NOTD Revlon Scented Nail Polish Peach Smoothie

Hi everyone! I hope you all had a fab weekend and Mother's Day? Mine was fairly quiet which given how manic work can be is always a good thing...

Last week I FINALLY spotted Revlon's Scented polishes on sale in a local Boots. I'd tried shops all over NI until I finally found Ballymena's Tower Centre Boots came up trumps! Now I've been intrigued about these since I first heard about them. I love nail polish with a bit of a twist and thought these sounded fun. I wasn't sure what colour I wanted or indeed what scent. It is a strange dilemma really - go for the colour I like most or the smell?!

After much deliberation my first choice was the Peach Smoothie (345). The colour looked nice for the summer - a soft peach with a hint of gold shimmer and I thought the scent should be good too. It's so disappointing that you can't get a hint of the final scent from the wet polish (yes, I AM impatient). Excitedly I applied a clear basecoat and added the first coat of the polish and waited for it to dry. It dried quickly and the peach scent was apparent. The coverage however was quite poor and I hoped a second coat would rectify it. It did help but in my opinion the coverage wasn't great which I found disappointing (photos show 2 coats of the Peach Smoothie).

The colour is quite pretty but given the price of the polish (usually £6.49 though currently on offer at Boots for 2 for £8) I don't fancy regularly painting 3-4 coats with it. The scent has lasted about 3-4 days I would say with the scent now barely there. The scented thing has actually been quite funny. I touch my face a lot and the waft of peach scent has taken a bit of getting used to, especially when I'm eating - I can't taste anything but if I happen to breathe in would food near my mouth the combination of peach smell and taste of whatever food has been a bit weird!

The Bad It requires 3-4 coats in my experience. It's difficult choosing between colour and scent and maybe a little scratch and sniff label on the polish would help in knowing what scent you liked best.

The Good Overall, I love the concept. The colour is pretty. The scent is nice too. It hasn't chipped which is quite impressive as I didn't topcoat. The price isn't TOO bad but I would be tempted to use over a cheaper "normal" nail polish rather than building 3-4 coats with this (the bottle suggests 2 coats are enough...)

Would I repurchase? Um, probably in other colours/scents to play around with. Have you tried it yet? What was your verdict?

LoubouLush x

Slimming World - Week 1 & 2

I've tried lots of diets. LOTS. I've tried low carb, calorie counting, Weight Watchers numerous times since I was a child really. I've been conscious of my weight for as long as I can remember.

2 weeks ago I joined Slimming World on the Extra Easy plan. It all sounded very complicated to begin with but I read lots about it before the first class and have got used to it all quite quickly (well the theory of it at least!)

Week 1 weigh in - 3lbs LOST
This first week wasn't too bad. I was mainly trying to get my head around syns and free food and super free/speed food etc. I am still referring to syns as points a lot of the time (grr Weight Watchers) but the week went ok and I was pleased with my loss as I'd went over my syns on a couple of days.

Week 2 weigh in - 1.5lbs LOST
This week was terrible. I ate out 6 times. I had Indian food, Chinese food, 2 restaurant meals, a McDonalds and a kebab. I truly fell off the wagon but upped the exercise and towards the end of the week I upped my super speed and water intake and it seems to have paid off. I'm a slightly worried I just haven't shown the gain yet, so next week's weigh in might be a killer...

All in all I'm fairly impressed and have lost 4.5lbs in total.

Have you tried Slimming World? I'd love to hear your experiences of this or any other diets/healthy eating regimes you've tried.

LoubouLush x

Mini Toiletries Bargain

I love travel sized/mini toiletries. Not only are they cute but they are great for travelling with especially on hand luggage only flights. Things like the hand cream are also great to throw in my handbag.

I am usually impressed with the range of minis my local Asda stocks and had a browse to see if anything caught my eye to set aside for my holidays and noticed that the usually priced £1 products were on 4 for £3 so I picked up the above for £6 - amazing! (The Lynx and gel are for Mr L by the way!)

I'm not sure how long the offer runs for but it's definitely worth a look!

LoubouLush x