offers also.

3. The Body Shop - Mango Body Butter

• Contains - Mango seed oil, community fair trade cocoa butter (all body shop products are ethically friendly) and sweet almond oil.
• It hydrates skin and leaves it soft and smooth.  The exotic mango scent is simply lush.
• I have used the strawberry and the raspberry body butters in the past but the mango one is my favourite.
• This one is my favourite body butter but for  a 200ml tub it is £12.50 - so it is a bit more expensive than the other two but a tub usually lasts me over a year. 
• The body shop do gift sets a lot of the time so you might actually get more value if you buy one of the sets.  The set I got for my birthday had soap, lip butter, shower gel, body scrub and the body butter.  On the website it is £25 - for £10 more you can get all that extra stuff.

All the body butters I have mentioned are of a high standard and work really well with dry skin.  The body shop website can tell you which body butter will suit your skin type though.