Update: Lush Obsessed

    I'm probably the only person that took this long to actually bring myself to visit Lush, but I visited about two weeks ago, right after my trip to Rehoboth (which I will be blogging soon) and I have to say I'm so impressed. 

     The workers are so sweet and knowledgable about the products; they're so hands-on in the store that they do bath bomb/bubble bar demos for everyone present!!! I've been there twice in two weeks and bought a total of six products so far, and I figured I'd blog about them since I documented each use (don't judge me, I was so excited that I had to!) and each picture was VSCO worthy. 

     The first thing I got from Lush was a bath bomb, appropriately named "Pink".

     When dropped in the water, it turns the water bright pink and pink paper hearts pour out, it's the cutest thing in the world!

     Along with Pink I also got the bath bombs Dragon's Egg, which was too cute for words. 

     Although I didn't get pictures of it, the Dragon's Egg turns the water sparkly yellow and it's one of the best smells I've ever experienced.

     I also made a trip over to Lush yesterday to pick up some more bath bombs and to look at stuff for my face/hair, both of which for me are pretty disastrous since I have acne and frizzy Italian curls. I saw a pot of face stuff on their site called Dark Angel, a mixture that is made to help oily, acne-prone skin, and it must work really well since they were sold out!

    My favorite worker there told me about the Sea Salt scrub she uses for her skin since we have similar issues and said that it was the only other thing she would recommend for my skin type. She explained that it removed dead skin from your face which would help my face wash get into my pores and clean them more easily and I was sold. 

     The scrub contains lime and vodka, which helps to open up and cleanse pores and, needless to say, smells amazing!

     I also got a shampoo especially for curly hair, it's made from coconuts and helps moisten up dead ends. I've only used it once and love the results.

     I also bought two more bath bombs, Twilight and Sakura. I don't have a picture of Twilight yet but I used Sakura today! 

     Sakura is used only for soothing so it doesn't do anything fancy, but it smells great.

     Though lush is a bit pricey, I find them worth it. Everything they use is organic, they don't test on animals, and their products work wonders. I highly recommend shopping at their stores.

     Have a Lush-ly day!

xoxo, Nikki

SECOND Ivory Ella Order!

     As you all know, I ordered yet another Ivory Ella shirt a few weeks ago. The shirt came 3 days later but was sadly way too big so I had to return it.

    First, let me just say the customer service at Ivory Ella is wonderful. When we returned the shirt, they apologized about the size of it and said they'd get a new, smaller size shipped back as quickly as possible. And they did!

    Secondly, I want to talk about the sizing. I first ordered the large because that's the size I have in their short sleeve and it fit perfectly. The large in their long sleeve, however was huge on me. So of course, I exchanged it for a medium.

     The medium is actually a lot smaller than the large, but fits perfectly. The cotton is breathe-able and light, but not light enough for me to wear in the summer time, which is what I find most people doing for whatever reason. A beach coverup, maybe.

     The shirt itself is really adorable. I ordered the pocketed sky-blue Hamsa print, and the coloring, once again, is beautiful and bright.

     The elephant is outlined on the back in a bright magenta and is decorated in cute little Hamsas. 

     On the pocket, which is located on the left side, is just a cute little magenta outlined elephant identical to the one on the back with the exception of the Hamsas.

     I love the product and I'm so excited for the company to come out with more styles and designs! Do any of you own an Ivory Ella shirt? In which design?! Let me know!

       xoxo Nikki

Lokai

     I'm sure we can come to a conclusion here: everyone loves pretty, unique things that are also wearable, right?

     And that's just what Lokai bracelets are!

     Lokai bracelets came out last year and became a huge Twitter sensation and I must say I wanted one as soon as they came out, but thought it was a bit ridiculous to pay $19 for a rubber bracelet (and that's not even including shipping) and knew that I couldn't even think about asking my mom for one. So I waited. And waited. And waited. Finally, I just plain forgot about wanting one.

     That is, until I stumbled upon a bunch of them at Hallmark. I was, of course, disappointed that they had only the original ones because I really wanted the limited edition blue, but I still wanted one so bad that I didn't even really care.

     My mom saw the price and refused so I gave up until she got a coupon in the mail. She combined it with another coupon and combined them when purchasing my bracelet, making the total price of it only $5!

  Of course I had to start looking at all their Instagram pictures...needless to say, they're all so wonderful and make me want to travel to pretty places (I highly recommend going to their page and checking them out, @livelokai). Naturally, I had to take my own picture and post it on my VSCO...you know, for artsy purposes.

     If you guys don't know what's so special about Lokai, then allow me to enlighten you.

     The bracelet itself looks like this:

     The white bead contains water from Mount Everest, while the black contains mud from the Dead Sea. Why, you ask? it's all explained in the cute little tag that comes attached.

     My mom is extremely financially-aware, so to her, $19 is pricey, but I think it's reasonably priced for something that contains things that are so hard to obtain. I really do recommend them to everyone reading, go get yourself one of these adorable things, take an artsy picture, and post away!

       xoxo Nikki