Lush: Honey I Washed My Hair Shampoo Bar

I absolutely love a Lush Shampoo Bar and they are brilliant for taking on holiday with you. Honey I Washed My Hair is one of those Shampoo Bars that I have repurchased more than once I love it that much and when it comes with a description like this, how could you not love it:

Deliciously toffee-scented, this syrupy sweet bar will make your hair turn heads (and noses). Honey is renowned for adding softness and shine to locks. To top it all off uplifting sweet wild orange and bergamot oils create an aroma that transports your troubles away.

Fan's of Honey I Washed The Kids Soap will no doubt love this as much as I do. In a shampoo bar form, it has a beautiful toffee scent which I actually adore and with ingredients such as Fairly Traded Honey, Honeycomb, Sweet Wild Orange Oil and Bergamot Oil, this sounds like something to eat not wash your hair with.

If you have never ever used a shampoo bar from Lush before, get yourself one pronto, it is an experience everyone needs to try, using it is as simple as it gets. Like a bar of soap, you simply rub it between your hands, whch need to be wet, and as it begins to foam, apply it to your hair as you would a liquid shampoo. You can also rub the shampoo bar directly onto your hair and scalp, though I find this much more difficult to do and I end up dropping it. Once on your hair, again massage it onto your scalp and into your hair and then rinse out. As you massage it onto your hair and scalp, that delicious toffee aroma becomes more pungent and my hair always smells incredible. 

Each Lush Shampoo Bar has been created for different hair types and for different purposes,infact there is quite possibly something for every hair type and issue that you want help with. This one is designed for dried out and rough hair textures which need a little but of love and care. With the ingredient of honey being present to moisturise and soften your hair, I find that my static ridden flyaways become much more calm and there is a lot less frizz and the hair which feels dry and a little bit coarse, particuarly towards the ends of my hair, now feel soft and smooth.

The one other purchase I would recommend from Lush is there Round Tin which is perfect for storing your Shampoo Bar.  You do need to allow your shampoo bar to dry out competely before dropping into the tin, which is air tight once sealed, otherwise your shampoo bar will go mouldy!  The tin also makes travelling a delight too, Priced at £5.95 this shampoo bar lasts a good few months and is worth every penny.

 






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Bee Good to your skin this Christmas with these gifts from our British bees

T’is the season to be jolly, to deck the halls with Christmas decorations galore and to buy fabulously festive gifts to give to all your friends and loved ones! Bee Good has Christmas all wrapped up this festive season with five brand new Christmas skincare gifts.

These boxed delights, each revealing award-winning Bee Good products for all ages and skin types make the perfect stocking filler or Secret Santa surprise for friends, sisters, daughters, mums and nieces. Take the guesswork out of gifting, support our British bees and celebrate all things 'British' with Bee Good this Christmas. Taking inspiration from our fabulous British bees, each gift is presented in a hexagon gift box with a beautiful silver foiled honeycomb design - what beauty lover wouldn't want to discover one of these treats tucked beneath the tree on Christmas morning?

Award Winners - The perfect gift for those hard to please beauty lovers... Contains two best-selling Bee Good award-winners; Honey & Propolis 2-in-1 Cream Cleanser plus Vanilla & Honey Lip Balm. British honey, crambe oil and antibacterial propolis work hard in our luxuriously rich Cream Cleanser to sweep away makeup and grime without drying out your skin. Perfect for removing festive party makeup or waking up tired skin on Christmas morning. A trio of British plant oils and protective British beeswax are lovingly blended in Bee Good's original Lip Balm to intensively condition and repair dry or chapped lips. Price: £8 

Lip Balm Trio... For everyone from tweens and teens to mums and grandmas... Contains three Bee Good lip balms; Vanilla & Honey, Raspberry & White Chocolate and Lime Blossom & Honey. This trio of deeply replenishing lip balms is packed with hard-working, intensive and soothing ingredients. Super-moisturising British beeswax and a trio of British plant oils; crambe, echium and borage combine to deliver effective and long-lasting results. Lips will be left perfectly conditioned and kissably soft and the flavours are truly addictive! As an extra special touch this small and beautifully formed gift comes complete with hanging ribbon to adorn your tree

Youth Enhancing Travel Trio... An extra special treat for mature or ageing skin... Contains Bee Good Youth Enhancing Hydrate, Smooth & Prime Serum, Youth Enhancing Plump & Firm Moisturiser and Youth Enhancing Lift & Brighten Eye Cream. The power-packed Youth Enhancing range restores vitality to mature or ageing skin through the combined power of British bee ingredients, British botanicals and naturally derived skincare technologies. This trio of high performance, youth enhancing essentials will plump and firm, soften fine lines and wrinkles and brighten dull, tired skin. The perfect present to bring an outer glow to the skin and an inner glow to the confidence! £20 

Hand & Lip Treats... For friends, teachers or Secret Santa recipients.. Contains full sizes of Bee Good Honey & Crambe Daily Hand Cream plus Lime Blossom & Honey lip balm. The delicately scented, easily absorbed hand cream will hydrate, soften and protect hard-working hands. The refreshing lip balm is a zesty interpretation of bee-friendly lime blossom mixed with delicate notes of sweet British honey. Packed with moisturising British honey, nourishing crambe oil and skin strengthening borage oil, this skin saving duo makes the perfect present for those whose hands and lips are in need of a little extra TLC this winter. £10.

The one I have been kindly sent is Clean Sweep... For busy bees on-the-go... Contains Bee Good Honey & Wild Water Mint 3-in-1 Cleansing Water and Raspberry & White Chocolate Lip Balm. This award-winning micellar cleansing water gently dissolves makeup, cleanses and tones skin, no water required! Perfect for convenient cleansing on-the-go, it is expertly formulated with super moisturising British wildflower honey, brightening red algae and refreshing wild water mint. Repair and condition lips with this rich and deeply replenishing Raspberry & White Chocolate lip balm. Combining British beeswax with a trio of plant oils, this lip balm delivers effective and long-lasting results. Price: £11.50 

All of these gifts are really beautifully wrapped and great value for money. If you have never come across Bee Good before, they have a great story to tell. Bee Good was created in 2008 by husband and wife team, Simon and Caroline. As an expert beekeeper, Simon keeps a number of beehives in old orchards surrounding his Hampshire home. It was Caroline’s interest in harnessing the excess honey and beeswax to create natural skincare products which led to the first award-winning products; a lip balm and a hand cream; made in Caroline’s kitchen using centuries-old recipes and sold at local Hampshire farmer’s markets. Word spread, sales grew and the awards continued, so in 2013 Simon recruited a small team of skincare experts with similar beliefs and passion for natural skincare to build Bee Good into the award-winning, premium skincare brand that it is today. You can find out more about Bee Good right here.

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How do you book?

With family and friends living all over the UK, from time to time the mister and I have to book hotels to stay in when attending events - weddings, funerals, christenings and birthday parties to name a few. I prefer to stay in hotels rather than with relatives (assuming they are not offended) so that we get some peace and quiet and time to relax before heading out. Infact as you read this, I will have just been to a family wedding, staying in the hotel shown below.

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One site I always use for booking hotels is Booking.com a site you might recall from those controversial adverts which got people in a bit of a spin 'Booking dot yes'. Infact, looking at my account, I have used it no less than 8 times this year and it is a site that lists over 800,000 different hotels form all over the world, and you are able to make bookings via the site. Unlike booking directly with a hotel though, you can read unbiased reviews from previous guests before you decide to stay, and will be able to cancel your booking for no fee if you change your mind. There are hotels on the site that cater for every budget, from luxury hotels through to cheap hostels, and there are also new hotels being added every day.

Booking.com is a completely online company, with no high street stores. Like most online companies, they like to keep their interaction with customers online as well – meaning that finding a way to get help from customer services by phone can sometimes be quite difficult. Well not anymore with this solution, using sites such as contact number give you that phone number you need so you’ll be able to get in touch straight away.  I often find that I need to make one or two changes at the last minute, such as adding an extra day or night to my stay, requesting a late check out or if we have been delayed due to traffic, train cancellation or even a flight delay, I want the opportunity to let someone know in advance, rather than arrived all flustered, annoyed and unprepared. I also think it is a courteous too.

However you book those few days, weeks or long weekends away, that one telephone number could be the one stress you don't need!

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