I'm In Love... With Revlon Colorburst Lipbutter

I hate lateness. It's one of my pet peeves. However, I am extremely late to this party. Why have I never tried this product before? Like, really?  They are one of the yummiest, scrumbocious (I think I made that word up?) things I've ever put on my lips.


They are so moisturising and make my lips look fantastic and contain mango, shea & coconut butter but without any smell.

I've never been a huge lipstick person and prefer lip glosses but I'm trying to branch and a bit and be more adventurous with my make up so these lip butters are perfect for me.  They're described by Revlon as somewhere in between a lipstick and a lip balm, which I definitely agree with. 

I love the packaging of these little beauties.  The case is a translucent look of the lip butter shade with a clear window on the top.

I decided to buy 3 of them as they are 3 for 2 at Boots at the moment.  The 3 I chose were Candy Apple, Raspberry Pie  & Lollipop.  I love it when lip products or nail varnishes have cool names - I'm so much more likely to buy them.  These are mostly named something to do with fruit - some of the other shades include Berry Smoothie, Tutti Frutti & Peach Parfait. 

Candy Apple 035 is a beautiful bright red colour.   Red on my lips scares me but as I mentioned I'm trying to mix it up a bit and try different things.  The nice things about this red is that it can be quite discrete if applied once or you can layer it up for a fantastic strong, vibrant red.

Lollipop 075 is a fantastic hot pink colour which the photos really don't do justice.  It definitely seemed like one of the brightest colours in the collection.  You can tone it down by putting less product on your lips if you want but for me I really love this bright, fuchsia colour.

Raspberry Pie 010 is quite berry in tone (as the name would suggest) It's quite similar to Lollipop on the lips which for me is a bit of a bummer as I purchased 2 similar shades (on the bright side, it also means I'll just have to go buy some more!)

Have you got any Revlon ColorBurst Lip Butters?  Which is your favourite shade?

Do you like wearing dark lips?

BEAUTY | Montagne Jeunesse | Banana Foot Treatment

Before I go on my summer holidays I like to make sure my feet are in tip top condition for being shown off in strappy, summer sandals. I've tried a few of the Montagne Jeunesse face masks but I'd never seen this 2 part Montagne Jeunesse Cool Banana Buffer and Hot Banana Butter before. I found it in Home Bargains (a bargain store in the UK) and they were 3 for £2. A real bargain! So, I piled my basket full of different ones to try.

I was excited to try this foot treatment.  It's in two parts.  You first use the Cool Banana Buffer to exfoliate, then the Hot Banana Butter to moisturize.

Before using the Cool Banana Buffer I placed the Hot Banana Butter in a small bowl of hot water to heat up as per the instructions. The buffer has exfoliating apricot grains.  It smells divine. 

As you can see, I had a little helper in my 2 year old niece who wanted to join in the fun so my sachet was shared between one and a half pairs of feet and there was more than enough to go round.

I tried to take photos of the buffer and the cream but with a very boisterous and enthusiastic 2 year old in tow it just wasn't happening I'm afraid. 

After exfoliating for a few minutes with the banana buffer I rinsed it off and dried my feet. I then applied the hot banana butter.  It smelled delicious and almost good enough to eat.  I love the fruity smell of bananas so this was an ideal product for me.  There was an awful lot of moisturizer in the sachet.  At first it was an odd sensation for me rubbing warm cream on my feet but I soon got used to it and absolutely loved it.  It has the calming effects of aloe vera and shea butter. It didn't feel in any way greasy and was absorbed into my skin quickly. 

It's been a few days since I used this pack and my feet are definitely smoother and that horrible dry skin around my heel has pretty much vanished.  I'm amazed at how well this product has worked and I'll definitely be purchasing it again.  I would really recommend it to anyone whether you have particularly dry feet or not.

Have you tried Montagne Jeunesse?

What's your favourite mask?

Burger Me! | Gormet Burger Kitchen

 

 

Hola Sparkly1s
 

Monday mornings just never get easier do they?  I'm pretty much off work today.  All I have to do is take some kids to school and pick them up at 3:30.  I've got no kids all day (if you didn't know, I'm a Childminder) so I've got 6ish hours all to myself but I still struggled with rolling my ass outta bed this morning.  I've been awake since 5:30am which is a pain, but I just wouldn't get back to sleep so I made use of the time and got up to do a workout.

Anyway, enough of my moaning about Monday mornings.  Have you ever been to Gormet Burger Kitchen (GBK)? I hadn't before yesterday.  I was child free yesterday (Mini Greenoid was staying at his cousins house) so myself and 2 of my sisters headed into Liverpool for a spot of shopping.  (I may share with you my purchases later on so keep an eye out for that post.) 

After our shopping we made our way over to Liverpool 1s upper level, where all the restaurants are.  I love it up there and if you're ever in Liverpool you should definitely stop off there for a bite to eat.  There's loads of different restaurants for all different tastes such as Barburrito, Cafe Rouge, Pizza Express and Chaophraya and it's lovely sitting outside  My sister has a tastecard which gives you discount at certain restaurants, and as I'm a sucker for a discount, we decided to go to GBK.

I have to say , I was really impressed.  The menu looked really good.  There is a choice of 13 beef burgers, 5 chicken burgers, 3 specialitity and 3 veggie burgers.  And if you don't fancy any of them you can create your own burger.  There's also a selection on salads if you don't fancy a burger - but really, why would you go to GBK if you didn't fancy a burger? 

As a veggie I often feel disappointed and 'left out' when visiting restaurants, like veggies are an after thought and they just stick any old thing on the menu just so they have a veggie dish.  Here, there were 3 delicious sounding veggie burgers - the Classic, Falafel and Billy the Kid.  I opted for Billy the Kid which is goat's cheese, grilled aubergine, rocket pesto, harissa mayo, rocket and pickled onion.  When it arrived I certainly didn't feel like I was an after thought.  It was HUGE and so delicious.  I couldn't manage to eat all mine and really I was quite full after just half of it.

 

 

The little touches were really nice, like you can help yourselves to monkey nuts and free jugs of lemon lime water.

 

 

We also ordered 2 sides of fries to share - one skinny fries and one sweet potato fries.  I have to say I was slightly disappointed by the sweet potato fries, and I love sweet potato. I don't know what it was about them but they just didn't do anything for me.

My sisters ordered the Cheese and Bacon and the Blue Cheese and they both said they were yum!

Our waitress was lovely and explained about the free GKB app which I downloaded.  It's like a loyalty card and you received different bonuses each time you visit a GBK.  This time I received a free dipping sauce!

 

 

Overall it was a fabulous lunch out that all three of us enjoyed and I'd definitely recommend Gormet Burger Kitchen to anyone.  With the tastecard discount we paid £30 for 3 scrumptious burgers, fries and soft drinks - not bad I don't think.

 

Have you been to GBK before?  Did you enjoy it as much as I did?

Where are your favourite places to eat out?