Baths and pampering sessions are by far one of my favourite and most sacred rituals.

Thanks to some product recommendations from various YouTubers, beauty bloggers, and friends, I went all-out in the handmade cosmetics store Lush. I filled my bathroom with goodies to get me through the next few weeks, and wanted to share with you some of my new favourites.

An entire basket of bath bombs! What a sight! Baths are my way of centring myself after a particularly anxious day, or when I’m struggling to wind down and get ready for sleep. I haven’t ventured very far in the Lush bath bomb department as there are not many scents I love. I normally stick to the old faithful Dragon’s Egg bath bomb, but this time I decided to lash out and try some new products.

In my basket are:

• The Blackberry bath bomb
• The Comforter bubble bar
• The Phoenix Rising bath bomb
• The Avobath bath bomb
• The Sparkler bath bomb
• The Cinders bath bomb
• The Sparkly Pumpkin bubble bar

So far I’ve only used The Sparkler (which is the long, yellow one in the image above). It was so much fun to watch it fizz away as I slunk into a warm bath at the end of a long day of university study. As it dissolved, the colours change to reflect the most amazing firework-like explosion of colour and sparkles.

This is my (growing) collection of Lush face products. I bought the Ocean Salt Scrub a few months ago and have fallen more in love with it with each weekly use. It is so refreshing, with a tingling lime fragrance and gentle exfoliants which leaves your skin feeling so smooth. The salt and the vodka(!) also act as an amazing decongestant which clears imperfections and keeps problem skin at bay.

The 9 to 5 Cleanser is a new purchase, which I’m currently enjoying very much. I love a liquid cleanser as I find them the easiest way to remove makeup, especially during the late hours when all you want to do is collapse in bed. What I love most about this cleanser is that it leaves the skin feeling clean, but also thoroughly moisturised and not dried out, as some cleaners can leave you feeling.

Grease Lightning has been a saving grace for me these last few months. It really is the most incredible way to make spots disappear practically overnight! I was also told my the store assistant that it can be used like a primer, which I tried a few times but I didn’t notice too much of a difference. I prefer to use this product in conjunction with my daily skincare routine and dab a (very) small amount on problem areas before heading to sleep. A little of this product goes a long way, and I think it’s super affordable for the amount of product you get.

At the counter, I swindled myself into picking up one of the Popcorn Lip Scrubs, and I haven’t regretted it one bit. I only end up using this product about once a week, usually whenever I do a face mask. It’s designed to be able to be licked off (since the main ingredient is sugar), but I prefer to just scrub for 30 – 60 seconds and then wash off. It smells seriously delicious though.

BB Seaweed is the second Lush fresh face mask I have tried out (the first being the Catastrophe Cosmetic, which I loved). The BB Seaweed mask is beautiful though. The ground almonds and millet flakes act as the most lovely, gentle exfoliant, and the honey and aloe vera are so calming. I find that this mask reduces a lot of my redness as well. My only criticism would be the smell – it really turns me off!

Thankfully for my bank account, that was all I got this time around at Lush. I’m looking forward to using all my products and discovering which ones will become faithful repurchases!

You can check out Lush’s range of handmade and fresh cosmetics here.