Hawaiian Tropic Coconut After Sun Body Butter

Hi everyone I hope you're all doing ok - I can't believe today is the last day of June - where did this month go?!

Anyway this is another post where the photos don't really do much for the product - you really need to feel it and smell it to properly appreciate it. My coconut smelling obsession thing is still in full flight so I HAD to snap this up even though I tend to use aloe vera gel as an after sun.

Now I'm not a big fan of body creams/lotions/butters. I don't like the feeling they tend to give my skin - that damp sort of greasy feeling (thus I love a bit of aloe vera gel!) so probably don't use them as much as my skin might like. Anyway this stuff smells good enough to eat and I figured that teamed with my aims of shredding and wanting to tone up it could help my skin maybe in tightening up. It feels and looks a bit like Palmer's Body Butter. It smells of coconut. It had a thick luxurious feel which I hoped wouldn't = goop sitting on my skin. It sank in much better than I expected and felt REALLY NICE on my skin. It leaves a scent which isn't too strong but is subtle enough for me to catch it every now and again.

I can't speak of its after sun capabilities (yet!) but as a moisturiser it gets a massive thumbs up from me. It smells gorgeous, applies nicely and leaves my skin feeling hydrated and soft without feeling slimy.

It seems to retail at around £10 but lots of places have deals on at the minute on sun care so I have seen it from as little as £4.99 in Tesco (where I got mine) as part of a half price promotion - which is a blessing really as there's a chance I'll have most of this used up before I even step on the plane...

I hope you've found this useful and aren't bored of the coconut talk yet. It can't be just me who loves this scent coming into summer can it?!

LoubouLush x

OOTD Outfit of the Day

I think this is my very first "outfit of the day" post so I am slightly nervous. It's a pretty warm day here and luckily with my job I can wear what I like (within reason) unless I have a formal meeting scheduled or something. I bought this dress last week and had intended not wearing it before my holiday but I thought I'd give it a test run today (and thank goodness I did as I discovered it is slightly see through!) If you could excuse my tired face and phone camera quality photos, that'd be great btw...

Dress - from Exhibit (think they might be an Irish retailer) £17.99

Tan gladiator sandals - Primark (last summer)

Rings - Miss Selfridge (last summer I think)

Bangles - here from H&M £6.99 (not wearing the animal print one obviously!)

I hope you like it? I know maxi dresses aren't for everyone but I like this and find it comfortable. The stripes and colours aren't something I'd usually wear but I was feeling a bit brave when I went shopping that day! I have no idea where the necklace is from I'm afraid. So other than that, that's it really. Eeek.

LoubouLush x

100th blogpost!

I noticed this would be my big 1-0-0 and to be perfectly honest I wasn't sure what to write in it. I have a couple of bits I want to review and I was going to reveal a bit of my holiday wardrobe/must haves but I haven't had time to photograph them yet. So I thought I'd just give an update on what I've been up to.

I've been super busy with work, which as someone who is self employed isn't something to complain about especially with holidays looming. You might have noticed Slimming World has gone by the wayside. Due to my silly work schedule, the meetings were too hard to fit in and I was useless on my own. In the holiday countdown I have been shredding and although I haven't lost much weight I do feel like I'm getting a bit more toned at least and I'm quite enjoying it but again it's taking about 20 minutes out of my day.

If you follow me on Twitter you will also know we've got a new addition to our family (albeit probably a temporary one) which has added to the madness. One night last week our dog was in the garden and started barking a bit manickly. Husband went to look and found a tiny ball of fur in the garden beside the dog... tiny kitten had found its way into the garden and into the path of our labrador! Our garden is fairly secure so we're not sure where it came from. Much hissing later and some help from my Dad we got it into a box and brought it into the house for the night. The poor little thing was limping and shaking like mad. The next morning we took her (yes vet tells us it's a she!) to the vet and given her injury/our garden set up he thinks she might have fallen from a tree. He aged her at about 6-8 weeks and said she's too young to be out on her own. We've put a notice in our local shop but noone has claimed her yet. Her leg is healing well and she's not as hissy as she was but Bella the labrador still isn't sure of her so I'm not sure what her long term future will be in terms of staying with us.

Then of course we have this holiday coming up so we need 2 pet sitters rather than 1! Oh and husband has called her Kevin and it's sort of stuck. Poor little thing...
Anyway that's what I've been up to. Hopefully I'll be back with a few more posts that might be a bit more interesting as this has turned into a bit of a ramble. I hope you've all been well and if any of you have any tips on looking after kittens, send them my way please!

LoubouLush x